What dramas are you currently watching?

bmwracer wrote:
No.

The plot is pretty much recycled from Season 1. :bleh:

Just as I thought, gave up on it.. :shakehead:

gaijinmark wrote:
You might want to try 'Yasuko to Kenji' instead: http://jdorama.com/drama.1324.htm

It's in the same vein. Over the top, sometimes totally unbelievable but really hilarious.

That one definitely sounds interesting, been a long time since I watched anything with Hirosue Ryoko. I'll give it a try! :say_cool:

Kuraiyo wrote:Just as I thought, gave up on it..

Wise decision.

I made the wrong choice in thinking it would better as it progressed and it never did. :bleh:

Watching Tonbi now. Saw eps 3, 4 and 5 in one go. It's indeed very good. The story has so much heart! It's been a good winter season after all...

WhiteHawk wrote:Finally getting around to watching Yashii Jikan. On episode three now.

Hope you enjoy it. It is one of my all time favorite dramas! :woot:

Im watching Korean now.

Started watching 'Yakou Kanransha'(which for some reason is listed twice in our database): http://jdorama.com/drama.1815.htm

Got some good actors here, Kyoka Suzuki, Yuriko Ishida, Katsunori Takahashi. Mari Natsuki plays the neighbor from hell.

gaijinmark wrote:Started watching 'Yakou Kanransha'(which for some reason is listed twice in our database): http://jdorama.com/drama.1815.htm

Got some good actors here, Kyoka Suzuki, Yuriko Ishida, Katsunori Takahashi. Mari Natsuki plays the neighbor from hell.

I started watching that, but got distracted by Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho De. Maybe I'll get back to Yakou Kanransha before I get distracted by something else. Again. :sweat:

watching Magma - only 5 episodes, but very interesting.

Just finished Yasuko to Kenji and LOVED it! Thanks gaijinmark for this recommendation!
Watching Papa to musume no nanokakan episode 2, so far so good.

^ Glad you liked it!! It is just mindless fun and unlike the creators of 'Gokusen' these folks knew once around the block was enough, a sequel would have been pointless.

OT: Episode 8 of 'Ituska Hi, , ,'. The drama itself is better than expected but this episode was kind of uneven.

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If you didn't know Iijima's father was going to die when he went into the hospital it's only because it's the first drama you've ever seen. And you could see her getting fired from her job a mile away.

But the two scenes Ryu Raita had, first with Asano and then with Aya were both very good.

Watching Mottomo Tooi Ginga SP . I wonder it it's written by the same person who wrote Shinzamono. So far so good...had to stop to finish my work. :grumble:

The substance of this plot is such a stark contrast to Sorimachi's Itsudatsu Sousa Ikka Sawamura Keiji SP

gaijinmark wrote:

Probably the best drama I've seen Eita in is 'Soredemo Ikite':http://jdorama.com/drama.1646.htm

Almost everybody agrees that it's very good although some think the ending could have been better.

So I watched it thanks to your advice (and antspace's recommandation ;)) and it was good indeed. Good performance from Eita but also from Mitsushima Hikari who could carry emotions with a very subtle acting. I wonder why she's not more popular? Oh yeah it might be because she's not very Kawaiiii ♥♥♥♥ and sometimes it seems that's what matters the most...
Anyway it was good despite it'll always amaze me how people react in dramas when there's a criminal in a family, bullying the other members, harrassing them, have them dismissed, making their lives a total nightmare. Creepy and not understandable.

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^ I love Mitsushima too and I am happy that she has avoided to become CM fodder while still getting awesome work.

OT: will start Made in Japan because it seems very zeitgeist in times where Sony, Sharp, Panasonic, Olympus and the likes are bumbling. Like the long-forgotten European electronic giants from my childhood, Japan's corporations have overslept and can not change their old ways. Let's see if this mini-drama shows reality or if the salarymen with a lot of ganbarou save the day.

EstherMOT wrote: OT: will start Made in Japan because it seems very zeitgeist in times where Sony, Sharp, Panasonic, Olympus and the likes are bumbling. Like the long-forgotten European electronic giants from my childhood, Japan's corporations have overslept and can not change their old ways. Let's see if this mini-drama shows reality or if the salarymen with a lot of ganbarou save the day.

I really doubt. TV stations don't bite the hand that feed them. These are major and regular sponsors for their dramas.

They might be crying foul at the Koreans, Chinese, Indians for unfair trade. Looking at Jadefrost's synopsis, I'll say a 'yes' - the salaryman with a lot of ganbarou saved the day.

^you were right!
I would recommend it still, it dares to speak some inconvenient truth especially in the first 30mins or so and shows how poorly management reacts by

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creating a secret task force of five, six people to save a company with over 20,000 employees three months away from bankruptcy:crazy: :rofl:

But of course the overall baddie is

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A Chinese company who supposedly stole some R&D

EstherM wrote:I only managed to follow Saikou no Rikon. It's not even the best drama and I am missing a few episodes in-between. Not that it matters, and while acting is good and the ending credits are cool, the story is a bit quaint and predictable.

I did however watch a few episodes of Shotenin Michiru and I agree with antspace's review^:mrgreen: . I will probably finish this.

As an xxxholic fan (manga and anime) I had to check out the live action. Mmmh I think it's a bit of a fail, it was done with a low budget and doesn't manage to recreate the fantasy bits. I do believe there is some serious miscasting going on too, but I will give episode 2 a chance.

So I finished Saikou no Rikon, this wasn't for me because it tricked me into thinking that it would be a fresh outlook on modern relations but no ...

Shotenin Michiru was a bit of a strange animal, mixing a lot of genres ... I think the overall message was: atone!

I dropped xxxholic. Has anyone seen the other WOWOW winter season dramas? Any thoughts? I want to watch something short before starting a longer drama like Tonbi as I am quite busy :mrgreen:

EstherM wrote: Has anyone seen the other WOWOW winter season dramas? Any thoughts? I want to watch something short before starting a longer drama like Tonbi as I am quite busy :mrgreen:

This isn't from WOWOW, but I stumbled across it, 'Kurumi no Heya':http://jdorama.com/drama.1640.htm

Only 6 episodes and its got a decent cast. I've only watched the first episode so no real opinion yet.

gaijinmark wrote:

This isn't from WOWOW, but I stumbled across it, 'Kurumi no Heya':http://jdorama.com/drama.1640.htm

Only 6 episodes and its got a decent cast. I've only watched the first episode so no real opinion yet.

Finished it. It was okay. The storyline about the husband and wife really wasn't the most interesting. I liked the Matsushita/Harada part better.

^Thanks for the speedy review! I might check it out if I can find some spare time.

We will watch Freeter, ie wo kau at my school, good that I only ever watched the first episode and then lost the remainder of the episodes. Looking forward but we will dissect each episode in detail in class. :bleh:

Last night, while writing a report I watched the two new Fuji TV Tuesday dramas, none of them very good. The first one, Kamo, Kyoto e Iku, also stars Matsushita and I disliked it almost instantly, mainly because I can predict Matsuhita's evolution to the episode. It's a about a modern woman who has to save her indebted family hotel, of course her changes are too radical and I am sure she will discover soon that the traditional way is best and will change for the better old-fashioned ways.

The second one is called Kasuka na Kanojo about an unmotivated teacher who can see ghosts and ends up living with one ghost who used to be a dedicated teacher. Not sure yet, but I guess it will concentrate one child's problems per episode and at the end of the journey the unmotivated teacher will have found his vocation. Light and fluffy with deja vues :mrgreen: Another problem the cast: Smap dude and AKB girl.

gaijinmark wrote:

This isn't from WOWOW, but I stumbled across it, 'Kurumi no Heya':http://jdorama.com/drama.1640.htm

Only 6 episodes and its got a decent cast. I've only watched the first episode so no real opinion yet.

I didn't pick that one at the end, but went for Kare, Otto, Otoko Tomodachi with Maki Yoko instead. I think I made a good choice, right?

Last Cinderella episode one, super light and silly, and Shinohara IS the female Kimutaku, getting always paired up with an upcoming hot actor. The older they get, the age gap widens, but hey it's only fair and equal, if Kimutaku gets to hang out with Karina, Ryoko can surely have a fling with 23year old Miura Hamura :mrgreen:
Fun fact: Shinohara's character seems to be living in my neighbourhood, the shrine she prays at in very first scences is literally 2 mins from my place.

EstherM wrote:

I didn't pick that one at the end, but went for Kare, Otto, Otoko Tomodachi with Maki Yoko instead. I think I made a good choice, right?

Last Cinderella episode one, super light and silly, and Shinohara IS the female Kimutaku, getting always paired up with an upcoming hot actor. The older they get, the age gap widens, but hey it's only fair and equal, if Kimutaku gets to hang out with Karina, Ryoko can surely have a fling with 23year old Miura Hamura :mrgreen:
Fun fact: Shinohara's character seems to be living in my neighbourhood, the shrine she prays at in very first scences is literally 2 mins from my place.

Yes, definitely "Kare, Otto, , ," is the better of the two. Although the DV scenes went too far over the top. I was saying to myself, "Okay, we get it already!!" Kimura Tae has got to be one of the most underrated actresses out there.

Speaking of Shinohara, I ran across an oldie "Kira, Kira, Hikaru":http://jdorama.com/drama_207.htm.

Looks like some people really liked it, but given the cast (Fukatsu, Suzuki Kyoka, Yanagiba, Kobayashi Satomi, etc.) I was kind of disappointed. The cases weren't that compelling, I kept watching to see how the subplot between Suzuki and Shinohara (they're sisters) played out, and 10 minutes into episode 9 you could figure that one out.