Family's Form (2016)

Famille je vous hais, comme disait Gide !

Alors j'ai adoré ce drama, parce que j'adore les dramas "tranche de vie".
Bien sûr, les deux égoïstes antipathiques du début, vont peu à peu se "déboutonner", on saura pourquoi ils ont fait ces choix de vie, et bon gré mal gré ils vont réapprendre à se frotter aux autres.
Le père de Daisuke et son sans-gêne donne lieu à des scènes cocasses, et à travers les accrochages avec son fils, on en apprend toujours plus sur ce dernier.
L'évolution des personnages, les liens qui se créent, les frontières qui s'ouvrent, les barrières qui tombent, petit à petit on est pris dans l'atmosphère chaleureuse et en même temps très réaliste du drama.
Les acteurs sont tout très bons, et particulièrement les quatre principaux protagonistes. Shingo Katori n'est pas du tout la "crevette traditionnelle" et il assume parfaitement l'originalité du personnage, Ueno Juri, eh bien on sait déjà qu'elle réussit tout ce qu'elle entreprend !
Maintenant que j'ai vu la fin, je dirais qu'elle n'est ni mauvaise ni ratée, mais que j'aurais pu m'en dispenser. En quelque sorte elle enfonce le clou, ne nous apprend rien et j'aurais bien préféré rester sur la fin de l'épisode 9, tellement fine et intelligente dans la description délicate du chemin parcouru par Daisuke et Hanako.
Enfin c'est aussi un drama d'adultes, qui travaillent (leurs boulots existent vraiment, ce n'est pas qu'un décor). Par contre, la musique et la chanson : non !! je pensais que les Japonais n'avaient pas de chanson, ben ils en ont, hélas !!

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*I can't leave my sons hardly any money, but I do want to tell them to make people their asset.*

This was one of the dramas I wasn't planning on watching, then started out of boredom but turned out to be a pleasant watch. Watching it made me forget all my problems and the things I stress about, and gave me a warm feeling. I enjoyed every second of it. I can't say they it has anything that stand out, but more of a number of things coming together in harmony and giving us this heartwarming fun dorama.

The drama is really about bringing people together. The title is about the ever changing form a family takes as time goes on and how we find ways to adapt at every upcoming change. I love that our hero Daisuke, played by Katori Shingo (my first time watching him - he did pretty well) is a typical introverted who treasures his time alone, only to have to deal with his extraverted father Yozo, played by Nishida Toshiyuki, who has no consideration for such issues. Another highlight is the growing relationship between Daisuke and his new ototo, and mostly the hearwarming relationship between Yozo-san and Kota. Then there's Ueno Juri playing lonely Hanako, with her lazy demeanor that takes out her boredom by complaining about anything, getting nicknamed *Complainer Hanako*. I enjoyed her bickering relationship with Daisuke, her mother, played by the lovely Fubuki Jun. Actually my favourite part of the drama was the relationship of Yozo and Ricchan and how they affected everyone around them with their warmth. Arakawa Yoshiyoshi as Daisuke's colleague doubled the fun, and the addition of Tanaka Kei was a great welcome. That guy needs to get a leading role next!

There were more. It's a huge cast and the drama gave the spotlight to most of them, and we saw both main and supporting characters grow throughout the drama.

Nishida Toshiyuki was at the center of it all. He brought lightheartedness to the drama, but can be a firm father figure when needed to, and when he gets emotional you can't help but get carried away by it. There were many instance I understood Daisuke's frustrations, and it would've drove me crazy if I was in his place, but the moment Yozo-san makes amend or explains himself, I just can't help feel for him and want him to be forgiven.

Anyways fun drama worth checking out ;)

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