Fan reviews: Yan Papa

ester_grace · 24 Nov 2010

I have watched this when I was high school student about 10 years ago. Nothing special, just a simple dorama. Tomoya nagase played as a baby sitter here, he could handle many problems and could be like a father for the kids.

Wynter · 14 Apr 2009

Okay, I absolutely adore Nagase Tomoya, but this drama was just a drag. It took me SO LONG to get through it! The storyline was weak and therefore the plot simple slumped along. The entire story could have been communicated through half the amount of episodes the drama took.

The cast was okay. No one really stood out and no one did a particularly bad job. Everything was just mediocre. Near the end the plot got interesting (with the introduction of the real father), but there wasnft much of a finale and by the end of it all, it was confirmed that, really, I had just wasted 10 hours of my life.

monta · 22 Mar 2007

finished Yan Papa

This dorama had one hell of a lousy introduction. I hate how they approached the main plot. The barely was any chemestry between Yui and Yusaku nor did they look like they loved each other, all they did was eyeing eachother, and then suddenly Yusaku's character screams out on the street saying that he loves Yui and gets married in the first episode!

The first three episodes were so daymn boring all it showed was a house with 3 spoiled brats that kept whining all the time!

Though with this theme it could've been more touching but i guess some of the problems especially in the first episodes was skin-deep and a bit cliche. the youngest doesn't wann go to school, turns out they still have a no-good father. And the thing is, the problems that happens in this dorama, when the problems are childish, they get really childish you'll actually laugh when you're not supposed to, and when the problem is serious they get really serious.

I guess it's a family dorama, nothing special, but it's definitely not below average and i think it was worth watching. It gets interesting and has a good progress starting from episode 4.

Well to me, it was worth waatching just to see Nagase Tomoya acting mature as a father

aizawa^hase · 14 Mar 2005

nagase plays as a young father! just couldnt believe it for the first time. saw him in mukodono and now in yanpapa. being a very young father will be very difficult especially when the children are not biologically related. but, yusaku has the kindest heart that a stepfather should have. he cares about his children, very much! i wish i can have a husband like that!

johuth · 11 Dec 2004

It kind of reminded me of Mokodono in a way. But I think this drama is a lot better. Nagase Tomoya was a much better actor in this drama then he ever was in Mokodono it was less exagerated he just got on my nerves in the other drama. I thought he was a bad actor intill i saw this drama! The story is about a guy that gets married to this women and she dies the day after the get married. But he wants to honor his wife by staying with the 3 kids. it is a very touching story I love it it was so great. I must say I and in the mean time they learn to love him. (insted of hating his guts).

It is a good drama believe me

The only problem that I have with it is that there are too much adverising (they list sponsers before every commerical break)

I must say that I was wrong about Nagase Tomoya he can be a good actor if he wants to be! BUt I still think that Katou Ai is a very very very very very bad actress. I haven't seen any reason for me to change my mind about her.

I thought this was going to be a bad drama it didnt look like much to me before I watched it.

Please watch this one

kaonashi · 14 Jun 2004

Not that good, but if you don't expect too much it's watchable. Lighthearted and at times charming. Predictable of course and some things could really have been a bit more believable, too much even for a tv-drama sometimes.
Guess the sensmoral is that blood sometimes isn't thicker than water.

Hiro Toyo · 13 Jun 2004

I decided to watch this drama because I liked the the combination of Tomoya and Katou Ai when they first paired up in IWGP. I was a bit disappointed with this drama because I thought they could have done a lot more with them two because they were so successful in IWGP for their chemistry. In other words, they didn't need to pair Katou Ai with Tomoya in this drama because there just wasn't really a love story or any real chemistry that made it so enjoyable in IWGP. I guess I thought they would use the same formula again (IWGP) but in another drama, like riding off the same successful formula.
As for the drama, it's predictable, and not very creative. But, they didn't make it extremely cheesy and the standard for a drama was still there. But still, it's one of those dramas that gets you thinking how there are so many other things they could have done with it.

psychomann · 1 Jun 2004

Ça c'est la représentation de ce que l'on peux dire un engagement pur sincere et solanel.

Baka Senpai · 6 Apr 2004

another family-oriented drama from tomoya...this one is about earning trust again (as with mukodono), complete with sentimental liners from everyone...pretty good...a bonus is that theres anime in this drama as well
i liked teh ending song
ding dong ding dong dang ding dong

zchendevlemh · 29 Mar 2004

another nagase, tomoya dorama it's good just good. based on my observation i think gotou maki can really act pretty well. the ending was not that great it is even worst when a caucasian woman appeared on the scene.

4julls · 12 Jan 2004

well ... its entertaining ...
hehhe
seeing nagase trying his luck to eb a father
hahahahah

larcencielbleu · 13 Dec 2003

The drama is not bad but I find Kato Ai's role in the drama annoying. She's very nosy and always meddles with other people's business.

juliana_phang · 11 Sep 2003

this is a great drama!
highly recommended...
everyone should watch this~
it contains anime + drama!!!
first of a kind~

jdfan · 25 Apr 2003

Dispite of the low rating, this is a good family oriented drama. Tomoya's first role as a Step-Papa! I guess he has passed that gangster role! It is sure different from his other rolescPredictable but I enjoyed this one.