Nice production featuring beautiful location (both building and scenery)...the pace was slow but just right for the plot....great acting...Horikita Maki looked beautiful in period costume...highly recommended if you could find better sub
If you want to try Japanese historical but not sure where to start...then this drama is for you. Easy to follow plot (less politic), lovable characters, a bit funny, nice edo-period settings (hair and clothing)...Highly recommended!
Good and short drama....nothing weird about the age gap as this is what could be happening in real life too....once you're adult the age doesn't matter anymore
Sakaguchi Kentaro is a huge miscast in this drama. He is 10 years younger than Shibasaki Kou. I guess they need…
Haha totally agree with Ikemen for rating....and yes Hashimoto kind of off too...there's big difference in adulthood between 20's and 30's that would unconsciously shown in people personality in normal case...of course there are exceptions though
if I had to nitpick which flaw I didn't like, the ending was a bit rushed, didn't like Manami getting along with…
Yeah totally agree with you...the last episode was bad...i was hoping for back to reality kind of ending, where Nozomi finally accept the fact that only a handful of lucky people in this world able to achieve their dreams...the rest of us would just settle down with something else and learn how to love it....Manami won the contest was really cheap writing...LoL
I don't think anything was 'solved' other than the ML being able to face his ex. The struggles were still very…
Ohh I forgot to clarify something....that is regardless of how unhappy I was with this drama, I have no problem with anyone who loves it....but I don't want to give false hope to anyone who might want to watch especially those who are new to Jdrama thinking that this is the best Japanese could offer...therefore I left that slightly negative comment to bring down the expectation a bit...I personally rated this 7.5/10
I don't think anything was 'solved' other than the ML being able to face his ex. The struggles were still very…
Actually there are many non-dark + heartwarming family jdramas out there...but I accept your point on the drama was dealing with not the lightest issues...in fact I have no problem with that as that was the reason why I started watching....
But the portrayal of people surrounding our main characters is my problem...haha...I guess I wanted more realistic side characters/plots or like I said at least more eccentric main characters...but it's just me
Side characters that feel real (and thus made up for the drama) to me are Manato's mother, the bento shop owner and the uncle...the 3 brothers are the worst in my opinion...I'm 50/50 with Momoko's friend though...
I don't think anything was 'solved' other than the ML being able to face his ex. The struggles were still very…
I was not only talking about the main plot, but look at the people surrounding the main characters...like the three younger brothers who were too obedient to be true, the understanding uncle who happened to be the parole officer of the ML, the supportive boss who fell in love with the female manager too easily although he was portrayed as the hot guy (who logically should have 1 or 2 girls chasing on him)...it was okay but less impactful in the sense that it felt like everything was arranged too nicely by fate for the plot and subplots...I think it could have been different if the main characters were made eccentric or something...just my opinion
I still like the old Rika better no matter how good Ishibashi's acting is...I think her portrayal of Rika was…
The alleged rape incident: This is very tricky because there was no clear statement from Satomi that she had been raped....only the English subtitle was suggesting on that...by using the word "forced", "hurt" etc....
So my take is, the scene was never meant for a rape incident regardless of how it's perceived...there was a force-act at the beginning but I presume Satomi gave in halfway because she loves Mikami anyway...
She cried because Mikami used her as a place for his "tension reliever" after got dumped by another woman...she hurt mentally instead of her physical...
This explains the "like-nothing-had-happened" kind of attitude by everyone in the drama...even Kanchi could calmly talked with Mikami although he had said earlier that he would never forgive Mikami if he's ever hurt Satomi...LoL
Personally I think this particular scene was totally unnecessary as we already know how jerk this Mikami guy in the first place...it looks like TLS 2020 wanted to look cool by generously include many skinship and bed scenes in the whole drama....If I want bed scene I would just watch JAV...why bother watching drama...LMAO
finally have time to watch this....my thought about Rika and Mikami under respective spoilers bellow
I still like the old Rika better no matter how good Ishibashi's acting is...I think her portrayal of Rika was a bit off...or could be a miscast?
from what I see the modern Rika is too stiff, not charming (less "moe"), unapproachable, scary and moody/gloomy all the time...but then all of sudden she became unrealistically cheerful...and Ishibashi seemed like had to go 200% to achieve that cheerfulness...this makes inconsistent personality of the character (more like bipolar disorder??)...
if they want to re-invent the character, they could have just go with the moody+carefree Rika instead of mixing it with the child-like personality of the old version...it was just too unnatural to me
**Just additional info for those who'd like to know more before deciding to watch** This drama special has 2 episodes with 2 independent stories but started around the same time (run parallel), which is during the opening of Edo town.
Ep1 is about obtaining and securing fresh water as well as redirecting rivers to solve flood problem for the newly established town (with vision of turning it into a city in the future).
Ep2 is to create alternative currencies to replace those already used by Hideyoshi at that time...Ieyasu was still a retainer of Hideyoshi when he started this project therefore the big risk of getting caught....but he was the sly Ieyasu anyway.
An "okay" drama with only 5 episodes...I guess it was cut short due to pandemic....last case was too complex to follow but I was too lazy to re-watch...haha
Episode 1 wasn't that amazing. In fact first half of that episode was a bit slow in pacing (and therefore boring)...the camera and lighting was also a bit ol skool...you may need some time to get used to it.
However, the series itself was very informative (in terms of route of becoming pro shogi player)...the back story while it's not novel, it managed to make me stay until the last episode...after all it has 4 episodes only.
Probably a continuation of the series and not a remake...great acting and there were some action too towards the…
Warning!! There will be a rape scene in the movie...while it's not graphically explicit, the expression of the actors were too convincing that could cause some viewers to lose their temper and might destroy anything near them...haha
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But the portrayal of people surrounding our main characters is my problem...haha...I guess I wanted more realistic side characters/plots or like I said at least more eccentric main characters...but it's just me
Side characters that feel real (and thus made up for the drama) to me are Manato's mother, the bento shop owner and the uncle...the 3 brothers are the worst in my opinion...I'm 50/50 with Momoko's friend though...
This is very tricky because there was no clear statement from Satomi that she had been raped....only the English subtitle was suggesting on that...by using the word "forced", "hurt" etc....
So my take is, the scene was never meant for a rape incident regardless of how it's perceived...there was a force-act at the beginning but I presume Satomi gave in halfway because she loves Mikami anyway...
She cried because Mikami used her as a place for his "tension reliever" after got dumped by another woman...she hurt mentally instead of her physical...
This explains the "like-nothing-had-happened" kind of attitude by everyone in the drama...even Kanchi could calmly talked with Mikami although he had said earlier that he would never forgive Mikami if he's ever hurt Satomi...LoL
Personally I think this particular scene was totally unnecessary as we already know how jerk this Mikami guy in the first place...it looks like TLS 2020 wanted to look cool by generously include many skinship and bed scenes in the whole drama....If I want bed scene I would just watch JAV...why bother watching drama...LMAO
from what I see the modern Rika is too stiff, not charming (less "moe"), unapproachable, scary and moody/gloomy all the time...but then all of sudden she became unrealistically cheerful...and Ishibashi seemed like had to go 200% to achieve that cheerfulness...this makes inconsistent personality of the character (more like bipolar disorder??)...
if they want to re-invent the character, they could have just go with the moody+carefree Rika instead of mixing it with the child-like personality of the old version...it was just too unnatural to me
This drama special has 2 episodes with 2 independent stories but started around the same time (run parallel), which is during the opening of Edo town.
Ep1 is about obtaining and securing fresh water as well as redirecting rivers to solve flood problem for the newly established town (with vision of turning it into a city in the future).
Ep2 is to create alternative currencies to replace those already used by Hideyoshi at that time...Ieyasu was still a retainer of Hideyoshi when he started this project therefore the big risk of getting caught....but he was the sly Ieyasu anyway.
However, the series itself was very informative (in terms of route of becoming pro shogi player)...the back story while it's not novel, it managed to make me stay until the last episode...after all it has 4 episodes only.
8/10