Fan reviews: Majo no jouken

kiwi · 14 Aug 2005

I had to scream like crazy when i 1st watched the 1st ep. Hideaki is so cute >__<. I searched the internet for summary and spent 4-5 hours to read till the last eps. My goodness, even the summary make me so touched. What an ending ! I thought she would be able to keep the child. sob sob

donna8157 · 4 Aug 2005

A story about a teacher who runs off with her student. Sounds sketchy? At first the taboo topic of a teacher-student relationship really turned me away from wanting to watch this, however surprisingly the show was able to pull this off quite tastefully. And I found myself even rooting for the main leads to stay together. Matsushima Nanako and Takizawa Hideaki did a great job and had great chemistry despite the age gap.

However, more than anything else . .this series has a great ending! I absolutely loved it and I think the ending is one of the reasons why this series is so memorable for me.

aki_07 · 6 Jun 2005

I think most people either like it or hate it. It made me a little uncomfortable but strangely I enjoyed the uneasiness it gave me because social oddities like this do happen in life. If you pay close attention to the intended message of this drama, you will appreciate it more. Mom's obsessed jealousy about her son, the society discrimination about student-teacher love affair, the dilema & struggle of doing the "right" things to please the society rather than yourself etc. Many good colloquial dialogues as well. Love can happen anywhere at anytime to anyone. Very bold of the writer to attempt something like this that can make the audience squirm. It brought Takizawa to fame! I'm adding this drama to my collection for sure!

aiscess · 1 Jun 2005

Its good...very touching. The song really fits the story.

reft111 · 12 May 2005

-I like the soundtrack;suits the scenes.
-I didn't understand why Michi had to steal at the supermarket;it is weird.
-Poor Michi and Hikaru because they both had to teach and study in a terrible school. The school teacher was getting bullied and nearly rape by the students in their own teacher's room and no actions were taken? What kinda school is that?
-I don't think girls will like the story because Hikaru was shorter and younger than Michi.
-A very strong love between both of them;They can't even get apart for one day.
-I like all the parts where they were hugging especially the part where Michi was chasing Hikaru and she said "Please don't leave me alone again".
-I'm not so happy with the ending. It's kinda hanging.
-I don't know whether I like this drama or not, but I just can't forget it.
-Nanako san plays the character really good in this drama.

youhei_mito · 16 Apr 2005

technically speaking, i'm not one to give comments on this drama -- due to the fact that i merely finished the 2nd episode. o-o but i guess tat does contribute to the fact tat this drama is a sleeping pill to such an extent, even a j-drama lover such as myself would sleep on a drama! *LOL*

i don particularly have anything against student-teacher relationships watsoever, but i do expect a breakthrough storyline regarding such a controversial topic in society. and this drama definitely did not do so. the drama did not deal with this debate in the face, wat it did was only conveniently & tactfully evaded the issue based on the simple 'love-conquers-all' crap theory. which is hardly convincing

to me, this drama is just riding on the student-teacher issue to help with its lame 'love-surpasses-obstacles' theme, even if it means going around the obstacles instead of facing them.

peonies · 14 Apr 2005

the drama was actually good except for the fact that it's very DISTURBING!!!
i can't even believe that they let this series be aired... i think it tolerates people to engage in a relationship that we can consider as unacceptable...

tzanth · 5 Apr 2005

Great dorama!! one of my favorites! The story just grabs you and dosent let go! All the actors/actresses do a great job, especially matsushima nanako, kuroki hitomi and yamada maiko.

Kam · 24 Mar 2005

Wow, was this one odd. It was interesting to see the script present the relationship between Michi and Hikaru as something pure and even wonderful. There were a few scenes of tender affection that had me squirm, despite the fact that I was rooting for both of these characters from the first episode on--proof that this type of subject matter just isn't easy to handle. For the most part, the writing is intelligent and mature, save for a few moments where logic is thrown out the window for the sake of a twist or two; the final few episodes are especially guilty of this. But the show makes you think, and it opens your mind, and presents everything in such a way that you're still allowed to either agree or disagree with it in the end. I'm impressed with all the different levels that it works on.

LoKi |G| · 23 Mar 2005

I'm a fan of both the leads, so I was excited about this drama. While I liked it, I just can't get over the fact that she's taller than him!!!

That just ruined it for me and made it not believable. It was just odd everytime I'd see them kiss and she's have to bend down....FREAKY.

Otherwise, goos drama.

-LoKi Out

Myri · 1 Feb 2005

This drama can just deserve 10. It would be that I'm living a similar story, it would be that the host make you cry until you don't finish your tears, it would be because this story is so beautiful and touching... But this drama is really a magnum opus.
Hideaki Takizawa had act very well in this serie, and so also Nanako Matsushima, who play the role of the teacher who fall in love of her student, Hikaru. The host, then! Wonderfull, my koibito also bought for me the cd! Utada Hikaru has a wonderfull voice, and the song First Love is so touching! Just watching the sigle you need to cry, for the emotion...
So, a must for the romantic persons!

neverland · 16 Dec 2004

The most drama I like.... About 6 or 7 time I see it, but still want to see it again and again...

celest8787 · 28 Nov 2004

this is my all-time fave!!! i still feel it's superb even after watching so many jap dramas over the years... this is one of the first jap dramas i'd actually fallen in love with coz of the very touching and romantic plot... the chemistry between takizawa hideaki and matsushima nanako is unbelievable! teacher-student relationships are more or less a taboo even in today's society. to imagine yourself to be either one of the lead characters in this jap drama is perhaps fulfilling enough, despite knowing that it's fictional... do watch this superb drama and i'm sure you won't regret it!!!

ImageHaHa · 19 Nov 2004

good choice of theme, good plot, good actors(All except the 17-yr boy). The script (or the boy's acting turns a 10/10 drama into a 1/10 one because it is so unconvincing that such enduring love (not infatuation) exist between the two.
For those theme for non-traditional values just like teacher/student love, incest etc, they have their values because the laws of the society cannot take care everything and true love between those not accepted by society did exist, it was raised as themes in many dramas all over the world.

I have seen many pair of teacher/stuent lovers, not approved by outsider but they have true love because they have mental compatibility.
In this drama, you can just see 2 persons lost in their life meaning and direction and going to search of themselves. They can be companions in their journey searching for their own needs but not lovers fighting for their relationship sacrificing everything. Nanako was a woman who is in need of direction, goals and self-determination in life. Therefore she will falls on someone with these qualifies. What is this 17-yr boy?
1. No direction, no goals, spoiled child - no responsibility whatsoever in his life (compare to the students in GTO, they are cute because they are responsible to themselves, they may not good in academics but they devote themselves in some other areas with enthusiasm.I would fall on Onizuka as a 17-yr old bike gang rather)
2. No guts - If he likes(not even love) the teacher, he should at least stand up for her when she was bullied. sorry, not even once in the drama, how can you fall for such cry baby? When facing challenge, he just withdrew himself just like timid child.
3. No initiative whatsoever - during their elopment, you can see a big sister nurturing a young brother, she did everything for him.

If Nanako is a very strong woman and looking for someone to protect, then it would be more convincing that they are lovers.

I talked so much because it is so disappointing to waste a drama like this. It can be potentially drama of the year and get nanako the best actress but now just a mediocre one. Go watch Pride or Yamato Nadeshiko, you will be more fulfilled.

shiruchsn · 13 Nov 2004

I just love Nanako Matsushima, her acting and her baeuty really impresses!!! Hideaki Takizawa... oh my God, too good to be true!!!
The story about forbidden love between them is not digusting like some of people have written, I guess is pretty normal to fall in love with a teacher, I have already did it. But love, when it is a true love, must go on, must be lived. And that is what they felt for each other.
But I didn't like some parts of this drama, I don't know why, but it gets weird at times, specially Hikaru's mother manner.
Besides that, it is a pretty good drama, a must watch and the song by Utada Hikaru is simply one of the best!!!

ameba · 16 Sep 2004

hola!

os aconsejo a todos esta maravillosa historia de amor entre michi y hikaru.
es el mejor drama que he visto!

jaded_mojo · 6 Sep 2004

it was quite boring at the earlier part of this drama......and also quite ridiculous......but it gets better towards the end......it becomes more touching......a mediocre drama

Kanin · 8 Aug 2004

Great storyline and great actors especially Nanako and Hitomi.

10/10


lol some of the reviewers here are pathetic.

omaren · 3 Aug 2004

its pretty good...but why are takki's characters soo...like sissy-ish?? ionno...good story, pretty people...it's aights

daisuki · 9 Jul 2004

This drama is one of the best I've seen!From the first episode of it,I've been addicted to it!Truly a must see.