JDrama Recommendations

Hi! I'm new here(this is actually my first post)
Hope you can help me

I'm looking for a series that has romance that is in the guy's point of view (like he's the main character and he's the one who has the crush on the girl)

And please also recommend a series or movie about a rock band (like Nana or if you know the anime Beck:MSC)

Thanks!

dramas I've already seen:
GTO
GTO Special
GTO Movie
Gokusen Season 1
Gokusen Season 2
Gokusen Season 3
Gokusen Special
Death Note Movie 1
Death Note Movie 2
Nobuta wo Produce
Hana Yori Dango Season 1
Hana Yori Dango Season 2
My Boss! My Hero!
Dragon Zakura
Metantei Conan Live Action Movie
Proposal Daisakusen
Attack No.1
Attention Please
Attention Please Special
My Little Chef
Nodame Cantabile
Swing Girls (Movie)
Summer Time Machine Blues (Movie)
Hotelier
Bambino!
NANA (Movie)
Dream Again
Galileo
Densha Otoko
Code: Blue
Hana Kimi
First Kiss
Liar Game
Kurosagi
Trick Season 1
Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi Season 1
Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi Season 2
IWGP
Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
Tantei Gakuen Q
Ace Wo Nerae
Ahihabara@Deep
Utahime
Abarenbo Mama
You're Under Arrest

jigoku05 wrote:Hi! I'm new here(this is actually my first post)
Hope you can help me

I'm looking for a series that has romance that is in the guy's point of view (like he's the main character and he's the one who has the crush on the girl)

And please also recommend a series or movie about a rock band (like Nana or if you know the anime Beck:MSC)

Thanks!

dramas I've already seen:
GTO
GTO Special
GTO Movie
Gokusen Season 1
Gokusen Season 2
Gokusen Season 3
Gokusen Special
Death Note Movie 1
Death Note Movie 2
Nobuta wo Produce
Hana Yori Dango Season 1
Hana Yori Dango Season 2
My Boss! My Hero!
Dragon Zakura
Metantei Conan Live Action Movie
Proposal Daisakusen
Attack No.1
Attention Please
Attention Please Special
My Little Chef
Nodame Cantabile
Swing Girls (Movie)
Summer Time Machine Blues (Movie)
Hotelier
Bambino!
NANA (Movie)
Dream Again
Galileo
Densha Otoko
Code: Blue
Hana Kimi
First Kiss
Liar Game
Kurosagi
Trick Season 1
Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi Season 1
Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi Season 2
IWGP
Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
Tantei Gakuen Q
Ace Wo Nerae
Ahihabara@Deep
Utahime
Abarenbo Mama
You're Under Arrest

:D welcome!
I think the following dramas all have guys in love with a girl.
Tiger and Dragon - funny
Honey and Clover - slow but I thought it was ok
Long Love Letter - sci-fi stuff
Orange Days - college setting
Nemureru Mori - mystery
Sekai no chuushin de - guy falls in love with a girl who gets sick
Lunch Queen - about three brothers in the restaurant business

i'm still looking for family dramas :(

kelseyhale wrote:i'm still looking for family dramas :(

If you're really pressed to find dramas, and don't have the bandwith to download them from bitTorrent sites such as D-Addicts, I recommend you go to the trading threads/subforum and fish around there...you'll probably have better luck getting the dramas you're looking for.

How good is Love Revolution?

jigoku05 wrote:Hi! I'm new here(this is actually my first post)
Hope you can help me

I'm looking for a series that has romance that is in the guy's point of view (like he's the main character and he's the one who has the crush on the girl)

Boku dake no Madonna immediately comes to mind...



Boku no Ikiru Michi
Algernon ni Hanataba o

These have guy in love with girl but romance is not the main focus. I recommend them, if you feel like watching something serious.

jigoku05 wrote:Hi! I'm new here(this is actually my first post)
Hope you can help me

I'm looking for a series that has romance that is in the guy's point of view (like he's the main character and he's the one who has the crush on the girl)

Haikei Chichiuesama - Ippei (Ninomiya Kazunari), the main character crush on a mysterious French speaking girl (Kuroki Meisa) was pretty hilarious. I love listening to his inner thoughts. His narration was lovely. The progress of their romance was pretty sweet.

PRIDE - The very manly ice-hockey player, Haru (Kimura Takuya) pursues the beautiful and confused Aki (Yuko Takeuchi). Lovely romance and kick ass chemistry!

Since you've watched a lot of Matsujun's drama why not another one:
Kimi wa Petto - Unconventional love story of a human pet with his hawt lady master. Funny and sweet.

Lifo wrote:How good is Love Revolution?

I think it's good enough to watch :hehe:if you like romance dorama. I think the story line is quite good, en to be honest I really like this dorama. It's worth to watch.

en yes I agree Bara no nai hanaya en Brother beat is such a great family dorama.
I really recommend it and it's absolutely worth to watch.

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Lifo wrote:How good is Love Revolution?

I personally enjoyed it - the characters are adults (in their 30's), dealing with mature circumstances, and the drama is somewhat stylish (great wardrobe, for one thing) and there are insightful preludes at the beginning of every episode.

Since it's a romantic drama, it does have that cheesy factor and there are moments when you want to knock some sense into the characters' heads, but if you enjoy romance, it should be worth the watch. The OST is great and Esumi Makiko can act.

Mint wrote:Since it's a romantic drama, it does have that cheesy factor and there are moments when you want to knock some sense into the characters' heads

Yes. :victory:

Thanks guys for all the recommendations!

Hi guys!
As winter is coming closer (meaning that all sidewalk cafes and beergardens won't be accessible anymore :shamefulcry: ), I thought it would be a great time to attack my first-ever Taiga drama.

Which one would you recommend (knowing that the one with Takky isn't probably for me)? :mrgreen:

EstherM wrote:Hi guys!
As winter is coming closer (meaning that all sidewalk cafes and beergardens won't be accessible anymore :shamefulcry: ), I thought it would be a great time to attack my first-ever Taiga drama.

At least you have sidewalk cafes and beer gardesn...we have cracked sides walks and empty beer cans on them for the most part!

Hmmm...I don't really watch Taigas...so I'll have to let someone else chime in on that one.

Cats! Nyah! Cats!

EstherM wrote:Hi guys!
As winter is coming closer (meaning that all sidewalk cafes and beergardens won't be accessible anymore :shamefulcry: ), I thought it would be a great time to attack my first-ever Taiga drama.

Which one would you recommend (knowing that the one with Takky isn't probably for me)? :mrgreen:

The two that I have seen recommended here in the past are Musashi and Toshiie to Matsu.

I tried watching Toshiie to Matsu but it didn't really grab my interest. Probably because it is a Taiga series (difficulty understanding the ancient/historical Japanese's way of thinking) rather than anything wrong with the drama itself. I will probably try watching it again.

EstherM wrote:Hi guys!
As winter is coming closer (meaning that all sidewalk cafes and beergardens won't be accessible anymore :shamefulcry: ), I thought it would be a great time to attack my first-ever Taiga drama.

Which one would you recommend (knowing that the one with Takky isn't probably for me)? :mrgreen:

My vote would go to Musashi... Some parts do drag on a bit, but it's still a very good story about Japan's most famous samurai... :victory:

If you're interested in an abbreviated version, check out Inagaki Hiroshi's Miyamoto Musashi movie trilogy: Samurai I, II, and III. :)

bmwracer wrote:
My vote would go to Musashi... Some parts do drag on a bit, but it's still a very good story about Japan's most famous samurai... :victory:

If you're interested in an abbreviated version, check out Inagaki Hiroshi's Miyamoto Musashi movie trilogy: Samurai I, II, and III. :)

xploring wrote:

The two that I have seen recommended here in the past are Musashi and Toshiie to Matsu.

I tried watching Toshiie to Matsu but it didn't really grab my interest. Probably because it is a Taiga series (difficulty understanding the ancient/historical Japanese's way of thinking) rather than anything wrong with the drama itself. I will probably try watching it again.

Cheers Beem-sama and xploring, Musashi seemed the most interesting of recent Taigas :victory:

Tu_triky wrote:

At least you have sidewalk cafes and beer gardesn...we have cracked sides walks and empty beer cans on them for the most part!

Hmmm...I don't really watch Taigas...so I'll have to let someone else chime in on that one.

Cats! Nyah! Cats!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Oh well, if youLre feeling unwelcome in your hood you can always watch a Kudo Kankuro drama and then run around the block singing Beero Beero Beero! :mrgreen:

EstherM wrote:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Oh well, if youLre feeling unwelcome in your hood you can always watch a Kudo Kankuro drama and then run around the block singing Beero Beero Beero! :mrgreen:

:lol: I'll be sure to try that next time!

Hm. I was wondering if I could get recommendations with a happygolucky/comedy/romance drama.

I enjoyed..a lot. @__@ And I'm running out.

Seiki no Mikata
Hotaru no Hikaru
Nodame Cantabile
Gokusen I - II - III
Zettai Kareshi (Had a hard time finishing it. Kinda draggy)
First Kiss
Puzzle (2008)
Yukan Club
Tantei Gakuen Q
Hana Kimi

etc. ._. I think my genres are kinda swappy. They switch but, it has..something in common. I'm hoping.

Edit: Ah~ And I forgot to add. I'm picky about the time frame that the drama came out and ended. I don't know why but old-ish (in my definition of terms) are farther from 2006. So. 2006-present, please.