Perhaps Rinjo tonight ... or Be nice to people - after almost 8 weeks without a Japanese drama I can�Lt make up my mind.

Currently enjoying Sexy Voice and Robo!

No complaints thus far. I wanted to check something out with Matsuyama Ken'ichi as I've never seen anything with him in it...not even the Death Note movies! I love his portrayal of Robo--a lot of actors have tried to pull off the kooky otaku character, but most of the time their performances feel so rehearsed and not really funny. As one of my teachers said, "Acting is all about memorizing a script and then trying to convince the audience that this is the very first time you're saying those lines." (Or something like that, I'm just paraphrasing.) Matsuyama Ken'ichi does this well! Like the BGM too, and it too me a while to realize Ohgo Suzuka is the little girl from Memoirs of a Geisha. My how she's grown! Overall the tone of this drama kind of reminds me of Nobuta wo Produce...a good thing

xploring wrote:

Watched the first two episode of Muri na Renai. I enjoyed them, although perhaps (because) the quality of the translation was not the best, I felt I didn't fully understand some of the dialogue. I really like the old photos they showed in the opening and closing credits, and the two leads are both very good at delivering interesting, colourful characters. The actress who played Shogo's ex-wife looks like she had a lot of fun. I also watched the first episode of Shibatora. For most of it, I didn't feel like I want to continue watching but for Ohgo Suzuka. After reading your comments, I will probably continue then, hopefully the cast alone is enough to make it enjoyable.

Unfortunately the series itself doesn't really improve from there. It's not quite "silly" enough to make the "save every soul" cases feel right; the lead's "superpower" doesn't really make any sense or have value; the main villain doesn't have the charisma or intellect to make you believe he's capable of doing what he's doing. The one glue holding it together really was Suzuka Ogho. She was capable of bouncing from deep to flighty, giddy to tortured and her interaction with the cast was what made it watchable. It's an example of a weak drama possessing a spark that makes it enjoyable.

tabemonster wrote:

Currently enjoying Sexy Voice and Robo! No complaints thus far. Overall the tone of this drama kind of reminds me of Nobuta wo Produce...a good thing

They're both written by Izumi Kizara. She also wrote Suika which is another nice little drama that I liked.

gaijinmark wrote:

They're both written by Izumi Kizara. She also wrote Suika which is another nice little drama that I liked.

Izumi Kizara is actually the pen name for two screenwriters together, one male and one female.

Kijinnmaru wrote:

Unfortunately the series itself doesn't really improve from there. It's not quite "silly" enough to make the "save every soul" cases feel right; the lead's "superpower" doesn't really make any sense or have value; the main villain doesn't have the charisma or intellect to make you believe he's capable of doing what he's doing. The one glue holding it together really was Suzuka Ogho. She was capable of bouncing from deep to flighty, giddy to tortured and her interaction with the cast was what made it watchable. It's an example of a weak drama possessing a spark that makes it enjoyable.

Thanks for the feedback. Doesn't sound promising, but I really like to see more of Ohgo Suzuka, so maybe I will see another one or two episodes.

xploring wrote:

Izumi Kizara is actually the pen name for two screenwriters together, one male and one female.

Thanks for the info. Learn something new every day.

Seigi no Mikata ep. 8 & 9

Watching Beach Boys atm...watched only 3 episodes so far and I love it already.

Kafka wrote:

Watching Beach Boys atm...watched only 3 episodes so far and I love it already.

I LUFF Beach Boys.

On Topic: Started watching Love Shuffle last night, as per Musa's suggestion. I think it's grand so far! Good casting, and interesting idea. The thing is, I can see it going bad. I hope it doesn't.
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Wynter wrote:

I LUFF Beach Boys. On Topic: Started watching Love Shuffle last night, as per Musa's suggestion. I think it's grand so far! Good casting, and interesting idea. The thing is, I can see it going bad. I hope it doesn't.

Just finished Love Shuffle. It has strange and interesting unexpected twists. I enjoyed it but it's not a two times watcher.

ralphm1999 wrote:

Just finished Love Shuffle. It has strange and interesting unexpected twists. I enjoyed it but it's not a two times watcher.

Noted!

I'm gonna go watch epi 3 after I finish painting my nails.
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Wynter wrote:

I'm gonna go watch epi 3 after I finish painting my nails.

I still have yet to watch this... I've gotta finish authoring this.

bmwracer wrote:

I still have yet to watch this... I've gotta finish authoring this.

I have a DVD copy if you want it!
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Wynter wrote:

I have a DVD copy if you want it!

Thanks, but I'm almost done.

bmwracer wrote:

Thanks, but I'm almost done.

Alrighty!
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Ep 6 of Atashinichi no Danshii though the end was uber cliff hanger so now I'm like gah! Need 7
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Be nice to people - Hito ni Yasashiku episode one
Seems like a winner - more episodes tonight.

EstherM wrote:

Be nice to people - Hito ni Yasashiku episode one Seems like a winner - more episodes tonight.

Yup, one of my favorites! I saw in the Japanese movies thread where you mentioned Supercar. Honestly, I didn't know anything about them so I went over to Book-Off and picked a copy of 3 Out Change. They're pretty good! Thanks for the tip!

gaijinmark wrote:

Yup, one of my favorites! I saw in the Japanese movies thread where you mentioned Supercar. Honestly, I didn't know anything about them so I went over to Book-Off and picked a copy of 3 Out Change. They're pretty good! Thanks for the tip!

Glad I could help, I believe Keps-chan is a fan too (or was it Number Girl).

I had my doubts about Be nice ... a SMAP guy and an 80ties Three man and a baby storyline. But episode 1 was fun

EstherM wrote:

I had my doubts about Be nice ... a SMAP guy and an 80ties Three man and a baby storyline. But episode 1 was fun

I was skeptical reading the description too, I think I will try it then. Thanks.

Watched a few more episodes of Hanamura Daisuke. It was really enjoyable and fun. Made me really root for the characters, and even though it showed some of the ugly sides of human nature, it managed to be light-hearted and feel-good without being too cheesy, although often with the help of some too-good-to-be-true plot twists. Most of the cases were interesting, I really like this one a lot. ^_^ Looking forward to the rest.