This is just about the everyday life of two not so young ladies living in the same apartment complex. And it‘s…
BTW: the song they are singing at the beginning of ep3 was a popular song by Saori Yuki who appears in a support role. I have two of her early albums on vinyl record. Highly recommended!
32 episodes of 15 minutes, it's the usual format for NHK's "YoruDora", the evening drama, which is always a sweet…
I came here for the cast: Renbutsu Misako (Sayonara Anata), Doi Shiori (Tora ni Tsubasa), Wago Yui (Percent) and ended up watching VR Ojisan, which was unexpectedly amazing. As a big fan of Asadoras I never knew about Yorudoras. Thanks for the recommendation.
Currently rewatching. At first glance she seems to be an air-head, but in reality she‘s quite smart, even more than she‘s aware of. That‘s what made this one of my favorite dramas.
Episode 8 painfully reminded me of the Kyo-Ani incident in 2019. Do a search on Shinji Aoba if you don‘t know about it. I‘ve donated 250 EUR to the victims and the bereaved back then. And that did not make me feel better.
Once again an asadora about some random girl from some random prefecture doing random things. Truly horrible synopsis, reminds me of Welkame. But the screenwriter did Kansatsui Asagao, one of the finest human dramas out there, so there's still hope.
I never could force myself to start watching an endless Taiga. An Asadora based on the protagonist might have been the better choice, but nowadays I wonder how much would we be able to watch actual facts and how much it would be just fiction?
Amazingly awesome. I recall to have watched another CODA theme show earlier... The main actor did a very convincing job and Ai Hashimoto, having matured, astonished me for the first time since her appearance in Amachan.
Week 17: a formerly invisible character appears Week 17: I‘ve already began rewatching from the very beginning.
With now 20+ years of Jdorama experience, this asadora tops it all. No filler week as in other asadoras, not even a single filler episode. Not about some random girl in some random prefecture doing random things. Each episode leaves me with tears of joy, except from the painful ones, of course.
For me it even surpasses the masterpiece Otoko wa tsurai yo, 50 movies about my hero named Tora-san (see the similarity?) which I‘ve rewatched several times.
Don‘t just think of this to be about feminism. Yes is is, and it has to be, but also it‘s a universal story about underdogs. Go and watch some random Kdrama if you are interested in how the FL and the ML get together.
I recall how excited I was when I‘ve read that there will be an asadora starring Sairi Ito. But I could never imagine how amazingly it would turn out.
Just watched the first 3 episodes. Somehow the plot reminds me of some random K-Drama: Rich family, poor family, a heiress, greed, jealousy. People get hurt, people trying to take advantage of each others, people get killed. Evil people acting evil, good people acting evil just because the circumstances are forcing them to do so.
Old-fashioned. A tear-jerker for sure. But much more haunting compared to most of the contemporary J-Doramas nowadays. Go for it if the current season just features mediocre shows!
Unfortunately only 15 out of 28 episodes got subbed. Nevertheless: It is definitely worth the watch!
I think this was amazing. I was expecting the plot to be "the wheelchair person arrives and everything turns out to be "happy-go-lucky"
But it was exactly the opposite. The uneasiness of the protagonists interacting with each other left the viewer in an uneasy state as well. The drama did not try to offer a solution, it did not try to teach nor to preach. Very well done!
A comment on the dog's name, which is most likely confusing: "Mikhail Alt Oppenheimer Zon": Well, you know that the Japanese have a knack for Germany... And this is how it goes:
Mikhail is the Russian variant of the name Michael. Which, in terms of pronunciation, sounds more like the German version than the English or American version. “Alt” is the German word for “old”, Oppenheimer is a German name that just recently was made popular by a movie. “Zon” remains the mystery...
Well, that's the challenge with subtitling... "Sohn" is what makes the most sense. "Sohn" is the German word for “son”.
“Alt-Oppenheimer” (with paranthessis in German) could mean the great old man named Oppenheimer.
Some insider information from Germany: In the last century, it was common for “Sohn” to be added to the name of a small business when the son took over the business from his aging father.
"Willy Wonka Sohn" could have been the name of a small chocolate factory after the founder handed over the business to his son.
So, the dog is called "Mikhail Alt-Oppenheimer Sohn" for emphasizing that he's the successor of his famous dad.
BTW: This is a actualla drama with a high rewatch value!
I'm quite sure that in the remaining weeks we will see more about the aftermath of the case which came to an end in this week.
Week 17: I‘ve already began rewatching from the very beginning.
With now 20+ years of Jdorama experience, this asadora tops it all. No filler week as in other asadoras, not even a single filler episode. Not about some random girl in some random prefecture doing random things. Each episode leaves me with tears of joy, except from the painful ones, of course.
For me it even surpasses the masterpiece Otoko wa tsurai yo, 50 movies about my hero named Tora-san (see the similarity?) which I‘ve rewatched several times.
Don‘t just think of this to be about feminism. Yes is is, and it has to be, but also it‘s a universal story about underdogs. Go and watch some random Kdrama if you are interested in how the FL and the ML get together.
I recall how excited I was when I‘ve read that there will be an asadora starring Sairi Ito. But I could never imagine how amazingly it would turn out.
Old-fashioned. A tear-jerker for sure. But much more haunting compared to most of the contemporary J-Doramas nowadays. Go for it if the current season just features mediocre shows!
Unfortunately only 15 out of 28 episodes got subbed. Nevertheless: It is definitely worth the watch!
But it was exactly the opposite. The uneasiness of the protagonists interacting with each other left the viewer in an uneasy state as well. The drama did not try to offer a solution, it did not try to teach nor to preach. Very well done!
Mikhail is the Russian variant of the name Michael. Which, in terms of pronunciation, sounds more like the German version than the English or American version. “Alt” is the German word for “old”, Oppenheimer is a German name that just recently was made popular by a movie. “Zon” remains the mystery...
Well, that's the challenge with subtitling... "Sohn" is what makes the most sense. "Sohn" is the German word for “son”.
“Alt-Oppenheimer” (with paranthessis in German) could mean the great old man named Oppenheimer.
Some insider information from Germany: In the last century, it was common for “Sohn” to be added to the name of a small business when the son took over the business from his aging father.
"Willy Wonka Sohn" could have been the name of a small chocolate factory after the founder handed over the business to his son.
So, the dog is called "Mikhail Alt-Oppenheimer Sohn" for emphasizing that he's the successor of his famous dad.
BTW: This is a actualla drama with a high rewatch value!