What dramas are you currently watching?

Just watched Engine ep. 1.
It's very different to how I imagined it would be, judging from the title. ^^
A pleasant surprise, which is increasingly rare.

Started Mukodono 2003...Look out Nagase, you're marrying into a family of hellcats...

Watching CHansu! / Chance A terrific 1993 drama starring Mikami Hiroshi as a rock star who left the scene and needs to make a comeback. One of the most addictive dramas Ive seen, my BF and I were three eps in before we knew what was happening. The cast is great, with some very amusing characters. The music is great too.
Seems a shame hardly anyone has seen it. :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry:
Traders take note ;)

Finished SP tonight:

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Too many open-ended plotholes in the end, even the special coming in April won't salvage all of it. Sad too, because the finale had shown so much promise, and yet...a blah ending. No climax at all, which sucks because they built it up for 4 episodes!

I give the series overall a 6.5/10, losing points for reasons noted.

Also watched Ep 5 of Aoniyoshi, and it's coming around as a decent story (FINALLY). Lastly, tore through Stand Up!! as it was my standby show when nothing else was available, probably finishing that tomorrow.

Busy, busy, busy! :hehe:

ralphm1999 wrote:
:shamefulcry:
I don't want it to end.... I need more Shinohara Ryoko in similiar roles to Anego and Haken. :metaldevil:

There's always Hanayome wa Yakudoshi , slowly being subbed...from what I've seen, it's a world of Ryoko...

Wynter wrote:O! A lot of fans of Hotaru! I thought it could have been better. The first set of episodes were rather boring, and I found I only really got to enjoy the show around episode 7.

I think I'm one of the few who enjoyed it from the first episode. Maybe it's because I really liked Ayase's portrayal of Hotaru.

bmwracer wrote:Jiko Keisatsu, Episode 1... This drama's just full of funny, kooky characters. :victory:

Just curious...was I supposed to get this drama from you?

Eve wrote:Watching CHansu! / Chance A terrific 1993 drama starring Mikami Hiroshi as a rock star who left the scene and needs to make a comeback. One of the most addictive dramas Ive seen, my BF and I were three eps in before we knew what was happening. The cast is great, with some very amusing characters. The music is great too.
Seems a shame hardly anyone has seen it. :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry:
Traders take note ;)

Ooh, I like Mikami Hiroshi's dramas. Next time we do a trade, I'm going to ask for this. :)

On topic: I guess I'll watch the third ep of Bara no nai Hanaya tonight when I get the chance. I'm still wondering what all the fuss is about..

cori wrote:
On topic: I guess I'll watch the third ep of Bara no nai Hanaya tonight when I get the chance. I'm still wondering what all the fuss is about..

It's the return of Yuko to television...it really is that simple!!

cori wrote:Just curious...was I supposed to get this drama from you?

Yup.

My mistake: I watched Jiko Keisatsu 2, Episode 1.

runpup wrote:

There's always Hanayome wa Yakudoshi , slowly being subbed...from what I've seen, it's a world of Ryoko...

Saw it when it was broadcast last year on Ch 18. :doh:

runpup wrote:Started Mukodono 2003...Look out Nagase, you're marrying into a family of hellcats...

Episode 1 of Mukodono 2001 hoping for more Shinohara Ryoko. But her part is very small so far. On the other hand one of my other favs Takeuchi Yuko has the female lead. So it's a two fer. I usually don't like watching anything this old since the quality is horrible but in deference to the two cuties I will make an exception.
:bow:

Jiko Keisatsu 2, Episode 2. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Yup.

My mistake: I watched Jiko Keisatsu 2, Episode 1.

Ah ok. Just making sure. :)

bmwracer wrote:Jiko Keisatsu 2, Episode 2. :victory:

So that's where you are. :puppydog:

cori wrote:So that's where you are. :puppydog:

I should've been further along, but I spent most of the day working on a project for shin2.

And hanging out at my fave sushi bar, gabbing it up with the waitress. :beaten:

runpup wrote:

It's the return of Yuko to television...it really is that simple!!

Yuko-san kawaii! :smitten:

I'm starting to lag in my watching. >>kicks her butt into gear<<

runpup wrote:

It's the return of Yuko to television...it really is that simple!!

Exactly!!! That's all the matters. In addition, the drama is actually really good!

It's hard trying to patiently wait for epi 5 to be subbed!

In the meantime, I'm going to the watch the Nodame SP!

uhno wrote:In the meantime, I'm going to the watch the Nodame SP!

Itai. I need to get on that. :sweat:

runpup wrote:

It's the return of Yuko to television...it really is that simple!!

I guess I never really noticed that she was missing. :sweat: At least Bara no nai seems like a great comeback for her. :)

And I just finished the fourth episode of Bara no nai Hanaya. Though it seems a bit slow, I'm getting more and more into it because of all the mysteries surrounding it. I really like Yuko's character as well as Matsuda Shota's. The little girl who plays Shizuku is so adorable. My favorite has to be whatshisface who plays the Master. :inlove: Very amusing how he acts like a school boy whenever Ono-sensei is around. :hehe: The only one who I am not too fond of is Katori Shingo. He reminds me of the other stone-face from SMAP. But that's probably just how his character is supposed to be--quiet and unassuming to hide how he really is.

uhno wrote:In the meantime, I'm going to the watch the Nodame SP!

:thumbsup:

Kuitan 2 - episode 4.

Looks like Igarashi and Momo-chan have bigger parts in this series. That's a good thing. :victory:

There's still too little of Kyoko though, I'm sad to say. :puppydog:

Keps wrote:Kuitan 2 - episode 4.

Looks like Igarashi and Momo-chan have bigger parts in this series. That's a good thing. :victory:

Ooh, more of Shiro? I'm so there. :D

And I'm going to (finally) start watching Kuitan 1 next. :victory: