フリーター、家を買う Freeter, ie o kau

Plot:
The story revolves around Take Seiji, who quits his job after three months. With no dreams, no savings, and a poor relationship with his family, he becomes a hikikomori. However, after his mother falls ill with depression, he ends up having to take on a part-time job at a construction site. Because of that, he soon decides to work towards rebuilding his life: "Even though I'm just a freeter, I'm going to buy a house for the sake of my family." One of the people he meets at the construction site is Chiba Manami, who graduated from a top-class university and joined a well-known general contracting firm. Manami is the complete opposite of Seiji. But while their personalities clash at first, they gradually come to understand each other. --Tokyograph

My thoughts:

I wont be calling this a favourite drama anytime soon, nor do I care to re-watch it.
It was not THAT bad of a drama, I just found the mother to be quite pathetic, other people have harder things happening to them, but still are able to go about their everyday lives, unfortunately this maybe too harsh of a view of me to hold, I should try to sympathise with her situation more.

I can understand her lonliness of having a husband who does not easily show his love and care for his family, but I think his attitude towards doing things, is just his way of caring.
The best example of this is when we see the mother in hospital, and he is by her side, here we see that he really loves this women and is very worried about her. Not showing his own weaknesses to his family etc, I feel this is his way of caring.

I think this drama has a nice sentiment, in that the son wants his family particularly his mother, who he feels needs the love and support of her family now more than ever, to have a good life, and to truelly be happy, Thus sets out to find the best possibl way to do this , by first solving his families biggest hinderence ~ the cruelty of the neighbours, he does this by setting out to find his mom a nice home. Where she will be able to create a new life, one which is free of the suffering she currently has.

I thought it was good, that we get to see the harsh reality of the workplace and real life. This is something we are not taught in schools and can only experience once we are going out into the big wide world.

What I liked about this drama, is that we see a variety of people whom all have ideals of what they want, but gradually come to accept that the ideals they once had are not necessarily the right way to go, for example; Akari - she wants someone with a higher status, and income, that the people she works with, but gradually comes to the realisation that some things are more important than wealth and status, as she finds real love.
Tis is also evident, Seiji himself, as he took on a job that to him was something to do whilst looking for a better job; one which would give people a better view of him within society and not one that is for those of societies lower classes.
However, once Seiji comes to see that he can attain true happiness working in this environment, unlike any job he previously had and those he was aspiring within the higher classes of society, he is able to see that his initial ideals were not something he truely desires in life.

JOKER 許されざる捜査官 JOKER Yurusarezaru Sosakan

Plot:
Date Kazuyoshi (Sakai) is a detective on the Kanagawa prefectural police force. During the day, he is known as a "Buddha" for his gentle personality, pouring all of his energy into resolving each case. At night, however, he transforms into a cruel punisher as his gentleness gives way to his anger towards the criminals. The series poses questions about what justice and evil truly are. Tokyograph



My thoughts:
This is my favourite Summer 2010 drama!
I think it'll be interesting to find out just who knows what is going on, and also what happens to the people.

I'm suspicious of EVERYONE!!!
XD

Episode 10 was good, we found out so many things but we are also left with questions, what happens to the people, when they are on the island???

I like the character of Date.

I also like Kudo, the way he speaks to Miyage makes me think if Ryo spoke to the guests on Janiben he'd probably be this way to the female guests ha.

I watched the SP episode, it is a shame it is more of a re-cap on what we saw through out the series, with a little added.

ホタルノヒカリ Hotatu no Hikari

Plot:
Season 1~
Hotaru works for a famous interior design company. It's a glamorous job but Hotaru's private life is totally the opposite of glamorous. She lives alone, and when she isn't working she's mostly lazing about her rented house in training wear. She's not interested in men. In fact, she isn't interested in anything. "I'd rather lay around than fool around," is her motto.

Her landlord is a bar owner, and one day his son, who has just separated from his wife, comes to inspect the rental property, not knowing that someone is living there. He is shocked at the mess, but not as shocked as Hotaru. He turns out to be her boss, Takano. -- Japan Times Online



Season 2~
Three years ago, the heart of Amemiya Hotaru, the ‘dried up female’, had settled on Takano ‘Buchou’, and the ‘dried up female’ was supposed to have grown up … However, right after that, Hotaru was posted as a project team member to far-away Hong Kong. She was cut off from ‘Buchou’ and devoted herself to work. Then, three years later, Hotaru returns to Japan after finishing the project. She is assigned to the First Planning Department, where ‘Buchou’ belongs, and immediately begins work as one of the team members. However, both the staff as well as the mood in the company have changed a great deal


My thoughts:

Season 1
I'm not that into this drama, but I did continue to watch it, there were some nice moments, and sometimes I just had to feel bad for Hotaru.
I aslo don't really get what is so bad about lazing around at home wearing more comfortable clothes.

Season 2.

Just like the first season, I was not into it that much.

I didn't really care for the characters or the storyline,

I think there were times when I would become bored, or be left wondering why it would be like this, as it was just a little unrealistic for characters to be behaving in such a way, at times (usually in the case of Hotaru herself).

怪物くん Kaibutsu-kun

Plot:
Tells the story of the prince of the land of monsters. As part of his training to succeed the throne, he visits the human world, where he has various adventures with other monsters.


My thoughts:
When I first started watching this I thought it might be too much for children,

However, the more I watched, the more I liked it.
I like that each episode had morals.

I really like the character of Kaibutsu-kun, I think its quite sweet how he doesn't understand yet, he tries to, even though he usually gets it wrong or still misunderstands.

I really like Ohno Satoshi as an actor. :)

I still need to watch the SP

-Edit-

I watched the SP, its is kinda random, but enjoyable and funny 8D

Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku

Plot:
Taiga is a struggling second-generation actor who has developed a complex due to his father, a famous actor in his time. Taiga, only get to appear in variety shows, most of the time. One day when his friend bring him out for a skydiving, a big wind dragg him away from the dropping point and he got stuck in a tree. A beautiful woman, Shiori (Takeuchi Yuko), come to rescue him. Shiori is a cheerful woman who laughs away all worries she has. She's exactly the opposite of Taiga...

My thoughts:
I've not finished this drama yet.

I like Matsumoto Jun as an actor, I feel that where he fails musically he excells in acting. Which is why I wanted to watch this drama.

Prior to watching this, I had heard bad things, and that this drama was receiving bad viewer ratings.

I decided to watch

&

I enjoy this.

I like the character of Taiga, he tries hard but knows he isn't doing so good, yet he still tries.

He wants to succeed,

He wants to do his family proud.

He accepts that the woman he has fallen in love with doesn't love him, she can't love him, she has a husband who she loves dearly, despite all of this, he still tries to act as he always has with her, despite her openly knowing his true feelings.

I like that Taiga has a bit of a stupidness to him. XD

I think it must be hard for Shiori, she is in love with her husband and does not want to betray her love to him, she wants to bring her daughter up the right way, which she has been doing all by herself.

It must really be hard for someone to fall in love after losing their most loved person who they had sworn to love for the rest of their life. To then find themselves falling in love with somene else, must be difficult.

I can't really comment, as I've never experienced such a thing, and hope I never have to.

I never want to experience the person I love dying.

Episode 9
Taiga understands the way Umi feels about her father and really takes it into consideration, I think this is very mature of him.
Childrens feelings are alot more complicated than what we assume, and they can comprehend more than what we think they can, therefore I think its important to try and be honest with them, and properly speak to them.
Shiori had not told Umi about her new relationship with Taiga, this must be something very shocking for Umi, to have to find out, when she isn't being told about it by the only person she had to rely on ~ her mother. Instead she finds out at school surrounded by her friends and adults.
I feel it was quite an impersonal way to have to find out.
I thought it was really nice that Taiga had decided to give a gift of crayons to Umi, so that she can continue to make drawings of her father, and love him in her own way, unfortunately his feelings were not able to reach her, and as a resulted not only Umi but also Shiori and Taiga become hurt.


Next up episode 10 with Nino ~ I love that Arashi have started this trend of being in one anothers drama.

I think it is sweet that everyone is getting along and that they are all happy, I thought it is nice that the mother of Shiori's husband is happy for Shiori to be moving on with a new love.
I thought Taiga's mother's personality is quite cute, however I feel that at times she is stupid for example, when she is at the theatre and she is calling Taiga and waving to him, as an ex-actress wouldn't she know better?

I also liked that in episode 10 there are so many celebrities, for example Kyoko Fukada as well as the actor who played the restaurant owner in Bambino.
I think it is good of Taigo to honestly tell his feelings to Umi, for her to understand and for himself to give her the apology he feels he owes to her, as he understands her feelings for father she couldn't meet, yet loves.


I lke Taiga and his friends, they can be very funny.


I like to call this drama NatsuJun, because i'm lame like that 8D
also the little girl that plays Umi is absolutely adorable.
This was a nice drama to watch, about a typicial love story and the obstacles two lovers face in order to finally love one another.

GM~踊れドクター GM Odoru Doctor

Plot:
A brilliant general medicine doctor dreams only of becoming a famous dancer. He returns to Japan to make a name for himself in the entertainment industry only to find out the agency he signed up with was a sham. He stays in Japan and works part-time in a run-down GM center solving baffling medical mysteries. All the while he plans for his dancing comeback


My thoughts:
Episode one - after watching the first episode I think this looks to be a decent drama, but nothing exceptionally special.

I look forward to seeing each of the characters personalities coming out as we discover more about them and see them grow.

I think Goto Hideo will be an interesting character.

I also think Motoki Kensuke will be somewhat bitter that he is not doing the exact job he wants to be doing.

I think this drama will be typical in that the group of Doctors will become considered the greatest in their feild as they become better as a team.

I really like the theme song ~ LIFE ~Me no Mae no Mukou e~ by Kanjani∞

うぬぼれ刑事 Unubore Deka

Plot:
A 30-year-old single detective (Nagase Tomoya), who is under the illusion that he is popular with females is called 'Unubore' by friends. He is an ultra romantic and susceptible to conceitedness. He has such a strong desire to marry to the extent that he has bought an apartment for his newlywed life. He falls in love with female criminals at first sight each time. While the sheer desire to meet wraps around him, he will get proof that the female is the culprit. And so, he will thrust both the arrest warrant and marriage papers at her, proposing with the words, "If you marry me, I won’t arrest you." If that still does not work, he will hold out an engagement ring and his handcuffs. In the end, the criminal will choose to be arrested and his heart will be broken. He will cry as he puts the handcuffs on her...

My thoughts:
I hope my expectations of this drama are not too high due to the cast.
so far i've watched the first episode and I like it, I think the group of guys from the bar are going to have many epic / hilarious/ emotion fueled moments to look forward to.

The more of this drama I watch , the more I enjoy it!!!

-Edit-

I finished this drama.

I especially liked the final episode.

I am pleased this drama was really enjoyable to watch.

Also I really like the theme song NANANA by TOKIO it even has Ikuta Toma in the PV which makes me even more happier XD

Mioka

Plot:

One day, Taichi, an ordinary university student meets Mioka, a girl who is like a storm. Taichi finds himself drawn to Mioka, who lives freely as she wishes without holding back, and they eventually fall in love. However, Mioka tells Taichi of her shocking truth. She has an incurable brain disease, with no medicine or treatment that can help her.

The progressing disease.

The loss of control over her own body.

The precious memories slowly fading away.

The fear of losing herself.

The limited time she has left.

Even with such a cruel fate, Mioka lives her life to the fullest extent till the end. Taichi, wholeheartedly loving her, decides to become the witness of her very existence in this world. --NTV




My thoughts:

I really liked this drama.
Although it sounds bad to say I enjoyed waiting and watching the last days of a character I liked before she eventually died.

I think this drama was well balanced out, the way it moved from an emotional and sad scene to one of happiness and laughter.

I think this was something that each of the characters from Mioka's group of new found friends brought to us.

This drama started out with a bubbly and lively Mioka, whose ideals are to live life to the fullest without a care in the world, much to the disliking of other people especially girls who like boys that have wanted Mioka.
This is also the case for one of Mioka's friends, Mari, who has liked Taichi for some time, but has not made her move until after Taichi had met Mioka.
I started out disliking Mari because to me she seemed like somewhat of a stuck up bitch that wants to have things her own way, I also thought she was going to be evil towards Mioka in order to get the man she wants back.

I think for Taichi, his experience with Mioka, helped him to grow and become mature.

I really liked the character of Kunihiko, he was the comdian amongst the group of friends.

I really liked that in this drama the Doctor and Patient are the same actors that played the Doctor and Patient in a drama that I Love ~ 'Love Shuffle'.
Just this made me feel all warm and fuzzy and just plai fangirly inside 8D
I also felt this way because the actors who play the character Kunihiko & Mioka have both acted together in another drama that I really enjoyed ~ 'Tokyo DOGS'.

ヤンキー君とメガネちゃん Yankee-kun & Megane-chan

Plot:
Shinagawa Daichi used to be a good student who has now become a delinquent, while class president Adachi Hana was a delinquent who is now trying to move on. Her secret is discovered by Shinagawa, but she involves herself trying to correct his ways.


My thoughts:
This is an enjoyable drama but I wouldn't say it is a favourite.

I think its funny when Daichi imagines that he's going to be confessed to / kissed etc by Hana.

I think there can be morals drawn from many episodes, which is nice.
It is quite different to the manga, and I think I prefer the drama as I often became bored when reading the manga, and did eventually stop reading it.


I really like the theme song ~ Loose Leaf by Hilchryme

Tumbling

Plot:
Azuma Wataru, a third-year student at Karasumori High School, is a devil who strikes fear in the hearts of people. One day, Azuma is told by his form teacher that he has to participate in a club activity in order to make up for the lack of second-year students. The short-tempered Azuma cannot last long in whatever he does. At that moment, he learns that Satonaka Mari, the beautiful transfer student in his class, has joined the female rhythmic sports gymnastics club. He joins the male rhythmic sports gymnastics club, a club activity with very few people under the captain, Takenaka Yuta. They are ridiculed by the coach of the female rhythmic sports gymnastics club, and others, and are also hardly allowed to use the gym. However, when a sixth boy joins the club, Yuta decides to take part in a team competition with his long-sought six members …


My thoughts:
I'll be honest with you I've never cared for rythmic gymnastics, the sole reason I started to watch this is because Yamamoto Yusuke and Seto Koji are in this.

I doubt i'll be seeking out ryhtmic gymnastic performances in the future ~ but i'll probably watch gymnastics when it is on the olympics as I have often done so, my dad did gymnastics when he (rarely) went to school and so likes to watch and criticize the athletes... haha

From watching episode one onwards, I really like how we see Wataru as such a badboy, but then we see that he really cares for his friends and looks after them so well, not only does he do this for his friends but he also goes out of his way for the sake of the rest of the team too. I like that Wataru can be really stupidly funny too, e.g episode 4 when he tells Hino i'm watching you! because the girl he likes is into him haha.

I found Kiyama to be really mysterious, we know nothing about him but he's always there observing the others, at first I was thinking he would be up to something sinister later in the series, but then I found myself liking his character, he was always helping Wataru take care of his friends, and try to prevent anymore trouble from occuring.

After reading other comments I really see the Ouran scene when he saves Satoshi and piggy backs him XD.

I feel sad for Kiyama, he's alone because he is hiding pain and guilt inside him, rather than seeing that he's some kind of badass that will kill you, as we could have first thought about him.

I can't even begin to imagine how Kiyama must have felt when history seemed to repeat itself when yet again he is saved from a pole by his friend, as Wataru is there and is lay on the floor and later at the hospital waiting, in episode 4.

I think it's just so Wataru like when he starts running his mouth saying he wont be staying at the hospital ~ it was a good way to relieve us of the emotions welling up from seeing Kiyama.

I was almost in tears when Kiyama went to visit the grave (T_T).
Kiyama needs to get some omurice at Watarus and everything will be alright
It seemed he was there to look over the others, but no one was looking out for him, untill ep3 Watru to the Rescue, and then I became more aware of Wataru also looking out for Kiyama.

To start with I didn't really like Takenaka, I found him to be lame and boring, but then later especially epsiode 3 and 4 where he begins to understand Wataru more and encourages Wataru to do the right thing in looking out for those important to him, I began to like Takenaka much more.
I feel I should apologize to satoshi every time he speaks, I laugh, I blame F4 it wasn't until they brought up his high voice on TFP2 that I really noticed how (girly) high it is.

From the moment he went into Wataru's restaurant, i've kinda been shipping the kind idiot teacher and Wataru's mom, sorry to say this to the other guy who wants her but you're so out your league.

More than I dislike Akabane, I really do not like that opposing schools cub, The leader just seems soo cocky, jut because he was more advantageous than Takenaka, to have been able to go to a better school and compete for a better team (¬_¬).

Watching Wataru, we can see that Akabane really lacks what it means to be a leader, he seems like the person to totally ditch his friends rather than protect them when there is a crisis, he lacks kindness, and empathy towards others, he just cares about being the tough guy.
I also dislike the girl who got Wataru to start with tumbling, I just feel like the drama is trying to make us like her and that she is some kind of angel, how she always seems to support the boys team because she thinks it'll be fun or something.


After watching episode 3 I noticed more and more how much I like Nippori's silly humour & his 'maturity' level is pure win when he's saying to Ryosuke about how you can see 'it' bulge when they are first in the gym in their training clothes. Nipoori kinda reminds me of Hina from Kanjani8 although i'm not sure why...

I really like how this sereis has alot of depth balanced out with humour.

Is it just me or does Igarashi Shunji character Tetsuro in ROOKIES looks like Ryosuke? I think it's the hair

I also like the relationship Wataru and his mum has, and the relationship of the Nippori family too, they both seem to have really nice families, it's nice how Wataru is able to speak wth his mum about his problems.

As they don't all start out as members of the team, I thought the poster is rather spoilerish, I feel bad for Satoshi being ill :(, but couldn't help think is this how Kiyama gets on the team, I was slightly happy because I was looking forward to seeing him on the team.
I thought episode 4 (restaurant scene where Satoshi defends Kiyama before Wataru can), was really sweet (^_^).


How cute are those little tumbling dolls XD

NB: the above is what I wrote in the Tubling lj community. As you can see my fangirl leaked as did my bias (^^")

I've watched the entire series, and I love it, this is deffinately one of my favourite jdrama's.


I really love the character of Wataru. He is deffinately my favourite.
I'm really happy they were able to create the friendship the group of boys have developed throughout this series.

Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo

Plot:
Kano Haruko (Naka Riisa) is a charismatic shop assistant who has such excellent fashion sense that she has been featured in fashion magazines. However, she is unable to give up her dream of being a high school teacher. Haruko is asked by her former teacher to teach Japanese to foreigners for three months on the understanding that he would introduce her for the high school’s Japanese language teaching position. And so, she becomes a trainee teacher at a Japanese language school where she coaches nine foreign students with strong personalities, including an Italian anime enthusiast and a Swede who is in love with ninjas, according to her own convictions, while setting her sights on becoming a high school teacher~Jdrama weblo

My thoughts:
I gave up on this drama after episode 6.


Its not very entertaining, its not funny, its not interesting...

I really hope that the foreigners they used in this drama are not what the natives of Japan, really think of foreigners, as I found them to be bad representatives.


They were also stupid, and had pathetic reasons for going to the country.


yup I don't like this drama & I don't care to continue watching it.

Gakeppuchi no Eri

Plot:
Gakeppuchi no Eri" describes the turbulent life of Eriko (Yamada), who has been extremely poor since childhood, due to the debt left by her parents. Despite constant misfortune, she aims to achieve happiness and money by moving to Tokyo to pursue life as a manga artist. --Tokyograph

My thoughts:
I found this to be lacking something,

It is not a drama I would really reccomend to someone unless they are a big fan of Yamada Yuu.

I did enjoy this enough to watch it until the end.

I think this grows on you as you watch it more and more.

I think it has moral to it, about staying true to yourself, and always trying your best in everything you do, you shouldn't give up when life gets hard.

What I liekd about this drama was that it wasn't typical in the lead character Eri falling in love with the handsome rich guy and them living happily ever after.

I think it was good how the drama built up her relationship with those around her, and how she handle each difficult sitiuation thrown at her.

This drama did however remind me of Binbo Danshi, in that its a poor person tryng to get by, and also because the same actress is in the drama.

Bloody Monday

Plot:
After a biological terrorist attack kills off the population of a Russian town; Japan's Public Safety Special Third unit, code name THIRD-i, believes that the terrorist organization responsible plans to unleash the same virus known as Bloody X into Tokyo. Subsequently, THIRD-i recruits the help of genius hacker Takagi Fujimaru to find out what happened in the Russia. However, as Fujimaru becomes involved, he soon finds out that he is in over his head and that the terrorist groups influence reaches not only his school but even the police. Fujimaru must now rely on his skill as a hacker to unravel the organizations sinister plot and find out the truth behind "Bloody Monday." ~http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Bloody_Monday


My thoughts:
WOW OMGOSH WOW.




I don't know why but i've always wanted to watch this drama. I finally decided to watch Bloody Monday after I read that season 2 will start in January.



This drama is truely brilliant, it was very intense, very ineresting, very suspenseful.

I would highly recommend this drama, Bloody Monday is brilliant.




I think I have really understimated Miura Haruma, He is amazing in this drama. I have always thought Haruma will do well if he learns alot from the people he has acted with.




As for Narimiya Hiroki I don't know why but for some reason I don't know how to explain it but it is as if I am drawn to him, although I know nothing about him nor have I seen him acting often, for some reason I find that I really like Narimiya Hiroki.




I really liked the characters of both 'Falcon' and 'J'. I think J is really good as a bad guy, although you want to dislike him, the way he likes to have his 'playtime' entertaining himself makes you want to like him.

As for 'Falcon' I think he would be an awesome friend, and also he tries hard to protect those around him despite what may happen to himself.




Now I really want to drink melon soda (^_^)




I will deffinately re-watch this!!!



*Ironically I had to edit this post due to a typo, i originally wrote "I think J is really god" (^_^)v *

ROMES

Plot:
Recently built on an artificial island, the (fictional) Tokyo Bay International Airport is equipped with the most advanced security system in the world, known as ROMES. To celebrate the airport's first anniversary, a gold statue called the "Goddess of Temptation" is placed on display at the airport. After an international group of thieves called Silverfox issues a challenge to the airport and begins exploiting the ROMES system, the director requests assistance from the brilliant Narishima Yuya, who knows the system the best out of anyone. Yuya's team of experts is assigned to combat this dangerous organization, which continues to escalate its activities. Meanwhile, Yuya himself has a different reason for coming to the airport... --Tokyograph



Mythoughts:
No idea why I decided to watch this drama, but I am glad that I did. (^_^).




Recently I have started to become more interested in 関ジャニ∞, therefore when watching this I was happy to know that two members of 関ジャニ∞ are lead chracters in this drama.




I really liked the character of Yuya played by 関ジャニ∞ member Okura Tadayoshi, For some reason I seem to find myself drawn to the odd/weird character, which Yuya slightly is, since he is somewhat of a genious and they tend to be odd in some way. (^_^)v.




I also liked the charcter of Susumura played by 関ジャニ∞ member Yasuda Shota, he was sweet and very caring, someone i'd like to have in my circle of friends. (^_^)




& no I do not say this due to 関ジャニ∞ bias, I did not become interested in 関ジャニ∞ untill aprox episode 7, as it was due to someone saying I lacked gifs of them from Johnny's countdown (lol).




I've read that some people do not like this drama, however I must disagree with them, I found ROMES to be interesting and also i've not seen a drama of this kind before.




I really liked how not only was there the ongoing storyline of Yuya, but also other storylines throughout (even though we do later find out they are all linked to the main plot).




Off the top of my head I am unable to say what I dislike about this drama, however I do wonder what was with the ending, where the stewards and security were walking like some pv (laugh) and also when a man put his hand on Sunamura shoulder and it didn't hurt him.

Smile

Plot:
Hayakawa Vito has a Filipino father and a Japanese mother, but he was born and raised in Japan and has never visited the Philippines. The ever-smiling Vito works at Machimura Foods during the day, and at night, he works a part-time job trying to make his dreams come true. One day during an incident at a bookstore, he meets a girl named Mishima Hana, who lost her ability to speak due to an accident. But even though she can't speak, Vito is drawn to her beautiful smile. However, Vito becomes wrongly suspected by the police for a crime, and after meeting the lawyer Kazuma, the issue begins to grow... Together, Vito, Hana, and Kazuma will go through challenging times and have to overcome many obstacles. --Tokyograph

My thoughts:

This drama means alot to me.
I watched Smile, I had no idea what it would be about [I never read anything about it I just went ahead and watched it] therefore I cried , as I have never related to anyone in a film nor drama before, then I watched Smile and found two people, Like one of them I even changed my name, I wish at that time I had Vito to have stopped me from doing such a thing.

The reason for watching this drama was because it has Oguri Shun & Matsumoto Jun more so for Oguri Shun as I thought MatsuJun is a decent actor however after watching his performance as Vito I now think of him as a great actor and have infact now added Matsumoto Jun to my favourite actor list, now Johnny Depp is not lonely as I have discovered many brilliant actors this year.




Back to the main point ~ Smile



Now that I have watched Smile Vito is somewhat of a hero for me, I completely uderstand his feelings after experiencing my own share of prejudices etc all because of my heritage, once I was really happy to read Johnny Depp state he is proud to be a mongrel, but now I have vito to get me through it all too.




In Smile Vito faces the death penalty, personally I belive it is wrong, imagine all those people who have been killed by such a means of punishment whom were/are innocent, lucky for vito he didn't get the death penalty first time round.

Liar Game 2

Plot:
The naïve Kanzaki Nao and expert swindler Akiyama Shinichi have not heard anything from the LIAR GAME organization since the end of the previous game, so it seems they may have actually escaped. But Nao suddenly gets another invitation and is once again caught up in the game. This time, she has to team up with Shinichi and one of their previous rivals named Fukunaga, facing off against three more opponents in new games of deception, such as "24 Rensou Russian Roulette" and "17 Poker." --Tokyograph

My thoughts:
I watched this drama as I had seen and loved Liar Game.

As always Matsuda Shota is pure brilliance as Akiyama .

I also like Erika Toda as Nao.

I also like how Tanimura Mitsuo would often be fooled by Akiyama and never for sees the outcome.

It was also good to see the return of Fukunaga.




I am really looking forward to the film!.




I would deffinately reccommend this drama.

ヤマトナデシコ七変化 Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge

plot :

Blessed with good looks, Takano Kyohei, a college student, is always suffering from the unreasonable behaviour of customers who want him and the sexual harassment of his store manager. Because of his hot temper, he loses his head on this occasion and is fired from his part-time job. Then one day, the glamorous owner, Ms Nakahara proposes, “I’ll give you free board-and-lodging if you can turn my niece, Sunako, into a lady!” Kyohei and Toyama Yukinojo, Oda Takenaga and Morii Ranmaru, the other guys living together in the same boarding house, are enthusiastic, but the person who appears before the four of them is a spooky girl whose hair covers her face and who loves horror and vampires. And so, their tumultuous communal life begins... -Jdrama Weblog


My thoughts:
I enjoyed this drama. It was great to see Uchi back too.

I think Miyao san did an awesome job playing Ranmaru, I remember watching the anime and did not care much for Ranmaru however in the drama adaption thanks to Miyao san it was great to see Ranmaru. I look forward to seeing more acting from him. Also *still in Miao fangirl mode...*joking* I remember watching the cast on Tokyo Friend Park and thinking Miyao-san must be an awesome person, he seems really cool and a funny guy. Id like to see him dancing.

I think Kame was good as Kyouhei, and also liked Tegoshi as Yuko, I could not imagine nayone else playing Yuko, it makes me realise jusrt how cute Tegoshi is (^.^)v

I still think Seishiro kun (Takeru) is a really cute kid, I hope he can learn alot from his senpeis and bring us some awesome acting skills as he gets older.


I will most likely be watching this again.
Watching Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge has been highly entertaining.

最後の約束 Saigo no Yakusoku The Last Promise

Plot:
"Saigo no Yakusoku" is described as a human suspense story involving the hijack of a major building. The members of Arashi play five young men who happen to be inside, and the story depicts their attempt to escape and their interactions with the other people caught up in the incident.

-- Tokyograph



My thoughts:
Perhaps I just have Arashi bias, but I enjoyed this, It was not great, but I still had fun watcing it.
At times I suspected the wrong people of being terrorists and also at one point I began to think the lady was Sho's mom (haha).

I liked the part where they were in the ventilation.

Koshonin 交渉人

Plot:

In a modern society in which violent crimes are on the rise, there is a team that tries to resolve cases without bloodshed. It is the metropolitan police's special team, known by the abbreviation SIT (Special Investigation Team). The SIT doesn't get into action after a case but heads to the site just as a crime is being committed. They are on the front-line of risky missions, facing off against criminals; tenaciously conducting negotiations with criminals. As a result of the rigid police hierarchy that can curb the conduct of negotiators, the SIT is also a male-dominated society controlled with strict discipline. There is one female negotiator, Usagi Reiko, who bravely fights at the frontline. She is isolated in the male world of the SIT but courageously fights against crime as well as her organisation. -- jade_frost http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Koshonin

My thoughts:

I really liked this drama, I started watching Koshonin because Koshonin the movie will be coming out soon, and 交渉人 season 2 has started, also in this drama is Shirota Yu.




I don't know if it is ok to say this but, I really like the character of Mariya Kyosuke played by Shirota Yuu, I don't know why I like Mariya Kyosuke but I can only assume it is because I always seem to like the 'weird' character.

I liked that with this drama the audience is provided with many moments of suspense throughout the series, also I once guessed correctly whom the culprit was, which made me happy (^_^).

I also liked that although each episode (unless the storyline was overlapping to leave us with a cliffhanger episode) had its own story, we also had the on going storyline which the audience always wanted to know about,~ what is the deal with the main character (Usagi Reiko)?.




What I did not like was that Shirota Yu was lacking screen time, also I wanted to know why Amari Yusuke wanted to know so much about Usagi, maybe I missed something or we'll find out in the second season or maybe we'll never know, perhaps it was just a case of him liking her, or is there a more deeper meaning, is it possible it had something to do with Takabayashi, did he want Amari to keep an eye on Usagi?.




I will watch this again in the future as it was very intense and enjoyable. It was good to see a lead female with such a strong role too.

Tokyo DOGS

Plot:

Takakura So witnessed his father's murder at a young age. Pledging to catch the killer, he grows up to become an elite cop in New York City, where the criminal lives. His character is cool-headed and disciplined, yet adapts well. Because of major drug dealings, he gets sent to Tokyo to conduct a joint investigation with the Japanese police. There, he gets teamed up with, Kudo Maruo, a detective from a special investigative division. Kudo is a hot-blooded fighting expert due to his earlier days as a delinquent, but he makes a strong impression with his stylish appearance and is always interested in going on group dates. His personality, interests, and investigation methods are completely mismatched with Takakura's, but the two somehow work together to crack the case they've been given. --Tokyograph



My thoughts:
The acting from both Oguri Shun & Mizushima Hiro is brilliant.

This was hillarious to watch and also very intese and suspensful, I was always trying to guess what would happen next, but I would always be wrong, this drama is very well written, great storyline, very interesting.




There is NOTHING about this drama which I disliked, it's very entertaining.

I can watch this over and over and will not become bored, I'll always be in the mood to watch this drama, it really is that great!.




Watching 東京DOGS reminds me why Oguri Shun is brilliant in this role.




I also really like Mizushima Hiro in this drama, I am able see why people like him so much, he really is a good actor too.




I must say I really did like the entire team of detectives, as well as Sou's family, the entire cast is awesome, I couldn't imagine other actors playing these roles.

Also even though it was expected, it was always funny when Sou would get his phone calls. (^_^)




The combination of Oguri Shun & Hiro is just great, I hope to see them both working together again in the future.




I can only fangirl over this drama therefore, I am unable to say anything bad about it.

I can only recommend EVERYONE WATCH THIS drama.