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Yup, definitely. You might be biased towards Arata but it looks like having a good plot and nice cast indeed

What turned me off from 35-sai Koukousei is the execution and obviously, the script. The production team looked like having no idea how to use some good young actors and actresses in the cast list. The script tries too hard to move the audience while it is clear that it isn't get there.

Anyway, Yuusha series and Amachan are fantastic, you gotta try that, while Hard Nut's early episodes are good but the rests are barely passable. The ending is just...ugh..how come they end up the entire series that way??

Gathnya pindah tempat, ke foodcourt IP. Gw sih bakal nyusul ke sono jam 6-an abisnya ada kerjaan. Mulainya jadi jam 4 sore

Hahaha, Joe is simply fantastic in it, his comedic timing is top notch. Mikazuki is somewhat underused, but in the sequel she gets more screen time and proves that she is a perfect partner-in-crime for Kiriyama. However, my favorite characters are Kumamoto-senpai, Matarai, and Juumonji, they are crazy indeed with their antics. Really surprised to see young Yoshitaka Yuriko in episode 6 (as a daughter of the perpetrator), she hasn't changed any after 7 years!

And I guess we have another thing in common, I also dislike 35-sai Koukousei

Hi there!
I see you've watched Jikou Keisatsu too, it's my one of favorite dramas! What's your thought about it?

The JJJ terrorist cracks me up :D
What an easter egg (if you know what I mean!)

Amachan is actually quite famous in d-addicts, but almost unheard of in MDL

Sis, ini udah ada kapan dan di mana gath JDFB Bandung

http://www.kaskus.co.id/show_post/52ce250ff9ca17601a8b45b5/6285/-

jangan lupa ajak teman2 dari kampus gajah dan temen yang demen dorama/jmovie yah :D

It is actually an adaptation of a Western movie, CMIIW

Lost Days looks like having an ensemble of good young cast but I'm afraid the story will turn half-baked. Gonna give it a shot, though. Others I look forward to are Hanasaki Ashita, Ashio Kara Kita Onna, Giga Tokyo Toy Box

Nice list, CheerfulSoul! However I'd show you my underrated list (sorry it's all Japanese, didn't watch any Korean dramas lately):
Mahoro, Pan no Soup Neko Biyori, Kogure Shanshikan, Kodoku no Gurume 2 and 3, plus two SPs namely Tokeiya no Musume and Radio. It was relatively lean year for Jdramas, though

Already did! Finally Yui could go to Tokyo!!

It's obviously too late, but wish you a prosperous Happy New Year

I actually rated Henshin Interviewer below Atami, the case itself is not as mind blowing as Atami, but still a decent watch. Anyway, you watch a lot of dramas last season, which one is your favorite?

Downloaded them from d-addicts

Yup, it is painful indeed if it ends like that. I think the town in Atami no Sousakan is Hades itself, I realized it when the main character (played by Odagiri) goes to a cemetery and says that he only smoke once a year. It reminds me that Japanese lit incense annually at graves of their loved ones. Moreover in Atami, in the very end, the main character, one of the girls who was at the bus, and the bus driver who was supposed to be killed in earlier episode board a bus to god-knows-where-it-is. I presume they go from Hades to either being alive again or afterlife, whilst in Henshin Interviewer Gebiyama departs life for Hades. I guess there will be another Miki Satoshi's serial who will be closely related to those two, perhaps it tells an allegory from afterlife to Hades/life?

Yup, that last scene! I think it is a revelation that somehow Gebiyama is being killed at the end by some folks in the town, that why it is Aonuma Kiryu who is seen at the last scene. Perhaps Gebiyama sees what is not in reality. It is also seen that Gebiyama boards a bus to "Tokuyo" or Hades in Japanese. Just a guess though, maybe someone will give an insight of that sequence.

This drama reminds me a lot of Atami no Sousakan, too many resemblance. In example, in Atami there also a mysterious character named "Mr 2" (2 is an omen of misfortune in Japan, as well as 4) while in Henshin, Mou Hitori (One More Person) serves as its conterpart. Perhaps Henshin's ending is related to Atami's, both relates themselves with matters of afterlife and surrealism

Hey, you've just finished watching Henshin Interviewer, what's your thought about it?

Happy new year, Joe. Thanks for all the reviews and efforts you had done in 2013

Some says that there is an uncut version of the movie. Anyone knows where it is uploaded or shown? Any efforts will be appreciated