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Super Boring.

With such a grand cast and interesting plot line, you would want to see something awesome, but there were so many blah and boring scenes that made the whole drama boring. Even though it is from the producer of “shinhannin flag” “Anata no Ban desu”, this drama fell flat from the start. Even though these two dramas had mixed reviews because of the disappointing endings, they still had many thrilling interesting moments. This one you can say didn’t have any.

There wasn’t enough time to get invested in any character..
Liar game is a master piece because we had time to love or hate the characters and the games had tricks and logic behind. This was purely based on “luck” which made it simply boring. The reveal of mister x was also boring. Why this game existed was also pretty boring.

The ending which explained so many things, will only make you feel “huh?”, “okay, so what?” Moments.
There was one thing that is bothering me a lot was what the ending meant. It’s annoying because not much information was given about the ML and why he participated. He showed he did participate for a bigger reason but not much information was given to explain it. I thought he participated because he was made to take over debt of his senior, but in the last episode he said on the lines that the senior was a good guy and he used that good person for his purpose.






Spoiler
The luck all changed at the end because Ninomiya decided to end his life to be with Youko/ Haruka, and wished ML success. So the simple prayer of person won over the data.
Still, super boring.

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Disappointing

Yonekura Ryoko playing the cool successful lawyer sent out to solve the problems in schools due to unreasonable monster parents, this had so much potential but it failed.

The story started off interesting and the crazy monster parents introduced were interesting. Showed the true unreasonable parents. Then the story could have shown the solutions to match this. But it just showed how the grewt got shot lawyer was helpless, didn’t use any law but only listened to the parents and ran around like a teacher finding kids.

Law part is literally 10%. Just showed how a hot shot lawyer got involved in the new duty and because of sense of justice, she drops her everything and joins the team, even though the character was whining annoyingly throughout the drama.

The last few parts was messy emotionally and also story wise. It solved the issue so randomly and easily by just a speech, which was unrealistic although the drama steered clear of legal side to keep it realistic.

In my honest opinion, I was more annoyed with the way all the cases were concluded. It was a drama so could have given some realistic solution that would make the viewers feel refreshed but nope it failed terribly.

If you haven’t watched it, you’re not missing out. Rewatching 35 sai no Koukousei if you are picking this up for yonekura Ryoko would be a better way to spend time.

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Could be a win for you or a complete loss

Business drama with potential but this could either be a big hit for you or a complete loss.

For me it was loss.
1. They were trying so hard to make the FL look really beautiful and talented but failed. If one day suddenly such a Nakatani Miki walked in my office I would feel scared and creeped out the way she was all wide eyes and fake big smile ready to tackle challenges.
2. People just had amazing luck in the drama which made all the problems go away fast. I understand people get all tired and lose their spark if they are working in an environment where they do not feel stimulated but that’s how the whole company was and Haru was the fresh of breath air. She managed to piss the hell out of me with her enthusiasm and over the top solutions which just somehow luckily worked.
3. Solutions are nothing but full of justice and hoping suddenly people will remember their sense of justice and do the right thing that Haru thinks is right.
4. For a kid that young to be calling his mum by her name and being so well mannered, not needing his mum although he grew up in a completely different country and not knowing his dad. I felt really bad for the kid and kinda annoyed at the setting
5. You might feel satisfied after watching each episode the way things end, but there aren’t many scenes that develop interestingly like they did with Hanzawa Naoki.

There’s nothing new, the story doesn’t excite or inspire you like many Japanese business dramas do. I couldn’t help but internally shout “how dumb@ “you think company actually works like that” “do they think work is a joke?” In many scenes. The only good thing for me was the presence and face of ML.

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Well…messy

Starts off with, okay and interesting but quickly turns into Typical 泥沼 doronuma. Messy messy messy. Throughout the drama I wanted to see who I will feel bad for because it’s a competition between who is the most pitiable person who has done the most stupidest thing on the show.

Then scenes and dialogues were exaggerated to match the spice, things could have looked more serious and creepy but show runners had to ruin it by adding comical music to make the whole situation look funny. I couldn’t find the male lead good looking the way they presented.

The way things ended, I wonder why they made us watch all the nonsensical drama. If you want to watch something messy in terms of romance, and don’t mind the stupid twists and turns with loose ends you can surely check it out for laughs. If you don’t you’re not missing anything good. Just bunch of grown ups crossing lines and over reacting at every situation.

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Twists twists twists

Since the first episode, the plot becomes interesting because it’s not your regular story buildup. Somewhat refreshing. And since it’s somewhat new, it keeps you hooked on. Then every episode has a new reveal and twist.

If you are a mystery buff, there might come a chance you will say o, I think I know where this is going, or even get the culprit right, but there are many, “wait, I didn’t see that coming.”

What’s best is it is 5 episodes, there are no filler and extra story line. It sticks to the point and wraps up the story well, without extending the story line.

I love fujiki Naohito and kichise michiko but I don’t know why I didn’t feel much chemistry between them. Both played their part well and their acting made sense.

A must watch if you’re looking for mystery and story that has a lot of twists to enjoy, with a happy ending.

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Worth Watching and praise worthy

I’m surprised at the level of negative critics this drama is getting from viewers in general. Maybe the ones criticising it belong to a different genre watchers?

It explores the corruption on high places and how things work around. Can this be true? Maybe. But the emotions and reactions of people involved are real. It explores the human emotions when hit with corruption or is made part of it. What made this show worthy was definitely the fact that it wasn’t all dark. If one institute is corrupted, the other (newspaper and the management running) wasn’t corrupted by these. It’s just like Hanzawa Naoki effect, only less dramatic and more relatable + realistic. Enough to keep things going.

Episode 1 is just a buildup so naturally those who have only watched one episode will find it plain and boring. But if you genuinely pick this up out of hope that corruption can be fought off, you will find yourself getting invested in this drama more and more.

Also, don’t be over critical while watching this. This isn’t a documentary nor a fiction full of roller coaster ride. It is more directed towards the mature audience.

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Perfect short drama!

I need more! This is how I feel after watching this series. So yes it’s about revenge. Starts with main lead taking revenge but it has stories about real troubles of people.

Dark twists and plot which gets light because of the characters, their bizarre personalities and their nature of work. What’s good about this drama is the problems shown are real. The solutions are best possible ones. What makes it more real is it shows the flaws of personalities and solutions perfectly. It is a revenge drama for feel good but at the same time totally believable because it has the real depth.

I think this could have been longer. Even 10 episodes could have done great. Hopefully there will be more seasons.

It is definitely a highly recommended drama. Don’t watch it skeptically hoping it will be super light comedy, or expect it to be super heavy since it is mixture of mixture of both in the right amount without making it annoying.

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Inspirational business + sports drama

Japanese drama industry has done great job with business genre. They know what the viewers want. They want to watch dark horse, they want to see someone good winning after a lot of struggle and that’s what Roosevelt Game is also about.

Don’t compare it with Hanzawa Naoki and Rikuou. Hanzawa Naoki really burns the fire in you when you watch it because of the energy. Rikuou just inspire you and leave you teary after every episode. Roosevelt game might seem slightly less emotional but definitely has the right emotions. It’s short. That’s why maybe it was not able to do justice to the whole story. The cast is definitely glamorous and powerful that’s would have wanted to to see more of their screen time.

It has the baseball mixed in that’s why maybe they didn’t have enough time to show the business problems and deals in detail like Hanzawa Naoki. And unlike Rikuou, the business doesn’t revolve around the sport. It’s just how a offices in Japan are like, where there are teams in companies and leagues. This drama tried to depict how these two are separate part in a company are linked together and difficulties the players face as well as how the management side at times have no option but to not priorities the teams and players over business.

I loved the baseball part more than business part because the emotions were more high in baseball side but thanks to the grand cast playing the board of directors of the company managed to bring out the best in the short business time.

Again, don’t compare this with other business dramas, then you will be able to find its greatness.

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Hilarious!

Ok I’m in my thirties and I grew up in Japan and really not a fan of live actions because they can never come close to the greatness in manga but this, is hilarious!

Maybe because of my age the whole 80s theme was something I loved along with the music but acting is really good with great casting!

You might not want to watch it if you’re looking for something serious but this is hilarious. It is silly and over dramatic in a really good fun way! Even the crazy story line which is not practical, brings out really great flavour in this show! I enjoyed watching it and loved the casting. I’m so satisfied with the people they chose!

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Entertaining but…

Over all it is entertaining. I am giving lots of stars for the entertaining bit. So if you want something fast paced and can over look the issues in the story line then you will enjoy it a lot. There are definitely loop holes and moments that will make you laugh.

This was really entertaining from the beginning to 9th episode. Although it got slightly (only slightly) boring by the second half, but it was interesting enough for me to keep binging. Predictable? Definitely.

Everyone acted well except, I’m sorry but Sakurai Sho is not a great actor in my personal opinion. His “uso darou” made me say the same about his acting skills. Sonim was annoying in the last episode, with her acting.

The plot holes include how all the Oni got arrested even after shooting blindly (they had training for a while though). It was easy to spot those who were the spies or on the other team. From the middle, due to the conversation, it was also easy to figure out why Ao Oni was so obsessed with Musashi.

The last episode was the most disappointing. With all the entertainment to flat boring end. They should have revealed the Oni slowly and I wouldn’t have minded in every episode, but immediate reveal after slowly revealing every episode made it boring.

You might have found it boring that Oni were not that terrible and had no intention to kill or hurt anyone physically. I’m fine with it. Their training was mainly to reveal the wrong doings and that was a good fun part, the reveal. But that reveal also got slowly boring because they started focusing too much on the only one event.

The drift between Oni team was predictable but it was what dragged the story and made it annoying. The hunt for Emily was also extra unwanted uninvited stress compared to the reveal.

Oni team didn’t want to kill or hurt the extra people because they themselves had lost too much and too many people. So police shooting and hurting Oni made it look like police were the wrong ones. I think this soft side of the Oni made people lose interest in the show easily. The adrenaline rush of seriousness of the situation they created by bloodshed in episode 1 was lost. But then again these Oni were normal people who just lost loved ones due to people working at that Hospital or because of that Hospital.



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I was disappointed at my own self when I realised “she” was not part of the gang though I was so sure she was but surprise surprise! She had her hand in it in a way. We won’t know how but maybe they left it open for possibility of at least a movie, if not season 2. Not having another season is completely okay. The entertainment that we got from watching this is enough for one season. Season 2 would be boring if they don’t do something amazing to get the viewers hooked. Not many will pick the season 2, unless they are die hard Sakurai Sho Fans.

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