(Average+) Switched

Series in one sentence:
Drop Dead Diva, but with Japanese teenagers.

Series in more sentences:
A popular girl is tricked into switching bodies with a troubled outcast and tries to convince her friends of who she is, but naturally isn't believed. It doesn't take long for her boyfriend and best friend to see the truth, though they both have a different way of responding to the discovery. 
 

I enjoy these kind of stories, I used to watch Drop Dead Diva, until that became a tedious watch. This Netflix series also feels a bit awkward to me.
It's the first Japanese live-action series I've ever seen, and I noticed they act and edit their stuff the same way they do their animes. It gives some of these scenes a very unnatural flow and the actors follow a cartoony script.

I liked that the famous pretty girl wasn't written to be this uncaring bitchy teen, but was surprised to see the outcast being the 2-dimensional one in the story. When asked why she switched bodies, she only brings up that she wants the main character's boyfriend. Alright?
What about the fact she lives in a dump, with an uncaring mother, that she has no friends and nobody who pays attention to her? Why does her life revolve around this one boy, when there are better reasons for her jealousy? If her motives are this lame and she smiles like an evil Bond villain every time she sees her victim cry, how are we supposed to care for her?

It's a rare take on a bully victim and I like the idea that being nice will make everyone like you, but it's not something I believe in. Being mean and creepy towards everyone won't get you friends, but being nice is no guarantee either.

The series speeds through the story as well, I was surprised by how fast people realized these girls switched souls. I mean. We're talking about magic here, you need to be a special kind of person to buy into that the moment you see something weird going on.
The plot twist with the boyfriend was rather bullshit too, as for the ending. I think the "villain" was right saying they only cared about her because they needed the other girl's body back, and the series spent no time in convincing me otherwise. But there they were, all suddenly friends. 

There were good things. I adored the best friend, he had alot of energy and I loved watching him.