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Hotman Season 2

ホットマン2 · Hotman 2

  • Winter
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  • Autumn 2004
NetworkTBS
Broadcast21 Oct 2004 – 23 Dec 2004
Episodes12 Episodes
ViewershipAverage 10.4%
Fan score 7.1 from 10 reviews

Synopsis

The return of "Hot Man" who puts his family above all else.

This return of the energetic patriarch, Enzo Furuya (Takashi Sorimachi) and his family in a new story – Hot Man 2. New cast members include Misaki Ito and Miho Shiraishi in the nostalgic working class setting. They aren't rich, but are somehow heroic and full of energy.

In an effort to improve Nanami's allergies, Enzo gets a transfer to a primary school in a small seaside town. Youngest daughter Shima (Misaki Ito) opens a natural food stores. Hinata (Yui Ichikawa) takes a job as a nurse and younger brothers Haizo (Shota Saito) and Ryunosuke (Keita Saito) set out on their own.

One day, Shima drops in on Enzo. Something strikes Enzo as not right about Shima's demeanor and he follows her back to Tokyo only to discover that their house there has been put up for sale! Shima's natural food business haws failed leaving large debts, which Enzo and his family will have to shoulder. But when Enzo sees the exhausted Shima, he can't bring himself to scold her. In order to help Shima, he starts a plan where the family will all love together again.

Synopsis: TBS

Cast & characters 22 credited

Theme song

  • “Hero” — Exile

Fan reviews 10 reviews

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Very good

8 / 10

Replicant · 2009

Very good sequel. I agree it's overdramatic sometimes and the ending could be more interesting, but in overall it's a lot of fun and I enjoyed new cast members.

Almost as good

8 / 10

Wynter · 2006

Whenever there is a second, one always compares it to the first. I enjoyed this series, and although I missed Akiki and Manami, I think the second Hotman continued to please the audience as it did the first time.

That being said, I do have a few qualms. I didn't like how they revamped Shima's character. The Shima in this series seemed so different from the first. And although Misaki did an excellent job, and although I don't prefer one role over the other, I wish they had kept it consistant. It also hugely bothered me that Misuzu wasn't in this series. Her relationship was Enzo was so established in the first series it just seems out-of-place for them to have broken up. I absolutely LOVE Miho as an actress, but her character in this drama seemed unnecessary. Especially since her love was one-sided and considered a big joke in the end. Totally unfair to an otherwise promising character. They should have had Miho play Misuzu in this series as well. If they could change the actresses for Shima's character, why not for Misuzu's as well?

I still enjoyed the family dynamic and the message/values that were being protrayed. I liked that Enzo wasn't perfect and that he was often pointed out as a hypocrite.

The ending was fine, but incomplete. It's as if they were thinking of making a third season.

Still, it was a fab drama and I recommend it to all.

Pales in comparison with season 1

6 / 10

Shindou · 2006

This second season of Hotman seems to drag out even more than the first. The script had several subplots that never really got resolved, leaving the viewer with the feeling that many loose ends were just left dangling. The finale lacked passion and the whole dorama suffered from poor execution of the script, which was not stupendous to begin with. All in all, a rather pointless time-waster - just watch Hotman 1 and leave it at that is what I'd recommend

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