Et si le loup... c'était elle?

Five men and five women spend twelve episodes (three months) travelling around Japan, exploring, taking photos with an analog camera, and trying to find love. The catch is that one (or more) of the women is a "wolf", able to participate in, but ultimately not able to reciprocate with the one who chooses to share her love.

The ten people, ranging from ages 22-32 spend as much time as possible with one another, in small groups or all together, hanging out and sharing meals at the group club house when they can, visiting each other at work, going on sweet romantic dates, and undertaking photography assignments, all while getting to know one another. It's all very endearing and soothing, with breathtaking scenery and heartwarming cameraderie and support one rarely finds in American series of similar type.

I understand that it's a social experiment, but I still don't understand how they could possibly enforce the 'never see one another again' twist. There is no money or other tangible compensation awarded to a successful "wolf". Perhaps it's cultural. The stakes are high and the heartbreak is real. But there are many satisfying moments throughout the series. It was definitely worth my time.

This is very innovative and wonderful reality show. Also, if you know the anguish and struggle of the women who play the wolves, you can know that it is inappropriate to assume that this is simply a cruel and fraudulent reality show.

As you know, the concept of the show is that a woman playing a wolf deceives men who genuinely want a relationship. However, as the women who play the wolves are also human, they might be gradually develop romantic feelings for their partners. I felt it was really beautiful and pure how the wolves, who were supposed to deceive their opponents at first, gradually come to really love them. So this is by no means just a fraudulent show to fool people, etc., but has also the aspect of a pure romantic reality show with new concepts.

This romantic reality show from Japan is undeniably innovative and addictive, and it will be a breath of fresh air for all who watch it. 'Is She the Wolf?' has disrupted the existing concept of reality shows and taken them to the next stage. Please watch the show all the way through and I can easily guess you will be moved to tears. The ending in particular was so shocking that I wept so much. I watched it over and over again to soak up the emotional aftermath. The show was that much impact. The cast members of the show has also received a lot of praise on their Instagrams from users who watched it. This Japanese reality show is definitely well worth watching.

Such a bad thing to deceive people on purpose and have them match for a full 3 months only to find out the one they fell in love with is a "wolf" - a pre-determined selected person to play the roll of the Wolf, which is a person who is a deceiver and has no intention of liking anyone. As a matter of fact, it is their job to lie. As you can imagine, many contestants get truly hurt in this show - including the wolves. Yes, it turns out that there is more than one wolf. Since this show has recruited many actors for contestants, I believe they take the row of wolf thinking they can showcase their acting skills. But is it worth it at the expense of others that have true feelings for someone? Who would ever volunteer to be on this show? The highlighted personalities and nice guy is Robin and also the you youngest guy in the group who is pretty shy.

I found this show to be pretty cruel. Hard enough to find a special connection then to find one and because of show rules you cannot pursue. Japan says it is concerned about decreasing population..only to deny possible love connections. Putting people through that kind of heartache for ratings is just cruel. One referred to as romance game, but to me honest connections friend or more is not something that is a game. Especially since the wolf is randomly selected, the consequences are pretty harsh and scarring, contestants seemed honest, but it might more scriptedthan I thought it was. Pretty cold and harsh, which relationships can be, this just unnecessarily so.

Creating a reality/romance/game show where they put 10 participants in an environment that favors love connections and then set rules that intentionally destroy some of these loves connections with lies and deception. No ethical boundaries.. Wow! Seriously?

The concept being so bad that I am surprised that they found people who agreed to participate. Well, most of them being actors and artists its' possible that they went in to get that much needed international exposure even if its' negative. Terrible show? YES. Scripted/fake? There's a very strong possibility. Regrettably, It seems that the show is popular in the Japan this being the 4th season.