Kekkon Dekinai Otoko 結婚できない男 – Release Jul 06

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Japan Drama Story:

This is a drama about the life style of a 40 year old single architect - Kuwano Shinsuke (Abe Hiroshi) 阿部寛. He is a loner who knows how to enjoy life. He doesn’t go out and socialize much. He spends most of his time in his nice apartment that equips with audio sound system and a nice kitchen. He has a strange personality and dislike people. Even so, he is still able to understand his customer taste and design great architecture. Despite his strange personality and rude speeches, people around find him interesting as they always discussed how he thinks and who ever can withstand his characteristic.

Feelings and comments:

It’s a strange world we’re living and sure has a lot of strange people. Kuwano Shinsuke can be considered as geek. Just that he doesn’t relate to computers. It doesn’t matter what kind of life style you choose as long as you’re happy with it. Nowadays humans are able to live alone by without even stepping out of the house. All you need is a click on the internet and everything can be send to your door.

A person that acts strange, speaks rudely and has a unique kind of views does not make him a bad person. It takes time to fully understand a person. Sometimes it even takes years to finally get to know someone. It is better not to judge a person at first glance. If you really want to understand a person, just spend some time with him/her. Listen and witness carefully all the conversation and action he/she takes. All these will give you clues on what a person he/she is.

Abe Hiroshi( 阿部寛) really is good in this drama. I never thought a cool guy like him can act so well as the character Kuwano Shinsuke.

Things that caught my eyes:

You get to see Abe’s butt at the beginning of the series. That’s something the fans should not miss. The most enjoyable scene is when he’s having his dinner. From preparing his meal until finish having them is an art and looks really delicious.

Japan Drama Rating:

Fun to watch. Nicely elaborate how a single 40 year old man enjoys his life.

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Kurosagi クロサギ – Release April 06

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Japan Drama Story:

Kurosagi (Yamashita Tomohisa) 山下智久is a professional who con or deceive others for money. He does not pick normal civilians as his target. He only looks for people who con or deceive, which are people with same profession as him. In other words, Kurosagi helps victims to get back their money. Kurosagi swear to get rid of all those who con or deceive because his family was destroy by them. It’s a sad lonely path that he took to revenge his family. One day Yoshikawa Tsurara (Horikita Maki) 堀北真希comes into his life and things started to change. Yoshikawa Tsurara is a law student who has a strong sense of justice and respect towards the law. Both of them have different life style and different point of views towards crime and law. Faith brought them together as to see if either of them is right about justice.

Feelings and comments:

This world is full of lies, deceive, tragedy and unfair rules. It’s not a perfect world but we try our best to make it better. Even so there are things that we can’t do or beyond our reach. This drama is about deceive and examples of how people are trick. Most of the time victims are helpless and all they can do is make a report and try not to fall for it again. The money lost most probably is unable to retrieve. It would be nice to have such a profession like Kurosagi in the real world to help victims get back the money they lost. This drama is just like a typical superhero that steals from the rich and gives to the poor. It’s a fictional story that comforts most as people who deceived or lies are being punished by their own method.

The two main casts (Yamashita Tomohisa) 山下智久 and (Horikita Maki) 堀北真希 did a great job in this drama. Fans should not miss this series.

Things that caught my eyes:

The VIP room in the restaurant is nice. There is a mirror that allows you to see through it and monitor the outside dinning without people noticing. Another interesting place is Kurosaki’s room. It’s full with books, tools, equipment and clothes. It looks more like a secret hideout.

Japan Drama Rating:

Worth watching it. Good story line with strong cast. This drama also gives you an idea on how others deceive for money. It may help you to avoid those traps and not fall for it.

Purchase:

TV series, Japanese Movie Eiga : Kurosagi (Standard Edition) DVD, Soundtrack

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Honey and Clover ハチミツとクローバー – Release Jan 08

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Japan Drama Story:

This is a drama about the life of 5 art students. Each of them with their unique characteristics has their own story to tell. All of their stories are surrounded with topics like friendship, love and career. No matter how things changes and what problems they face and went through, 5 of them still hangs out together at the end of the day. That includes their complicated love relationship with each other. This group of friends are Hanamoto Hagumi (Narumi Riko) 成海璃子, Takemoto Yuta (Ikuta Toma) 生田斗真, Yamada Ayumi (Harada Natsuki) 原田夏希, Mayama Takumi (Mukai Osamu) 向井理 and Morita Shinobu (Narimiya Hiroki) 成宮寛貴.

Feelings and comments:

If you’re going to watch this drama because you’ve seen the anime version, then you’re going to regret it. The story line is pretty much the same as the anime version. Due to this it won’t be any surprises from the story. I’ve seen the anime version and that makes me compare this drama with it. Honestly the only thing that keeps me continues watching this drama is the good looking boys and girls. There are a lot of new faces in this drama as there is no main character in it. You can see some new talented actors and some that still needs improving. Well, it’s really hard for them to act as people will compare them with the anime version.

Things that caught my eyes:

As this is the story of a group of art students, you get to see some paintings, crafting and other art design. I just wonder if those pieces of arts are real.

Japan Drama Rating:

Fan of anime series Honey & Clover should skip it. Watch it if you haven’t heard of it and if you’re free.

Purchase:

TV series.

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SAITOU san 斉藤さん – Release Jan 08

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Japan Drama Story:

Saitou Masako (Mizuki Arisa) 観月ありさ is a mother of a child that never afraid to voice out anything that is not right and injustice. Her strong personality might seem heroic but her action was not accepted by others, especially the children’s mothers where they all attended the same kindergarten. They tried to keep a distance away from her because afraid that she might brings trouble due to her action. Saito san has been alone because of whom she is for quite some time. That changes after a new neighbor - Mano Wakaba (Mimura) ミムラ moves in. Both of them become friends and things started to become better.

Feelings and Comments:

Voice out what is right or keep quiet to keep out of trouble, that’s the main idea of this drama. Sometimes if we get involved too much than people will start to say “mind your own business”. People don’t really voice up certain things unless it is necessary or being push around. The thing is if everybody able to take care of their business nicely then there won’t be any complains. Sadly that might not be happening in this inperfect world. As long as there are people staying and living next to each other, there will be some conflicts. The question is how we work together without hitting on each other.

Things that caught my eyes:

The words that Saito san used to lecture others are simply well constructed. There is just no way to argue back.

Japan Drama Rating:

Nice to watch. Good story line that nicely elaborate the life of mothers with their kids in kindergarten.

Purchase:

TV series, Original soundtrack, 2008 Japanese Tv Series: Saitou SAN

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