The story of a man and a woman
a perfectionist who demands no less and accepts no mistakes. A girl afraid of perfection, who wishes only to enjoy her music to the fullest. Together the complement each other, chang begin a change, both as individuals, and as a couple.

I think that about sums up this drama pretty well so now let's get into details on other matters.

I have basically just streamlined the drama in my first paragraph so i will now focus on the acting. It was pretty good, at times i personally wasn't excited about it, but it was good enough that it didn't bother me too much.

The music, it's based on classical pieces. having grown up with years of orchestra and classical music surrounding me, i absolutely adored hearing these pieces, and enjoying the performances of said pieces. It's definately something that someone who initially didn't like classical will love this drama or hate it, love it and discover the wonders of classical, or hate it along with their similar dislike for the "older" musics.

as such i very much enjoyed it, i actually at one point had it as #8 or 9 on my list of top 10 dramas i've evr watched. the list has changed over time, but it's relative rank among my favorites is still pretty high.

a nice little gem of a drama

oh full house. the object of so many's affection when it come sto korean dramas. when you think of good korean dramas, this is one that often comes to mind. it was well done, but at some point, you will watch other dramas and realize they have plot elements much similar to this.

Story: alrighty. the story? simple. girl and guy, they get off to a rocky start, and the girl definately has a great set of friends. but anyway, girl and guy get off to rocky start, don't exactly like each other. but oh they have to pretend to be married with all plans to eventually divorce. but of course, oh yet again, when people in dramas either don't like each other, hate each other, or pretend to be in any sort of relationship, they fall in love. happens all the time. this is no different. doesn't make it any less cute for the romantics :). so if that's yer thing, this is definately for you.

Acting: rain and song hye kyo are both hot (rain in a non homo way of course :3). and they both did really good jobs acting. i was pleasantly surprised at their caliber of acting.

Music: alright i liked the song xD. every episode ended with it tho, but that's ok cuz i liked the song xD

Satisfaction: what can i say? i'm a sucker for these things, so i liked it. it's a romantic drama for teh romantic lovers. if you like it, you really like it. if you don't like romances, you'll like it anyway =D, cuz it still has its share of laughs

I suppose i'll jump right into the review

Story: you definately will enjoy teh story. it's a mystery based drama, so you'll be on the edge of your seat and trying to notice things like the lil kiddie detectives, and should enjoy when the pieces to the mystery fall into place, and the solution is unraveled. i definately enjoyed it.

acting: ok first off megu is too adorable D:. showing up in a maid outfit to start off was cruel and unfair D:. besides that, the acting was nice, well done, and i liked it alot. 1 litre fans? aya's dad is the lead detective, who woulda thunk it. nice acting pretty much

music: i liked the op and endings. i normally skip over them when i watch, but i listened to them each time xD, i liked the songs so yeah.

satisfaction: i thoroughly enjoyed this series. it was not hard at all for me to go through, and i kinda wished there were more episodes, this seems like it deserves a few more episodes to draw out the story a bit more. the flow was nice, character connections, hidden connections, hidden pasts, revelations. it was nice the way they brought in new information to twist things slowly unravelling until the entire plot is revealed by the end with a decent conclusion to the story.

azn recommends it, enjoy ;D

yes the title is weird. but this is quite the drama.

essentially we have this. akihabara, as you all know, is a center for commerce and a famous gathering of teh otaku. this story, as explained in the kinda opening, is about 6 such otakus, who band together under the instruction of a common online mentor named YUI, to form a troubleshooting company that seeks to solve the problems in akuhabara upon request.

Story: well, there is one, it has necessary character links, as the characters are all connected in some way, and there are also past links that are revealed as the story goes on. it's not a bad one, albeit not exactly the strongest or best story, it's a decent nice one nonetheless

Acting: interesting, as i hadn't personally seen any of these actors/actresses before. but they did a pretty good job. the character for page was definately entertaining, as he has to pretend to have a speech impedimenet that causes him to endlessly stutter, which he manages to do to comical effect. actually i take that back, i recognize one person, but she was a minor role here, and was one of the 2ch members in densha otoko. that's the only one i recognized. but i'll be watching these actors/actresses cuz the were pretty good.

Music: there was some, it didn't really impact me that much, so not much to say here.

Satusfaction: ok, i really liked this drama. it was supposedly to be told akiba style, and it has it's weird moments, but it's quite good. it's not a high class drama with big name actors, it's kinda a b-drama, under the radar, but that doesn't take that much away from the fact it's still a pretty good drama that i enjoyed :).

alright since i just finished this drama
a drama review hot off the press, per se


kitagawa keiko...she makes me think of kago ai from hello!project
and what's his name from a buncha dramas i've watched recently, i swear he's been in like the last 3 dramas i've seen, which is kinda scary xD


but here we go


we have a interesting opening scene of a woman saving a girl. her dying words are something to this effect. "i give you the power to see a possible future".

that girl turns out to be one hasegawa momoko, a naive girl with the inability to not help people aorund her, what a nice one. well, after a mistake from her, she is relocated to another division of her company, which turns out to be the funeral division. on her first case she sees her old grade school teacher and is stricken with wonder. as she is cleaning up and gathering his effects, she touches one of his items and hears a ringing in her ears. this is also repeated in later episodes and triggers her to go back in time with the chance that knowing how and where they died, she can go and save the person. and therein we get to the heart of the story. a girl is given the power to go back in time and save the lives of people and find out the truths behind their deaths, for often the deaths are not exactly as they are reported about. often the ulterior motives and underlying things are revealed with a second passthrough of events. there are also links between characters that are later discovered and we discover more and more about the characters as the story goes on.

all in all it's a pretty nice drama, and i saw cameos by several actors and acresses i recognized as i went through this drama.

musically i was surprised to hear sawajiri erika. my oh my has she gone far from her 1 litre of tears fame, catapaulting her from acting in a drama, to singing the OP of a drama. how nice.



all in all, it's an ok drama, i wouldn't highly recommend it, but i wouldn't bash it and say it's crappy. it could have been improved and been much better, but all things considered not a bad watch.

whew i remember i watched this once upon a time. initially i watched it, forgot about it, then a year later remembered but by then it was impossible to find. found it eventually tho finished it, and i suppose now i should review xD.

it follows a very VERY popular drama sequence. simply put: girl and guy don't know each other, some incident brings them together btu they don't really like each other. one side is forced into a situation and asks for the assistance of the other party, and so she agrees to pretend to be something. and as many of oyu who watch dramas know, when you have 2 people hwo don't like each other, or even 2 people who pretend to do anything related to the other person, of course those 2 fall in love, madly in love, desperately in love. it's oft done, but it gets people everytime, including me xD, i'm just too much of a sucker XD.

Plot: i essentially outlined the plot. it's oft done, but oh so popular. i've seen alot of dramas that follow this trend, but that's ok because the actors were cute enough to make up for it.

Acting; oh dearg i love that lady. she is pretty, funny, and acts pretty well for her part. she definately made the drama more than it could've been otherwise. the acting overall was pretty good, but she stood out to me.

Music: DAH DAH DAH DAH, lulz i liked the songs, they were trademark "dramatic" music to play during the "SCENES" that defined the show :). you'll like it don't worry

Satisfaction: i admit i wasn't AS big on this drama watching it although i did like it, but i enjoyed it massively for the ending. the ending knowcked me off my rocker because....well....you'd have to have seen some dramas to understand. think of it as kinda like an easter egg for delightful girl, much like densha movie had easter egg trailer for densha drama. good stuff

with that said, if you haven't watched delightful girl watching it after this is a PERFECT time to do it. (yes i just put in a plug for delightful girl in a my girl review
>: D)

well i finished this a lil bit ago but forgot to write one so here we go........

well first off, the first episode was hands down the BEST FIRST EPISODE, that i had seen in awhile. so i agree with the general consensus, this show started off with a bang. and like everyone else i agree, the ending didn't have quite the same "POP' that the beginning had. this by no means lessens the enjoyability of this drama, i liked this very much. but the ending by no means qualified in my mind for the beginning that this drama had.

plotwise, the elements were brilliant, 5 themes, each a important issue of life: love, liberation, solitude, contradition, agony. it brings to light issues and provides a glimpse into the reality of the issues it presents, you see things as they actually are, no sugar coating. despite it being a representation, it is not that far off from how things actually are, and for that it is commendable.

one comment on the complaints about the ending. apparently it was to be different, but due to the popularity of some of the scenes, the ending was changed around a bit. i think this was a mistake as many of oyu prolly think, because not only did it change their original intentions, it took away the ability to develop some things, and some things were DEFINATELY missed or not elaborated on.

and with such i go into the different elements of the drama

Plot: it was a good idea, but of course could be improved. could have been developed more, the ending seemed rushed, possibly due to what i mentioned before. by no means bad, just improvable

Acting: we had BIG names here. BIG BIG BIG names. 1 litre of tears male lead fame. Ueno Juri of Nodame Cantabile fame. come to think of it, there were ALOT of nodame cantabile people xD. we had big names here. Ueno Juri was JAWDROPPING. she played her part amazingly. a definate split from her ditzy aloof nodame character and for that i give her major propz.

Music: Utada Hikaru sings the opening. enough said. just kidding, there's more. i'm a sucker for orchestrations, and it didn't disappoint, i listen to the songs alot

Conclusion: i liked it, but it coulda been improved. alot of dramas coulda been improved. but it's not a bad drama, on the contrary i liked it alot. it delved into issues that aren't brought up alot, and thus was unique for doing that. the actors did good, but more development woulda been nice. conclusion? watch it, that's all.

well i promised myself after i finished it i'd write a review so here we go, sicne i jsut finished.

Gakko Ja Oshierarenai definately introduced me to some actors/actresses that in the future i shall be sure to keep an eye on because they caught my interest.

Basic Story, we have an all girls school, to increase it's prestige and image, and also its enrollment, they open their doors to boys after a long run as an all-girls school. At the start, only 5 boys end up enrolling, and boy are they excited. Any guy would, 500 cute asian scholgirls in their seifukus, they figure they've gotta have a chance with at least one girl among the 500 who are there. A new rule also happens to be implemented in which every student is required to join a club. Their homeroom teacher, figuring they wouldn't know enough about clubs or would know what to join, invited them to join a club she is starting up, along with 5 other girls. turns out this teacher has arranged the essentially 10 outcasts, the only 5 guys in the entire school, and 5 social outcasts with problems of their own. The club turns out to be a social dance club, and as such partners are picked after introducing themselves to the other members. Over the course of the drama, you find out why each character does not seem to fit in well. Albeit cliche, the development of the drama becoems somewaht expected and predictable.

The story, i kinda liked it, but it wasn't exactly as amazing as it could have been, it was a bit simplistic, but nevertheless feelgood and somewaht enjoyable.
The cast, i honeslty hadn't really heard of many people on the cast, but after seeing this, i wondered why i hadn't heard of them yet, especially Fukuda Kyoko. There wasn't really much musically to speak of, the emphasis was elsewhere.

don't be fooled by my scores for it either, i gave the music low scores only because i really didn't see much music to really get into, the story and acting were quite decent. tihs just isn't a standout drama for its season, but a nice watch regardless

Ok now this is a classic, and with a very inspiring plot that no one can resist. Onizuka Eikichi 22, single and looking, former fearsome gangster with a blackbelt, reformed and ready to become the best teacher in Japan. Only problem, his attitude is not the cookie cutter of a teacher, and he's not the sharpest crayon in the box. Nevertheless, his drive is unstoppable in his quest to provide tough love to his students. Those familiar with the story from the manga or the anime know, he definatel gets more than he bargains for. But of course, despite getting the so called "class from hell", by fate, Onizuka happens to be exactly what the doctor orders, someone who will not bend or fall beneath their acts, with a stubborness to not give up on them, he is the exact person to take these students, who have lost all faith in the system they full believe betrayed them, and teaches them his own life lessons.
Onizuka Eikichi, played by takeshi sorimachi, is brilliantly played, and teakeshi shows off his talent not only in acting, but providing his voice for quite a catchy song. Ok, he's not the best singer, with a nice voice, its kinda edgey, but it gets the job done, and the song is definately catchy. We have the beautiful Matsushima Nanako, who i would marry if not for the interesting fact that Takeshi met her on set, they started dating, and got married and had a kid, lucky dude :P.
This is definately a drama you could fall in love with, and will bring oyu tiny moments of joy as one by one onizuka slowly breaks down his students, as you see them slowly soften and finally respond to his constant reaching out to them. It's definately a feel good drama that everyone should be able to enjoy.

I was told this would be really awesome, and based on the description i had somewhat good expectations, not too high but i didn't think it would suck. i have mixed feelings, it's kinda really long, 20 episodes is not short, it's not a historical drama with 100+ so i'm happy but it's not a 11 episode drama.
It seems it tried a lil bit to borrow from other dramas, the incest love from winter sonata, a prearranged marriage from many other dramas, the unaccepting parent, it seems to try too hard to be romantic, rather than allow it to just BE that way. Rainie Yang was cute, Mike He did ok, everyone says he's an awesome actor, i think they're just mesmerized by his looks, he IS a model after all. The insert music was actually pretty good. made me go back and find rainie yang's albums and give em a listen.
overall an ok series, although might be though to go through with 20 episodes