Fan reviews: Yaoh

Eve · 11 Mar 2009

An often silly story line.
A #1 host who always is in the lamest suits.
And yet I managed to watch almost all of it.
Can quite figure that out.

~gshock99~ · 26 Jan 2007

It's not bad, it's not that great either. I did manage to get through the whole series though. I guess it's what I'd expect about a drama about japanese male hosts.... matsuoka does a great job. It's a predictable, but still pretty fun to watch drama.

shari · 21 Dec 2006

Lift-off took a few eps. The main characters are mosty unappealing, but this show offers an interesting look at the world of male club hosts.

Kirari Ililah · 15 Jun 2006

I liked this drama. It has some bad parts in it but it was a pretty good drama. I've never seen this TOKIO member act before, and he does a good job. Though a lot of Johnnys that I have seen, do good jobs, they should stick to acting.
I recommend this drama for a bit of laughs, and a lot of cute guys. It has the dark side of the Host life, but nothing too intense or confusing, it's a keeper for me. Plues, Kaname Jun is so cute in this, there's no mistaking his charm in this one to some extent.

oceansportrait · 3 May 2006

I watched eight episodes and gave up on this series so my views come from just those episodes and not the series as a whole (personally, I wanted to stop watching after episode one, but I kept hoping it would "get better" because the premise is interesting enough. Unfortunately, this series did not come through for me.) One reason why I think Yaoh failed was because of its actors/actresses. The ones who play the main characters cannot act. period. And the second reason, is the overly corny script. Even the serious moments became laugh-out-loud moments because it was dripping with drama and the lines were just eye roll inducing. An example? Matsuoka Masahiro's character (Ryousuke) asking Kaname Jun's character if he could "make every woman in the world happy"...and Kaname Jun's character replying...with a STRAIGHT face "yes, you can". This basically becomes his slogan, he mentions it at least twice in each episode. And that overly emotional relationship with Remi-san was just pointless. Good actors can convince the viewer that he IS what he is acting to be. And from the eight episodes, Matsuoka did not convince me at all. The music did nothing to save the series either. Similar to the script and the acting, it is often over-the-top without meaning. Especially the music playing in the background while the "Number 1 Host" of the Romeo Club was talking was too much. It made him look comical rather than the "sophisticated, cool" character that I'm (guessing) he was supposed to be.

wanderingfish7 · 18 Mar 2006

I watched the SP first and liked it so much. Even though the drama seems to be a little bit slow, it is still worth watching. Furthermore, the theme song is pretty cool.. Travelling Man..

sunfy8 · 22 Jan 2006

The main character is an inexperienced gigolo who vows to become the person controlling(or dominating?) the night life of a particular red light district. Very interesting idea....BUT a bit difficult to swallow. Of course, this is just my personal opinion, I will give the second episode a try before completely give up.

8thSin · 19 Jan 2006

Watched first episode. Seems to be an interesting series.