What dramas are you currently watching?

Anime Dad

I think I'm safe in saying... there isn't going to be any "plot development" in "Jikou Keisatsu" in the rest of season one, or even in season two. It'll just be nuts. Which is pretty much why I loved it.

It ain't about the mysteries. It's all about that group of goofballs in the squad room, and the strange world they live in. (And some spiffy guest murderers.)

Right now I'm speeding through Saru Lock.

http://jdorama.com/drama.1438.htm

Half hour episodes. Wacky for wacky's sake. Think " The Monkeys" without the music.

Everybody runs around and shouts a lot. The guys are very very horny, but have no luck with women. The group fights a bit of crime. It's all pretty much aimed at the 12 to 15 year old crowd.

I'm watching because Ashina Sei is part of the core group, and... well... I think she's hot.

You got that right Geez.
Re. the "special guests" - it's frustrating me because I do recognise some of their faces but can't pin them down.
But i'm loving it too. Nobody does comedy like the Japanese :D

Anime Dad,

Well, you'll certainly know both the victim and the suspect in episode 8.

Hmmm. I think Nagasaku Hiromi played the "Great TV Detective" in #4? Jeez, I should look this stuff up before I type anything.

And Idewaki Chizuru was the swimming coach in the first or second one.

d-addicts probably has a list.

Anime Dad wrote:You got that right Geez.
Re. the "special guests" - it's frustrating me because I do recognise some of their faces but can't pin them down.
But i'm loving it too. Nobody does comedy like the Japanese :D

You're right with those comments :victory: Just finished episode 7, yes no plot but it doesn't need one! :woot: Will jump right into season 2, but also watching Last Friends, up to episode 5 and am about to watch episodes 5 and 6 of Liar Game 2, whew. :nut: :beatyou:

Geezer wrote:Anime Dad,

Well, you'll certainly know both the victim and the suspect in episode 8.

Hmmm. I think Nagasaku Hiromi played the "Great TV Detective" in #4? Jeez, I should look this stuff up before I type anything.

And Idewaki Chizuru was the swimming coach in the first or second one.

d-addicts probably has a list.

Yeah, they do have a list. It was Yoshitaka Yuriko I saw last night. Couldn't remember her name, weird since I only recently finished Ashita no Kita Yoshio :beaten: She's so cute :)

You got the others right BTW :)

JIN, Episodes 4-6. :victory:

All three episodes were really good: less melodrama, less crying, more real drama... Is it a coincidence that Nakatani Miki became more integrated into the story at the same time? :mrgreen:

Geezer wrote:

I'm watching because Ashina Sei is part of the core group, and... well... I think she's hot.

Wait til you see Kurokawa Tomoka running around in a magenta bikini in eps 3-5....

Ep 6 of Magerarenai Onna. I can't believe Japan still uses the syringe system to draw blood. :headscratch:

Jav_sol wrote:Ep 6 of Magerarenai Onna. I can't believe Japan still uses the syringe system to draw blood. :headscratch:

There's always leeches. :beaten:

Anime Dad wrote:Jikou Keisatsu Ep. 6. Taking wacky to a whole new level :applaud:

There is a scene in episode 7 where Joe is playing with that kid with the afro hairstyle's hair. For some reason, that always cracks me up. :rofl:

gaijinmark wrote:

There is a scene in episode 7 where Joe is playing with that kid with the afro hairstyle's hair. For some reason, that always cracks me up. :rofl:

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THAT'S IT!!! :rofl:

Something to look forward to :D

Anime Dad wrote:Something to look forward to :D

I dunno, it really doesn't have anything to do with the plot. I just remember when I was watching it thinking "What the hell is he doing with that kids' hair?" And it just cracked me up. :hehe:

gaijinmark wrote:

I dunno, it really doesn't have anything to do with the plot.

That never stopped them before in Jikou Keisatsu :hehe:

Episodes 7 and 8 of JIN completed... Two more good episodes. :victory:

One thing, though:

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In Episode 7, Ogata-sensei was stricken with Consumption (Tuberculosis), why didn't they use the Penicillin on him?

EDIT: According to Wiki, Penicillin is ineffective against TB... Maybe that should've been mentioned in the story... I'm sure other people might've wondered about using the Penicillin as well...

EDIT2: Uchino Masaaki pretty much steals the show every time he appears... He's doing a very good imitation of Mifune Toshiro's roguish characters in Seven Samurai and Yojimbo... :applaud:

Started Fumo Chitai.

Had a bad start, kept rolling my eyes for the first hour (I hate war pathos and over-the-top noble protagonists) and the silly voice over annoyed me to hell. But then Japans most famous eye bags ->Kishibe Ittoku, plus Amami Yukie and Takenouchi Yukata appeared and things got interesting. :victory: I will continue watching!

EstherM wrote:Had a bad start, kept rolling my eyes for the first hour

Good eye muscle exercise. :hehe:

Finished JIN tonight... Good show.

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Though I was rather disappointed that the ending wasn't really an ending at all: clearly it was a cliffhanger for a sequel, movie, etc... In that way, I felt a little cheated.

Fine performances from the entire cast... Maybe a bit too much weeping, but it wasn't pathetic like in that other movie I keep bagging on. ;)

Overall, I'd give the drama and 8.5/10.

I watched all of H2, hoping that it would give me the strength I need to continue with Cheap Love.

It didn't.

But H2 was just as fun the second (fourth?) time around. :woot: