Rennai Kekkon no Hosoku

Rennai Kekkon no Housoku was a refreshing drama to watch, which seems contradictory considering itfs an older drama. The plot is your average love triangle, where one is cheering for the average, goofy, not-so-handsome, genuine guy instead of the hardcore handsome younger guy.

Koizumi Kyoko has proven yet again that shefs not just a singer, but also a solid actress. She has an onscreen presence that pulls you right in, and although a lot of her characterfs actions were selfish, I still felt sympathetic towards her characterfs situation. However, the outstanding performance award should go to Yanagiba Toshiro! I have never seen him act as this type of character and he completely blew me away with his good-natured charm. I think this is the first time Ifve actually see him SMILE in a dramac. Itfs really rare when a main character can act as the comic-relief as well, and Tanagiba made it happen flawlessly. All the secondary characters deserve shout-outs as well, as the casting director did a brilliant job, but I need to single out Kobayashi Satomi. Shefs just found a new fan in me. She was probably my favourite character in this drama.

Although the ending of the drama is given away in the intro song (letfs hope intentionally), the ending pushed the drama from an 8/10 to 9/10. If you want to know why, youfll just have to watch the show.

This is a really good comedy. I always liked Kyon Kyon but Yanagiba was hillarious. He normally plays a cold heartless character like in Bus Stop and Ashita ga aru. But in this, he played a goofy country bumpkin out to win Kyon Kyon's heart. Go watch this, it's worth it.

Sorry, OOT :

For keiko7732 : I found the VCD of "Rennai kekkon no housoku / The rules of marrying for love" at YAHOO AUCTION SINGAPORE.
It's still on Chinese subtitle.
The link is :
http://page.auctions.shopping.yahoo.com/sg/auction/73598802?aucview=0x23