Now finished. It's very difficult in series like this to bring off the ending as really no one (of the fans anyway) wants to see it end. For me the central part of Episode 10 turned into unconvincing "burlesque" and was the only weak spot in the series. But the final ending was lovely. This is the sort of series that's right up my street, like Nobuto wo produce. Quirky, good back story and every episode interesting, good chemistry between actors, not just a Kamenashi Kazuya show. However, he's really good and some episodes have real depth and feeling with which I empathise. Some difficult (parent-child) issues are brought up and his acting is convincing. My respect for him as an actor grows. I've only watched 1 dud show with Kamenashi in it, he seems good at picking the right ones for his character, not just humorous but with some depth. But Oomasa Aya also excels in a very difficult role to act convincingly. I also loved cute Tegoshi Yuya with his character's human insight, not to mention his cool fashion sense. Also Osugi Ren. But all the actors were good and together made the series enjoyable. Marks: 11/10. Will surely re-watch it.
Watched 6 episodes now (what happened to ep 4??) and the characters grow on you, nice eye candy too. Plots not up to much but I really like the comic touches. Would watch again.
Very pretty, amusing in a sardonic way. Nice fashion sense. But why do Japanese actors affect these bizarre pseudo auburn/brown/blonde hair colourings?
Weird, but it sort of comes together in the end, Ituka's metamorphosis into this geeky, gawky,seemingly clueless, nonentity is amazing. What happened, oh pretty, fizzy one? But the big turn-off for me was too much blood and violence. I was starting to like that Semi…and then he spoils it all, pulling a knife, ugh! 血みどろ gory!
Another Ituka Toma hit. He is an excellent, versatile actor, how he gets into the skin (literally and metaphorically) of all these weird characters constantly amazes me. Just watched Grasshopper too, an even stranger transformation. Even if you don't know what's going on half the time you're sort of hypnotically pulled in. Not just a pretty face but I'd like to see more where that's also in evidence too:) 「さいこう!やっぱりItukaは すごいね。