A real M-A-S-T-E-R-P-I-E-C-E!!!
Over the last few years, with alas increasingly common recurrence, I end up being in such despair ("à la" Zetsubou-sensei, I mean, LOL) due to the Nth "westernized" J-drama ("made in Hollywood", as I put it), that for a brief moment I find myself entertaining the idea of dropping Japanese dramas altogether.../.____.\Luckily, though, every now and then good old Japan still manages to come up with the Nth masterpiece, so that I'm happily made to abandon that idea completely and my love for J-dramas is once again maintained and reinforced.
It was precisely the case of this "Tsuma, Shogakusei ni Naru".
A real M-A-S-T-E-R-P-I-E-C-E. There's no other way to correctly describe it.
The script? PERFECT. You cry, you laugh, you think....the whole nine yards, really.
The acting? MARVELOUS. Hard to name only three members of this *great* cast, but traditions must be respected, so I'll go with Tsutsumi-san, Kamiki-kun and most of all the adorable - and amazingly talented - Maida Nono (seriously, to be able to act that well at her age is kinda scary! Can't wait to see her in more dramas!!!)
The "packaging", as I put it (directing, editing, photography, music, etc.)? TOP-NOTCH.
The message? W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L!!!
'Nuff said, go watch it *now*, you'll thank me later! ^_______-
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Wow, just WOW!
So I started watching this thinking It's going to be a bit weird, a 10 year old and an older man, I was dead wrong. This show made me happy, sad, frustrated, relieved, nervous, anxious, glad and surprised, It made me laugh, It made me cry, It made me get the tissues out in the last few episodes. I cannot fault the acting in this...... just epic. The production was second to none and the music, oh my, the music was just wonderful. Most of all this show made me feel, it made me become aware that life is truly fleeting and at every opportunity I should make the most of it, enjoy every bit of it and have fun along the way. Stop reading this and go watch all 10 episodes back to back now. You can thank me later.Was this review helpful to you?
