M: Ai subeki hito ga ite

If you're a fan of Ayumi Hamasaki, feel free to go for it. You'll be interested to see how Ayumi suffered through the early days and how she became a big time star. The series only covers a fraction of her career, but it's an interesting fraction. It shows the background she grew from, who helped her, how she worked on herself. That's interesting. But what brings it down is the format – it’s weirdly edited, the script isn't exactly the best (like it just skips over something somehow without explanation or hints, and I think I can figure a lot of that out). Another bad thing was the acting by Anzai KaLen (I get it, good as a singer, but as an actress... she better either quit or work on her acting), who basically dragged down everyone else's acting as well. Eventually, it seemed to me that no one really felt like trying anymore. Add to that the weird character of Reika who was unnecessarily psycho, the story would have been much more interesting without her psycho appearances. Not to mention the miraculous psych-out at the end... The idea is fine, for an Ayumi fan I'd say it’s a must, but for the rest of the audience... at most before bedtime. (03.11.2020)