A review by bakaburg
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

1.0

This isn't going to be a real review, because I mostly don't care at this point. I'm just glad I made it through.

Repetitive. Uninspiring. Oddly conservative. Lacking characters that are rooted in realism, likability, and any kind of sense. Questionable writing - almost cartoony at times? Maddening mostly - girl, stand up!!!!! Reminds you back to back to back to back, that women exist to be wives, mothers, and caretakers who have no passions or aspirations that exist outside of these roles; because what else do we have to exist for?

The second story could probably be redeemable on its own, but after witnessing the perspectives of three women who kind of suffered in the same way, it lost its weight for me. Also it was corny. The end.