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| 1. | Comments by ginger ale [Rating: 10/10]
I love Kawato sensei. He's always over the top and an emo when it comes to his students. It takes just one person in this world who can give unconditional love to make these delinquents bloom to their potential. Loving the first baseball themed jdorama I've ever watched. It helps that its like ikemen paradise part 2 in this series. And I adore Ichihara Hayato. I've watchedmost of his films and dramas and he is one of the most incredible Japanese actors of his generation. |
| 2. | Comments by shinjitsu [Rating: 7/10]
Started ok ... until about the half way and then went down for me |
| 3. | Comments by aiscess [Rating: 8/10]
This series focuses on a suspended baseball team and a teacher(not really a coach) helps them to play again to achieve their dream of going to Koshien and their struggles along the way. It doesn't have the 'teacher saves all' format at the end of each episodes but it has the 'teacher wins their trust' theme and it has more reality/drama in it. Acting wise - Koide, Takaoka, Nakao(ep1), Kawamura(towards the end) & Kiritani(for comic relief) did a good job. I wasn't really convince with Hayato's acting and as for Sato Ryuta, a little bit of improvement is needed. I didn't like the ending theme at first but I guess it just grows on you after 11 episodes. Overall, the only letdown for me was there were less baseball games than I expected. |
| 4. | Comments by gaijinmark [Rating: 6/10]
Typical high school idealist teacher/bad students drama only watched this one to see how Ryuta Sato did in a lead role, otherwise, it's pretty lame. |
| 5. | Comments by Nermal [Rating: 8/10]
Since I love Sato Ryuta, I was bound to be watching this.
A Nice story about hardships and friendships through high school. Lots of it is over exaggerated (trust me there are no problems like THAT in Japanese schools) but it was still something to look forward to each week, especially since they were taping it 5 minutes away from my house! ^_^ |
| 6. | Comments by moonchyld [Rating: ?/10]
too many bishies to pass.. but the storyline seems old.. we'll see. |
| 7. | Comments by norani [Rating: 10/10]
Hayato Ichira as Aniya --- Fantastic actor Hayato great screen prescence and he delivers. When he is on screen all the other players seem to fade. Hope to see more of him in other dramas. |
| 8. | Comments by Paine_kun [Rating: ?/10]
2/?? |
| 9. | Comments by dekatrain [Rating: 8/10]
At last! God has transcended and given the underrated Sato Ryuta a lead role. After years of hard work (see Ikebukuro WGP, Utahime, or Cats Eye to understand what I mean) it was great to find him in a spotlight with a role that suits him as the overtly dorky yet kind-hearted and inspiring teacher. YES, the idea of a teacher inspiring delinquent students is not new - in fact, it deserves a rest. But I think his character is more realistic than any before in that he is totally fallible - for example, he does not beat up 20 students in a warehouse every week and inexplicably get a way with it (Shame on you Gokusen!). My hat goes off to the very accomplished cast - Hayato at first struggled but I think there was obvious improvement as he progressed through the story. |
| 10. | Comments by natzumi [Rating: 10/10]
AWESOME! |
| 11. | Comments by aoi_dolphine [Rating: 10/10]
Seriously love this drama and just becos I am a sports theme addict person. However having said that I fall right in love with the whole cast and the plot. The theme song is a right fit to this drama too. There's a Special and Movie followed by this drama. |
| 12. | Comments by kireiyuhi [Rating: 7/10]
The baseball got tiring after a while and so did the fighting but it was an okay drama. |
| 13. | Comments by sasukekun6 [Rating: 9/10]
One of the best dramas I've seen for a while. I absolutely loved it!! I still have to watch the movie!! ^_____^ |
| 14. | Comments by Vosem8 [Rating: 10/10]
awesome |
| 15. | Comments by tAz [Rating: 8/10]
Haha, definitely is entertaining, high school drama can never go wrong. |
| 16. | Comments by ct_subang [Rating: 4/10]
All abt highskool baseball & koshien..thts pretty much of it.. |
| 17. | Comments by romi510 [Rating: 8/10]
Finally finished watching this series. It's re-visit to an old and much worn story line of a bunch of bad students meeting a really dedicated teacher who steer them to the right path and practically change their lives. However, the script is very well written and the story is tight, so over all I really enjoyed watching it. Worth mentioning is the good acting from the main cast too. Recommended. |
| 18. | Comments by pinkokoro [Rating: ?/10]
in the middle of watching. from 6 episodes I've watched, this can be said to be one of my fav of this season. Teacher-student drama is old, but this come out really likable and awesome. I didn't expect to like it so much. I hope it'll progress even better because I really want to give it a 9. |
| 19. | Comments by ishikumi [Rating: ?/10]
currently watching... |
| 20. | Comments by karin-chan [Rating: 9/10]
Onizuka and Yankumi should bow down before Kawato-sensei! |
| 21. | Comments by rikastar [Rating: 8/10]
Sometimes it's cheesy as hell, but it is still so fun and enjoyable to watch, even if I could care less about baseball. The enthusiasm of the guys is infectious and their silliness is adorable. They seem to equate shouting to yankee, sometimes it gets excessive and annoying. Koide gives a excellent understated performance. |
| 22. | Comments by wanderingfish7 [Rating: 9/10]
Pretty good. Good story, good acting, and my favorite baseball... |
| 23. | Comments by lynn [Rating: 8/10]
Download...VCD |
| 24. | Comments by TakumaSan [Rating: 8/10]
soo great |
| 25. | Comments by cnidaria_jin [Rating: ?/10]
hotz... |
| 26. | Comments by syu77 [Rating: 10/10]
I really love this drama...i always love watching stories on inspiration...and this is one that i really love...must watch!!! |
| 27. | Comments by EstherM [Rating: 7/10]
There are better sports dramas about baseball (H2), there are funnier dramas with baseball (KisarazuLs Cats Eyes), there are better highschool dramas (GTO), there are funnier dramas about rogue students (Gokusen 1) but once you have watched all those Rookies might be the next best thing. Better than Gokusen 2, 3, Seito Shokun, Regatta etc. itLs tries to be quite realistic and it has a few excellent young actors in it. A big minus is the stereotyped ex-Yakusa idealist trainer/teacher - the scriptwriters should have developed a more nuanced persona. |
| 28. | Comments by kaitosan20 [Rating: 6/10]
its just one of those typical teacher saving delinquents drama.. |
| 29. | Comments by simpletoad [Rating: 7/10]
i like ichihara hayato's new hair ((((: |
| 30. | Comments by Patazilla [Rating: 9/10]
This might not be very original, but nevertheless it is worth seeing! The cast does a great job, I grew to love all the characters and also the plot and acting. |
| 31. | Comments by Inujun [Rating: 8/10]
Basically like every sports manga out there, a lot of scenes get overdramatized and cheesy. Yes a usual its a hot blooded teacher in charge of a group of delinquents and takes time to convert them one by one. I've never really noticed Satou Ryuta before but he did really good in this role, plus his students gave exceptional performances. The problem with this drama though, was that it really dragged near the end with close up scenes on each characters faces after seemingly touching speeches. Of course it was touching most of the time though since this theme had been used numerous times, its no longer special. Still nonetheless, a pretty good sports drama. |
| 32. | Comments by mmyy [Rating: 9/10]
A more down-to-earth series of its genre, the idea of punks meeting baseball offers something new for a change, with a lot of hearty laughs and touching moments. |
| 33. | Comments by room304 [Rating: 8/10]
surpringsingly enjoyable |
| 34. | Comments by loveaomori [Rating: 7/10]
entertaining but it has nothing special compare to other baseball high school doramas. Kawato is very noisy, and too optimistic, it sometimes got on my nerves. Anyway, good theme song and you'll enjoy it for sure! |
| 35. | Comments by michimaru [Rating: 9/10]
Ichihara Hayato is my new crush! *doki doki!* way too many hotties in this drama! |
| 36. | Comments by snow_san [Rating: 7/10]
Sato Ryuta (Utahime, Gal Cir). Sato Ryuta's first lead role.
Funny, compassionate and driven with an infectious smile. Exciting 90 min. first episode!
Over-the-top with the motivational speeches but plenty that'll move you. Endless&tiring bickering can get old but then later episodes has more meaning. 8th episode was great game! Final episode was way overboard with the speeches and slowed the pace down for what should have been (imo) a more exciting/fast paced game. But... you'll still walk away with a smile. |
| 37. | Comments by outlaws0025 [Rating: 8/10]
My first sport dorama. Hard to say much about as it was a long time ago i watched it, but I can say this... great theme song!!:D |
| 38. | Comments by chibichan [Rating: 9/10]
keep dreaming ! thats what Kawato keep saying to his student. a bunch of delinquents kids then realising that there's nothing wrong to working hard, sweating to aiming the dreams.
I wish i have teacher like Kawato, who always believe in his students |
| 39. | Comments by nishishi [Rating: 5/10]
My comment... hummm... go watch wonderful life instead of this one. Rookies has no main plot whatsoever.... Its just about deliquents aiming for Koshien.
I only gave a 5 out of 10 for this dorama because of the baseball scenes. I mean... i gotta say that they r much better than wonderful life or H2... but still... they could work a lil more on the plot.... |
| 40. | Comments by Kuro570 [Rating: 8/10]
Must watch for any high school baseball fan |
| 41. | Comments by marspeach [Rating: 7/10]
Not bad or anything but it was a school and sports drama. Not my thing. |
| 42. | Comments by octane [Rating: 10/10]
love it..look forward to second season |
| 43. | Comments by v1olet [Rating: 8/10]
A High School Dorama about persistant "yakuza" teacher Kawato and 10 deliquent students in a baseball team chasing their dreams to Koshien. A must see dorama to those who love sport dorama and high school dorama. Nice theme song, Kiseki by GReeeeN. |
| 44. | Comments by kyunspark [Rating: 6/10]
Maybe I hope too much for this dorama... but it turns out quite predictable.. Just like watching male version of Yankumi in Gokusen. |
| 45. | Comments by esabell [Rating: 10/10]
sato ryuta is da best teacher ever..iwish at my school have a teacher like him in da rookies!drama....ot makes me wants to play softball everyday,makes my luv to softball become more and more... |
| 46. | Comments by jPs34n [Rating: 9/10]
Kono dorama mite kandoushimashita. |
| 47. | Comments by chinz [Rating: 6/10]
a bit over to make people cry in each episode... and those 'boys' don't look like high schoolers however i look at it... |
| 48. | Comments by Sorata [Rating: 9/10]
One of my favorite doramas, the same kind of GTO and Gokusen, i rate it above Gokusen and below GTO, but it got something that the other two donLt have: GTO has a good teacher but crappy students; Gokusen has good students and a crappy teacher but ROOKIES has good teacher and students.
ILm a big fan of yankee storys and the Rookies manga, and i have to say that Sato Ryuta played a great Kawato. Ichihara Hayato was the worst of the students since he doesnLt resemble Hanya at all and the best of the students were Takaoka Sousuke(the best one) as Wakana and Nakao Akiyoshi as Sekikawa. But overall all the cast was good.
If you like sports, deliquents and a good drama, then Rookies is your thing. |
| 49. | Comments by stardope [Rating: 8/10]
probably the best teacher-students dorama I watched...the story kinda different from the original manga,,,but that's okayyy... It's not unforgiveable...really like Ihihara hayato's and Sato Ryuta's acting in here... for me the weak point is the crying scene...it happens soo many times... can't wait to see the sp or the movie... |
| 50. | Comments by hisashi [Rating: 7/10]
Interesting plot although not the 1st about a hot blooded teacher trying to change a group a bad student to chase their dream. Lots of exaggerating scenes and over doing of facial close up and flashback. But still a heartwarming and motivating drama. A well selection of casts. |
| 51. | Comments by sadacori [Rating: ?/10]
(currently watching on KIKU) |
| 52. | Comments by Jhvx [Rating: 10/10]
From my point of view this one deserves the title of my best dorama of 2008, insert song by Greeeen is great, Kiseki!! ^^ Ryuta Sato role as bakaa sensei is so funny, and plot is very interesting. Finally a good sports dorama!!! Looking forward for the SP and the Movie :D |
| 53. | Comments by czajka [Rating: ?/10]
1st |
| 54. | Comments by aoiharu [Rating: 10/10]
not a single johnnys' in it and it's already an ikemen troupe ^^
started watching initially for ichihara (one helluva good and young actor) and baseball... well, ended <3ing the rest of it.
good adaptation from manga imho. |
| 55. | Comments by docalion [Rating: 10/10]
Woooohhh!!!! Ichiharo Hayato is something you need to look out for in this one, well, seconded by Koide Keisuke. Although cheesy at times, it will surely knock you out. Very entertaining!! And super GREAT theme song by GReeeeN! |
| 56. | Comments by dbesthair23 [Rating: 8/10]
This show was a bit slow, but it picks up real fast and stays on course. The casts really build up their position in the show and at the end lets you wanting for more of them. |
| 57. | Comments by raynawashere [Rating: 10/10]
my FAVORITE drama. no competition.
akiyoshi nakao is so sexy. love him. and of course the baseball too. i love sports :D |
| 58. | Comments by katsup [Rating: ?/10]
watching |
| 59. | Comments by Aysha [Rating: 10/10]
T___T so touching!! |
| 60. | Comments by flamethunder85 [Rating: 8/10]
I don't know why (in spite of others' review), I thought I love this one more than Gokusen. The story is so simple, but touching, imho. The main theme is a plus. |
| 61. | Comments by Susan [Rating: ?/10]
Currently Watching |
| 62. | Comments by Swedish_Japan_Lover [Rating: 8/10]
Goodlooking boys, nice story, and pretty good developed... too many slowmotion and dramatic scenes, but recommendable!
And GReeeeN's Kiseki did play a huge role to make this interesting! |
| 63. | Comments by 206 [Rating: 6/10]
delinquents + sensei = just ok baseball story |
| 64. | Comments by weetzie_bat [Rating: ?/10]
watching |
| 65. | Comments by nickylynn [Rating: 8/10]
So happy to see Sato Ryuta in a lead role. He did it so well. There needs to be more coaches out there like him. A heartwarming sports drama with a good cast. Notably Ichihara Hayato and Takaoka Sousuke have stand out performances. Can't wait for the movie. |
| 66. | Comments by UetoAyaFanboy [Rating: 7/10]
The teacher is charismatic and an interesting character. I like the theme of dreams and this idealist sensei... |
| 67. | Comments by sable_starr [Rating: ?/10]
currently watching |
| 68. | Comments by KAZdoramma [Rating: 5/10]
Not bad, nothing to take seriously and does get a bit annoying with the over emphasis on the theme of DREAM but nonetheless, FUN to watch! |
| 69. | Comments by Sleepingstar [Rating: 8/10]
Pretty cool sports series. |
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Ichihara Hayato
Koide Keisuke
Shirota Yuu
Nakao Akiyoshi
Takaoka Sousuke
Kiritani Kenta
Sato Takeru
Igarashi Shunji
Kawamura Yousuke
Murakawa Eri
Asano Kazuyuki
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