Rahsia Alam

The female lead is very unlikable. She is very painful to watch. She is trying to escape her ordinary love life by having romance with teenager who is not mentally matured. She felt that her ordinary life is boring. She never properly communicate with her boyfriend too. There is no remorse from her part and her indecisiveness make it worst. TBH, her ending was meh. The kid ending ... i dont really care. At least her bf got better ending. 4/10

Okay this is actually really good. This is when Japanese dry romance makes sense. I like the family relationship shown in this drama. Both 1st half and 2nd half of the drama are good on its own way. my only complaint is that despite portraying her character really well, age wise I dont think Ayase Haruka fits the character age. I think actress who is in her late 30s or early 40s at the time will make it more believable. That is my only complaint. 8/10

Okay, I was confused with the plot in ep1. I dunno how each characters are related to each other. But I decided to continue and after3 eps, it all make sense. The suspense and dark undertone was good. And twist at the end, didn't expect that. But I do wish the suspense is a big bigger. And This drama pace is quite slow and the ending is a bit rush. I wish the concludes this more proper. 6.5/10

This drama is short and simple yet it is really interesting. There is a lot of tense, suspense and regret. It is a bit slow and moody and might not be for everyone but overall I enjoy the drama a lot. I didn't expect the twist. 7.5/10

I have mixed feeling wanting to watch this drama few years back. I like mystery drama and the premise seems good but then im not keen with idol/ex-idol as lead cause most of the time their acting are less then desire. And I never like Watanabe Mayu acting. But when i saw Furritsu had subbed this (thanks Furritsu), I decided to give it a go. But that 4 years waiting to watch this is just a disappointment. If I can sum up this drama in 2 words, it will be generic average.

This drama is using same trope that is already been done in a lot of other dramas before:-
1 - Childhood crush bounds by red thread
2 - Obsessive and manipulative characters
3 - NTR
4 - Damsel in distress lead

and it was subpar. The mystery too was subpar and you can already deducted the truth halfway through. Japanese mystery drama have going downhill since 2010. They just rehashing old trope and tweak the mystery a little bit. Sometimes, it makes you lose hope that they can going back to their glory days of the 90s/early 00s but then again, there is Saiai. So the hope is still there ... maybe. overall im giving this 5/10

Some things are just meant for Manga and Anime and not LA. This is one of them. I should laugh but I dont find it funny at all. 2.5/10

LMAO. It is not a wig

30 years old woman cant get marry is pretty common trope in Jdrama. Either 30 or 40 and poking fun on them. Now the drama itself is pretty generic. Like always, the romance in Jdrama is very dry and this is no exception. The boss, Usami actually the most interesting character and probably the one that save this drama from being very boring. Jdrama tends to give a little plot for side characters and this drama have them too. Unfortunately, the plots are all generic. Overall I enjoy the comedy side of this drama but was a bit meh on the rest. 5.5/10

well Makoto was in Shujin-ko. Not really a BL but his character is gay and has his own partner in the drama.

Cheer Dan is your typical HS competitive Jdrama where someone from Tokyo will propose an idea to make a team to compete in national or international level with a bunch of newbies who don't know basic, fail miserably initially yet able to strive later with passion and friendship become the pillar of the drama. Other than this is another generic drama for this theme, overall I did enjoy this. They did some things right for this not to be too generic. 6.5/10

Mirai-san is basically a short drama about near future where future gen is lazy to work and is enable by her bro but not by her parents. Yeah other than it is short and futuristic to some extend, that is all. I dont really find it funny most of the time. i mostlty more annoyed by Mirai-san. lol. 4/10

Japan drama has 3 common trope that they keep recycle every year
1 - A genius with bad personality where everyone else around that person are useless
2 - The new hire with Seigi No Mikata personality that very generic yet they always get what they want thanks to help from others.
3 - Useless character that has a very high luck with no skill

And Himomen is the no.3. People said this is a satire for overworking salaryman. But at the end of the day, the ML is written in the most useless way yet he has a super luck not in getting money but in surviving his life. Also the FL is just uselessly in love support by her useless nurse friend. This drama sure has comedy and it delivers its comedy. But as a whole, the ML is too useless with no redeeming quality. The fact that he didn't get any real hardship is what make this satire doesn't get to the point where it want to be. Also let not talk about the useless final ep. Overall 3.5/10

This is a slice of life drama. Very educational. I learn about Japan welfare assistant system. And I like the cases. But this drama also follow the usual educational theme drama trope. New hire assigns with average case with tricky situation. And 1st ep always not going well or somehow they able to turn the table at last minute. After that there is no more situation ends badly as they have grown accustomed to their works. And it always that 1 senior which going to help them and occasionally get help from boss. While I really thought this is a great educational drama, but as a whole it can be a little bit boring sometimes because at the end of the day, it is still predictable. Not to mention the lead is written in a very generic way as possible too. so 5.5/10

Poor Ploy. She might not be a saint but nobody tells her Vee was cheating on her with Mark. At least she deserves to know that rather than believing Mark and Vee dated after their "temp break"

When it comes to Japanese period drama especially during Edo era, I often skeptical how good the drama will be cause most of the time, they are quite boring with so many loopholes in the plot. This drama is surprisingly having a good plot. An accounting Samurai. The drama has 3 plots and each of them is engaging. My only complaint about period drama is the lack of blood when they kill the people. Im like .... "are they dead?" The blood often appear toward the end and this drama is no exception. The swordplay is decent. 7/10

This drama should just focus on the nurse internship instead of trying to add mediocre incomplete romance and revenge to it. NGL, i rather interested to know if Chinatsu and Shunya's friend will end up together or not rather than watching the female lead unfruitful love for the doctor and Shunya friendzone Chinatsu. The romance is one of the driest romance i have ever seen. well it is not a romance drama to begin with but if u cant commit to it, no point of adding it. 5/10

For HS drama, the plot is decent. But for BL, it is somewhat fresh to see relationship at early eps. However, the plot is not good enough to make me love this drama. Both lead actors for Takara and Amagi cannot act at all. Their poor acting make me sleepy. The worst part is, both lead characters are upstaged by Katori and Tanaka. Katori has been stealing screen time everytime he pops up on screen. U can definitely see the different level in their acting. Worst part, Tanaka's role only more prominent in the last 3 eps and even him able to upstage the leads. 4/10

This is obviously sponsor by Kyoto Tourism. lol.
Drama is short. just 4eps of 20min each.
Only few characters and does not drag the storyline.
However, because of the short span, the drama didnt let the romance to fully sink into viewer. This is very typical dry japanese romance plot.
Overall this is not bad drama, not great either. A nice watch to fill ur time. 6/10

Tbh, i dont understand how people said Makio deserved better when he was the one that push Eiji to accept Mieko proposal to have the baby?

Was Eiji's dad is the reason for the whole fiasco? absolutely. But is Eiji to blame? he hardly has anything to do with it. Yes. his decision to work with his dad, some people said it is the catalyst for everything. but he was ready to leave his family when his dad couldn't accept them. Makio was the one who said he likes Eiji's dad and dont want to see him sad. Makio is the one that agree with Mieko decision. Makio is the one who initate the sex.

if anything, Eiji is the victim of of selfishness of 2 teenagers. Eiji being a people pleaser and responsible person, it is understandable how his affection during Mieko's pregnancy. Even if it is actually 13 weeks (makio's child), Eiji being the person he is will definitely show same affection to Mieko since it is their child. He really should chase after Maiko though. That was his regret

What I like about the last 3 eps is that, Makio actually got his redemption arc, thanks to Asato. He finally accept it is "our child" not "it is eiji's child, not mine so I wont have anything to do with it", finally accept he was not making the best decision when they were together and regret of running away. I still like his happy ending. I also like the bittersweet ending with Eiji and Mieko because they are happy together after all the fiasco even though they have regrets

Okay. this is just a rehashed of hana yori dango with a little tweak. And this drama is full of generic trope and predictable plot. Like even halfway through, the predictability of what is going to happen in this drama is reaching 100%. Been watching Jdrama since the 90s and I really wish they take more risk in plot and characteristic. Just not using whatever that has been there, done that. Im not liking this drama at all. If this is a remake, then I think this is a decent rehashed. Hana Yori Dango is much more better. But it is not and im actually expecting more than this generic plot. 2.5/10