JDrama Recommendations

cereal_killerxx wrote:Looking for something similar to Bloody Monday, something action-packed, or cliffhangery. Maybe some show suited more for a guy?

Perhaps Unfair, Gonzo and Koshonin. You could also check out Ikebukuro West Gate Park.

EstherM wrote:Perhaps Unfair, Gonzo and Koshonin.

And no pretty boys. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
And no pretty boys. :victory:

I highly recommend tohse 3 as well, especially Unfair if I must choose.

Hi,

I came to Jdramas some weeks ago because I was looking for the live-action version of "Attack No 1".
Since then I watched the usual recommendations like Gokusen, GTO, Ichi Ritoru no Namida and Nobuta wo Produce.

But yesterday I found "Life" and it blew my socks off! :wow: Just so much better than anything before.
This is the kind of a drama western TV would not show. And that is exactly what I want: interesting shows with great plots and deep characters. Conversely, I don't get much of the Japanese humor, I could not care less about idols and love dramas become boring quite quickly for me.

So my "Amazon" question to you is: People that loved "Life" also like the following dramas...

Bbbut wrote:Hi,

I came to Jdramas some weeks ago because I was looking for the live-action version of "Attack No 1".
Since then I watched the usual recommendations like Gokusen, GTO, Ichi Ritoru no Namida and Nobuta wo Produce.

But yesterday I found "Life" and it blew my socks off! :wow: Just so much better than anything before.
This is the kind of a drama western TV would not show. And that is exactly what I want: interesting shows with great plots and deep characters. Conversely, I don't get much of the Japanese humor, I could not care less about idols and love dramas become boring quite quickly for me.

So my "Amazon" question to you is: People that loved "Life" also like the following dramas...

I loved LIFE btw

Oh you'd love The Queens Classroom "Jyoō no Kyōshitsu" basically about a teacher who bullys her students. It's an amazing drama like LIFE and every episode I was always suprised this was aired on tv?! The characters in Queens Classroom are in deph just like life.


Another would be Ame to Yume no Ato ni its a very sad and interesting dorama! Perfect acting! The story is just very unusal and diffrent :)

Watashitachi no Kyokasho is also a very good school drama its not all fun and teenie like gokusen and etc. its a very intense drama and you don't really know whos good or bad and the actors and actresses do a very good job!

Iguana no musume is probley the most unusal drama I have ever seen but Miho Kanno does an amazing performence and I think we can all realte to her character in trying to find ourselfs!

Now if you want to try a dorama this year I suggest Aishiteru its still airing and isn't done subtitling but so far its amazing and thats what I love is real drama!

Wow, thanks a lot. :woot:

I will definitively have a look at these dramas.
Not one of them is near the Top 50, so without you, I would never found them. So thanks again.

Bbbut wrote:
Not one of them is near the Top 50, so without you, I would never found them. So thanks again.

You've got to take that Top 50 list with a grain of salt. I just went thru it and 24 of those dramas I've never seen. And what kind of a Top 50 list doesn't have Odoru Daisasousen or Yasashi Jikan or, , , well, you get the idea, everybody has different tastes and it just takes awhile to figure what you like and what you don't. Anyway, enjoy! :woot: [/list:u]or Kekkon Dekinai Otoko, or Medaka, or Ashita no Kita Yoshio, or, , ,[/list:u]

gaijinmark wrote: You've got to take that Top 50 list with a grain of salt.[/list:u]

More like rock salt.

The Top 50 list is a popularity contest, plain and simple, not an indicator of quality.

bmwracer wrote:The Top 50 list is a popularity contest, plain and simple, not an indicator of quality.

Yes, IMHO this site could do a better job at recommendations if it would make better use of its database. :doh:
I mean there are hundreds of ratings and profiles that are basically ignored. For starters, one could easily get a top list of dramas for everybody who rated a given drama 8 or higher for example. Or you could add categories / tags to the dramas, so a "love drama" page would give other "love drama" recommendations and so on. The most complicated (but also most effective) way would be to compare whole profiles, if there are people who rated my favorites high and my least favorites low as well, I will probably enjoy there other favorite dramas I have not seen yet and so on.

Bbbut wrote: Yes, IMHO this site could do a better job at recommendations if it would make better use of its database. :doh:
I mean there are hundreds of ratings and profiles that are basically ignored. For starters, one could easily get a top list of dramas for everybody who rated a given drama 8 or higher for example.

True, but you possibly could have the same problem: people "ballot stuffing" the ratings. :sweat:

Or you could add categories / tags to the dramas, so a "love drama" page would give other "love drama" recommendations and so on. The most complicated (but also most effective) way would be to compare whole profiles, if there are people who rated my favorites high and my least favorites low as well, I will probably enjoy there other favorite dramas I have not seen yet and so on.

Good suggestions... You might want to post them in the Suggestions forum. :)

But truth to tell, I don't know if the Admin has the time (or the motivation) to implement these types of features. :sweat:

gaijinmark wrote: You've got to take that Top 50 list with a grain of salt. I just went thru it and 24 of those dramas I've never seen. And what kind of a Top 50 list doesn't have Odoru Daisasousen or Yasashi Jikan or, , , well, you get the idea, everybody has different tastes and it just takes awhile to figure what you like and what you don't. Anyway, enjoy! :woot: [/list:u]or Kekkon Dekinai Otoko, or Medaka, or Ashita no Kita Yoshio, or, , ,[/list:u]

I've seen 7 of them, some not all the way through :sweat: but then, you've seen a lot more than me.

Anime Dad wrote:I've seen 7 of them, some not all the way through :sweat: but then, you've seen a lot more than me.

I haven't even looked at the Top 50 list in years... Seems pointless.

bmwracer wrote:
I haven't even looked at the Top 50 list in years... Seems pointless.

Same here, the ones I have tried to watch on top 50 were just a bore

Taira-Panku wrote:Same here, the ones I have tried to watch on top 50 were just a bore

To say the least. :bleh:

Hey I was hoping for a recommendation on future Dramas. I am a male and I'm not rich so all these dramas I've tried with the 'rich snob' stereotype male leads just don't appeal to me. BUT I still do like romance. I watched Kekkon Dekinai Otoko and it was the first drama that I liked start to finish. Basically I'm looking for a romance/comedy series that isnt completely unoriginal. I just want to be able to relate to the main male lead lol.

I also was able to get through Proposal Daisakusen, though that male lead bugs me for some reason. Maybe cause he has this 'tough guy' image that seems kinda fake to me. And I'm on the second season of "Trick" now. It would be perfect if there was more of a romance subplot between the characters. Oh I also enjoyed Long Vacation too...

A classic example of the type of show I can't stand is Boys Over Flowers.

Maybe I'm too picky...

Hope someone can help me out, thanks :mrgreen:

clocks wrote:Hey I was hoping for a recommendation on future Dramas. I am a male and I'm not rich so all these dramas I've tried with the 'rich snob' stereotype male leads just don't appeal to me. BUT I still do like romance. I watched Kekkon Dekinai Otoko and it was the first drama that I liked start to finish. Basically I'm looking for a romance/comedy series that isnt completely unoriginal. I just want to be able to relate to the main male lead lol.

I also was able to get through Proposal Daisakusen, though that male lead bugs me for some reason. Maybe cause he has this 'tough guy' image that seems kinda fake to me. And I'm on the second season of "Trick" now. It would be perfect if there was more of a romance subplot between the characters. Oh I also enjoyed Long Vacation too...

A classic example of the type of show I can't stand is Boys Over Flowers.

Maybe I'm too picky...

Hope someone can help me out, thanks :mrgreen:

Wow you have almost the same tastes that i have(iLm also a male), i also hated Hana Yori Dango and Proposal Daisakusen.

And Long Vacation is one of the 6 doramas i rated 10(based on my own preferences).
From your post i think youLll like Boku Dake no Madonna, Densha Otoko, Slow Dance, Sapuri and Tatta Hitotsu no Koi.
Probably One Pound no Fukuin, but that one is more comedy than romance.
You can read the comments i made about them in my profile.

...humm now that i look Kame allways plays the poor guy with no chances lol.

Or you could try Dekichatta Kekkon http://jdorama.com/drama.567.htm. Like Kekkon Dekinai, , , it has Abe Hiroshi and a great cast and story.

Or Muri na Renai - it is a romantic comedy, but it does have KDO's Natsukawa Yui as lead... can't go wrong there. And it's not a "typical" romance.

^ Of the two mentioned above, I'd pick Muri na Renai... Natsukawa Yui shines in that drama. :victory:

gaijinmark wrote:Or you could try Dekichatta Kekkon http://jdorama.com/drama.567.htm. Like Kekkon Dekinai, , , it has Abe Hiroshi and a great cast and story.

ThatLs the next dorama iLm gonna watch, i hope itLs gonna be good.