A bit disappointed as the drama missed out the "music" part...you won't see them perform at all which IMO dragged this down to the same level as any other clickbait kind of youtube videos out there.... Imagine rock band that's not performing any songs...LoL The comedy and it's slice of life stories are not bad though...but I want rock songs in my rock drama
Yeay after years of waiting... It's just that it felt everything had been compressed...too many plots for too little airtime...LoL And surprisingly Kaku Kento is well behave in this..I have a phobia with his over-acting but thankfully he did great as support role this time around...
One of the solid dramas with similar vibe to HBO or History channels in terms of production value. It is also did not include many Japanese pop cultural references, therefore it is easy to be watched by everyone.
Thanks for the article! This is one of dramas I watched on TV but did not download to watch it again and therefore don't list it here on MDL....I totally agree with you that Shomuni was kind of non-conservative in that era alongside GTO and the gang...as a male viewer I did not find the girl power theme bothering me because they have realistic points on that matter, unlike some new-age female empowerment dramas we see nowadays.
This is okay with a bit touch of human drama however the episodic cases were so-so. If you binge watch this, you will get tired after couple of episodes. That's why other medical dramas tend to have exaggerated lead characters to compensate for the already boring hospital workplace theme.
This is more like a tourism video instead of a movie...they tried to include 3 classes i.e. merchant, artisan and samurai in 1 story...but that's it...the plot didn't matter...it's like watching a cultural show...it has that old "Rikyu" film vibe though in the sense of showing the craftsmanship.
I wish they focus more on the steel making...how the protagonist finally mastered the craft...instead of riding on Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu names...the samurai showcase was overboard too with all the "war protective gears" but still failed to portray the true spirit of samurai i.e. the master and underlines...because Amago Shinnosuke (Akira's character) was portrayed as a lone ranger instead of heir of a Clan...
This one came from the same writer of Atsuhime, therefore the influence was obvious. However the writer forgot that these 2 groups of people lived in 2 different eras, so they shouldn't have similar mindset...Apart from that I feel bad for the weak character writing of Ishida Mitsunari...LoL
I'm having trouble finding the special episode. Where did you watch it?
Any streaming sites have it...but usually they put together S1, SP and S2 in one place under Anata no Ban title... In KissAsian for example, they put it before episode 1 of S1...they messed up with order...
Much better than expected...usually you would expect strong heroic character like Doctor X with a poster like this, but thank God it is not...Hirose Alice character is a comic relief (usually given to male actors in other dramas).....i don't know how it was associated with sexist (by some commenters) and in my opinion she did her job well...
And what i like the most about Top Knife is realistic character writing...the writer didn't make everyone else less-excellent just to make the main hero looks good....the medical cases featured in the drama however were the rare types...which makes it a bit unrealistic to occurred in just one particular hospital...but yeah it's good to learned something new anyway...
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The comedy and it's slice of life stories are not bad though...but I want rock songs in my rock drama
It's just that it felt everything had been compressed...too many plots for too little airtime...LoL
And surprisingly Kaku Kento is well behave in this..I have a phobia with his over-acting but thankfully he did great as support role this time around...
I wish they focus more on the steel making...how the protagonist finally mastered the craft...instead of riding on Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu names...the samurai showcase was overboard too with all the "war protective gears" but still failed to portray the true spirit of samurai i.e. the master and underlines...because Amago Shinnosuke (Akira's character) was portrayed as a lone ranger instead of heir of a Clan...
In KissAsian for example, they put it before episode 1 of S1...they messed up with order...
And what i like the most about Top Knife is realistic character writing...the writer didn't make everyone else less-excellent just to make the main hero looks good....the medical cases featured in the drama however were the rare types...which makes it a bit unrealistic to occurred in just one particular hospital...but yeah it's good to learned something new anyway...