lol BOGCHI beat me to it but that's ok, because this movie is that awesome.

i would like to really simply only add my own little flair and analysis and thoughts to the pool of ideas BOGCHI set forth.

The story touches on so many ideas that many moviegoers and just drama junkies like myself always like seeing writers answer. What can you do, what would you do, if you find the person you were meant to be with? What would you do to save them? What sort of connections can you make between the two protagonists, something not done before?

I'll admit it right here right now, and it's a pretty well known fact if you just go through my reviews and look at what i tend to rate really highly. I'm a huge junkie for time slip-esque dramas. I adored Boku no Kanojo Wa Cyborg, Proposal Daisakusen is my #1 drama, Mop Girl was a gem to me, if there's a time slip, I'M THERE. People being given the chance to go back and froth through time, and seeing what they make of it, that is the sort of story i gobble up, because it is analysis fodder, it is the kind of thing i SALIVATE, yes i said it, i SALIVATE, at the thought of watching and analyzing. Sure i like the sappy romance, but only to a point, because unless there is something deep, i really find it hard to truly cherish such a story and drama/movie.

and let me tell you, Il Mare does not disappoint. Not in the least. There is analysis galore to be had in this movie. It made me ponder, think, look at things, and when it dawned on me, i was awestruck and amazed. And i hope you will be too.

yes i gave it 10's all around, it's that darn good.
Cha Tae Hyun is oh so good. This is a heartfelt story that is oh so wonderful to watch. I will repeat words i've said oh so very often, but when you like things as much as i do, they tend to have things that are in common.

and so i will say you ride the ebbs and flows, you feel touched and a very involved spectator watching the growth of the relationship between these 2 cute characters. this is just so wonderful, it sends chills through my bones when i just think about the movie much less watch it, which i have done many many times, that's how good it is and how much i like it. as i have said before, one of the defining chracteristics of something is how many times can you watch it and still have chills sent through your spine as you watch, after weeks and months even years, how well do oyu still remember it, and how well does it still affect you. i have my answer with this movie, and that answer is, still, hauntingly, to this very day.

Ok, this is from the brilliant mind that brought you My sassy Girl. this screams My Sassy Girl so much xD, albeit it's not explicitly a prequel. It give syou a "slight" sense of ccompletion by kinda giving the nameless girl a name. I've had several tell me they like this movie better than My Sassy Girl. while i don't necessarily agree with them on that, i'm not going to disagree and can see why they would think that way.

Jun Ji Hyun puts up a nice performance. She's no sassy girl, but still a good one nonetheless

(also yes i know i've recommended every one of the dramas i've reviewed, but honestly, i'm just that optimistic about dramas that i tend to want to recommend every single one i watch, unless i really viewed it as crap, which i rarely do :D)

watch it, it's the perfect after my Sassy Girl Movie to watch

I'm going to be honest. If you've seen Witch Yoo Hee, or any version of Hana Yori Dango, you've heard of this plot before. In fact, it's the very plot that the endless love series, you know, the 4 seasons dramas, made so popular and famous. So why should you watch this? well that's a question you're going to have to answer yourself. Personally, i'm madly in love with Jeong Ryeo Won, and am a big fan of Kim Rae Won from My Little Bride and Love Story in Harvard fame. So that was one thing going for me. And i'm also a sucker for romances, so shoot me for watching this if you wish :P.

all in all, if you are looking for a fresh new storyline that sweeps you off your feet, something you've never heard of before or thought of, this isn't it.

Irregardless, i'd still highly recommend it, but that might be my fanaticism seeping through.

k first off, i recommend you listen to Kizuna by Hi Fi Camp, amazingly epic song.
that takes care of and explains my music score. admittedly that's really the only noteworthy song, but man does it rock.

second, i

yes i'm getting stingier with my ratings :P

my lovely kim sam soon, just don't call her that, she doesn't like it.
honestly i saw this awhile ago, why i never wrote a review for it, i don't know.
but from what i do recall, this was a very good drama. unfortunately this was near the tail end of my huge summer of drama watching, so by then i had already seen such plots come and go, so i remember thinking, it's another of these plots.

however there's one thing about that, i like those kinds of plots :)

so yes i don't have much to say about it, but if you were to ask me whether to watch this or not, resounding yes

that and jung ryeo won is ADORKABLY LOVEABLE

i'm going to break the trend and be outwardly positive about this drama
because that's just the kind of drama reviewer i am =D
because if i can write a positive reivew about Cupid Na Itazura(which was quite good if you ask me =D, and feel free to read my reivew on it :D), i can most certainly can write one about Densha Otoko.

ok so the story could have been so much awesomer, so the actors/actresses weren't that great at their parts and could have made this a bit more believeable. i have one thing i must say.

if i were to make a list of my top favorite dramas (i actually made a video =D), densha otoko would be up there.

now aznanimedude you're crazy!!!! maybe i am, but that doesn't change this one fact. irregardless of how farfetch'd the plot may be, (i mean, an otaku and a very pretty lady together?), one line stands out above all the rest in this drama. As he sits there, trying to give her a thank you call, he realizes the enormity of his situation, and shaking out of nervousness and shame, cannot dial. In despair he crys out, "i want to change". And most certainly change he did. By being given a goal, he works hard at it. There is something to be said about that kind of determination and drive.

which is why while it will not garner the most immediate praise from people, i still find this to be an incredible drama.

that, and the fact that the music is amazing, the songs were truly touching, well played, well placed, good stuff

this is how romantic comedies should be quite honestly. America tried to remake it, it kinda flopped as it didn't have the elements that made this quite a classic. The psychotic but oh so lovable female lead, the meek but strong male lead who put up with her. Any other pairing would have not lasted, but these two managed to complement and not give into each other enough that they were the perfect match. And the way the story draws out ebbs, flows,and finally concludes is memorable and leaves you with a good feeling in your stomach :)

ohhhh i'm going to get so much heat for not giving this a 10 all around, and i suppose under different circumstances i would, but in my head i keep comparing it to dramas i personally consider amazingly perfect and sadly i cannot find it in my heart to give such scores to this drama, but do not feel that i have slighted it, for on the contrary i liked it quite a bit

Byakuyakou
a romance, a love that bonded 2 characters deeper than many i've seen. But not a happy love story, filled with fuzzy warm feelings, romantic escapades and cute little offerings to each other. No, it's a love that is tested, a love so strong with the urge to protect, a love that causes the two to do whatever, to ensure the safety and what they presume was the happiness of the other. As they said it themselves, the other's happiness is their own personal indulgence.

If you've heard of this drama, you no doubt already know the basic storyline. For the sake o those who haven't heard, here's a short but hopefully spoilerless synopsis.

We have a boy, kirihara ryouji, and of course a girl, yukiho. The boy sees the girl just distantly staring of and wonders what's wrong. Later on we find out what's wrong. The child was sold by her mother coincidentally to his father and he was engaging in child pornography, witnessed by a peeping boy, none other than ryouji. Now he actually likes tihs girl, and so in a fit of emotion, he takes some scissors he had with him and stabs his father. The girl covers for him, and sets it up so that she frames her mother (the one who sold her to his father) and ends up gassing her and the mother dies. With this, she decides to leave, and they are to pretend to not know each other, in hopes of waiting out the statute of limitations, and in her words, being able to walk under the sun like an old couple, together, and free from the fear of being caught for their crimes.

It's an amazing, AMAZING, story, and a romance, albeit not one of the happier lighter ones. It's a bit o nthe heavy side, so for some it might be hard to plow through the episodes, but it's worth the effort to watch through as you see the web unfold, the character links spread, and the plot thicken more and more.

There is only one real insert song, and it quite mirrors the plot, in that it starts off somewhat nice, but then just begins to thicken and become more and more, until it hits the chourous and it starts belting out. It was a nice song once i got used to it.

I really enjoyed it, the music, the wonderful story, one of the best i'd watched in awhile, and having haruka ayase was love (i