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Very short and low budget. But the story was good enough for a quick watch.

More of original writing base off Ito Junji's short stories than an adaptation of those short stories. Since they combined several stories into one, some part felt incoherent and at times it felt like the characters were not equally treated. Could have been better if this is an anthology in my opinion.

The BGM for "Space Journey" reminds me a lot of Space Oddity. That's how you recreating the vibe without paying royalty for the song....lol

Overall a good watch if you like serious drama with serious topic. However I find the episodic duration is too long for my taste that it felt draggy towards the end. Secondly the writing felt a bit "direction-less" albeit it was properly written...lol Like long running, made for multi seasons western series with no climax and resolution at the end.

I feel bad for saying this but I came for the time-loop premise. However the story was more focusing on the romance part. The problem is the romance part was so uninteresting with all the cliche and "stocked" characters.

Wow this drama is very niche. As a person who live in football country (that's soccer for everyone except the American), it's hard to grasp the drafting system that I had to ask gemini for the context....lol But other than that (and the half-machine-subbed) it was a solid "work" drama!

Consider this as gen-z and gen-alpha compliance version of GTO. You can't expect 52 year old man to be at the same (recklessness and horniness) level as the virgin Onizuka. The episodic plot was just okay-ish. I would say this was more like a tribute or commemorating drama than actually a sequel.

After finishing i can say this is passable if you have other important things to do. But for sentimental value and reminiscing the OG 98 series, you can consider this as a tribute drama.

This has better season finale than the first however still hinting on another season(s). More gore-y in this season though but thank God the manga editor arc has finished for good.

The premise was interesting but too many plot detour and fillers. The romance was too fluffy with too many cliche and trope for a stereotyped couple. The first half was better but it started time-wasting from episode 6 onwards and what with that anticlimatic last episode? Should have been a spin off instead.

On the bright side, the comedy was okay and most of the negotiation works were entertaining enough to watch. If only they remove the cheap fluffy romance bait side-plot....but well.....

Never liked Akira's Onizuka. The only right thing about him was the blond hair.

Not so bad if you like Sorimachi's Onizuka. The production style (cinematography, acting, etc) is intentionally made similar to the old one, which I personally find nostalgic and easily feel connectable between the 2 long separated dramas.

As complex as Part 1 but at least you know the characters already and the basic mechanism of their special abilities. Still need full concentration when watching though.

The best part of this Part 1 is the cliffhanger at the end....LoL Other than that it was a bit complicated where you need full concentration just to get the basic idea of it. The slow pacing made things harder. You are discouraged to watch this after a tough day at work or when you're sleepy. Maybe prior knowledge of the source material could ease the watching experience a little.

Simple story, minimally funny, short duration, easily binge-able.

Overall a good story idea but they chose the "slice of life" direction, instead of pure melodrama. The drama was entertaining enough and easily binge-able with only 8 episodes. There were some feel good moments and interesting plot unfolding. The last episode was surprisingly funny. Although I personally think NHK would do better with this kind of plot in "slice of life" theme.

However the last case felt a bit preachy. The deal with the prosecutor about the yami-baito leader did not get resolved either.

Typical episodic Japanese law drama but not a bad one (albeit not so amazing either). Cases were mostly interesting and Shuri was so good with this kind of (ko-akuma) character.

1) I think Human Vapor got his fair share of screen time. I don't understand why many people cry over less Human Vapor. He's definitely not the main character in this.

2) The siblings side plot actually makes the series more interesting. In fact it paced up the series from the otherwise slow build up of the first 3 episodes. I don't get why people complaining that this was unnecessary. If you watch many Japanese media you will be anticipating their appearance (Hayashi and Hirose) since the names were already in the opening credit starting from the earlier episodes.

3) This was not a romance drama so the chemistry between the 2 main leads was not really mattered.

4) The police was not the Japanese-best considering this was written by Korean writers and produced by Netflix. Even they had to create a fictional alt-universe Tokyo Metropolitan Police....haha

Surprisingly I find this entertaining enough for me. The plot was nothing novel but it has that interesting movie-esque filming style and the action was just at the right dosage with the theme song cued in at the right time. Being in Jdrama format with shorter duration saved this series from the extended fillers and unnecessary side-plots.

Surprisingly also how people at MDL suddenly become overly critical with this. More in spoiler below...