What dramas are you currently watching?

Finished "Koi ga Shitai": nice dorama, mostly well written and acted (honorable mentions for Kanno Miho, Watabe Atsuro and Tokoro George), accompanied by some lovely music. You'll need a strong suspension of disbelief, though, as these guys keep bumping into each other as if they lived in a small village, instead of a metropolis, LOL. On the other hand (and this is the reason why I don't give it a full 10/10) the characters are even "too realistic", in that none of them is fully appealing; they have too many defects and even the apparently nicest among them will reveal a dark, hidden side. Something which would have been ok in a noir, but in a romantic story seems a little out of place, imho.

I've started "Confidence Man JP" and I'm loving it so far! :victory:

Finished "Confidence Man JP" and even watched the movie: brilliant series! :applaud:
p.s.
...not sure what to watch next... :sweat:

Three episodes into Toho Nanafun. Very slow and offbeat. Requires patience.

Started "Aoi Tori / L'Oiseau Bleu", seems nice... :victory:

Midway through Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu and it's not too bad. Karina plays her role of a tomboy pretty well, and it's always a pleasure watching Tanaka Kei. Yoshitaka Yuriko's face is blank.

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Just started Natsuzora. I had high hopes for it. But the writing and storytelling really could be a lot better. I enjoyed the scenes between the grandpa and Natsu, but they didn't establish Natsu's character thoroghly yet after 3 weeks, and the pacing and storytelling felt awkward or disjointed at times. The writing and direction really can't compare with some of the popular asadoras in the 2000s. The people all seem really nice in their own different ways, and Hirose Suzu's acting is great as usual, so I will keep watching.

It took me ages to finish "Aoi Tori / L'Oiseau Bleu" 'cause I stopped watching it after the plot twist in the middle of it (no spoilers, I'll just say I really disliked it and was at the same time shocked and pissed off). I picked it up again after a few weeks and slowly watched it until its conclusion, but by then the magic had gone, as far as I'm concerned. The cast did just great throughout the whole series (BTW, Natsukawa Yui and Yamada Maiko, each in her own way, are both to die for - though I realized I've become older and wiser, as I'd have chosen Nagasaku Hiromi's character instead! ^_^), and the directing and photography are also top notch. Too bad for the plot, otherwise this would've been a perfect 10...as it is, I give it 8/10

p.s.Not sure what to watch next...Id' go for "Watashi, Teiji de Kaerimasu / No Working After Hours" but I'm still waiting for the last ep. to be subbed... :puppydog:

pash wrote:...
p.s.Not sure what to watch next...Id' go for "Watashi, Teiji de Kaerimasu / No Working After Hours" but I'm still waiting for the last ep. to be subbed... :puppydog:

Started "Beautiful Life", which has been in my "to-watch" list for years... :sweat: :doh:

pash wrote:
p.s.Not sure what to watch next...Id' go for "Watashi, Teiji de Kaerimasu / No Working After Hours" but I'm still waiting for the last ep. to be subbed... :puppydog:

Pretty sure the subs for the last episode have been done for a while. Hope you get to watch it soon.

Six weeks into Hanbun, Aoi. Pretty watchable and I like the theme song. Sato Takeru looks nothing like a teenager, but he and Nagano Mei do have some cute chemistry.

junny wrote:Pretty sure the subs for the last episode have been done for a while. Hope you get to watch it soon.

DramaCool has it all subbed except the last episode, whereas FastDrama has it only up to the 6th ep. (D-Addicts doesn't have it at all, and neither KissAsian)...may I ask where you've found it? Many TIA! :victory:

junny wrote:Six weeks into Hanbun, Aoi. Pretty watchable and I like the theme song. Sato Takeru looks nothing like a teenager, but he and Nagano Mei do have some cute chemistry.

Loved her in "3-nen A-kumi"! :victory:

pash wrote:

DramaCool has it all subbed except the last episode, whereas FastDrama has it only up to the 6th ep. (D-Addicts doesn't have it at all, and neither KissAsian)...may I ask where you've found it? Many TIA! :victory:

http://irozuku.org/fansub/

She is also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/irozukusubs

DramaCool and other streaming sites probably took the subs from her (and probably without asking for her permission).

junny wrote:

http://irozuku.org/fansub/

She is also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/irozukusubs

DramaCool and other streaming sites probably took the subs from her (and probably without asking for her permission).

Arigatou gozaimasu!!! :dancing: :bow: :victory:

As a matter of fact, having started watching jdramas before there were streaming sites, I've always been pretty skeptical about those...but alas, over the last coupla years I've given up and started using those mostly... :sweat: :beaten:

Meanwhile, I've watched "Saki" (not the 2013 dorama with Nakama Yukie; the 2016 short dorama about Mahjong: http://asianwiki.com/Saki_(Japanese_Drama) ) drawn in by my passion for this game (although I'm no big fan of the Japanese version aka "Riichi" "depicted" here). What to say? I'm afraid that it will result impossible to follow by those who don't know Mahjong (and I mean the REAL Mahjong, not that stupid solitaire - BTW, I keep asking myself: the guy who had the @#* idea of taking a great game like Mahjong and turning it into a lousy solitaire, what does he do when he sees a chess set? Piles the pieces randomly on top of the chessboard and then starts playing Mikado?!? :banghead: :grumble: )
Back to the dorama: the problem is that even Mahjong lovers like me most probably won't appreciate it because it's horribly "shonenjumpesque" and so far removed from reality it hurts (compared to this, even the Hong Kong trilogy of "Kung Fu Mahjong" seems like a realistic depiction! Hamabe Minabi and Furuhata Seika are both very cute and good actresses, but alas, that's definitely not enough to save this dorama....3/10

I'm stuck halfway through "Beautiful Life" and can't find the will to continue watching it; on the one hand, I just don't like the main characters (they both seem too "cliché" to me, what can I say?); on the other hand, I may have become pickier with the years and all the jdorama I've watched (so maybe I would've loved this, had I seen it 10 years ago)... :sweat:
Meanwhile, I've started "Otousan to yobasete", the 1st ep. was very good! :mrgreen:

Just saw the other day that there's a season 2 of Kekkon Dekinai Otoko so I watched all the available eps (3 so far).
Eagerly awaiting the rest of the eps.

arnel98 wrote:Just saw the other day that there's a season 2 of Kekkon Dekinai Otoko so I watched all the available eps (3 so far).
Eagerly awaiting the rest of the eps.

No Natsukawa Yui nor Kuninaka Ryoko this time around, though... :puppydog:

pash wrote:

No Natsukawa Yui nor Kuninaka Ryoko this time around, though... :puppydog:

yup, they're not there anymore, but "ken" look-alike is around

Wow, long time no see! :woot:

Hope all is well with you. :victory:

Have to say I’m appreciating that Netflix is also caring J drama. Watch the sunset is called atelier or underwear, about lingerie designers. Lots of fun and now I’m starting on all the seasons of Dr. X again
Just finished Densetsu nokyoushi . Oldie but goodie. Sadly osme of my old dvds are starting to deteriorate. A real bummer