Yasuko to Kenji

ヤスコとケンジ

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NetworkNTV
Broadcast12 Jul 2008 – 20 Sep 2008
Episodes10 Episodes
Viewership—
Fan score 7.8 from 5 reviews

Synopsis

The show focuses on a man named Kenji and his younger sister Yasuko, whose parents died in an accident 10 years earlier. Kenji was once the leader of a gang, but in order to support him and his sister, he began making a living as a shojo mangaka. His character normally wears glasses and appears to be a gentle guy, but he throws off his glasses and reverts to his violent side whenever he tries to protect Yasuko from danger. Part of the story follows Yasuko's romance with an intelligent and good-looking man named Jun Tsubaki. Jun's older sister Erika now runs a flower shop, but Erika was once a leader of a female gang, and she used to be in love with Kenji during those days

Synopsis: Tokyograph

Cast & characters 12 credited

Theme song

Yasuko to Kenji soundtrack cover
  • “Amagasa” — TOKIO

Fan reviews 5 reviews

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Over-the top, but hilarious and endearing

8 / 10

calibration · 2013

I enjoyed this dorama. The first episode alone was hilarious enough to hook me in LOL. But there ARE quite a few over-the-top moments, since this is a manga-to-screen adaptation and mangas are frequently this way, so you may want to avoid it if you can't stand such stuff.
That aside, Matsuoka has absolutely hilarious expressions. I spent an inordinate amount of time just laughing at him lmao. Tabe Mikako as his sister has a personality pretty reminiscent of her role in Yamada Taro Monogatari. I think she's pretty cute. I don't get the hype about her love interest, though. He's not a particularly multi-dimensional character.
Matsuoka's character, Oki Kenji, goes through some character growth as he learns more about caring for people and letting go. I think Matsuoka did a good job in his role. At the end of the day, he can be an awfully obnoxious and controlling elder brother but you just can't help but like his endearing personality.

Matsuoka masahiro

8 / 10

ester_grace · 2010

Matsuoka was awesome even his character was similiar with tomoya in mbmh, tabe mikako was also very similiar with her character in yamada taro but I didn't mind as long as they could play the character that good.

Dumb as shit but

10 / 10

Sajen16 · 2010

still manages to be funny mostly because of the very lovely and extremely talented Ryoko Hirouse

All 5 reviews