It comes a little late, but I wanted to finish Descendants of the Sun too, which ended last Thursday.

Itsuka Kono Koi wo Omoidashite, Kitto naite Shimau
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Watashi wo Hanasanaide
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Kazoku no Katachi
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Descendants of the Sun (K)
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I needed time, to understand this album, and even now I'm not entirely sure about some songs. Maybe I find them mildly catching now, but in few months I won't even remember them; there are some of them I don't remember even now, in this exact moment.
But I usally write what I think about the new albums after a week or so, so let's do this! I'll talk about the singles included too, since I've never spent a word about them (spoiler: because I honestly don't have much to say about 3/4 of them. It was a bad year, single-wise).

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E' stata una cosa del tutto casuale che io abbia guardato questo film proprio oggi che è il compleanno di Subaru, e giuro che volevo scrivere due parole a riguardo prima di ricordare (o meglio, leggere su tumblr) che fosse oggi. Sono una brutta persona e ricordo il compleanno di soli due membri dei Kanjani: di Maru, perchè mi piace vincere facile dato che è lo stesso giorno di quello di Ohno, e di Ohkura, perchè sì. Ricordo che sia Yasu che Subaru compiono gli anni a settembre, ma da qui a ricordare la data esatta... no.

Non ho da dire grandi cose su questo film, a parte che mi è piaciuto: pur non avendo una trama intricata (tizio esce di prigione, viene picchiato da ex-amici/compari, perde la memoria, viene trovato da tizia, entra nel gruppo musicale gestito dalla tizia dopo aver stregato tutti con la sua voce) e quindi non essendo ricco di eventi o colpi di scena, non è mai troppo lento. E' calmo, ma non mi sono annoiata nemmeno per un istante.
Me lo sarei goduta a prescindere dalla presenza di Subaru, ma non nego che lui sia quel 'qualcosa' in più.
Subaru è uno che recita pochissimo, e non ho nemmeno visto tutte quelle quattro cose che ha fatto. Non voglio contare Eight Ranger, perchè è un film particolare dove tutti loro erano un po' delle macchiette, non credo si possa dare un giudizio sulle capacità recitative di qualcuno basandosi su quel film. Ho solo 8Uppers, e lì Subaru mi era piaciuto da morire; al di là del personaggio, perchè gli uomini silenziosi e 'dannati' possono affascinare sino a un certo punto... Subaru aveva proprio un'intensità particolare, che mi aveva fatto pensare che fosse un bravo attore.
In realtà, è una cosa che si nota anche ogni tanto quando canta. Dietro i suoi occhi... c'è qualcosa. Forse è qualcosa che sente lui in certi momenti, forse è il 'vero' Subaru, quello oltre il personaggio televisivo un po' sopra le righe, forse è semplicemente il suo essere un artista.
Ed è qualcosa che si vede per tutta la durata di questo film. Non ha nemmeno tante battute, ma già solo vederlo osservare il vuoto in silenzio... è intenso da morire.


Non mi viene nemmeno da desiderare che inizino a fargli fare drama, perchè forse lo sceglierebbero per ruoli più leggeri adatti al suo essere spesso 'strambo', o forse perchè in fondo mi piace che questo suo lato non si veda così spesso. Lo rende ancora più prezioso.

Se avete due orette di tempo e non sapete cosa fare, guardatelo!

Dei 3 drama giapponesi che mi interessavano, l'ho finita a guardarne solo uno. Quello di Yamapi non l'ho guardato perchè i sub erano un po' lenti e perchè nello stesso periodo mi sono finalmente messa a guardare Summer Nude (troppo Yamapi in una volta sola potrebbe causarmi paralisi facciali); DoS Deka perchè hanno subbato solo il primo episodio... e devo dire che gli sono quasi grata, perchè già quel primo episodio mi ha deluso tantissimo.
Quindi me la sono presa comoda con un solo drama giapponese.
Ma uno Importante.
E due coreani  (ci sarebbe anche Orange Marmalade, ma finisce a fine luglio, quindi non si conta~)


Yokoso, Wagaya e
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In ordine di quando li ho terminati~

Gakkou no Kaidan
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Itazura na Kiss 2
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Ghost Writer
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Ho Goo's Love (K)
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Persevere, Goo Hae Ra (K)
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Ouroboros
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Tutto sommato, è stata una stagione soddisfacente, a parte per uno o due drama che avrei tranquillamente fatto a meno di guardare.
In ordine non casuale~

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Spring season aka 99% of my predictions were wrong.


YOWAKUTEMO KATEMASU
Being a sport drama, being described as the ‘successor of ROOKIES’, I thought I’d loved it. BUT.
The drama has, like… nothing to do with ROOKIES. The only thing they have in common is that they’re both about baseball and the teacher/coach has an important role, but nothing else. Which is good, because who wants a copy of something? Not me. But yes, I thought it would be different. Maybe it’s also because of the fact that, especially at the beginning, they were so… weak? No, that’s not the problem, but it seemed like most of them didn’t really care about playing baseball and I was like “Then why are you in the club??”. And their approach to sport was the opposite of mine: not be scared of the ball, trying to get stronger etc. That’s how I’ve always played, so the “If you don’t want the ball to come to you, you can say ‘Don’t come!!’” theory or the whole “We’ll win while staying weak” was a bit confusing, for me. Then I understood that, maybe, it can be a winning strategy, in baseball? I don’t know, since I’m still not fully sure about the rules O_O
And all the mental trips they did while talking about baseball... like defense is science and attack is social studies... like… what the hell are you even saying??? So much talking about nothing, I’d had a headache if only I cared enough to replay the conversation to try to understand it better (I bet that even with 6 more replays, it still would not make sense)

But!! This doesn’t mean AT ALL that I didn’t enjoy this drama. Yes, I can understand why a lot of people dropped it after the first episodes, because it’s veeeery slow. The first half tries to introduce each member of the team, giving to anyone a ‘story’, a past of some kind. It’s the same thing that a lot of dramas do, dedicating one episode to each character and then focusing on the group. Tumbling comes to mind, but there… well, it wasn’t that slow paced, and the stories of the characters were ALL touching. But, hey, we can’t have everything. In Yowakate there aren’t tragedies, or guys with a dark past. There’s just the crazy Kamezawa who is poor and at some point has to leave school (it was a bit of a tragedy, to me, honestly. I liked him so much). And there are so many funny moments, seriously, you should watch it just for them.
Honestly, you should have just a bit of patience, because the last 4-5 episodes are really nice. It feels like they’re finally getting somewhere and things get really emotional (well... emotional for me. I’m a total loser when it comes to these kind of things). But the second half of the drama was really good.

A lot of people were a bit disappointed that Nino chose to do this drama. In the last years, he spoiled us acting in great dramas and movies (not only in the last years, actually, most of the things he did when he was younger were really good too). For this fandom, Nino was like an assurance? “Oh, Nino will do a new drama, it will be good for sure”. But Yowakate turned out to be just an okay drama. Nice, light, quite funny. But not a masterpiece like Ryuusei no Kizuna or Freeter, or a little pearl like Haikei Chichiue sama.
I’m not disappointed or turned down in the slightest, though. Yes, it’s not the best drama I’ve watched this year, but I’ve enjoyed it a lot. Nino had a lot of fun playing his role and you can see it, watching the drama; and this is probably the reason why he chose to do it. He liked the role of Aoshi sensei, a role that he’s never played before. Maybe the big audience prefers cool roles, and I’m sure Japan thinks that Shitsuren Chocolatier was such a better drama than Yowakate. But you know, Nino doesn’t really need to do this kind of dramas, to shine. He doesn’t need it and doesn’t even like it. Yes, Yowakate wasn’t the best drama of his career, but he did a splendid job. The role of Tamo Aoshi was so right , for him.
(Also, how cute is seeing Nino interacting with younger kids?? I always feel like he only hangs out with people 20 years older than him.)

Aaand, the rest of the cast! I’m always very cautious with young actors, because dramas like GTO and Bad Boys caused me the biggest trauma with how bad most of the actors were. They’ll probably get better in the future, I don’t know, but at that time they were... no. So I kind of feared that the Yowakate guys wouldn’t be good either. I knew that Yuto was okay since somehow I always end up watching the dramas he’s in, and also knew that Kanata Hongo was really good (I had never seen his ‘comic’ side before, and he’s good at this too! I loved his Kamezawa, he was totally insane.), but I didn’t know the others.
At the end, I didn’t need to worry, because all the guys were good. I loved Mamiya Shotaro and Yamazaki Kento’s performances (Okadome and Ebato), while I should watch Fukushi Sota in something else because Aikawa was a bit… meh. The others were good too!

So I hope that this drama will have one more thing in common with ROOKIES: that the guys who played the students will become good and famous actors (if you don’t know anything about ROOKIES, there were people like Kiritani Kenta, Takeru Sato, Ichihara Hayato, Koide Keisuke and more).
Oh, and A+ soundtrack.

SHINIGAMI KUN
Okay. I don’t know if I’m ready to talk about this drama. I’ll probably capslock a lot??? Forgive me. Also, there will be major spoilers if you haven’t watched the whole drama.

What I was expecting from this drama: something episodic, cute, weird, with a strange sense of humor (“I’m glad to inform you that you’ve been chosen to die”), maybe sometimes a bit touching... something ala Kaibutsu kun.
What this drama actually was: episodic but not so much, cute, weird, with a strange sense of humor, but mostly PHYSICAL PAIN, DESPERATION AND UNRESOLVED FEELINGS. Seriously.
I started the 1st episode giggling and ended it crying like a 5 years old baby. I wasn’t expecting it to be so sad. Actually most of the following episodes weren’t as touching, but the damage was already done. A drama that makes me cry at the very 1st ep? I’m doomed. BUT you know what really killed me? THE FREAKING SECOND EPISODE. WITH FREAKING HAYASHI KENTO AND THE FREAKING KID AND FREAKING EVERYTHING. It started like a cute copy of Death Note (little info for you all: Death Note was written after Shinigami kun) and ended with me drowning in my own tears. Seriously. I cried so much at that episode; everything seemed resolved, and then... I’m still so mad.

I don’t know many shinigami(s?) but I’m 100% sure Shinigami 413 is the cutest and most precious of them all. Telling you you’ll die soon with that cute smile, he’s so polite! And naïve. And cuuute. Also a bit slow but everyone can’t help but adore him. WITH THAT CUTE HAT! And that sleeping cat-like face. Aw.

“Keep screwing things up and you’ll die, Shinigami n. 413!” and he keeps breaking rules because he’s that good and just wants humans to be happy? He gets beaten up by his supervisor, gets bullied by Akuma, gets scolded by the boss, gets ill-treated by 99% of the humans he meets and doesn’t care. He freaking DIES and he DOESN’T CARE. Because no one died for nothing. How good is he? How kind?
I’m so sad.

And can we talk about his relationship with the supervisor? CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS SUPREME OTP? Bitchy Queen of the Otheworld mistreated him for the whole drama but she totally fell for him I SAW IT. She couldn’t resist. And Shinigami 413 was so dense, he didn’t notice. She DIED because he broke a rule for the nth time BUT SHE WAS OKAY WITH THAT. Because she was starting thinking like him, that rules weren’t everything and sometimes humans needed their pity and their help. ALL THANKS SHINIGAMI 413. THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL.

AND THE ENDING. IS THAT AN ENDING? ARE YOU KIDDING ME???
They both die, but then they reborn? As humans? And they don’t know each other? But then they meet? And have this kind of strange sensation like “Oh, I feel like I’ve already met him/her”. YES. YES YOU HAVE.
STOP MAKING ME SAD.

Few words about Mirei, Bitchy Queen of the Universe, Flawless Lady of Crows. Crows Zero was about her taking over the world, don’t you know that? Perfect piece of perfection, I adore her. I’m also hideously biased, don’t mind me.

Last but not least, Akuma!
Since until now I’ve been very serious and deep, talking about supreme otps and cute hats, let me start with something shallow: I’m not the biggest fan of Suda Masaki’s face. He’s a good actor, but his face is so-so, for me. But DAMN, AKUMA. Maybe it was the character, maybe it was the silver wig, but he was hot. Like thank you for the view, I appreciated it.
He was such a nice character? Yes he’s a demon who tricks humans to eat their souls BUT has no one stopped to think that he did that because, otherwise, he’d have died? And not everyone can be selfless like Shinigami 413. And he wasn’t even that evil, because, come on. He didn’t eat one soul for the whole drama. “We hadn’t shaken hands yet, it doesn’t count” and other things. He just wanted to annoy Shinigami 413 because he liked him, and just wanted to be his friend. Look at the ending. Look at what he does. LOOK AT HIS EYES AFTER SHINIGAMI 413 DIES. He just wanted to be his friend T_T

Like I said, I wasn’t expecting any of this.
(Do you know if OST has been released? I need the opening theme song)
ALSO LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THIS DRAMA WON.

BITTER BLOOD
A detective drama with average cases and a bad guy more ridiculous than scary (he likes to listen to classical music while scheming his hideous plans and even while he inflicts pain to his victims. A total psychopathic, he was seriously funny. Also, Takeru Sato has this not so nice toy poodle hair.

But!! I enjoyed this drama A LOT. The characters and their interactions were perfect and terribly funny. Especially the father/son combo.
If you want a serious detective drama ala Strawberry Night, don’t even bother to watch the 1st episode, but if you want something hideously funny, Bitter Blood is the right drama. (aaand there will be a special somewhere in the future!)
(THE OPENING. THE OPENING WAS SO COOL.)

Few words about two Korean dramas I’ve watched this spring too.

DOCTOR STRANGER
I should stop saying “medical dramas aren’t really my thing”, because every time I watch one I end up to like it, so it really doesn’t make sense. This one in particular, was focused on political and personal stuff other than medical things, so it really wasn’t a problem. It was good. Even with that tragedy that Lee Jongsuk’s hair was.
A thing I loved was the ending: for once, no sad third wheels! I wanted Doctor Han and Doctor Oh to end up together since the beginning, so I’m glad they ended it in that way.
Also, this song.

YOU’RE ALL SURROUNDED
At the beginning I didn’t want to try it, because from the trailer it didn’t seem nothing great. And another detective drama? No thanks. Also, I’m not a big fan of Lee Seungi’s works. He’s a good actor and I like him, but all the dramas with him I’ve watched didn’t leave a big impression. In the cast there were more people I knew, but it wasn’t enough to make me want to try it.
And I don’t even remember why I tried the 1st episode. Maybe my sister watched it and convinced me. Anyway, IT WAS GREAT. I loved the 1st episode and I loved the whole drama. It was the right mix of comedy and thriller, with a little bit of angst. And the characters were great too. A drama where the 1st episode ends with the rookie detectives team walking with MCM’s Welcome to the Black Parade playing in the background... has to be good, come on.

Yesterday I finished watching Reply 1994, so it's time of the usual post!
This season... I haven't watched a lot of things, and most of them weren't nothing special. But there were two drama I absolutely loved!


Ando LLoyd - A.I. Knows Love??
I've started watching this drama when it was about to end, and only because I saw on tumblr a gif of Mirei and Yuuko together and I asked where was it from. So basically I've started it for Mirei! Aaaaand she was awesome, she totally suits this kind of characters >.< The drama was... I still don't know? Sci-fi isn't really my genre, I liked Platina Data and GANTZ (it was sci-fi, right?) only because the storyline was really well done and the acting was good. In Ando LLoyd the acting was... nothing... special, and the plot was really confusing and for most of the time I had no idea where the story was going O_O And it was really surreal, but I guess that's the point of sci-fi? But yeah, it was a mess. I watched it without many problems, though, mostly because I wanted to know the end, and see if it'd make any sense XD (Honestly, I'm still confused)
You know what I didn't like at all? That Mirei was in every single episode, and on tumblr there's only ONE GIF of her. (yes she was the highlight of the drama u.u I liked Suppli too. The other characters were nothing)

Dokushin Kizoku
I'd like to know HOW did I manage to finish watching this thing. Boring, boring, BORING. A strange man who is against marriage, his brother who is a Mister Nobody full of women who somehow falls in love with the main girl, and the aspiring scriptwriter who is another nobody. I even liked the 1st episode, but then everything became so incredibly BORING. How. I liked 2 things of this drama: the opening in b&w, and the girl who had to marry the guy played by Tsuyoshi? (I don't know a single name, the only one I know is Haruno Yuki because everyone obnoxiously repeated it for the whole drama). Anyway, I really liked that woman, I wanted the guy to marry her tbh.

Legal High 2
Like I always say: if you haven't watched the 1st season of this drama, DO IT. When tehy announced the 2nd season I was so so happy, because this drama is awesome. Japan's never had a drama like this or a character like Komikado, and words can't express how much I like this man. With 2nd seasons of great things there's always the danger of becoming boring, repetitive, of ruin the original series. With Legal High, nothing like that happened, and maybe for some things I enjoyed this season more than the 1st one. They added great characters, there was a main story that developed through the drama, and some points were SO GOOD (the end of the 6th episode???). And they made me like Komikado even more. Not because he's so ridiculous, so exaggerated he's funny, but because, even with his methods, even with all the mean things he says... he's often right? They briefly showed us that there so much more about him, something that we probably never saw fully. But in the last episode, when he says that, to win, one must love the uglyness of the human kind, and eveything he says in that scene... it was beautiful.
The other characters were great too, the acting was awesome: Sakai Masato is  really a wonderful actor and I'm glad that he's finally being recognized, Gakki has grown a lot, and it has been awhile since I last saw something with Okada Masaki, he got a lot better ;_;
For the first time, I was thinking about writing a fic based on a drama, but then the ending ruined my plans XD

The Heirs
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What should I say? I didn't know what to expect from this drama, but surely I wasn't expecting this mess.
First, the things I liked: the side characters. They were all cute and quite funny. I quite liked even Rachel, who isn't funny and is kind of a bitch, but towards the end she becomes SO CUTE ugh. (and I think the actress and the guy who played the student president got together after the drama??? ;_;) Bo Na was flawless, and I have a huge soft spot for Myungsoo. And the two mothers!! The true otp. I don't want to talk about Young Do, because I love him and I'm still sad for him.
But can we please congratulate with the scriptwriter for creating the two most annoying main characters in the world?? I HATE THEM. I'm so glad they got together because at least no one else will have to spend his/her life with them. Kim Tan is an useless crybaby full of himself who makes a lot of stupid promises and doesn't keep them. He's also arrogant and a douche and I wanted to punch him in the face for the whole drama. Cha Eung Sang was introduced as a sassy girl who doesn't let anyone disrespect her, but after few episodes she becomes a dumb, silly girl who let anyone answer to her cellphone, doesn't have a clear opinion about anything, doesn't know what she wants, is a pain in the ass and thinks only about herself and Kim Tan. Who is Chan Young? Her best friend? Naaah, since she never talks to him. PUAH.
Why is this drama so popular? Why a lot of people want to be loved by someone like Kim Tan? Do people want a boring stalker so badly?

Don't you want to slap him?






Don't you want to hug him?




Isn't she the queen of this drama?



Isn't he a thing that shouldn't be allowed?


Rachel is me when Kim Tan/Eun Sang appeared/talked

Reply 1994
WHERE SHOULD I START FROM.
Maybe from the fact that this drama made me feel so many things? That it's beautiful and you should watch it?
To be honest, at first I didn't think it would be as good as Reply 1997, but... it was... actually... better??? While Reply 97 was more focused on the main characters and their love story, in this one all the characters are perfectly developed, and each one of them has his own story, his own 'path'. And yes, the love component is strong here too, but it talks more about friendship and about that period of life when you have to make decisions, to understand what you're going to do with your life. And this talked to me a lot.
You fall in love with all the characters, to the point that you'll ship everyone with everyone just because you want them to be happy.
Sam Cheon Po was my personal star of this drama. They were all awesome and I love them, but he was GREAT. And a special mention for Binggurae too, because I think he's the one who has grown up the most (and also because my heart was in pain everytime he appeared ;_;) He's the most confused of them all, at first; he doesn't know what he wants to do in the future, he doesn't know what/who he loves. But then he arrives at one point where he 'fills all the blank spaces in his life', and that was beautiful ;_;
Am I happy about Na Jung's husband? YES, yes I am. But I would've been happy with the other choiche too, tbh.
The soundtrack was amazing, and I was surprised to see that I know a lot of old korean songs?? Thank you, Immortal Song and idols who cover old songs, thank you.
Oh, and the cameo of Reply 1997's cast was cute T___T
(I'd like to put a lot of gifs but I'm worried to do spoilers, so just go on my reply 1994 tag on tumblr.


Special mention to Yakou Kanransha: it aired at the beginning of the year but I watched only recently: WATCH IT. IT' AWESOME. 

This comes super late, but I don't have that much to say when I don't have anything to complain about XD

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Really late, I know, but I wanted to write something about this season, because I liked it a lot!

(but first of all, a minute of silence for my external HD, which definitely died this morning :'( I don't even want to think about all the things I'll have to download... if I'll ever find them sob sob ;_;)

Last Hope
This was aired in winter, actually, but I finished watching it only few weeks ago, so I can write about it only now. The first and most important thing I have to say about this drama is: if you haven't watched it, go and do it. NOW. Even if you don't like medical shows, even if you don't have idea who Aiba is. Even if you think he can't act... no, wait, ESPECIALLY if you think he can't act. You have to watch it.
I was really reluctant, at first, and I wasn't expecting much. I don't like medical things and lately Aiba isn't doing really good dramas, so I was like 'oh, the things I do for the people I like'. But I totally changed my mind after the 1st episode, and, the more eps I watched, the more I liked this drama. It's... it's just really good. And no, I'm not saying this because of the glorious sight of Doctor Aiba Masaki

Aiba's marvellous presence is just a nice extra. His acting is good, the other actors are awesome, the story is intriguing and intricate to the point that you understand everything only at the end, and spend the whole drama asking yourself 'JUST.WHAT.IS.HAPPENING.WHAT.WHAT.WHAT'. It's not one of those dramas that make you laugh with unnecessary comical characters; sometime it can make you smile, but there aren't funny scenes or character.

Each character was developed in a very good way, each one of them has his past, and somehow they're all connected.
I don't really care about medical stuff (I had to learn a lot about it, though, because I've translated this drama in my own language), and I usually don't watch shows about doctors, but the stories they told us in this drama were really good and emotional, they made me cry more than once ;_;
It's a drama that makes you think about many things, the chemistry between the actors is amazing and, like I said, there's also an intriguing story.
GO AND WATCH IT!

What to say about this drama other than... SHIT. I won't compare it to Hidarime Tantei Eye because... because NOTHING can beat that thing. Absolutely nothing.
You know that I always make those posts with the dramas I want to watch and I write the reason? When I'm skeptical about something, I watch it and I usually change my mind. Usually. Well, that's not the case. In fact, that's what I wrote before starting this drama:

"'The things I do for love' - part 1000000000000
Because when the various cases are solved by detectives, it's perfectly ok. When dumb detectives are helped by Jessica Fletcher look-a-like butlers, it's ok. When the detectives are helped by a cat that can become Matsuko Deluxe... well, they were cute, so IT'S OK. When the cases are solved not by detectives, but by 2 lawyers helped by a locks maniac... mh... at least the locks had something to do with the cases, so it's ok. But when the detectives are being helped by a WEATHER FORECASTER, then, Japan, there's something wrong.
Maybe it's a good thing that there still isn't the trailer, because I'm already here asking myself: 'Ohkura, why are you doing this to me?'. Because I'll obviously watch it only because there's him. I like Emi, but to the point to watch shitty things, so... Ohkura, it's all your fault. I only hope your face will distract me from Sasaki's one."

I've never been more right in my whole life, I swear.
The first episode was actually quite nice, because Emi's character was really peculiar. She somehow reminded me of Kagiheya's Enomoto, because they are both fixated with something, they're involved in crimes they always solve thanks to their obsession, and they have a strange way to approach others. But Enomoto was an intriguing character, they costantly hinted that there was something more, about him. Abe Haruko was just a strange weather forecaster, at the end. Also, Kagiheya's cases were really interesting, Otenki's ones were just plain boring.
The characters were boring too. Ohkura's was too similar to his role in Mikeneko, but worse. It was a mess -.-
I don't want to talk about Sasaki Nozomi's poor acting and dull character because I don't have time to waste.
So, bleah. I don't know how I managed to finish it... it must have been thanks to the power of love.

Aka the drama where I saw the Devil in human form. Look at what appeared right in the first episode

And people were complaining about his hair... WHO CARES.

Anyway, the plot was pretty original, for a jdrama, and, hey, they talked about SEX!!! The kisses were typical jdramas-kisses though.
It was pretty nice, nothing extraordinary, but I enjoyed it. There wasn't a character that I really despised (no, wait... MIKI'S MOTHER IN LAW), they were all quite nice, some more than others. I liked the 2 male leads, Haruma and Naohito did a good job. I quite liked Sakura too; I liked the fact that she was a good friend and really didn't care about people's opinion. But I didn't like when she was with Hiroto and behaved like a giggly school girl.

Oh, he keeps intruding~

But I didn't like the ending.

I mean, I was ok with her ending up with Hiroto, because she loved him, and he was such a cute nice guy, but I didn't like her behaviour near the end. She was so indecisive and ended up hurting Rintaro -.- And the final scene was weak :/

One last thing

Wow. Just... wow.
As you know, I wasn't excited for a lot of reasons: from the plot, it could have been a quite boring family drama and Sho... Sho isn't a good actor. I was slightly afraid of this drama, I thought it would made me cringe for most of it... and I was so wrong!
The story is interesting since the very first episode, you're costantly asking yourself who the hell is Yoshimoto sensei, what does he want, and what will his next move be. I've spent almost all the drama shaking my head at him, because he's crazy and brilliant at the same time, and all the drama being pissed with the Numata family. They just can't. Stupid, stupid, stupid people. Especially the parents. A lot of people despised Shinichi the most, but I actually felt sorry for him :/
It was really interesting, and somehow creepy O_O

Also because it portraits the actual Japan, all those families who have a double life inside and outside their houses.
The episode where the family discovers everything really hit me, and also the one set in the past when we discover the truth about Sho's character ;_; That one made me suffer ;;
I liked the ending a lot, even if they've trolled us a bit... but I think that the truth lies in the 9th episode. Also because

the actor that played the real Yoshimoto has played horrible evil scumbags in every single drama he appeared in, so he must be the evil one u.u

The cast was really good, the two sons were good too. But... guys, all the awards to Sho!
You know that I'm always criticizing his acting, because I found him inespressive, but this time... this time he did a very good job, I really liked him!! I don't know, maybe he's good with this king of psychotic characters, but he was really good T_T

I was almost forgetting THE THEME SONG. I love it!!
It was really a good drama, Sho's best one so far! WATCH IT. Or Yoshimoto will come to your home~

This drama. THIS DRAMA. THIS DRAMA!!!!!!
Me before starting the drama: "a drama about Air Self Defense Forces? Meh. But I like the main actors let's try it"
After the first 3 episodes: "Mmmmh, it's a bit slow... should I keep watching it?"
For the rest of the drama: "SOMEONE HELP ME MY TEARS KEEP FLOWING THIS DRAMA IS SO GOOD I WANT TO MARRY IT"
Really, if you start watching it, don't let the first episodes fool you. It's a drama that starts slowly, but from the 4th episode onwards it's really beautiful. You start knowing each character little by little (and you'll end up loving each one of them), you'll laugh and cry with them, and you'll ship these two guys like your own life depends from it

I like how Aragaki Yui is lately playing characters that I always love, and Ayano Go... *sighs* He was one of the crazy guys in Crows Zero (2, I think?), and the scary alien with long hair in Gantz PA, but, look. He can also be such a cute snowflake ç___ç

And the whole 'Ina pyon' thing was so adorable I suffered a lot.
The story starts in 2009-2010, and ends in 2013, so they have included the 2011's earthquake. And HOW they've included it T__T I wasn't expecting it and I really cried a lot :(
Actually all the last episodes made me cry ;_;
It was really beautiful, a little treasure, I'm glad I've watched it!!