Kalen Anzai cast as Ayu in the drama adaptation of "M 愛すべき人がいて"

[mizuki-7]

We can’t deny that MAX really pushed Ayu when she made her debut ！Nothing wrong with this but let’s be real she was a nobody and her sales were rather bad in comparaison to a lot of her contemporaries who debuted at the same time. Notheless she was invited to perform at prestigious TV shows and was able to make commercials for well known brands of course it thanks to him. Max and Ayu also stated that a lot of channels producers back then didn’t believed in her potential and succes so I don’t think this episode was wrong at all.

On a side note I observed that even though her name and character are not in the drama they make reference to namie Amuro quite a bit when they talk about the trend of taned girls or that tanned girls are what is selling today or that Ayu is too pale etc...

[Andrenekoi]

@attractive nausea Ayu herself said more than once she didn't realize she actually enjoyed being q singer until Dearest... She is pretty much being portrayed as someone with zero experience in the industry dealing with lack of trust on herself... What fits the official story of her beginings...

Originally Posted by Earth_maiden

As long as crazy horny secretary is still there, I'm happy.

Preach!

[jbrat2219]

Even though I have my issues with Kalen's acting, I think some people are conflating the ayu we know today to who ayu was back then... which was a nobody. Having her start from zero leaves room for personal growth later on in the series.

[truehappiness]

https://www.nikkansports.com/enterta...190000667.html

Reika is getting her own spinoff, "L -Reika no Shinjitsu-" starting next week.

[Evolution7/4]

LMAO Is this real life?

[SunshineSlayer]

^ lol. Hopefully that means she will have less presence on the main show. She was fun at first, but it is really grating now. They did say they were taking feedback into account and she would be featured less. But I would imagine the actress is under contract, so they give her a spin-off instead lol.

[Katsuyuki012]

Episode 5 is up: https://blitzfansub.com/m-ai-subeki-...ite-episode-5/

As I said before, the fact that they reduced her screentime in newer episodes makes me quite happy. I get the idea behind her character but this whole being crazy/eye stuff (even with the added backstory) just doesn't add much to the story. She could've fulfilled her purpose without all that. Imo, she's way over the top even for this drama. But oh well, I can deal with it. And many people here seem to find her funny, so that's that.

Other than that, I'm glad Masa & Ayu are finally with each other now. It was kind of interesting to see how they included stuff such as the label buying CDs. I really liked the inclusion of "All Night Nippon (Hamasaki Ayumi is not stupid)". The show is far from perfect but I've been enjoying it a lot for what it is, even with Reika lol.

[visionfactory]

^Thanks!! Will watch it as I can't sleep

Originally Posted by truehappiness

https://www.nikkansports.com/enterta...190000667.html

Reika is getting her own spinoff, "L -Reika no Shinjitsu-" starting next week.

Oh... my... god... so unexpected I can't believe it but I'm glad because I saw the billboards and she looked so prominent, now she has her own space

[Diego-kun]

I thought Reika's appearances were going to be reduced in these new episodes, but she's still everywhere. The show keeps focusing a lot on her, silly Rukawa and Ayu-AXEL's rivalry which I don't like that.

Btw, it's funny that the candid pictures of Ayu and Masa leaving the hotel were taken shortly after the release of poker face, but they plan to leak them after A Song for XX came out. The timeline of the drama is quite messed up...

[visionfactory]

Avex is dropping a digital single on July 1st, it's Steve Aoki's remix of CAN'T STOP THIS!!

3 releases for the drama, I'm pretty happy to see what comes next

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

https://www.nikkansports.com/enterta...190000667.html

Reika is getting her own spinoff, "L -Reika no Shinjitsu-" starting next week.

I'm really going to miss her Silent Hill creep music on the show...

[Andrenekoi]

Watching the whole "let's pay people to buy Axis's single" thing and thinking about Mirrorcle World

[truehappiness]

I'm sure a few labels have done that or are heavily suspected to but them addressing that kind of thing in the drama is surprising for sure. Or maybe them doing that is reinforcing that they don't actually do that since it's so blatant?

[jiarongisme]

I hope Reika's spinoff show will be subbed by Blitz as well. I LOVE her character. So cuckoo crazy and weird and over the top.

[attractive nausea]

This episode was better than the last one imo, it's interesting to follow Ayu's debut but yeah I really don't see how they reduced Reika's presence lol

[ExodusUK]

It was so refreshing to hear Shiina Ringo in the bar but for the first part of the song I thought it was a cover of the brilliant green there will be there love there or something lol.

The pacing in these episodes are all over the place..lol in the latest episode it went from pre-Poker Face to A Song For XX being released. In previous episodes, it felt like they dragged a week out over the length of an episode. I guess they want to rush through it in case of lockdown again?

[Evan Odinson]

^They're already done shooting, there will be only 7 episodes, only 2 more left so even if there's a new lockdown it shouldn't affect at all.

[ayu_fantasy]

Only 7 episodes to a drama? Wow

[truehappiness]

It's not unheard of but all the delays made it even shorter. Was probably going to be 10 at the least until all the halted shooting/etc.

[SunshineSlayer]

Weird that they are going to just rush right through Loveappears and their break up then.