JDrama Recommendations

^ Hmm, I don't know how you can call Last Friends "Real Life...." :sweat:

The only out and out serious drama I've seen recently is Nyokei Kazoku...

snowdoll wrote:Can someone recommend shows similar to Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi, 1 Liter of Tears, Last Friends that are any good? Real life stuff, (serious, not comedic/melodramatic).

Ruri no shima?

I am not sure of the similarities between the 3 series you listed... Maybe you can try these. It's pretty rare for a drama to be purely serious without any comedic or melodramatic (subjective anyway) moment.

Home Drama
Ashita no, Kita Yoshio
Boku to Kanojo to Kanojo no Ikiru Michi

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Like:
Hotaru no Hikari
Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
Long Vacation
good characters :)

Don't Really Like:
High School themes
tear jerkers

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Golden Bowl perhaps?

i like:

Seigi no Mikata
Atashinchi no Danshi
Ryuusei no Kizuna
Team Medical Dragon
Code Blue

about the "real life" thing
maybe, Akai Ito?

Hi,

Of all of the shows I have tried to watch, I have really fallen in love the most with the office dramas. Anego, Haken no Hinkaku and even Ai no Uta to a degree (though it's not full on office drama) have been my favorites so far.

So I am looking for recommendations for new shows to enjoy. Any and all help will be much appreciated!

Best.

J

Justin Cash wrote:Hi,

Of all of the shows I have tried to watch, I have really fallen in love the most with the office dramas. Anego, Haken no Hinkaku and even Ai no Uta to a degree (though it's not full on office drama) have been my favorites so far.

So I am looking for recommendations for new shows to enjoy. Any and all help will be much appreciated!

Best.

J

Shomuni...

runpup wrote:

Shomuni...

Thank you so much! I had head of it before, but had not seen it. Now I think I remember why I had not seen it. I cannot find a decent quality video of it online. Any thoughts? I don't do torrents...

Try livejournal
http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.php?p=756083#756083

I also recommend Koi no Chikara :thumbsup:
Salaryman Kintaro
Okane ga nai (no English subs, I think)
Il Hito (although I didn't like it)

Justin Cash wrote:I cannot find a decent quality video of it online. Any thoughts? I don't do torrents...

You might have to resort to trading, then...

xploring wrote:
I also recommend Koi no Chikara :thumbsup:

Eri Fukatsu just was so perfect in this!!

runpup wrote:

Eri Fukatsu just was so perfect in this!!

Thank you everyone! I am off work tomorrow, and I'll try to get some first ep's watched.

Best. Justin.

runpup wrote:

Eri Fukatsu just was so perfect in this!!

Yes. :mrgreen: She really lights up the screen with her role. ^^

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Just finished Muri na Renai. One of the most enjoyable dramas in recent memory. Great acting but that's not all of it. It takes a bit of time to get going so please give it more time when watching it.

xploring wrote:Just finished Muri na Renai. One of the most enjoyable dramas in recent memory. Great acting but that's not all of it. It takes a bit of time to get going so please give it more time when watching it.

A lot of people share this review! I really need to start on it soon. Thanks for sharing. ^_^

Wynter wrote:A lot of people share this review! I really need to start on it soon.

Yes you should. :victory:

A really endearing performance by Natsukawa Yui. :applaud:

I am highly recommending Mr. Brain. I have only watched up to 2nd episode but I am loving it already. It is also informative too. Plus the fact that Takuya is in it too.

I hope we have those gadgets too here in my country. This isn't a love story though more on investigative tv series.

Can someone recommend me some dramas in the genre horror? I've heard there's few like in the horror genre so I wanted to check it out, see how that turns out to be. :P

ik0n wrote:Can someone recommend me some dramas in the genre horror? I've heard there's few like in the horror genre so I wanted to check it out, see how that turns out to be. :P

Try MPD Psycho (Taju Jinkaku Tantei Psycho) directed by Miike Takashi, some parts are as nasty as his films. I suppose there also is Ame to Yume no atoni, but it's more of a touching ghost story with some mild horror elements.

Hi everyone. I'm a bit of a horror freak, I loved Hell Girl: Live action series and would really like to find something similar from the Supernatural genre.

I'm also into comedy crime/mystery shows like Mr.Brain or Kiina, so anything either more or less serious then these dramas would also be appreciated :P

Thanks guys.

Rozenrot wrote:I'm also into comedy crime/mystery shows like Mr.Brain or Kiina, so anything either more or less serious then these dramas would also be appreciated :P

Thanks guys.

Ever check out the Kuitan series?

A fun mixture of food obsession and crime drama. :victory:

And there's also the Jiko Keisatsu series... A wacky and entertaining Cold Case-type show. :)

+1 for Kuitan 1 & 2. Hilarious! :victory: