Kisetsu no nai Machi is Kudokan dorama about a small town of survivors after a major incident. The government put everyone in temporary houses and while people have left, many have remained. Our main character is given money to live among the survivors and record everything that goes on in the town to his mysterious emploter.
It is a colourful town, not too realistic and I would say a bit whimsical but Kisetsu no nai Machi is a story about the characters who live there. The first episode is about a guy who thinks he is a train driver and runs all over town. His mother plays along with his fancy and the townspeople ignore him. I did not not care about the characters but this is Kudokan so let's go to the next episode.
The second episode is about a younger brother whose money was stolen by his older brother and the mother who would forgive the brother for anything. The second the story became clear alarm bells were ringing for me because I knew the sad ending that Kudokan was going for.
The thing that doesn't work for me is the younger brother is a freaking idiot and no amount of self pity will make me care about the character. Unfortunately, nothing in Kisetsu no nai Machi appeals to me. Not the colourful, not so realistic town and weird characters.
I like human stories like Shinya Shokudo but Kisetsu no nai Machi is just bland for me. I needed something to ground the stories for me but could not find any reason to go past episode 2. Glad Disney gave Kudokan some money to do a jdorama but meh from me.