Barely arrived on Netflix, this new series has already been taken in dislike by some subscribers of the platform. For them, the program is the very example of the type of shows that led the streaming giant to lose many subscribers in the first quarter of this year 2022.
Subscribers turned against Netflix
Netflix is not doing very well right now. Since the beginning of the year, the platform has lost more than 200,000 subscribers around the world, which prompted the service to cancel several of its projects that were previously in the works. And unfortunately, the worst still seems to come for the SVOD giant. Indeed, recent projections indicate that Netflix is expected to continue to record staggering losses in subscriber numbers, up to 2 million, over the next half of this year.
Several reasons can explain this decrease in the figures of Netflix. We can notably cite the multiplication of platforms that offer streaming, as well as the increase in the price of its subscriptions. But the why and how of all this matters little, no more Netflix faux pas are now tolerated by his community. On some sites, a wind of discontent seems to be blowing. Several users take advantage of the latest film and series releases to express their annoyance.
At the moment, it’s a new Japanese production that seems to bear the brunt of the fury of disgruntled Internet users. It is Mr. Hiyama’s Pregnancy, a series inspired by Eri Sakai’s manga, which tells how a rigid publicist saw his life turned upside down by becoming inexplicably pregnant.
A concept considered “strange” and “woke”
As evidenced by its plot, Mr. Hiyama’s Pregnancy appears a bit too atypical for some. In any case, this is what seems to be explained in the criticisms that have been addressed to him. On several specialized sites, the Japanese series has a string of bad reviews. The production even received an average of 1.3/10 on IMDb.
The main faults with which it is accused are actually quite confusing. Most viewers don’t even hide the fact that they haven’t seen the show. or only watched one episode to allow themselves to criticize. What finally emerges from all this are the attacks directed against Netflix, which use the series in particular to justify the loss of subscribers recently recorded on the platform.
Here are some examples of reviews that you can find on IMDb:
Things like this are the reason why Netflix has lost 200,000 subscribers and expects to lose 2 million more in the coming months. Hopefully with the losses they keep taking, they’ll stop screwing around like that.
I only watched the first episode and it was weird. I didn’t see the appeal it could have, unless it was a horror/psychological delirium. Well, it wasn’t. It was just rude and weird for fun. And boring to top it off. I turned it off after 45 minutes. No wonder Netflix is so expensive. It’s bad. Really bad.
While there are many reasons why Netflix is in decline, this kind of show is clearly one of them. What an awful “woke” series. Absurd. The next big program from Netflix will surely explain to us that the sky is green.
Several arguments are advanced by the detractors of the series. In the stream of criticism that has been leveled at him, the words “weird”, “woke” and “boring” come up often. Many would have liked to see a production focusing more on humor than societal drama.
Fortunately, Mr. Hiyama’s Pregnancy does not have only detractors. Despite the very bad ratings that tarnish the reputation of the program, several Internet users claim to have had a good time in front of this “one of a kind” series offered by Netflix.
