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This is a good saturday morning type show. It's made for preteens, but I found I enjoyed it. It's like a strange combination of the 20's Our Gang series and X-files. My preteen son adores this show. So I've seen it about three time in the past two months.

There are two seasons in this show. The first is when the 'gang'' is in the final year of elementary school. Tsubasa plays a geek, even down to the glasses. Tackey of course is the main character with the intresting family and grandfather the world travel. He gave Tackey's character a computer program to help them solve cases, then promptly 'vanished." They also have a friend called Takashi, and the token girl is called Erika, and she has a little brother called Shoon. This first season had sixteen episodes.

The second season is when the 'gang' is in the first year of Junior high. Shoon isn't in this one as much, as he still is going to another school. They are joined in their case hunting by tom boy Akira. Tsubasa's character, called Kenta isn't as geeky in this series, passing his character change as his getting contacts. The second season had fourteen episodes and a special.

I really enjoyed this series. It's worth hunting down. The second season has a bigger budget with better sfx, but it's really best to see both seasons. The title I was given for this show was the Kaiki club. Tackey and Tsubasa are both very good in this. It's quite intresting to see a show were Tsubasa is smaller then Tackey.

Highly recomended show.

A classic, groundbreaking drama. I highly recomend it for its sensitivity in dealing with Homosexuality. Kokubun Taichi and Yamaguchi were great in this. Also, look for Sakamoto Masayuki who played a very intresting role.

If you can find it, watch it. It's great.

This drama is for the teen set. It breeches a subject not usually covered. It's a love triangle between two girls and a guy. The subject of bisexuality is treated with sensitivity.

The main character can't make up her mind about anything. She was a typical teen in her first big crush.

The big plus is seeing an early Kimura. He's the high school star basketball player. He's also in an all male drama troup. They were going to preform Sleeping beauty. Watch for the scene where he gets into a fist fight during a dress rehearsal. He's dressed as the queen, and he fights with Sleeping beauty.

All, in all I do recomend this drama, though it isn't for the most mature of audiences.

Oh boy, a freaky Friday type story. That is what I thought when I heard of this. But then I got the set. It is about Azusa a gifted, popular girl in the highest class at school. Then there is Kouhei, who is in the lowest class. He smokes, skips school ect.


The series is very funny, I loved the way Arisa acted when her character realized she was in a girls body. Kouhei (the boy in a girls body) went very quickly to the underware drawer. Azusa (the girl in a boys body) caught him, and hit the roof! I felt sorry for Azusa when her parents had her thrown in jail, because they didn't know who she really was!
Also, it was very very funny when Azusa had to go to the rest room, and Kouhei had to drag her in there. Because Azusa being the good girl she was didn't want to touch 'that'.

The two become friends because no one else believes their story. Azusa, being Azusa keeps studying even when she is in Kouhei's body, which makes her first be accused of cheating on a big test. Since there is no way the 'backwards' Kouhei could ever get such a good grade. But a teacher believes in Kouhei, so she is back in the advanced class.

The only thing unbelieveable is that no one ever guesses that the two switched bodies. Kouhei's family did think there was something wrong, but they soon think it's because he's in love. Azusa's parents begin to wonder why their daughter is becoming rebellious, but they never notice anything else different.

Then slowly Kouhei and Azusa become more then just friends. Kouhei changes from being around Azusa, yes he is still a bit of a punk, but he stops smoking, and begins to think of others. There is also a couple of very odd love triangles in this program, but that makes it even more fun to watch.

Arisa is wonderful as a boy inside of a girl. Her comic talents really shined in this story. The way she acted made me really respect her acting.

Issei should have won an award for this program. he was very, very convincing as the girl inside of a boy. I was very impressed by his acting.

If you have a chance to watch this drama, do! It's short, but it's great. Just wish there had been a sequel!

This series is like a Beat Takashi/John Woo movie. No romance, but heavy on the plot. I havenft seen a Dorama from Japan use so many guns. Seems like everyone in the series has at least four. Katori Shingo gives an excellent performance in this. Showing his true colors as an actor. He plays two entirely different roles, both with total conviction. The geek is a gadget whiz who comes up with wonderful devices, seemingly shrinking several inches to become the geek. The eherof on the other hand slowly looses those he cares for, both by betrayal and death. He begins a slow spiral into insanity. His revenge isnft simply going after the men who killed his brother; he plots the entire downfall of their corporation. Even though the ending is a bit bleak, itfs foreshadowed in the series. There was room for a sequel, and itfs too bad there wasnft one. I hope that someday, someone will reuse Katori Shingo as an action star.

This is my all time favorite Drama. I have watched it three times, and it's made me happy each time. Tsuyoshi Kusanagi is really great in this dorama. I really liked his charactor and the unusual people he worked with. His preformance is 'straight on." Also, like the way that when the story got sad, the billboard with the star had a wallscrawl that said "agony" on it. Which mirrored what the male charactor was going through. The Dorama plays like an Rock Hudson/Doris Day romantic comedy. It even has that 'type' of incidental music. It even has a happy ending! A bonus to this is the guest in the last episode, Shingo Katori. He plays a reporter in the future who is going to write a book over the star's story. This Dorama has it all. My highest recomendations!