It didn't hit me until the scene on the bus that it was that kind of relationship. They were just friends to me,…
That's what I see it too but that's the most unreasonable plot I would say. How does the father know his son is gay? Come on we are talking about 5th grader kid. Even for straight people these are things you don't talk with parents around that age....for example a boy won't casually tell his parents/adult he has a crush for certain girl in class.
It didn't hit me until the scene on the bus that it was that kind of relationship. They were just friends to me,…
I totally agree with you. It could have been a masterpiece without having to go into such relationship. What a waste!
I see this trend of "forcing" LGBTQ+ writing all around Japanese dramas in the recent 3-5 years even for plot that's not related to such theme, and now this movie.
I suspect there are some kind of requirement for Japanese writer that's not known to public. It is the same with female empowerment (read feminism) and all those "harassment" awareness...lol. If you watch Jdrama you would notice this trend.
Some writers make it a comedy, some make it more subtly, but of course this one was too into the face that it almost ruin it for me.
This is a good drama that tried not be the typical sport drama that usually tackles students problem in each episode. This one is not formulaic I would say although it still contains the familiar trope and cliche.
However I wish the first 2 or 3 episode was not that hectic (super fast pace) with everyone, narrator, announcer at stadium, commentators all were talking almost right after another. LoL
It felt like I can't breath watching while reading the sub at the same time. I guess people who are native Japanese won't have this problem. Rest of episodes after that were better and more relaxing though. Perhaps it needed some "dynamic" instead of a constant high pace.
On the plot-side, it lacked the characters development and introduction for the students. Imagine all of sudden a character named, "Ban" appeared out of nowhere....haha
But overall it was still entertaining and made me impatient for the next episode thanks to its "super fast pace" without unnecessary filler scenes. The last 2 episodes was also worth the watch and wait (for the sub).
This is a nice movie with smart plot that will make you think after finishing it. I wish the writing could be…
There are 4 type of people: 1. The slow person (Ah Tai) will gain additional day 2. The "ahead of everything" person (Hsiao Chi) will lose a day 3. Normal person 4. Monks
When the freeze is over, normal people will actually continue from where they stop, which is the early morning of the Valentine's day. In other words normal people will experience that day without a clue. For them Valentine's day was not missing.
However, Hsiao Chi will lose a day and therefore she would not wake up until the following day, which is the 2nd day after she was returned to her room by Ah Tai. She is the only one who missed the Valentine.
Ah Tai gained two Valentine's days.
Monks and Hsiao Chi father were not affected by the losing and gaining of days.
This is a nice movie with smart plot that will make you think after finishing it. I wish the writing could be more neat in terms of the small details, but overall I didn't see any major plotholes in this. The humor is very Kudo Kankuro's no wonder they made a Remake.
Mystery behind the missing Valentine's day in spoiler below
Compact version of Hideyoshi story. This is a good option if you don't have time to watch longer dramas and don't want anything too short like an SP. It is currently available on Youtube with English sub. Just key in the search keyword, Taikoki.
Downside: This drama excludes some of the characters and did not cover Hideyoshi's life after he became Taiko Denka.
Pretty decent as far as the midnight drama goes. I was hesitating to watch this earlier because I thought it would be an "Ecchi" oriented drama. I'm fine with ecchi-route if there's generous amount of fanservice but knowing Japan TV, a drama could ended up being naughty without showing anything so it would be a useless watch...haha. I mean you better off watching other stuffs (read: JAV) if that is what you're looking for....lol
Back to this drama, I liked its serious depiction on the people who work in Delivery Health business or simply abbreviated as deriheru, where the "Health" is the codename for Fuuzoku (sex parlor that won't allow you to make sex). It is a LEGAL business (but getting paid for having sex is not) as far as I understand, but for obvious reason it's the work you can't casually tell anyone. Similar to anything in this world, every jobs come with its own risk, and this is exactly what the drama was trying to tell you about, which it did with of course some exaggeration and humor.
It's a good watch if you like Japanese work drama that promoting positive attitude towards work and take pride on what you're doing. It also has that underworld vibe a la Yamikin Ushijima franchise but at a lesser extreme. The drama is episodic but the story in each episode is interesting enough not to make you bored.
Pretty decent as far as the midnight drama goes. I was hesitating to watch this earlier because I thought it would be an "Ecchi" oriented drama. I'm fine with ecchi-route if there's generous amount of fanservice but knowing Japan TV, a drama could ended up being naughty without showing anything so it would be a useless watch...haha. I mean you better off watching other stuffs (read: JAV) if that is what you're looking for....lol
Back to this drama, I liked its serious depiction on the people who work in Delivery Health business or simply abbreviated as deriheru, where the "Health" is the codename for Fuuzoku (sex parlor that won't allow you to make sex). It is a LEGAL business (but getting paid for having sex is not) as far as I understand, but for obvious reason it's the work you can't casually tell anyone. Similar to anything in this world, every jobs come with its own risk, and this is exactly what the drama was trying to tell you about, which it did with of course some exaggeration and humor.
Overall this is a good entertaining watch but not necessarily a good Taiga drama. It is from the same writer who wrote Confidence Man JP and Legal High so you could expect some of the non-serious moments in the script, with lots of comedic-relief-characters. The writing was modern with that "backstory came in after some episodes" as well as "dedicated episode for the side characters" kind of style. It is fresh and if this is your first Taiga drama you would definitely like it. 48 episodes fly in a blink of eye and it's binge-worthy if you have time to spare.
However for those who are expecting historical closeness (I won't say accuracy), you might be disappointed with this series. If you're not familiar with what happened during Sengoku Era, you might not want to use this drama as your source of info. The writer changed too many things especially the characters motivations. I won't elaborate as many couldn't watch this with English Sub (yet). At the same time he had to skip too many things as well to suit the newly rewrote characters.
The one good thing about this drama is that everyone did their best in the acting. Even Matsumoto Jun did well playing the older Ieyasu role, which I didn't expect he could judging from the first few episodes. Kitagawa Keiko was the MVP in this drama....no contest!
On an unrelated note, I watched with JP caption so I might have missed lots of powerful conversations especially towards the end. Thankfully it will have Eng, Sub next year according to NGN....maybe I will re-watch again at the end of the year when the sub is complete.
it takes a talent to show tsukiyama incident, one of the most interesting and mysterious moments in ieyasu's story,…
Sorry for replying an old comment, but yeah it was such a bad writing on the incident. I watched Legend and Butterfly, which is also by the same writer and I think this writer is trying hard to include feminism element in his script. Sorry if the word feminism in my comment offended anyone.
Ironically in the Sena case, the ideal world suggested by her isn't even relatable in the modern world. It was purely naive and if alliance what she was talking about it was already done many times during their time and earlier. The writer must have been forgotten about the Takeda-Imagawa-Hojo pact.
To make things more laughable is the fact that everyone in Tokugawa was buying on the idea. I was face palming with the faking war to tricked the Odas.
Earlier before the incident there was the cliched/overused idea of "world would be at peace if women do politics". That's why I personally think this writer is forcing feminism in his writing. It's such a shame because he does good comedies like Legal High and Confidence Man...maybe he isn't good in historical writing. Yeah his politic writing is weak too.
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I see this trend of "forcing" LGBTQ+ writing all around Japanese dramas in the recent 3-5 years even for plot that's not related to such theme, and now this movie.
I suspect there are some kind of requirement for Japanese writer that's not known to public. It is the same with female empowerment (read feminism) and all those "harassment" awareness...lol. If you watch Jdrama you would notice this trend.
Some writers make it a comedy, some make it more subtly, but of course this one was too into the face that it almost ruin it for me.
However I wish the first 2 or 3 episode was not that hectic (super fast pace) with everyone, narrator, announcer at stadium, commentators all were talking almost right after another. LoL
It felt like I can't breath watching while reading the sub at the same time. I guess people who are native Japanese won't have this problem. Rest of episodes after that were better and more relaxing though. Perhaps it needed some "dynamic" instead of a constant high pace.
On the plot-side, it lacked the characters development and introduction for the students. Imagine all of sudden a character named, "Ban" appeared out of nowhere....haha
But overall it was still entertaining and made me impatient for the next episode thanks to its "super fast pace" without unnecessary filler scenes. The last 2 episodes was also worth the watch and wait (for the sub).
1. The slow person (Ah Tai) will gain additional day
2. The "ahead of everything" person (Hsiao Chi) will lose a day
3. Normal person
4. Monks
When the freeze is over, normal people will actually continue from where they stop, which is the early morning of the Valentine's day. In other words normal people will experience that day without a clue. For them Valentine's day was not missing.
However, Hsiao Chi will lose a day and therefore she would not wake up until the following day, which is the 2nd day after she was returned to her room by Ah Tai. She is the only one who missed the Valentine.
Ah Tai gained two Valentine's days.
Monks and Hsiao Chi father were not affected by the losing and gaining of days.
Mystery behind the missing Valentine's day in spoiler below
Downside: This drama excludes some of the characters and did not cover Hideyoshi's life after he became Taiko Denka.
Back to this drama, I liked its serious depiction on the people who work in Delivery Health business or simply abbreviated as deriheru, where the "Health" is the codename for Fuuzoku (sex parlor that won't allow you to make sex). It is a LEGAL business (but getting paid for having sex is not) as far as I understand, but for obvious reason it's the work you can't casually tell anyone. Similar to anything in this world, every jobs come with its own risk, and this is exactly what the drama was trying to tell you about, which it did with of course some exaggeration and humor.
It's a good watch if you like Japanese work drama that promoting positive attitude towards work and take pride on what you're doing. It also has that underworld vibe a la Yamikin Ushijima franchise but at a lesser extreme. The drama is episodic but the story in each episode is interesting enough not to make you bored.
Back to this drama, I liked its serious depiction on the people who work in Delivery Health business or simply abbreviated as deriheru, where the "Health" is the codename for Fuuzoku (sex parlor that won't allow you to make sex). It is a LEGAL business (but getting paid for having sex is not) as far as I understand, but for obvious reason it's the work you can't casually tell anyone. Similar to anything in this world, every jobs come with its own risk, and this is exactly what the drama was trying to tell you about, which it did with of course some exaggeration and humor.
However for those who are expecting historical closeness (I won't say accuracy), you might be disappointed with this series. If you're not familiar with what happened during Sengoku Era, you might not want to use this drama as your source of info. The writer changed too many things especially the characters motivations. I won't elaborate as many couldn't watch this with English Sub (yet). At the same time he had to skip too many things as well to suit the newly rewrote characters.
The one good thing about this drama is that everyone did their best in the acting. Even Matsumoto Jun did well playing the older Ieyasu role, which I didn't expect he could judging from the first few episodes. Kitagawa Keiko was the MVP in this drama....no contest!
On an unrelated note, I watched with JP caption so I might have missed lots of powerful conversations especially towards the end. Thankfully it will have Eng, Sub next year according to NGN....maybe I will re-watch again at the end of the year when the sub is complete.
Ironically in the Sena case, the ideal world suggested by her isn't even relatable in the modern world. It was purely naive and if alliance what she was talking about it was already done many times during their time and earlier. The writer must have been forgotten about the Takeda-Imagawa-Hojo pact.
To make things more laughable is the fact that everyone in Tokugawa was buying on the idea. I was face palming with the faking war to tricked the Odas.
Earlier before the incident there was the cliched/overused idea of "world would be at peace if women do politics". That's why I personally think this writer is forcing feminism in his writing. It's such a shame because he does good comedies like Legal High and Confidence Man...maybe he isn't good in historical writing. Yeah his politic writing is weak too.