Medaka

Typical and expected story plot, but Mimura's acting will keeps you entertained. Nice theme song.

What a surprisingly grand drama! I think Ifve seen many of the top hitter school dramas, and after watching even two of them, one quickly gets tired of the theme. The story is always the same. Teacher enters classroom. Classroom contains difficult students. Teacher goes above and beyond his/her job to gcareh for the students. Students heal and become wonderful human beings. Teacher and students cry at departure in the last scene of the last episode.

Of course, this drama follows that exact same story structurec but itfs still grand! Older students enrolled in night school replace the gregularh band of high school students. I truly believe this made all the difference for me. The issues and situations the students face are on a level I can understand. They deal with the basic needs of survival in a realistic world.

Mimura surprised me in this drama. Before I had only seen her in Ima ai ni Yukimasu and I thought she was brilliant. In Medaka she plays a completely different role, but I thought she did a great job. She was convincing and although I thought her smile was annoying at times, this same smile made ME smile numerous times throughout the show. Harada Taizo, whom Ifve had a crush on since Bewitched, was good, but my attention flew constantly towards Eita. All the supporting cast (especially Shigeru-san and perhaps not Meisa-chan so much) were great and appropriately cast.

This is a feel-good drama and Ifm glad I watched it. It inspired me to be a little more helpful in my own classroom.

Charming series about a "try your best" young teacher and her group of night school non-conformists.