Taishi Miwa

Episode 9 show you a glimpse of Sakai Masato in Hanzawa Naoki.

wait till the official release of the song.

A bit surprising that the original story is much more lighter than the drama.

At the end of every episode, 3 minute post-credit segment.

this is the best Heisei Phase 2 series, followed by Gaim.

this doesn't aged well.

The opposite imo. Sagara can't even beat Eiji in the final fight, if he is strong enough he can beat him with a few hit, his connection with Yakuza is what makes him look strong.

misspelled, gomen.

I get your point, but "Medium to High" Violence is present in every IWGP episode, except Episode 4 (drug dealer and illegal immigrant episode). While Gokusen only have 30-40% of it's episode where violence is involved. IMO Gokusen's violence is less gory, just a Tokusatsu level of fight scene. Even Bad Boys J have a better fight scene than gokusen.

Sagara is actually not really strong. he seems to be nerfed because the main boys getting stronger.

Ed song: 旅路/藤井風 (Tabiji/Fujii Kaze)

If IWGP is medium in terms of violence, i think gokusen is pretty low especially in the second season.

My personal rank:

1.Tokyo Stories 1
2.Season 1
3.Season 2
4.Tokyo Stories 2
5.Season 3

*Excluding the movie
*Season 2 and Tokyo Stories 2 on par in terms of the story.

If you want a more faithful adaptation, do watch the 98. This version is just borrowing the character (same like Gokusen season 2 and 3).

This version is pretty close to the anime but not the manga. Major difference in this version is that it's more of Onizuka vs the faculty.

Agreed.

Hachi's death is kinda off and ridiculous. Should've kill-off Yamato or Hiroki.

Decent cast but poorly executed.

This drama is the biggest what if in J-pop and J-drama industry.

The poster is kinda unrelated because the movie is a part of a non-interconnected movie franchise (something like the vengeance trilogy). This is the DVD cover if i'm not mistaken.