Fan reviews: Strawberry on the shortcake

donna8157 · 5 Aug 2005

To think that this drama would be on the top 50 JDorama is disappointing to say the least. The main characters in this drama are annoying and some of the situations were incredibly trifling. There were only two good things about this drama: 1.) the innovative editing of the film and 2.) Uchiyama Rina and Kobuzuke Yosuke.

Even though I am a fan of Takizawa Hideaki, his character in this drama just didn't appeal to me and the fact that there was this incredibly odd relationship between him and Fukada Kyoko's character made it even less appealing. The insincere relationships that revolved around them made this drama seem draggy and just outright boring.

All in all, there was no strawberry on this shortcake.

yo-chan · 28 Jul 2005

I think it's a story worth wotching, because of an interessting storyline, but it movs on too slow... at some time I thought: ah don't want to continue watching. but it has it's moments!
sometimes I was really fed up with Kyoko Fikada's character Yui... Yosuke was great! and Takki really cute!
would recommend it of you're a Takki fan!
Lovely ending!

elizchris · 1 Jul 2005

My favorite ridiculous melodrama. This drama is so very silly. I really enjoy it. The actors are excellent in their parts. Fukada is so extremely irritating and manipulative, that Takizawa's character seems mentally ill rather than simply spineless. Their relationship seems intense and pure but the dynamics are incredibly destructive. I genuinely like the secondary relationship. The gradual build from suspicion to friendship to more worked really well.

aiscess · 1 Jun 2005

I like the story very much. The actors/actress did a good job. I also like the funny scenes with Yui & Manato/Yui & Saeki. And eventhough Sawamura is the other girl in this series, she's not like the other girls' in other doramas that seeks revenge after being heartbroken, instead she helps Manato to be true to himself and let him confess his feelings to Yui.

youhei_mito · 21 Apr 2005

aside from the strong cast and nice soundtrack, the drama is actually a waste of effort. the story is too bland, girl-likes-boy,boy-likes-girl,both-too-shy, half-brother-sister-twist... typical o-o
the atmosphere created was quite ok, the narration done by hideaki was quite soothing, but otherwise the story was really typical & predictable. the last part of the drama is actually dragging & pain-staking to watch. ;P imagine a girl who gets sick on purpose to pull sympathy from crush-slash-half-brother? fascinating...

miriya52 · 2 Mar 2005

Bumped up the rating by one just because i love the soundtrack.

HaneNoAyame · 24 Feb 2005

It was good...unfortunately...I thought it was rather eerie. I know their just step-brothers/sisters, but was it really necessary?

johuth · 19 Nov 2004

I learned about this drama before i watched it. Becuase I sometimes read episodes scripts first before finding it with english subbs

The first time i watched it I liked it i thought it was good. But it was the first one that I watched. I have only seen it twice. the first time that I watched it about 3 years ago. I thought it had a good story and every thing but I started to realise that the story was kind of shalow. It is a lot like a us soap. The characters are well thought out. I did not realy like the characters becuase they only cared about themselves. But there are a lot of good stuff in this drama. It had a great cast but it was just the characters and the story that didn't work for me. But it had good acting they were very convencing shalow people. S.O.S. maybe I should watch it agian.

sayurikurata · 4 Oct 2004

This is the first drama I gave a 6 to. I'm a big fan of Kyoko and Hideaki, but the story isn't worth watching until the ending. The story is slow and the plot is just boring since the beginning.

kikkuman · 25 Sep 2004

dream about having a relationship with ur teacher? how about falling in luv with ur bro or sis? well, tis is ur lucky day! heres the perfect show for ur twisted desires

omaren · 3 Aug 2004

it's an ok drama to watch...pretty people..liked yosuke!

Dorobou · 13 Jun 2004

I don't know if I will like this show, but curiousity has kept me watching this drama until the end, then finally I understand. This show is both boring and interesting just like the lives of the actors in this drama. So after watching this show, it gave me a blank impression, dunno if that impression is good or bad, but it balances out the feeling.

leon_no2 · 20 Apr 2004

i personally dont really like the ending, the sudden twist doesnt seem to make much sense. but maybe thats because i'm kinda biased toward Sawamura Haruka over Misawa Yui, in which i find Sawamura much better in both personality and look.

overall its a really good drama, the first few episodes seem the most interesting and what happens at the last few episodes kinda drives me mad (again, because of lack of attention to Sawamura, i really wished that she would be happy ^^).

well, basically, Uchiyama Rina is the best!

risumonki9 · 25 Feb 2004

So... slow... so.. boring.. so.. bleh. Nothing special to me. Lost interest in the first episode.

mojack · 17 Feb 2004

Oh...I really love kyoko in this drama, the pink girl. I hope I'll eat the strawbery first.

cola_cherry · 11 Jan 2004

i loved it, the story was just soo good. takki and kyoko looks soo good together, especially as brother and sister....yosuke was hot as always...defintleya dorama to remember..

Nermal · 10 Jan 2004

I guess I was expecting something more when I watched this drama. We all know of Takizawa's acting skills and I was expecting something better. Kubozuka is pretty much the only one worth mentionning in this drama. The base of the story was good but it just kept going in circles. Still good but could be better.

stone · 17 Nov 2003

this was a great show, right from the first episode to the last! yeah, it tends to get a little draggy in the middle, but hey, aren't most doramas like that? haha but still, very deep, with plenty of symbolisms, juz have to pay close attention to them! takizawa & yosuke are fantastic!

turbozed730 · 2 Nov 2003

there were some redeeming qualities in this one (like the last episode) but honestly i disliked the main characters (manato and yui) too much to enjoy it. manato came off as dishonest and conniving. yui was just too annoying. i ended up caring more about what happened to the supporting characters.

Ryo_San · 28 Oct 2003

This story was ok. It was pretty complicated tho as far as the love lines go. The dont like the way Saeki-kun dumped Yui to go back to his teacher. And the way Manato dumped Sawamura to go back to Yui. However in the end you see Seaki-kun and Sawamura together even tho they really didnt get along so well in the beginning. For those of your who like complicated love stories watch this one. =)