TimiZero

It's a good human drama, but I wish it was shorter instead of dedicating 2 or 3 episodes for side characters that in the end did not give much to the main plot. The pace is slow though (typical WOWOW drama pacing), so it might not everyone cup of tea.

look at the comment by @chillingindoors down there

I guess the most important part of the SP is the incident happened to Aya's mother, as it will carried over to the following season. If you have watched until that point, consider yourself have completed the SP.

BTW, have you watched S2 and movie?

If you go to the 2nd SP page above (the autumn one), there's user share the DDL link

Late bloomer drama. Thanks to the anime this drama got attention it deserved! I came back here after watching Gold Sunset and can't believe the same girl has grown up now. Time flies!

It could be the 2 parts of each special have been combined into 1. So the total still be 4 parts which equivalent to MDL and Trakt info.

Furthermore, the synopsis on Trakt, is simply copy pasted from MDL. You can clearly see the "mother has collapsed" is shown as synopsis of Special 2 on Trakt but it was the synopsis for January SP on MDL.

Which makes the Trakt info is unreliable after all. Why? Because the thumbnail of SP4 on Trakt is actually the image of the collapsed mother in hospital.

That's why I think it's actually 2 SPs with 2 parts each but for some reason the 2 parts were combined so in the end we have "2 videos" only.

Ah it's interesting that the person you mention has blocked me so I don't know what you're talking about at first. Stupid her I can see her comment without login and she just shared the version subbed by SARS, which exactly the version everyone watched many many years ago.

I remember back then the SP never labeled as autumn or winter, so now I can confirm both SP should be referring to the same thing. They were 2 episodes released by SARS which I assume for winter and autumn each.

EDIT: Ahh I wasn't blocked. Stupid me! When I clicked the notification, some comments were missing. That's how it is on MDL. I should have known that. LOL

This is an okay drama (production wise). You might enjoy it if you are a fan of Mone, but the drama was too FL centric that the side characters were just there to build the narrative. The way the writer wanted to relate everything to shogi was a bit useless to viewers who know nothing about it (like me). This style of writing reminds me of Paripi Komei and Buntman, which I think a bit forceful in making the connection, i.e. Paripi - 3 kingdoms (ironically staring Moka), Buntman - baseball. Furthermore the cases weren't that interesting and the comedy was not for me. Perhaps you would enjoy it more if you're fan of shogi.

Entertainment-wise better than S1. More suspense here. Some part of the writing was unfortunately a bit similar to S1 (READ: plot of convenience). But overall still an enjoyable series if both Season 1 and 2 are taken into consideration.

It's an okay drama but the swindling plots could've been done better with lesser "plot of convenience" writing.

This is the second drama ended abruptly after EVOL that I watched from DMM. They should at least make some sort of conclusion before the S2 hint/cliffhanger. This one here felt like they are too desperate to make viewers watch the second season and subscribe to their platform.

This drama is unique in the sense that while Nanao is the main lead, she is not the main character. The story mainly written from the POV of Hiwada with focus on support characters in each episode. I see Takano's character is more like a mascot or a theme that other characters have to deal with in this drama. It's not important if Takano is real or not.

However besides Takano, other characters are well written with believable and relatable dilemma faced by the people who work in a company. I personally think this is a well made WORK DRAMA despite the weird concept and at times the try hard comedies.

Everything is good but have to be patient with Oda's (a bit annoying) character during the first half.

In summary:
Sekigahara 1981 > Shogun 1980 > Shogun 2024

I made above comparison because both Sekigahara and Shogun have similar timeframe, i.e. post Hideyoshi death until Sekigahara Battle.

Will reading your "book" solves the currently suffering people in Gaza?
I bet you don't care because they are not Jews!

The following reply isn't for you specifically but for those who might read the comment section in future.

Cease fire first --> allow humanitarian aids --> allow medical supplies

Then you can talk all you want with Hamas.

Stop blaming Hamas like Israel is naive and innocent! Is not like we don't know Israel is exterminating Palestinian and use Hamas as (obviously) lame excuse.

Stop genocide!

Don't forget, stop chasing out Palestinian out of their home in West Bank. Stop illegal settlement too! Stop apprehend random Palestinian just because Israel decided they are dangerous. Stop calling people terrorist just because Israel one-sidedly think they are terrorist. Who will audit Israel decision?

Stop these idiocy and you probably won't see the rockets on your Iron Dome!

I think the good think about this drama is how they tried to create awareness about the teaching profession especially in Private School in Japan, which is in way not much different than the overly romanticized salaryman. I also appreciate how they conveyed positive message in every episodes and the overall "stress-free" vibe in the drama.

However, other than that, this was a bit bland in the plot/side plot writing. Some of the message was too preachy sounded, and few felt a bit imposing. The characters weren't interesting enough to follow through, and the pace kind of remind me of older western series like Gilmore Girls, Scrubs, etc. which might not be a bad thing for others but me. I rated this high simply because they tried to focus on non-formidable teachers unlike the typical school drama.

It's scary to see the number of "like" on his comment though. It tells us how much the hypocrite silent majority supporting Israel even after like 40000++ innocent people died in Gaza. What a sickening people!

"Hamas hides under hospitals and in civilian residential areas to get as many Palestinians killed as possible in order to make idiots point the finger at Israel."

And Israel had to bomb the whole civilian just to kill the few hiding Hamas so that Israel will be labeled as the bad guy as what Hamas want? Wow what a great logic man!

Not to mention the Geneva Convention.

At this point, Israel try to fool everyone as if they have no choice but to do what they did. And if they look like a bad guy it is because Hamas trapped them to look like a bad guy.

Yeah its easy to blame Hamas.

What Parents you're talking about? You think the Palestinian kids who died don't have parents? Are they less noble than the Jews?

EDIT: Just FYI Ismail and Israel (a.k.a. Yaaqub/Jacob) are Uncle - Nephew. Ismail and Ishaq/Isaac (which is the father of Yaaqub) are both sons of Abraham. The name, Israel is good but the country Israel is not.

In the context of this drama, Izmael is obviously referring to Israel. No question about it and SK probably wouldn't know the family relation between the two.

Thanks for this reply. I hope it will clear the accusation and slander. There is one more earlier comment further down (which is not deleted). Not sure if it's by the same person, but I hope random people who read this will keep this response in mind when arrive to that comment (if they're going to dig older comments).