Tokyo Girl

I highly recommend this show for men and women. It was so interesting to see the pull for women in a very materialistic world with so much pressure on them. Loved watching the main character develop into a strong and complex person. The show surprised me in many ways. It's worth sticking it out.

You gotta stay until the end as the main character in the beginning is very annoying as she is in her 20s. However, it gets better and pointing out the comtemporary lifestyle of Japanese female in this society. Love it!

Outstanding! Compelling. Intelligent. Touching. Profound. I found myself rooting for Aya at every turn in finding her true self. If she really existed I would surely want to know her and root for her in my heartfelt hopes for the eventual outcome that made me, a grown American man of 54, choke up a little at the end and then smile. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Bravo Japan! Pure class! Just beautiful.

Thought it was going to be a chick flick, but instead it was a unique insight into a culture we rarely see. Fortunately each episode was only 20 to 245 minutes long so it was not arduous viewing. It was good to see how people interact with each other. Very interesting.

This show was a beautiful insight into the societal pressures and the existential dread of what it means to be a modern woman living in Tokyo. It's essentially 'Sex and the City' and 'Emily in Paris' if those shows were more self aware and had the gall to critique the nuances and tolls of placing so much value on symbols of wealth and success. The great thing about it is that it never judges its women for being part of the game but rather lets them literally speak for themselves.

that 6 star review completely misses the point of the show and compares it to old acclaimed japanese cinema as if the entire culture was some sort of never-changing monolith. He's basically just another old white man yelling that a show doesn't fit his view of how japanese women ought to be.