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Konya Sukiyaki Dayo
Feb. 28th, 2025 01:29 pmSo, Konya Sukiyaki Dayo, yes?
After having watched Koisenu Futari, I heard about this series also having an aroace character in it, and I thought that damn, I have to watch that.
Once I finished battling demons and finally got the help of an angel to find it, I binge-watched the series in two days, since there's only twelve episodes. And boy, is it different than Koisenu Futari.
Unfortunately, I went into the series due to the previous jdrama about an aroace character, and as such I didn't enjoy it as much as I could've.
SO, did I like Konya Sukiyaki Dayo? I will have to say yes, despite the previous statement.
One main thing was that the hype around this series was the aroace character, so I was expecting the series to focus much more on that aspect that it turned out to be. The mention of aromanticism was done once in the first episode, and only mentioned aromanticism without asexualism.
There was, however hints about it when Tomoko mentioned that she'll never be a mother, but this might also just be derived from the fact that if she didn't love romantically then she wouldn't marry and therefore there was no children in perspective.
Putting all of that aside, it is, in itself, a very good series.
We not only have two women lead, but they also try to understand each others and how to go around their lives in order to get the best of it. The beautiful aspect of helping each others, especially through food, is a huge part in what drives those twelve episodes. While one of them is given better tools to be able to have fun, the other is given solace from the fact that she still gets to eat properly without ruining herself.
Another aspect, which I really like as a queer person is how both of them ends up developing a strong platonic relationship, strong enough to resemble a Queer Platonic Relationship in some aspects, even if there is no clear words put on it.
Furthermore, the show also gives us respectful relationships between the characters, albeit not without a few hiccups here and there.
First and foremost, we have Ota and Tomoko, who live together, but none of them pushes the other out of her comfort zone. Ota doesn't bother Tomoko with how she should date, and Tomoko doesn't stop Ota from venting and sharing her love. They don't fully understand each others on that specific point, but they respect each other about it.
There is also Ota and her boyfriend/husband, the latter, while not really understanding what this is all about, still listens and tries to do his best for both of them. The question of the last name have them talk in earnest about it, but what was really important to their relationship is the meeting they have with each others family. Facing the usual societal demands of heterosexual marriage was hard, but when he noticed that she wasn't comfortable, he not only gave her an outlet so she could express what she wanted, while also giving her control of the situation and putting an end to the parental mess.
Finally, we have Tomoko and her friend who are just that, showing once more than a man and a woman can be just friend and like each other as such without anything else.
All in all, while being vastly different from Koisenu Futari on many points, it is still very similar when talking about different kinds of love, how to be a family and more importantly, how to be kind with yourself.
I would recommend this series, not for the similarities with Koisenu Futari, but because it is once again showing respect towards queer people and those who do not want to fit in the mold.
After having watched Koisenu Futari, I heard about this series also having an aroace character in it, and I thought that damn, I have to watch that.
Once I finished battling demons and finally got the help of an angel to find it, I binge-watched the series in two days, since there's only twelve episodes. And boy, is it different than Koisenu Futari.
Unfortunately, I went into the series due to the previous jdrama about an aroace character, and as such I didn't enjoy it as much as I could've.
SO, did I like Konya Sukiyaki Dayo? I will have to say yes, despite the previous statement.
One main thing was that the hype around this series was the aroace character, so I was expecting the series to focus much more on that aspect that it turned out to be. The mention of aromanticism was done once in the first episode, and only mentioned aromanticism without asexualism.
There was, however hints about it when Tomoko mentioned that she'll never be a mother, but this might also just be derived from the fact that if she didn't love romantically then she wouldn't marry and therefore there was no children in perspective.
Putting all of that aside, it is, in itself, a very good series.
We not only have two women lead, but they also try to understand each others and how to go around their lives in order to get the best of it. The beautiful aspect of helping each others, especially through food, is a huge part in what drives those twelve episodes. While one of them is given better tools to be able to have fun, the other is given solace from the fact that she still gets to eat properly without ruining herself.
Another aspect, which I really like as a queer person is how both of them ends up developing a strong platonic relationship, strong enough to resemble a Queer Platonic Relationship in some aspects, even if there is no clear words put on it.
Furthermore, the show also gives us respectful relationships between the characters, albeit not without a few hiccups here and there.
First and foremost, we have Ota and Tomoko, who live together, but none of them pushes the other out of her comfort zone. Ota doesn't bother Tomoko with how she should date, and Tomoko doesn't stop Ota from venting and sharing her love. They don't fully understand each others on that specific point, but they respect each other about it.
There is also Ota and her boyfriend/husband, the latter, while not really understanding what this is all about, still listens and tries to do his best for both of them. The question of the last name have them talk in earnest about it, but what was really important to their relationship is the meeting they have with each others family. Facing the usual societal demands of heterosexual marriage was hard, but when he noticed that she wasn't comfortable, he not only gave her an outlet so she could express what she wanted, while also giving her control of the situation and putting an end to the parental mess.
Finally, we have Tomoko and her friend who are just that, showing once more than a man and a woman can be just friend and like each other as such without anything else.
All in all, while being vastly different from Koisenu Futari on many points, it is still very similar when talking about different kinds of love, how to be a family and more importantly, how to be kind with yourself.
I would recommend this series, not for the similarities with Koisenu Futari, but because it is once again showing respect towards queer people and those who do not want to fit in the mold.
