[Dorama Review] Juuyou Sankounin Tantei / 重要参考人探偵

Okay, my first dorama review in 2019 is Juuyou Sankounin Tantei. As usual, mystery/detective dorama as it is one of my favourite genre of dorama.

Maneki Kei (played by Tamamori Yuta) is a model. He has a strange ability, which is to be the first one to find a corpse. It is happened since when he was 7 years old, the first time he found a corpse in a forest.

20 years has passed since then. Now, together with Suou Itsuki (played by Koyama Keiichiro) and Shimon Toma (played by Furukawa Yuki), Kei works as a model.

However, their works are always disturbed because they found a corpse. And as always, Kei is the one who found the corpse first, and always suspected as the culprit.

Forced by being suspected, Kei ended up analyzed the situation and solve every murder case he met.

To conclude, this is my first time I watched a dorama with a genre that I like most and the main star that I love too, but so disappointed. The overall story line is good, but the way they make it, it is so boring. The stars are acting well, but the character they played are just making it way too lame. It is so hard for me just to finish a 7-episode-dorama, like several months. The ending of the dorama is quite absurd as well.

Well, in conclusion I don't want to recommend this dorama and I would just give this dorama 4 points out of 10 points.

[Dorama Review] Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatte Iru

Hello, back to another dorama review!
Surprisingly I watched some doramas non stop recently. When I watched those doramas, I can't wait to write a review since those doramas are really good. Let's start by talking about a dorama called "Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatte Iru".

Tatewaki Shotaro (played by Fujigaya Taisuke of Kis-My-Ft2) worked in a museum. He didn't know what to do after graduating from graduate school and ended up working in Shizen no Mori Museum.

Kujou Sakurako (played by Mizuki Alisa) is an osteologist. She constructed animal skeleton for the museum. She is a bone freak, thinking that bone is beautiful.

Everyone in the museum avoided Sakurako-san. However, in short, Shotaro met Sakurako-san and somehow forced to go hunting for the bones.

Well, it's not animals' bones, but human's bones was found instead. Shotaro contacted the police and with the help of Sakurako-san' bones knowledge, they could solve every mystery.

I like this dorama from the opening. The opening was presented in a nice way, with some good words. From the first second of the dorama, it already made me fall in love with this dorama.
The story is unique and strange, I think. An osteologist, someone who is good at bones, should not related with murderer, should it?? An osteologist became a detective instead?? It is somehow strange to relate an osteologist with a murder case and detective things, but the dorama is really interesting. I'm always impressed with all the ideas those Japanese writers got. Unique, strange, but always interesting.
This dorama is not only about mystery and murder, but there is a comedy in it too. It's quite funny and make this dorama more colorful and not monotonous.

I really love this dorama and I highly recommend it. I gave 8.5 out of 10 points.

[Japanese Movie Review] MARS ~ ただ, 君を愛してる~ / MARS ~ Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru

Just before, I write about the dorama MARS ~ Just, I love you. Now I'm going to write a little bit about the movie. This movie was also aired in 2016, and it's the continuation of the dorama.

For the dorama review, you can find it here:
MARS ~Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru dorama

Okay, the first thing I will say is I'm very impressed with this movie.
I wonder when does it start to change from a romantic, high school genre into something quite mysterious and thrilling?

If the dorama tells many thing about the male side, the movie tells us more about Asou Kira (played by Iitoyo Marie)

Unexpectedly, in this movie, it will reveal more about Kira's past. If you have watched the dorama, you must be noticing that Kira has some kind of trauma related to a man. I only could guessing in the dorama, but with this movie, it is all clear.

On the other side, Kashino Rei (played by Fujigaya Taisuke of Kis-My-Ft2) starts to change. Doesn't want to hurt his girlfriend, Kashino tries hard no to be violent anymore.

However, it's not as smooth as it seems to be. Kirishima Makio (played by Kubota Masataka) starts to reveal his true face. He, who seems to be a quiet and introvert man, is actually a psycho... It was already introduced also in the last part of the dorama.

If the dorama tells us more to a romance story, in this movie, it's more thrilling, mysterious, and psycho, even though it still has some romance in it. Before, I said the dorama is quite interesting, but with this movie I conclude that it's wonderful. I bet the viewer expect that this is a pure standard romance story at first, but actually it is not. It's just so unexpected.

I like this movie more than the dorama, however, the movie and the dorama completed each other. It's just a package you need to watch.

I gave this movie 8 out of 10 for this dorama.

*this review is a personal opinion and made by me who is a newbie reviewer, if there is any mistakes, please feel free to make a correction*

[Dorama Review] MARS ~ ただ, 君を愛してる~ / MARS ~ Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru

Just finished watching this dorama today, so let me write some review when it's still hot in my mind: 

MARS ~ Just, I love you

This dorama was aired in 2016, and in additional, a movie was also made as the sequence of this dorama.

In every episodes of the dorama, you will eventually see a brief introduction of this main characters:

Kashino Rei, a boy who holds light and shadow (played by Fujigaya Taisuke of Kis-My-Ft2).
Kashino is a violent playboy who seems to not afraid of anything and will eventually beat someone who is in his way. All woman would fall for his handsome look with a cool Ducati motorbike.

Asou Kira, high school girl who closed her heart (played by Iitoyo Marie). Kira is a strange and introvert girl with a great talent of being an artist. One day, Kashino saw her drawing and amazed with it. From that on, their start to know each other,

Guess, what? A violent handsome boy with an ugly strange introvert girl starts dating? So impossible! Well, Iitoyo Marie is absolutely not ugly, but I think they are trying to make an impression as if she is nerd, strange, and ugly (；￢_￢) There's no way the producer would use a real ugly woman as an actress, right!? Even though I think everyone is actually beautiful in their own way, only some people got their beauty hidden.

Another classic story, all the girls got jealous because that ugly introvert girl is dating 'their' handsome man, and Kira starts to be bullied. If it were me, then I will kick and punch the girls and said "Hey, it's him who loves me first!" (ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)

And another character came, Kirishima Makio, exchange student who holds the fate (played by Kubota Masataka). He was in the same school with Kashino before, so, he knows all the Kashino's past story. Kirishima who seems to be an introvert also, join the same art club with Kira.
While I don't want to be a spoiler, Kirishima played the mysterious important part in this dorama.

The three of the main characters are battling over the fate for love, or that's what the movie said at least.

This dorama is actually based on the manga MARS by Souryo Furumi. The Taiwanese version of live action drama has also been made before.

When I watch the first few episodes, it was quite annoying for me. A classic standard story. Handsome cool boy who likes introvert strange girl, where the girl will be bullied later on. Well, that's impossible to happen in the real life, isn't it?? Even though I always think it would be nice if I could be either the handsome boy side or the introvert girl side like in those story.

However, starting in the middle of the dorama, I'm quite curious. Well, it's still a classic story where the handsome boy actually has some secret about his past, but it somehow make the dorama more colorful, more interesting. And Kirishima is the one who knows his past.

The end of the dorama is the climax, I guess? The dorama ended up in full of mystery, full of curiosity, and likely to be continued in the movie. However, starting from that the end of the dorama, I could realize that this dorama is worth to watch. Unexpected story, not a really mainstream dorama, not like what I though at first.

Other than its story, I think the way this dorama is taken is unique. Sometimes, it feels like a kind of short story, being put on together and there it is, this dorama, and I still can understand it well because it's connected.

It's been a while since I watch a quite interesting dorama, since the last few doramas I watch is just so so, or even bad.

I gave this dorama 7.5 out of 10 for this dorama.

*this review is a personal opinion and made by me who is a newbie reviewer, if there is any mistakes, please feel free to make a correction*

[Dorama Review] Basuke mo Koi mo, Shiteitai / バスケも恋も、していたい

This time I want to review about a short-dorama called "Basuke mo Koi mo Shiteitai". The title literally means "I want to play Basketball and be in love".

Actually this is the first dorama I watched which has the least episode, 3 episode only. I could say it is a short-fastened-dorama with conclusion that the first episode is telling about the high school life, the second episode is about the time after graduating from high school, and the third episode is when everyone is already working.

The story started with a high school student named Tsuchiya Tomomitsu (played by Fujigaya Taisuke of Kis-My-Ft2) who likes to play basketball so much. He is the Captain of Kinomiya High. Even though he is not good at playing basketball, he is very diligent and practiced basketball more than everyone. Many people doesn't like it because he is still chosen as the captain, even though he is lacking of skills.

His best friend, Takamatsu Yuuki (played by Nagase Tasuku), is the MVP of the Kinomiya basketball team. He supported Tsuchiya for being the Captain. Later, he is recruited to be a professional basketball player. There are ups and downs also in the friendship of Takamatsu and Tsuchiya.

Takamatsu also has a girlfriend, Sugawara Akane (played by Kawaei Rina; former member of AKB48)

There is a girl who influenced Tsuchiya's life too. She is Hatori Sae (played by Yamamoto Mizuki). She is the one who encourage Tsuchiya to always play basketball.

Well, overall this dorama is not bad considering it only has 3 episodes. A romance and youth dorama with sports and love as the main topic. However, it still has a lot of things to be improved.

I gave 5 out of 10 for this dorama.

*this review is a personal opinion and made by me who is a newbie reviewer, if there is any mistakes, please feel free to make a correction* 

[Dorama Review] Siren

Today I’m going to write a review about a mystery Japanese dorama. The title of the dorama is Siren, a beautiful yet dangerous creature in Greek mythology. It was aired in 2015.

Murder cases keep happening in Tokyo. The murderer is suspected to be a psycho since the murder is being gruesomely done.

Satomi Shinobu (played by Matsuzaka Tori) and Inokuma Yuki (played by Kimura Fumino) are a detective couple from Mobile Investigation Unit of The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department who dated secretly due to their job. Satomi and Inokuma are working together to find the truth behind these murder cases.

Strangely, a beautiful woman named Tachibana Kara (played by Nanao) often appears in the murder scene. Satomi suspected that Tachibana is behind all of these murder cases, while Inokuma considered Tachibana as a helper to the detectives. What’s the relationship between Tachibana and the murder case?

                                                              

While trying to find the truth, Hayami Sho (played by Kitayama Hiromitsu of Kis-My-Ft2), Satomi and Inokuma’s rival, is also trying to find the truth to win the rivalry.

Even though you can guess some of the storyline, some of the story came out unexpectedly. This kind of unexpected story is the one which makes me interested in this dorama the most. The story of finding the murderer is also thrilling, it could make me so impatient and sometimes so scared. The way how the dorama is shot is as good as the other top Japanese doramas, as always. Not to mention, the Japanese actors and actresses are also as good as it is always be.

For those who likes thriller genre of dorama, I recommended this dorama. I gave 8 out of 10 points for this dorama.

*this review is a personal opinion and made by me who is a newbie reviewer, if there is any mistakes, please feel free to make a correction*

[Japanese Movie Review] Rain Tree no Kuni / The Land of Rain Tree

Today I'm gonna give a review about a Japanese movie, called Rain Tree no Kuni / The Land of Rain Tree which was aired on 2015.

Sakisaka Nobuyuki (played by Tamamori Yuta of Kis-My-Ft2) is going to move out of his house.

He packed his things and realized that his favourite book, Fairy Game, was missing. He read the book when he was in high school, and it gave a special impression, even though he forgot the ending of the story.

He searched through the internet, and found a website named "Rain Tree no Kuni" where the admin wrote her opinion about the Fairy Game book. It reminds Nobuyuki about the ending of the book and fortunately, Nobu got the same opinion as the writer.

Moved with the writing in the website, Nobu sent a message to the admin. They sent each other message, and later, they decided to meet. It turns out the one behind "Rain Tree no Kuni" is a girl with a long hair named Hitomi Rika (played by Nishiuchi Mariya).

They interested in each other but Hitomi thought that they lived in a different world. They got into many arguments.

It's been a while since the last time I watched a dorama/movie with romance genre. It's so refreshing.

This movie is a simple movie, I think. However, many important good lessons you could get from this movie.
I personally noted to myself that I should have confidence in myself, and not to put away myself alone because I'm different from the others. Every people is unique in their own way anyway.

When I watched this movie, I smile a lot because some of the scene in the movie really happened to me before. I met a friend from the internet, we exchanged mails and somehow we got to meet with each other. Our thoughts are a little bit different from the others, but we were connected to each other. We often met in the cafe, and somehow I said "I like a quieter place" and that's how we tried to find a quiet place to talk (-__-"") Well, don't you think a quiet place is better when we are going to talk about many things?? Haha.

Ok, done with the confide. I personally think this is a good romance movie. For those who is longing to watch a romance movie, I recommend this.

I give this dorama 8 out of 10 points.

*This review is just a personal opinion and made by me who is a newbie reviewer, if you find any mistakes, feel free to make a correction*

[Dorama Review] Ikemen Desu Ne!

Ikemen Desu Ne is a dorama which was aired in 2011. It’s a remake of a Korean TV drama, You’re Beautiful.

The dorama told us about a nun, Sakuraba Miko (played by Takimoto Miori) whose twin brother is going to be a singer, Sakuraba Mio. However, due to the circumstances, Sakuraba Miko must take place of her brother. Miko who pretends to be Mio, join a band named A.N. Jell which is consist of Katsuragi Ren (played by Tamamori Yuta) as the guitarist/vocalist, Fujishiro Shu (played by Fujigaya Taisuke) as the bassist, and Hongo Yuki (played by Yaotome Hikaru) as the drummer. As time goes by, Mio start to be trapped in a triangle love.

I don’t watch the Korean version, so I can’t compare both of them, but I heard from a friend that the original version is much better than this Japanese version. Well, it could be, because for me, most of the remake is worse than the original version. However, for me who doesn’t watch the original version, this dorama is quite entertaining, even though sometimes you can feel that this dorama is so dramatic, which is in reality it could never happened.

This dorama is just another Johnny’s dorama, the main male casts are all Johnny’s. It’s a dorama which makes me be a fan of Kis-My-Ft2. Their debut song, Everybody Go is the theme song for this dorama.

I recommend this dorama for those who haven’t watched the original version. For those who have watched the Korean version, it might be disappointing for you, I don’t know, but if you still want to watch it, just be prepared. After all, I gave this dorama 7 out of 10 points.

*this review is a personal opinion and made by me who is a newbie reviewer, if there is any mistakes, please feel free to make a correction*