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That twist does not make sense...LOL It must be easier to corrupt a kind person, but it's impossible to educate a naive person. He couldn't become smart overnight just by reading diaries.

However I'm not a fan of the time slip mechanism. The twist that they swapped bodies did not make sense and they failed to make it believable since original Eito was not portrayed as someone smart. It was impossible for original Eito to experience the same thing and make the same decision as Kosei in previous life. It looked more like writers wanted to push the philosophical talk at the Jinja's staircase, thus the nonsense twist.

But I kind of "okay" with the ending. I take it they swapped body again after the door knocked on the head, so the one that was died was potentially the original Eito.

This is entertaining enough if you need an easy watch. It's short so you can binge watch this in one sitting. I loved how they paid attention to the technology correctness as well as rightly include the important events of the past decade. The business aspect of this drama is more intriguing than let say the overrated Trillion Game.

BTW The drama was good. It's family centered with some comedies (albeit over the top). However it will not that stand out if it is watched in 21st century. The scene transition was not the cleanest. They might also have screwed up some scene order in some episodes. The episodic style (with episode specific theme like the American sitcom) might not get appreciated anymore.

This is a good representation of the differences between 17 y.o in the 80s and 17 y.o of the gen-z and gen-alpha. The maturity was at another level so it was not surprising why people in the older days typically (of course not always) got married during their younger age. The newer gen will always be in confused state whenever they see/hear this situation....haha

The only good thing about this drama is its duration.

- Since the ML was portrayed as a not reliable, not smart man during his youth it is not convincing enough how he turned into Sherlock Holmes overnight near the end.
- The twist for the culprit was good but not realistic. In that era, I believe ghost felt more believable than plastic surgery.
- The final twist was WTF because it was so random. I guess it was just for the shocking factor, but no substance.
- The romance part was overused. Nothing new.
- ML knew the whereabouts and circumstances of FL all this while. He even knew the situation with the General, but why he needed to waste time doing investigation.
- Some part were left unexplained like why they did not get together during the lantern festival or maybe I missed something.

Very low effort drama. If you make screenshot, this drama look decent enough, on par with most C-Historical dramas. But the plot was lazily written. The investigation was merely plot of conveniences. All of sudden our investigator became Sherlock Holmes. More in spoiler:

Honestly I don't mind him and having him in this drama is why I picked it up in the first place. I did not aware that this was for Sunday so you might be right on the higher-up influence for the Ossan character here.

I love how the teaser for next episode always bait you into thinking the cliche and trope, while the actual episode is not.

Off beat drama. It takes time for you to digest the quirkness and its eccentric characters. But the plots were nicely progressed and you will love it without you noticing it. Perfect for anyone who wants something fresh, unique, and do not fall into stereotypes.

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1. It's multi protagonists but it didn't treat the characters equally in terms of story.
2. It started strong but lose momentum on later episodes where it felt a bit draggy.
3. I don't mind the shocking twist though. In fact I think it broke the trope and cliche and expectation for this kind of drama which I really appreciate.

This drama is addictive and bingeable if you have time to spend. The focus on rarely featured sport makes this worth the watch. My complains in spoiler below:

Surprisingly this didn't feel repetitive for this kind of theme. It gets better and better as the drama progresses.

It's quite a nice (human) drama focusing on child welfare and safety. It's half awareness, half work, and a bit social commentary, so expect some typical tropes and cliches from those kind of theme, but overall watchable and entertaining.

It was an okay watch thanks to the WuXia-Murai action but:
1. The story is just a copy pasted delinquent drama with the typical comradery theme and the stereotypical MC who is stupid but have clear ambition to become the strongest. The determination of the stupid wins over the intelligent. In the end of the day MC needs to face the ridiculously OP last boss.
2. The people outside the MC circle will be portrayed as villains.
3. Might as well worked should the manga author wrote a totally fictional characters without using the existing Shinsengumi members.
4. After watching many jidaigeki and J-historical, it was hard to suspend my disbelief on the costume, hairstyle and the ridiculous weapon, but I understand it is manga adaptation so I had to reluctantly swallow it during my watch....lol
5. Using Shinsengumi as inspiration, the stories could have been more deeper than what this one have offered. The rewritten characters in this series were mostly shallow and naive. Not to mention how oblivious they are to the politics of that time.

That's why I avoid reading episode synopses. In MDL, reading comments/reviews and looking at photos might as well give you out spoilers, so I will avoid those too until I finished the whole series. LOL

On the continuation of the story, it should be more after this for obvious reason. The Serizawa's case was like 1/4 of the Shinsengumi journey after all, but I never read the source Manga so I don't know until what point it covers.

Since the fate of the actual Shinsengumi is known to public, it may be the reason why they carelessly did that kind of spoilery synopsis. But still, I totally agree with you that it may "spoiled" the viewers who have no background information about the group. I understand your frustration!

Just watched the first episode and I have to kept telling myself (when watching) that this is based on manga so I have to forgive the authenticity (looking at the fashion and hairstyle)....LOL

The plot and dialogues are very typical of any delinquent drama you can find out there except that it uses the history timeline and event for the story's turning points.

**Just for additional info that this 2 episode SP has been combined with the other 6 episode sequel into an 8 episode series on OTT platforms....so I guess you have to mark your WATCHED list accordingly. The MDL database is correct though.

It will be tough. Firstly, while there are some series on iQiyi, VIU, and Netflix, I don't know if they are available for international viewers. Secondly just because those dramas available on OTT, it doesn't guarantee they will be great.

If you manage to see these titles though (on Netflix):
- Good Boys Go To Heaven
- Project: High Council
- One Cent Thief ~ I didn't watch fully but looks like it get good feedback from those who watched
- Generasi: Perfect 10 ~ I didn't watch the whole of it but it's a sport drama so if you're looking for one, that is
- Griya ~ Haven't watched at all but it's an investigation drama and get good feedback