JDrama Recommendations

adylma wrote:Is Kurosagi worth watching? I just read about it, and it sounded interesting, so I thought I'd ask you guys. :)

the plot sounds good right? it was really good, i kept watching and hoping it'll turn better :banghead:
its crap.

Try Maou :mrgreen:
mmm.. ikuta toma icon... why are you not watching Maou.. or are you?

tofuuuuu wrote:
the plot sounds good right? it was really good, i kept watching and hoping it'll turn better :banghead:
its crap.

Try Maou :mrgreen:
mmm.. ikuta toma icon... why are you not watching Maou.. or are you?

Souka thanks you guys! I guess I'll skip it then! I haven't started watching Maou yet. I'm afraid it'll be sooo good I wont want to wait for at least one week after each episode :sweat: And also, I've got quite a few dramas I need to watch. But I'll get there soon enough hopefully! :mrgreen:

adylma wrote:

Souka thanks you guys! I guess I'll skip it then! I haven't started watching Maou yet. I'm afraid it'll be sooo good I wont want to wait for at least one week after each episode :sweat: And also, I've got quite a few dramas I need to watch. But I'll get there soon enough hopefully! :mrgreen:

well... unless you like YamaPi, then probably you'll like it.
but for me its :bleh: :bleh: :bleh: (i don't think its solely Yamapi's fault because he tried yet failed miserably)

tofuuuuu wrote:
well... unless you like YamaPi, then probably you'll like it.
but for me its :bleh: :bleh: :bleh: (i don't think its solely Yamapi's fault because he tried yet failed miserably)

Well a cute face can't always save a drama :sweat:

adylma wrote:

Well a cute face can't always save a drama :sweat:

He was so good in Nobuta, I thought he got the potential not to be wooden :sweat:. How wrong was I :shakehead: But the production team also made a waste out of a great plot. Bad lead + bad adaptation = utter waste

tofuuuuu wrote:I thought he got the potential not to be wooden :sweat:. How wrong was I :shakehead: But the production team also made a waste out of a great plot. Bad lead + bad adaptation = utter waste

For a minute there, I thought you were talking about Last Friends. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
For a minute there, I thought you were talking about Last Friends. :beaten:

but Last Friends got good leads. there's androgynous Juri ♥
its good that i can smell it'll be a disaster in the end. Japan can never make up it's mind on taboo issues.. unless they make it into a movie.

Hm.. I'm not sure if we're allowed to ask.. but I was wondering of you guys could recommend me any good jdoramas about normal people in the work-force. I don't really want to watch any high school doramas. Thanks! :D

Teriyakifan wrote:Hm.. I'm not sure if we're allowed to ask.. but I was wondering of you guys could recommend me any good jdoramas about normal people in the work-force. I don't really want to watch any high school doramas. Thanks! :D

You have come to the right place. :) Umm, what kind of work force? There are so many of them...

Ohsama no Resutoran http://jdorama.com/drama.291.htm Restaurant
Odoru Daisousasen http://jdorama.com/drama.290.htm Police

Pretty much anyone should be able to enjoy these. Have a look.

as much as i like yamapi, i still can't bring myself to like kurosagi. I meant yamapi saved the drama [the rating for it was pretty good]. i'm pretty sure that without him, the drama would go down the drain.

though a lot of yamapi's fans seem to believe that the drama is superb~

i watched the movie too, it was just tiny lil bit better than the series...= v =

luv4evaluv wrote:as much as i like yamapi, i still can't bring myself to like kurosagi. I meant yamapi saved the drama [the rating for it was pretty good]. i'm pretty sure that without him, the drama would go down the drain.

Only from a ratings standpoint.

Teriyakifan wrote:Hm.. I'm not sure if we're allowed to ask.. but I was wondering of you guys could recommend me any good jdoramas about normal people in the work-force. I don't really want to watch any high school doramas. Thanks! :D

normal people? hmmm...
how about the plight of office ladies. Anego is a fun watch with office politics and romance. Shomuni is a work related kind of drama but I can't say the characters are normal though.
Bambino! is ok too if you are interested in the workings of an Italian restaurant in Japan.

Teriyakifan wrote:Hm.. I'm not sure if we're allowed to ask.. but I was wondering of you guys could recommend me any good jdoramas about normal people in the work-force. I don't really want to watch any high school doramas. Thanks! :D

you can try watching hataraki-man,,,it's a story bout a woman working as an editor for a man magazine,,,played by the beautiful Kanno Miho,,,and the ending song is very funny,,,

Teriyakifan wrote:Hm.. I'm not sure if we're allowed to ask.. but I was wondering of you guys could recommend me any good jdoramas about normal people in the work-force. I don't really want to watch any high school doramas. Thanks! :D

you can try watching hatarakiman,,,it's a story bout a woman working as a editor in a man magazine who is struggling with her love life and her job... played by kanno miho...it's a nice story... and the ending song is veryy funny...

tofuuuuu wrote:
He was so good in Nobuta, I thought he got the potential not to be wooden :sweat:. How wrong was I :shakehead: But the production team also made a waste out of a great plot. Bad lead + bad adaptation = utter waste

Yes, but then I wasn't really impressed by his acting in Proposal Daisakusen. :bleh:

By the way, why is he called Yamapi? :sweat:

^ its a nickname given by Takki when he was still a cute little junior. he was always forced to wear pink clothes because he looked darn cute in it so Takki (he's like a Johnny's Jr leader back then) combined Yamashita and Pink together. Yeah.. I know about these stuff :sweat:

After Kurosagi, I've sworn off from ever having hi-hopes on this guy and I didn't watch Prodai.

tofuuuuu wrote:^ its a nickname given by Takki when he was still a cute little junior. he was always forced to wear pink clothes because he looked darn cute in it so Takki (he's like a Johnny's Jr leader back then) combined Yamashita and Pink together. Yeah.. I know about these stuff :sweat:

After Kurosagi, I've sworn off from ever having hi-hopes on this guy and I didn't watch Prodai.

Heee souka.. Thanks! :mrgreen:

I liked the idea in proposal, and all in all it wasn't too bad.. It just wasn't very good either.

Wow.. thank you xploring, tofuuuuu, and stardope for you nice recommendations! I've heard of Bambino and Hataraki-man before, so I'll definitely check those out, as well as the other two tofuuuuu suggested and the older dramas that xploring suggested ;)

Teriyakifan wrote:Wow.. thank you xploring, tofuuuuu, and stardope for you nice recommendations! I've heard of Bambino and Hataraki-man before, so I'll definitely check those out, as well as the other two tofuuuuu suggested and the older dramas that xploring suggested ;)

But I must warn you on Ban, the main character in Bambino. He may get on your nerves at the beginning of the series but hang on though.. he gets better. I only rated this an average score but its a nice drama nontheless, with delicious food.

giving a strong recommendation for golden bowl! :victory:

the story is nice and simple but the biggest draw for me was the banter between kaneshiro takeshiro and kuroki hitomi, among one of the strongest pairings i've seen to date.