Nyokei Kazoku

gaijin mark wrote: That would be telling :shakehead: (Actually, I've forgotten, when you get senile these things happen) [/list:u]

LOL! No worries, I still luff you. :glomp:

I'm on the last epi. The suspense is KILLING me!

Wynter wrote:And that dance instructor is a bad baaaaaaad boy.

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Homeboy's a giggolo, plain and simple.

:hehe:

bmwracer wrote:

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Homeboy's a giggolo, plain and simple.

:hehe:

Fa real!

I finished!!!! Wow, this drama was amazing. So much so, I think I'm gonna vote for it! I love the way it ended, and I love

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that last evil look fumino gives the audience

. It throws everything up in the air all over again!

Grand. :applaud: Now, to write my review...

Wynter wrote:Fa real!

I finished!!!! Wow, this drama was amazing. So much so, I think I'm gonna vote for it! I love the way it ended, and I love

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that last evil look fumino gives the audience

. It throws everything up in the air all over again!

Grand. :applaud: Now, to write my review...

Dang, you polished that drama in no time flat....

Time for Kuitan... :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Dang, you polished that drama in no time flat....

Time for Kuitan... :victory:

I can't help it. I was hooked.

I'll have to watch Kuitan after My Boss My Hero, which I'm watching now. :ashamed: I should be done MNMH in two days or so.

Wynter wrote:I'll have to watch Kuitan after My Boss My Hero

Boo. :puppydog:

bmwracer wrote:
Boo. :puppydog:

Gomen. It was next on the list. :bow:

My review: 10/10

So I watched the first episode, and the first thing I thought was gman, this one is gonna be slowh. Then I started the second episode. I donft know what happened exactly, but suddenly I couldnft sit still until I had soaked up the entire series!

The plot really surprised me. It surprised me because never before have I seen such a group of vindictive characters! I mean, nearly every character introduced had evil ulterior motives. No one was honest. No one begged the viewers of this drama to love them, or sympathize with them. Nor did any of these characters force us through emotional torment. The plot was really gripping as well. There are so many schemes being revealed, and so many truths being unearthed among the lies that it was hard to pull away from the screen. Each episode ended in a moment of anxious. It was hard not to keep going with each episode.

The characters, and the actors who played them, were AMAZING. Yonekura Ryoko was fabulous. This is the first time Ifve seen her in this type of role and she was perfect. Regardless of the fact that shefs gthe mistressh, and that, really, she should be condoned for her sinful actions (according to the evil sisters), you canft help feeling for her. I mean, regardless of her status, she was actually in love. At the same time, however, Reiko Takashima played her role so majestically that you almost sympathize with HER. From all the awesome actresses/actors in this drama, Reiko-san impressed me the most. The way she would tilt her head, just so, and give you that nasty lookc >>shudders<<

All the wickedness aside, this is a completely believable storyline. Ifm thoroughly impressed, And, as the icing on the cake, the conclusion fits the plot nicely. I also love the little twist in the last scene with Fuminofs (Ryokofs) final glance at the audience. Mwahahaha.

gaijin mark wrote: That would be telling :shakehead: (Actually, I've forgotten, when you get senile these things happen) [/list:u]

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The adoption papers were in the box!

I've been watching this one on TVJapan since the first episode. No subtitles, but it's not too difficult to follow. Feel sorry for the mistress, but she's a bit of a mouse when it comes to standing up for herself.

Ningyo wrote:Feel sorry for the mistress, but she's a bit of a mouse when it comes to standing up for herself.

Wait 'til you get to the end... ;)

bmwracer wrote:
Wait 'til you get to the end... ;)

A GREAT ending. :applaud: Ryoko-san is so grand.

I'm going to move the conversation here. :)

bmwracer wrote:
:victory:

So do you think it was all calculated?

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In a way I do because I think that when Fumino and Yoshizo were together and he told her about his daughters' condescending, egotistical behaviors, she probably went along with him and promised to fulfill what he wanted. At that time, it was probably just that.

Later on, when she met the daughters and found out how evil and greedy they were, it just enforced her commitment to Yoshizo's plans and she played her part as the innocent-seeming woman well.

It was some sort of sweet victory when the final will was read and the matriarchal line was to come to an end and everyone got their just desserts. Like Yoshizo wanted, his daughters looked like a huge weight got lifted off their shoulders and they looked happier than they did in years.

Even though Fumino was the person who made the viewer sympathize with her, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the sisters and I was on their side for a bit because imagine it:

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you're happy and anticipating to be one of the recipients of some large will, only to find out that your father had an affair with some lady who is younger or the same age as you or you find out that you weren't daddy's favorite after all. THEN you find out that she's supposedly pregnant with his child and is to receive a portion of the assets??? Oh hells naw! :angry:

Then you find out that your sisters (and aunt) are calculating against one another to get more of the assets. AND you find out that the "right-hand man" of the family is an embezzler? AND your fiance/dance instructor is a player? AND your aunt is just using you to get your portion of the money by adopting you (though I don't think that was made clear to everyone, right?) Oh my gosh. Though the sisters are quite hateful, I can certainly see why they were so bitchy to Fumino. I probably would be too (though not to the extent they were), but not because of the money. Only because I would have felt that my father betrayed the family.

Thing is,

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Did Ryoko's character play the father as well?

Judging from the look on her face at the end, did she even calculate the entire ploy to include the father as well?

I think it was debated upon earlier in this thread.... :)

bmwracer wrote:Thing is,

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Did Ryoko's character play the father as well?

Judging from the look on her face at the end, did she even calculate the entire ploy to include the father as well?

I think it was debated upon earlier in this thread.... :)

Oh, I missed that debate.

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Anyway, I thought that in the beginning she was out to get the money, but with all the flashbacks and her thinking about Yoshizo, I wasn't so sure. That smirk, though, just threw me off and I think that what I first thought was sadness and reminscing while looking at his picture in the frame, was now distorted by having the knowledge that the papers acknowleging the baby as his was stored in the back of the picture and was the key to her future. Maybe she did scheme it all. Maybe she did plan the pregnancy and getting hold of the money. Wow. This just makes her even worse than the three sisters combined and now I have to re-evaluate my thoughts. :sweat:

sadacori wrote:

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Anyway, I thought that in the beginning she was out to get the money, but with all the flashbacks and her thinking about Yoshizo, I wasn't so sure. That smirk, though, just threw me off and I think that what I first thought was sadness and reminscing while looking at his picture in the frame, was now distorted by having the knowledge that the papers acknowleging the baby as his was stored in the back of the picture and was the key to her future. Maybe she did scheme it all. Maybe she did plan the pregnancy and getting hold of the money. Wow. This just makes her even worse than the three sisters combined and now I have to re-evaluate my thoughts. :sweat:

When I first watched it, I didn't think so, but looking back, I'm thinking the opposite.

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You can evaluate that smirk in two ways: that she got even for all of the abuse she suffered or that it all happened according to her plan...

Now that I think about it, that's a pretty cool ending... It leaves the viewer wondering. :)

bmwracer wrote:
When I first watched it, I didn't think so, but looking back, I'm thinking the opposite.

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You can evaluate that smirk in two ways: that she got even for all of the abuse she suffered or that it all happened according to her plan...

Now that I think about it, that's a pretty cool ending... It leaves the viewer wondering. :)

Totally agree with you. It really blew my mind to think back to everything that happened and see another side of the story. I love when dramas make you think and leave endings left open to discussion. :)