What dramas are you currently watching?

Finally watching Love Shuffle ep 8. I had it downloaded last night after work but my sister was yelling so I went to sleep instead.

gaijinmark wrote:but sequels being what they are, , , :shakehead: [/list:u]

Gokusen seems to have forever tainted the word "sequel" in the J-drama world...

sadacori wrote:Really? Actually, shin2 just send them to me without my knowing what was being sent. And what else is on the list? I might have them already. :sweat:

Double Kitchen
Warui Yatsura
Jiko Keisatsu.

That's it.

Making up for lack of dramas yesterday by finishing Itsumo Futari de. Really cute.

Finished Otoko No Kosodate. :thumbsup:

I liked it. The end was contrived and predictable but the rest was fun.
And a little different than the norm for family comedy.

Just watched the first two episodes of Shukan Maki Yoko. CErtainly interesting.

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And a little different than the norm for family comedy.

Just watched the first two episodes of Shukan Maki Yoko. CErtainly interesting.

Shukan. Yeah, a little different than the norm.

So far I haven't seen anyone who listed the same set of episodes as their favorites.

Geezer wrote:While making a set of copies I bowed to temptation and rewatched an episode of "Sweet Home" last night. There's just nobody like Tomoko.

Agree wholeheartedly about Yamaguchi Tomoko.

Sweet Home: another great comedy dorama from the 90's. Hilarious satirical take on the gakushu juku culture.

Finished Koi no Chikara. The alcohol consumption in this series is mindboggling. It was a decent dorama; Fukatsu Eri absolutely shines in romantic comedies even when they're subpar. In that respect, she's a lot like Shinohara Ryoko in that both of them invariably elevate themselves over the material given them. At least Eri has been in some really good dorama and movies. In her run as a leading lady, Shinohara has had to work with mostly crappy scripts and casts.

I'm on episode 19 of Atsu-Hime. Finally a change in environment. Although I'm still enjoying the characters, the drama's plot was starting to get boring and redundant. It seems to me like the writers are dragging it on and on to fit the ka-zillion required episodes.

But the plot is now finally moving forward and I'm getting excited again! Hopefully I won't fall asleep while watching. :sweat:

first episode of Hataraki Man

man I wish I was that passionate about what I do

Kita no kuni kara ep. 21. I'm starting to wonder how the series will finish...

Techijin, Episode 4.

Tsumabuki Satoshi seems too boyish and modern to fit the role so far, IMO.

Nagasawa Masami has made her first appearance.

bmwracer wrote:
Nagasawa Masami has made her first appearance.

:bleh: ouch!

OT: itLs Sunday morning and raining - I`ll stay in bed to watch the Koshonin special and perhaps another episode of Style.

EstherM wrote:
:bleh: ouch!

OT: itLs Sunday morning and raining - I`ll stay in bed to watch the Koshonin special and perhaps another episode of Style.

Sometimes I wish for rainy mornings to do just that.
I feel I need to be productive if the weather is nice, and it almost always is.
Child of two workaholics.

OT: ep 4 of Atsu-hime.

So far its pretty cute, dont know how long I'll last though.
Not like the other Taigas Ive seen.

Seems a bit like a budget taiga in comparison to Toshiie or Aoi Tokugawa to me.

Atsu-Hime epi 21. FINALLY it gets interesting!

Spoiler — click to reveal

Our girl has finally wed the Shogun and he's SO bizarre.

I just hope they don't drag THIS part out too much as well.

bmwracer wrote:
Double Kitchen
Warui Yatsura
Jiko Keisatsu.

That's it.

I think I have the latter two dramas. I don't think I have Double Kitchen yet. Well, I do have it on a couple of data discs, but not on DVD format.

On topic: Watched the 6th or 7th episode of Ohsama no Restaurant. That was a good one. :)

sadacori wrote:I don't think I have Double Kitchen yet. Well, I do have it on a couple of data discs, but not on DVD format.

Double Kitchen is still incomplete: whomever was subbing it just decided to stop and never came back. :grumble:

Time to post a gripe on that thread in D-Addicts. :grumble:

bmwracer wrote:
Double Kitchen is still incomplete: whomever was subbing it just decided to stop and never came back. :grumble:

Time to post a gripe on that thread in D-Addicts. :grumble:

I think Double Kitchen is complete, but with crappy subs. I have it, and I remember Geez sent me a re-furbished version that is incomplete.

On Topic: Atsu-Hime epi 24.

BMW,

I think we have to consider the new video updates of Double Kitchen as done and done.

The guy who was putting it up stopped a year ago at number 8... so I hold out no hope of ever seeing anymore of them.

Thing is, he had the beautiful video, but he was just copying the (broadcast quality) subs from the version Phoenix had already put up.

I went back and downloaded the subbed episodes (9-11) from the version Phoenix originally put up. The video quality isn't as good as the new one, but it certainly isn't bad.

Geezer wrote:BMW,

I think we have to consider the new video updates of Double Kitchen as done and done.

The guy who was putting it up stopped a year ago at number 8... so I hold out no hope of ever seeing anymore of them.

Thing is, he had the beautiful video, but he was just copying the (broadcast quality) subs from the version Phoenix had already put up.

I went back and downloaded the subbed episodes (9-11) from the version Phoenix originally put up. The video quality isn't as good as the new one, but it certainly isn't bad.

Yeah, guess we'll have to live with it. :sweat:

I hate people who don't finish things. :grumble:

I have another question of Taigas... *trembles*

How much of a taiga is supposed to be accurate? Or does it need to be accurate at all? I know it's supposed to be based off of historical text... or an account of something historical. But being "based" on something merely means that the major events are true, and everything inbetween is filler.