TimiZero

He was born in 1980. Usually I would expect historical novel was written by someone older. At least born before WW2.

Not drama related, but my personal opinion about Japanese people with no offence intended:
I think they really need to revise their understanding on the concept of God (and so the understanding of religion).

Japanese is the only community that uniquely born as Buddhist, live as Shinto, pray at random Shrine (of any religions), leisurely upgrade any random human/animal/object to God, married in Christian ceremony in Churches, celebrating Christmas eve with their lovers, but ending their lives as Buddhist (again).

I know I'm telling the "stereotype", but I pray that one day more and more Japanese would fully understand the true meaning of God.

Thanks a lot for subbing! Otherwise I would not aware the existence of this drama...LoL
As a first project, you did very well IMO. Keep up the good work. Hopefully we will see more projects from you in the future.

LOL please don't get me wrong but this one was just another tayousei crap disguised as a ninja show. It's watchable with a bit of Baby Assassin's vibe, although some of the fight scenes could've been done better. Not suitable for those who're looking for authentic period drama though.

Further things about this drama
1. Senka is confusing being an Oiran with being an Okami. Her character that likes to interfere with people business was not a stereotype of an Oiran.
2. I know Edo people especially businessman/merchant would use the term "Danna", but it's still kind of weird for an Oiran which usually "do business" with VIP, like the higher up samurai to use this term on every person she meets in the modern days. She sounded and felt like a "Random Okami" of shopping district in Edo.
3. Senka in this drama did not have the "elegant-ness" and "class-ness" of an Oiran. I mean it did not feel believable that she was adored by many men in Edo period with her mannerism portrayed in this drama.
4. As such, the reasons for Kuraji and Torii to fell for her also felt a bit forced. The drama did not prepare a good reasons for these 2 men to really fall for Senka.
5. All of sudden Kuraji fell in love with Senka on Episode 2 without a strong indication. And the boring "A loves B, but B loves C" started.
6. The drama did not explore the fact that women who lives in Yoshiwara (Oiran included) were basically couldn't go out of that red light district until they were redeemed out by someone. In other words, they were not the adventurous type and mostly introvert.

I think they did not get the direction "right" for this drama. They wanted to retain the manga-esque of the Senka character, but at the same time they wanted to also make the character have real emotion which in my opinion quite conflicting to watch. Imagine they had to show Senka holding empty smoking pipe without the smoke! Not to mention how ridiculously unrealistic it was to keep the hair 24/7 for 3 months. It would be a different story should they go full blast with over-the-top comedy, and make Senka as side-kick (that is semi-real) instead of main character with this kind of setup.

After all, the main romance plot wasn't that interesting either. Yes, I don't like romance genre, but I usually don't mind a "done right" romance comedy. I don't see anything wrong with the love rectangle (in fact it is expected from any romance drama), but in my opinion this drama did not get the initial setup for the romance right during earlier few episodes, and therefore it felt less impactful and boring throughout the series.

Thanks to TapiruK though for fansubbing (and making additional translation notes) for this drama.

This is surprisingly good. Even within short 2 hour duration, the story was well conveyed and easy to follow.

Please put this under spoiler.

Feel bad for how Singapore was portrayed in the drama though. They must have forgotten that Singapore is just a small island that could only cater for an F1 race. Therefore it's out of question the girl in one of the backstories couldn't get to the hospital in time. There's no such thing as "remote area" in Singapore...LoL. Not to mention Singapore is geographically blocked from natural disasters such as typhoon, tsunami, and earthquake.

This one was cute as long as you don't expect too much from its medical premise. The main focus was on the characters and the mystery. I don't like how it did not care on showing the small details (which somehow remind me the style of Kdrama), but overall still an entertaining watch (luckily without the fillers and drags due to its short duration).

It's not porn. More of "ecchi" manga. Something like American Pie, Scary Movie, and the like. Mostly naughty situation but no more than that.

This is actually super funny. It was like mini Mukbang with lite ASMR. No wonder it gets many seasons and movies. Too bad there's no Jp caption that can be later translated to English.

I have no issue with this drama. I think the pace was okay, not as slow as let say WOWOW dramas. The color grading was bright and shinny, despite the dark theme. Matsuyama played a character what he is best for. Suzu also did well with her "Ojouchan" character.

The writing was good, in fact was much deeper than expected. The plot has a very very minimal plothole, and most of questions were well explained in the end.

However, I also agree that this drama lacked some kind of "wow" elements. So it did not leave a powerful impact once it ends, which would have been super amazing if it did. Well at least this one was 1000 times better than any random "super fancy scary thrilling mystery" drama with disappointing and not making sense revelation.

Wow this one is just amazing. 9/10. It's subtle yet the message and emotion delivered right to you.

Sorry for replying on old comment but if you're still unsure (and for anyone who might be interested) I will give the pros and cons according to my watching experience. The synopsis basically has described what this drama is about (well although not so accurate).

Pros:
1. Only 24 episodes 45 minutes each
2. Great visual with realism feel (I won't say authentic as no one ever been to 3rd century)
3. The costumes feel believable unlike the slim-fit cutting we often see in many C-historical
4. Male characters come with facial hair instead of suave look and flawless skin
5. Containing some actions; war and fighting

Cons:
1. Hard to recognize the face of characters and remember the names in the beginning,
2. Some names being called without actually having their characters on screen (basic knowledge of Three Kingdom Generals might be helpful but one can just ignore)
3. Many dialogues. Important clues usually given in the conversation that's easy to miss
4. Plotholes and logical problem
5. Less female population in the drama

What a letdown. 2/3 of the drama was decent (although with obvious plotholes) but the last third was simply MEH. The writer wanted to make the plot look smart but he forgot the thing called LOGIC. His politic writing was so-so as well. Not sure how close this is with the source material, but Ma Bo Yong is just a Gen-X (that he doesn't understand logic living in the past) so I'm not surprise if the novel wasn't much different than the drama.

Overall 7/10 according to my rating system. If not because of the effort they put for visual, cinematography, lighting, and the costume that gives realism, I would rate this lower.

This drama is totally a work of art, where everything is up to the audience to interpret. You will get very little detail about the crime, the motives and the MO. But it gives you many symbolism/metaphor along the way in the form of visual clues and dialogues. It's just that these symbolism also depend on further interpretation.

I totally agree with others opinion (in here and at D-addicts) that The Man himself is a metaphor of disaster. Interestingly, we wouldn't know who will be the victim, but we able to see the sign when disaster is approaching. When The Man hold his breath and pauses his conversation, that's when it will happen.

In the end of the day nothing is revealed and solved like the usual mystery/suspense/crime/police/investigation dramas. The life continues. The police carry on their duty. The criminals carry on their crime. The victims just wait for their turn to get caught in coincident or disaster.

This one is amazing but hard to write anything about it without giving out spoiler. If you like art and symbolism, as well as dark theme, you may want to give this a try.

This one was not so bad. Watching this in 2025, brings back those old Jdrama feels and vibes. However it did lose the momentum in the middle. Should it maintained the first few episodes pacing, the drama could have been amazing. But overall it's a fun watch thanks to the adult supporting characters that do all the comedy parts.

Loved this one. The plot is nothing new but the style of combining hip hop with human drama kind of like musical, is actually fresh. Although hip hop isn't my favorite genre of music, I didn't find it interrupting my enjoyment. There were actions and some funny moments too.