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Atmospheric and just enough in length for the story it wants to present.

The drama starts slow, by presenting the setting- a boarding school only for the best students, the characters - the few students who stay at the shut down school for the holidays, and the mystery-letters sent to all of them with the same massage. From then on, the story is packed with thrill, good performances, action, mystery and suspense. The only problem with the series was that it didn't explore the impacked the "adventure" had on the students after it was over more in depth.

So, 8 out of 10.

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Ie Uru Onna was enjoyable. The story is not extraordinary, but it was okay. The office drama and the individual characters, as well as the cases, were humane and cozy.

The leading lady, although kind of odd, she was the highlight of the drama. Her personality and the way she bossed everyone around, as well as achieved the sales, were what moved the drama forwards. Also, the rest of the characters were interesting and cute as well, creating a family in the office. The ending was kind of sudden, however.

Finally, all the cast gave us great performances. So, seven out of ten.

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Poison Berry in my Brain had a nice concept and an all star cast to support it. The movie actually reminded me of Inside out and Amelie. However, the only fun part of this movie was the debates of the five personas and probably a few of the romantic scenes that were steamy and cute. Other than that, the movie had some confusing parts, some boring parts and some so so parts. I did like the ending though. And the performances were really good. I would have liked if the personas were better introduced though, so we could have a better idea of how they will react in each situation. So, six and a half out of ten.

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Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze Movie Taisen Ultimatum is, for a crossover, good enough. I liked the new kamen riders. For the Fourze, it was nice to see what they ended up doing and see the well familiar faces and how they coped with their new roles. It was very enjoyable actually. The story was okay, had some suspense and the performances were good as well. The costumes and special effects, not so good, however, but maybe that's the kamen rider charm. The action scenes were nice and interesting. The comedy element, unfortunately, not so much. So, six out of ten.

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I guess for the fans of the two super hero themed series, this would have been a feast. The ending battle was really good, I'll give them that. However, there was no story. Actually, there was a slight plot that moved things around, but there were too many plot holes that I won't count them out here. So, action vice good, story vice, not that much. The super sentai were decent and I really enjoyed their scenes. The kamen riders were so so, especially their costumes. So, five out of ten for the cross over that I wish had less super hero characters in it and more story.

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Keeping in mind that Bussen is a comedy, the drama isn't bad. Though the fun comes mostly out of the out of this world reaction from everyone, as the jokes are so so, Bussen had an interesting story to tell. So, it was unique and that made it refreshing. That said, the drama was too much of a manga like drama, keeping the origin too vivid. So, if you like that in your show, you will enjoy this one. Also, the performances are good from everyone in the cast. Finally, the ecchi factor in the drama was kind of annoying at some point, although at fist it was funny. So, six out of ten.

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What I liked about Share House no Koibito was the begining. That, and the friendship dynamics between the leading lady and the crazy alien guy. However, the fantasy part was really bad and ruined the story. Maybe, if there was an episode or two, the story would have made more sense and it would have felt complete. But, unfortunately, there were not and thus, the drama concluded quite badly. Plus, the romance was not necessary. The second lead was annoying as well. At first, I didn't mind, but later on, he just was not enjoyable to watch. The rest of the stories were nice and cute. So, five out of ten.

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