cyn lynn : Brush Up Life

An ordinary woman dies, and restarts her uneventful life over and over again until...

Notable Actors/Actresses

Ando Sakura: Kondo Asami

Screenwriter

Bakarhythm

Japanese Title

ブラッシュアップライフ

Refresh Life

Genres: Contemporary, No Romance, Fantasy

Year: 2023
Episodes: 10

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Cast

Ando Sakura: Kondo Asami "A-chin"	Bakarhythm: Afterlife Desk Clerk (Screenwriter)
Kaho: Kodaokura Natsuki "Nacchi"	Kinami Haruka: Yonekawa Miho "Mi-pon"
Mizukawa Asami: Uno Mari "Maririn"	Sometani Shota: Fukuda Shunsuke "Fuku-chan"
Miura Toko: Kawaguchi Minako (Go to Hell)	Matsuzaka Tori: Tanabe Masaru (Boyfriend Cameo)

Review

by cynlynn

This was my watching experience:

Beginning → I am bored.
Middle → My faith is seriously wavering!
End → Ouu, that was actually really rewarding.

What's this about?

This is a rebirth drama for the ordinary human. No one wronged her. She wronged no one. There's no murderous exes, full-time jealous women, or parents unavenged.
There is no romance. Even though there is a boyfriend cameo. He was someone en passant and not a destination. (It was actually quite hilarious how his life became better without her. Way better, apparently. LOL.)
So what is this actually about? I won't actually talk about it here, haha. I didn't figure it out until Ep7, and I think that twist and this drama's real theme is better experienced on your own. I just had to strap myself down and trust that the incessant chattering in the beginning had meaning, and not stress myself out to figure out the details.

Appreciation:

I ended up really appreciating the feminism in this because they don't talk about it. They simply demonstrated the type of girls they are. They also don't give advice on how to be women. There's no focus on marriage, children, careers, intrusive parents or spousal love. It's just about our FL being herself.
Uno Mari (not the FL; the pilot). I admire her dedication! She was too selfless, but it's what she wanted, and she did everything exceptionally.

[Spoilers] Easter Eggs: I have 3 + bonus pictures. The more you scroll, the more you spoil.

1) The Afterlife Desk Clerk (Bakarhythm) is the writer. It's why he's on some of the posters despite his tiny role.

2) Go to Hell girl. From the first episode she wore this shirt: "To tell the truth I'm coming back to life many many times." She also says her "Go to Hell" line to the cheating pilot, which she has no idea how many lives she saved by doing that, haha.

3) The first scenes in the episode already tells you the ending. Since it was narrated by the FL who's storytelling her past, our FL has already reincarnated into a pigeon. The best part is she reincarnated with all her friends. That's so sweet. (Now they can chirp for the rest of their life again, looool)