TimiZero

Good taiga drama in telling the story of Shinsengumi and its members. I only have 2 issues that were bothering me:

1. Unconvincing protagonist character (Kondo Isami) and over power support character (Hijikata Toshizo) for 2/3 of the drama. Things got better and improved during the latter 1/3 though.

2. The drama failed to make me rooting for the Shinsengumi. Yes, I'm pro Imperialist, but since this is a drama from the POV of Shinsengumi I would've wanted to sympathize with them but I couldn't.

On the positive side, the support cast members were excellent so it compensated for the lacking points above.

7.5/10

Entertaining movie and easy to follow plot. Suitable to be watched with friends and family.

OMG! I didn't notice the pigeons. After reading your comment then only I remember Achin and Maririn talked about being reborn as bird is not a bad idea. At least sky is better than sea she said.

The drama was risky because it has close to none younger actors in it as well as the nature of investigation by this fictional department that only do brainstorming to solve crimes (without going out to crime scenes). However they managed to make it funny and entertaining to watch. I would say they have the right formula that makes viewers stick to the show. Yeah strange but true.

The drama was risky because it has close to none younger actors in it as well as the nature of investigation by this fictional department that only do brainstorming to solve crimes (without going out to crime scenes). However they managed to make it funny and entertaining to watch. I would say they have the right formula that makes viewers stick to the show. Yeah strange but true.

The drama that focused on journalism. The pace was okay but there were mix of fast moments and dull moments. I would have liked it more if it has less dull moments. A bit preachy towards the end. Still an okay watch and it will worth your time.

The anime might not bad on its own and maybe you'll like it. To me the major difference would be the drama gave us that organic and human feel to the characters and stories, which the anime was lacking.

Amazingly well done slice of life drama. The showcase of the culture and foods made it interesting to watch despite the uneventful daily life theme of this kind of genre. The characters are also believable and their subtle facial expressions are genius. The story conveys strong message of love and friendship.

Yup there's anime but the style is different than the drama. This is the fist time I feel live action is too much greater than it's anime (usually on par or worst)

The version available online is split into 2 parts....just for the info

About this drama: Watch it if you like jidaigeki and samurai drama around Edo period. It has less politics, more on samurai code of conducts added with emotional dramas. Some jidaigeki classic shots are also there as a bonus for the jidaigeki fan.

Only watched this now, after long finished the series. Felt a bit lost at the beginning when I was trying to recall the characters backstory and motivation. Nonetheless I could still follow through and find it was still entertaining although not as engaging and gripping as the S1. I only wish the duration was shorter.

The sub is at daddicts. You need an account to view the page (easy registration if you haven't had one already).
https://www.d-addicts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=163931

Interesting premise and was fun during the early few episodes. But somewhere in the middle it started to become draggy with many twist that mostly didn't impress me. Last episode was super draggy and a bit preachy.

Streaming sites but it looks like jraws also have the raws.

Wow, really like the calligraphy of the title!!

You can vote this drama in the list here
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1. Lack of feeling of passage of time. The scenes between days or months of traveling were made continuous as they were happened right after the previous.
2. The drama didn't focus much on war with many war events were skipped via a quick narration.
3. The MC developed from a hero to anti-hero to villain. In other anti-hero dramas, writers will try to rationalize the anti-hero actions of the MC, however not in this one. I guess it would be hard to swallow the villainy actions after you have been rooting for the MC all those while.
4. Ending was kind of make you think and opened for viewers interpretation however might be the best for this kind of MC.

Quite a good taiga drama production with fresh style of filming and writing. Many good shots that's worth the wallpaper of your PC. I haven't watched Seiten but I think Kamakura13 has the most beautiful cinematography I have seen in NHK Taiga drama. The costumes were also good and authentic without unnecessarily include modern elements and weird colors like what they did in Kirin.

Story-wise, 2/3 of the drama was a bit chill and lax with many comedic moments and family stuffs. However the last 1/3 was surprisingly darker and intense with lots of political scheming. This drama also has new interpretation on the famous Hojo Masako and Yoshitsune characters.

The downside in spoiler below

Beautifully done visual-wise. Story was too short.

Finished it some time ago. It was such a relaxing and chilling drama despite the mystery hint in the synopsis. More on slice-of-life than a mystery to be exact, but it's not boring as there were some ups and down in the story. Each episode featured different artist/singer performing/lipsyncing the "live version" of their song.