Japanese Drama Reviews

I've watched three dramas since our connection got cut off and I just can't pass without making my non sense review. Yamada Taro Monogatari, Voice and Ryusei no Kizuna.. :D.. posting them in one go seems easier.. so here ya go.

Voice
What should I say about this drama? It's not a drama that connects every episode, it's more like different story per episode.. well almost. Well you expect it to be like that because it's about forensic medicine students. There has been a lot of dramas about medical fields but not much about forensic, because they are not fighting for a life, but instead they are trying to hear the last words the person died. It's a really neat thing.

When you hear forensic the first thing that comes in your mind is CSI.. well it's more like that but very dramatic and less about the victim, it's more on the life being a student and how they get through a semester. Ow before anything else, did I mention how cool nurse Ikuta looks?? And Eita's Einstein hairstyle me likes.

I really appreaciate now the detectives, forensic doctors and police for their minds, how they manage to imagine how accidents had occured, maybe because I'm young that's why my brain doesn't know much, but it's very "soo-ge!". I'm so glad I'm not watching just about lovey stories. I know enjoy having knowledge about different fields.

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Yamada Taro Monogatari
So I picked this drama without any knowledge about it. All I know is that my Nino-chan is the lead actor for this drama, I wasn't even sure if it's safe to watch it with my whole family. The whole plot of the story is very simple which makes it special drama for me.. because yes, there are not much drama and unbelievable situation.

Ninomiya plays an innocent boy but very mature in terms of taking care of his sibblings, which I get irritated by his parents who are very irresponsible and just there sitting pretty while their eldest son working his butt off every night. But that's also the beauty of Ninomiya's character Taro, he's selfless and he's hardworking and SMART!And his joy is to help others. Oh how I wish it's easy to find someone like him. This drama doesn't focus about love, it's more on how other lives change while seeing Taro's life which I'm very okay with. I love their family motto.. "Don't borrow money, we can't return it! When you lose money, just look up and walk." something that is similar to that ^_^

The only thing that irritates me is Sakurai's smirk and how his character react when Taro finally in a place where he doesn't need to have different jobs. I don't really get Sakurai's character to be there, but it does spies up the story. I really enjoyed watching Yamada Taro Monogatari, I'll definitely watch it again. I want more Nino!

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Ryusei No Kisuna
I was aware of this drama but didn't watch it right away because the promotional poster makes it look like a horror drama. It's in the suspense category but I don't think it's a suspense drama, more like a family and comedy.

I love all the actors! Nino and Ryo-chan in one drama! woohoo! and Erika Toda from Death Note, and a new found actor to watch out Kaname Jun. The story is about how three sibbling bond started, having to face their lives ahead of them after losing their parents in a tragic murder. They grew up having in their minds to kill the killer with their own hands.

I'm not really that focused on their history, because dwelling on it instead of moving on makes it worse but then again I don't have that much say because I haven't lose anyone close to me. But that's just my opinion about it. I'm more excited about the swindling part, yes I know it's bad but I really find it so cool how they do it.. It's very comical, I'm embracing japanese dramas for that.

So yea, I learn a little bit of swindlers, the ending part is what I like, it's happy ending but they also faced the consequences of what they have done.

1 Liter of Tears

I can't believe I'm watching another JDrama! Mico got me hooked up with this drama. It's different from every dramas that I've seen because this one is based on a true story. A girl who knows she's gonna lose her authority in her body and knows that she'll die eventually writing a diary until she can't hold a pen. Writing that sentence made me get teary eyes.. because it did happen to a 15 year old kid.  Watching this drama humbles me, thankful that God allowed me to be a healthy kid and that I should take care of it.
Every episode is very heartbreaking because in Aya's (the girl) life everyday will get worse and it's a battle everyday emotionally, physically, financially and spiritually. in a 12 episode drama we will see how she and her family will cherish the days that she can still command her body.


SYNOPSIS:This beautifully moving drama is based on the real-life struggles of a 15-year-old girl named Aya who suffered from an incurable disease, but lived life to the fullest until her death at 25. The script is based on the diary Aya kept writing until she could no longer hold a pen. The book that later followed entitled “One Litre of Tears" has sold over 1.1 million copies in Japan alone.

Fifteen year old Ikeuchi Aya was just a normal girl, soon to be high school student and daughter of a family who works at a shop that makes tofu. As time passed, unusual things started happening to Aya lately. She started falling down often and walks in a strange way. Her mother Shioka, takes Aya to see the doctor, and he informs Shioka that Aya has spinocerebellar degeneration - a terrible disease where the cerebellum of the brain gradually deteriorates to the point where the victim cannot walk, speak, write, or eat. A cruel disease, as it does not affect the mind in the least. How will Aya react when told about her disease? And how will Aya live from now on?- mysoju.com

Kimi Wa Petto

I decided to watch this Jdrama yesterday when I heard of the news that Jang Geun Suk will take the lead role of Kimi Wa Petto remake.. but not a drama, they will make it as a movie. I don't really like Jdramas because it's kinda shallow but I'm slightly opening to it since You're Beautiful aired. The drama was great, I didn't read the synopsis before watching that's why I'm surprise with the whole story. A 29 year old lady have a 20 year old man as a pet.. no not as a gigolo but as a PET... The Iwaya (the lady) is kinda lunatic to think of that idea but Takeshi was not far from her either. Takeshi doesn't have any place to go and the only way he can stay in Iwaya's place is to be her pet. Iwaya's role is the kind of women who's not true to herself that's why she end up being single, for a 29 year old woman this is not a happy news. I really couldn't tell the whole story here but to make it short She started to be herself when she saw a man as pet and not as a man and as time pass it went back to seeing him as a man. It's not the best drama I've seen but it's not bad either. I wonder how Jang Geun Suk will portray Takeshi's role.. he's different from Jang Geun Suk's past roles.. I mean all of his roles were cold blooded cool guy but Takeshi is very sweet and a no pride guy, I'm sure they will make few changes from the original story, can't wait to see Jang Geun Suk on his next role!.

SYNOPSIS:
Smart, successful and good-looking Iwaya Sumire works for a big newspaper. However, her boss asks her to leave for being too "perfect" a woman. Feeling angry and dejected Iwaya returns home depressed, and most of all lonely. However, when she finds an unconscious young man lying in a box out the front of her home and takes him in. He looks like a dog she used to own called Momo. She dubs him Momo and decides to "keep him as a pet." It's the start of an unexpected life together as they overcome obstacles and become quite attached to one another. But can love like this exist? --TBS