Fan reviews: Sapuri

Isabelle · 14 Aug 2012

Suppli mostly takes place at an advertising agency. While part of it is about the actual work, you also get insight into some of its workers' lives.

The main character, Fuji-san (Ito Misaki) is a woman of 28. It's a difficult time for women and a lot of the drama centers around that fact. She is faced with the decision of what is more important in life; work or romance. Being unmarried and recently single, she puts all her effort into work. She lives alone, and mostly works alone, at her own pace. That is convenient as she doesn't have to deal with others, but also lonely.

Yu-kun is the other main character, who is played by KAT-TUN member Kazuya Kamenashi. He is young and inexperienced, drifting from one job to the other, not really knowing what he wants to do. To him, a beautiful day is wasted in the office. He still has to take the part-time job at Fuji-san's firm and slowly, guided by Fuji-san he realises that advertising is actually something that interests him. Of course, that interest quickly turns towards the teacher as well.
I'm generally not very impressed by Kazuya Kamenashi's acting abilities. I have seen him in several dramas, but somehow he just never seems to become as one with the character as I'd like him to be.

The questions that this drama raises are love or work? Can an older woman see her future in a younger man? Can you give up your way of life for another? Regarding other characters, you also find wondering about other things. Can a selfish man learn to become a good father? How long can a woman wait for a man, or a man for a woman? When should you let go and have the person you love do what they should?

Besides the romances that these people experience you also get a glimpse into the workings of an advertising agency and you will never look at an ad the same way as you did before.

While the story of the drama is very good, there is just one flaw. When the two main characters kiss, it just lacks that special something that all the great kisses in the world have had. The fire; the connection. The other romantic scenes work, but kissing just doesn't. It's a bit disappointing, and you begin to doubt the validity of the romance.

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ester_grace · 23 Dec 2010

Not a good one, the chemistry was bad..

ester_grace · 5 Oct 2010

Even the story was good but kame and misaki made the worst couple ever. But it was so enjoyable to saw how to made such a good commercial..

MonsterZero65 · 16 Aug 2010

Well I can't pass up a drama with Itoh Misaki in it. This drama was good. It plotted along nicely and kept up my interest. I never said wow but never got bored. I recommend it.

JEaddicthellyeah · 3 Nov 2009

Though It had a JE-boy in it and had my favorite type of genre, I had to put my foot down. It didnt bring the feel of Older woman- younger man love. Kame-chan was the annoying clingy any girl would fall for. And Itoh was the girl who actually fell for it. It had them most boring plot I had ever came across.

No offense to those who gave this drama a perfect 10, or a nine, 8 and a passing 7. But it just didnt give me the nice feeling I have when I'm watching a JE drama. :)) But It was uh... Kinda interesting.

I hate that girl... Um... What was her name? Dont care, really. The girl with the short hair that likes Kame-chan. She was a pain in the eyes. I hate her, ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Well. Alls well that ends well.

I give this a negative 5. Yes, negative.

sezling · 21 Apr 2008

Kamenashi Kazuya played his role well! He's heaps funny =D And I really enjoyed looking into the advertising world~ The soundtrack also had some really nice songs! The only thing I thought they didnt pull off well was the relationship between him and Itoh Misaki..

iwan · 21 Jul 2007

it's not the great one but nice to be watched. the story is too usual or common but the idealize brought is nice. it's remind me how to struggle in a new workplace like that. inspiring, simply good.

ena · 9 Mar 2007

Sorry to give this rating to Kame's drama, but it does not assess his acting skills or his role. Although the plot and cast are very good ones, just chemistry between Yuya and Fujii does not touch your heart and take you away along with the expansion of drama. Itoh's acting looks very fake (strongly saying) and sometimes you get an impression that she doesn't act but says her words with some acting. Don't think that I'am jealous of her because of being together with Kame in drama, but in Anego romance between Kurosawa (played by Akanishi Jin) and Noda-san (played by Shinohara Ryoko) is irresistible and sways away your heart. Also Kame's role is seen so childish whereas Itoh's role is very adult-like - this gives more stress on age difference of cast.
Hope in future there will a good drama with two of them!!!

Wynter · 28 Jan 2007

I wasn't too impressed with this drama. There wasn't any depth and I wasn't at all convinced that Fuji was in love with Ishida. Although the drama wasn't painful to watch, and I will admit that it wasn't bad in some instances (like the side story with Miho's character), there was nothing gripping about it. I wasn't hooked and completely indifferent to the end.

Kame did alright. I WAS convinced that he loved Misaki's character. Misaki played her role well, but there wasn't a lot of chemistry between the two. They looked awkward together. And because the story was about their love, it just didn't work.

The drama IS successful in the sense that you get a peak into the advertising world, and for the most part it was relatively accurate. However, this wasn't enough to push this drama forward.

noodlefreak · 8 Jan 2007

This drama didn't keep my interest enough for me to give it a higher score. I really like the actors but the story didn't appeal to me too much.

booniez · 23 Nov 2006

I'll give this drama a 7/10 since it does get a passing grade from me, but not much else. I suspect that the developers of the show thought that the great casting would cover up for a so-so story and warmed over plot-line (older career woman vs. young guy).

If you like the cast, then you'll like the show, but don't look for any tricks in this one. There are no plot twists, no real cliffhangers -- it's a very straightforward drama, but nothing more.

digitalcoconut · 27 Oct 2006

quiet interesting, though i dont expect much at the beginning. frankly, i don't like kame much, he can't be a leading actor, unconvincing.. but after watched him on Nobuta, i feel this drama can be smthing.
good story, but too much of love triangle spoiling it..
average performance for all cast but special mention for asami reina :)

jankuangel · 26 Oct 2006

I loved this drama XD
it was mostly creative (even though dull at some parts)
and i love the ending! hee hee :D

shiro-chan · 22 Oct 2006

ive always loved kame-chan drama.. all his dramas r good and i gotta say this r one of my favs.. he acted very well so did misaki-san i thought they were adorable

chinapin0 · 17 Oct 2006

i thought this drama made me wanna watch more because of the cliffhanger at the end of each episode, its not the best but i think it is worth watching

megumi s. · 13 Oct 2006

I've watched quite a few dramas (mostly japanese, but a few chinese), so I've seen amongst the "best", so I had pretty low expectations for this drama. I thought that they would rely too much on their all-star cast. Plus it's not an original idea to pair an older, career-driven woman with a younger and more naive male (for example, "kimi wa petto" and "anego").

I was surprised that I liked it this much. It surprised me since at first I thought that Kamenashi and Itoh Misaki were an odd pair, but I liked the setting (in an advertising company), which really made it interesting to see how ads are really made and the ideas the characters come up with. Plus I'm glad that it was much much better than the previous year's "Anego", which lacked a lot of things (read my review on that).

Recommended!

weee · 2 Oct 2006

I prefer tat densha otoko guy wit Itoh Misaki <--- better chemistry. Kame reli does looked like a girl & it makes me hate him even more! Sori..