Fan reviews: Moto Kare

43 reviews · average 7.0 / 10

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Worst drama I ever watch

1 / 10

pearl · 15 Sep 2003

This is a spoiler, so please do not continue reading if you do not want to know any spoilers.

Like I said before in my previous comments, I will be coming back to give this drama a 1/10 if Toji ended up with Makoto. So, here I am. This drama really sux big time. As a big Tsuyoshifs fan, I have to say that this is by far the worst and ridiculous script Komatsu Eriko ever written for Tsuyoshi. In fact the worst drama of Tsuyoshi. Toji is an A-S-S-H-O-L-E, Makoto is a S-L-U-T and Nao is silly. If I were Nao, I will go for some other guy. Even Tsuyoshi himself could not stand Toji for being so indecisive.

You know what is so ridiculous about this drama? From episode 1 to episode 5, we can see how a mean person Makoto is, but somehow, seeing that Makoto has more supporter than Nao in Japan, I guess that Komatsu Eriko knew that too and because Hirosue is lead actress and Tsuyoshifs co-star in the popular gSummer Snowh, from episode 6 onwards, we see the sudden change in Makotofs character. From a mean lady, all of a sudden, we see her turning into a soft-spoken one who tried to act pity, gaining the sympathy of hundred and thousands of audiences. And then, she became the one everyone pities instead of Nao. Wow, great! So, now all the S-L-U-T-S can go ahead and act pity to break up othersf happiness. You have all the support from those no common sense people. Just because you like Hirosue and just because she is the one as Makoto doesnft mean what Makoto did is correct. Even if my favourite actress is the one as Makoto, I will never support her as no matter what, she is the one trying to get in between a happy couple. We need some common sense here, people.

Story Plot:
No originality and extremely boring. The whole 10 episodes is just basically 2 women fighting over a retarded guy who could not even make up his mind until the last episode. The only scenes I like is the 2 kissing scenes of Toji and Nao and the scene where Nao gave Makoto a tight slap, other than that, this drama makes me fall asleep. If not for Tsuyoshi, the nice soundtrack and good acting from Rina, this show will not even get any single mark from me. If only I can give it a 0.

Acting:
Tsuyoshi did a pretty fair job as the retarded a-s-s-h-o-l-e. But not much of a challenge. Tsuyoshi is better off in comical roles. He looked a bit stiff in romance scenes. As for Hirosue, I think this lady still need some brushing up in her acting. I cannot stand her crying. Looks very fake. And she was like trying to act like a tough OL, which is not convincing at all as her voice sounded too high-pitch and yet soft-spoken. The best acting is from Uchiyama Rina. Like I said before, I never like her before watching this drama. But after watching this, I start to like her a lot. And this girl can really act. Very natural and talented actress. She can cry very naturally and yet not fake. And we can see giving all her love and devotion for Toji. Sonim did a pretty fair job too. Quite like her.

Chemistry:
There is no chemistry between all the characters at all. Tsuyoshi does not look compatible with Hirosue at all as this lady looked way too matured and a bit taller than him. Anyway, I thought that Toji and Makoto do not look right for each other, as Toji is a retarded salaryman while Makoto is a tough OL. But on second thought, they may kind of look compatible since one is an a-s-s-h-o-l-e and another one is a s-l-u-t. Toji looked compatible with Nao since Nao is much shorter and younger, but too bad, the ending was stupid.


Last but not least, just want to say that thank goodness, Tsuyoshi will choose Nao in real life. So, to all Nao supporters, do not worry, you still have the support from Tsuyoshi himself, myself and the rest of the people with any common sense.

Not so much original

4 / 10

UWFShooter · 22 Aug 2003

Reminds me too much of Mukashi no Otoko, only without the sex. So far the same is there - "other woman" is made the victim, we're supposed to feel sorry for her, etc. Only real good thing is the side story with Sonim and Hiro Amano, believe me. Nao is hot, but I will be p'ed off if she doesn't bag the guy...

Ridiculous...

6 / 10

pearl · 18 Aug 2003

So far, after watching 7 episodes, I can only give it 6 stars. 5 stars for great acting by Tsuyoshi, Rina & Sonim. I never like Rina before watching this drama, but after watching, I find Rina's acting very natural and good. And add 1 more star for the great theme song "Hakka Candy" by Kinki Kids & the insertion song "Teko's Theme" (sung by Nita Whitaker, Lyrics by Mariya Takeuchi & arranged by David Foster). But if the ending is Toji (Tsuyoshi) with Nao (Rina), I will add 4 more stars to give it a 10. If the ending is Toji with Makoto (Hirosue), I will minus 5 stars to give it a 1 cause I cannot accept the fact that this woman dumped the guy 2 years ago and said very mean things to him 2 years later when they met again, but after seeing he has a cute girlfriend, she gets all jealous and wanted to snatch him back.
Since this drama started showing in Japan, there are 2 gangs in Japan - Makoto supporters & Nao supportors. I could not believe there were actually people supporting Makoto or even feel pity for her. A message to Makoto supporters, "God bless you with your present girlfriend/boyfriend. And if they dumped you to go back to their ex, blame it on yourself. And to those who would like to snatch your ex back, do not worry, go ahead as you have the support from Makoto's supporters.