[Dorama Review] Team Medical Dragon ~ Iryu Season 2

Reviewed the first season, now I’m going to review Team Medical Dragon ~Iryu~ dorama season 2 which was aired on 2007.

For those who doesn't read my review yet about Iryu 1 before, you can find it here:

Team Medical Dragon - Iryu 1

Doesn’t like the reputation of Asada Ryutaro (played by Sakaguchi Kenji) as a genius-troublemaker surgeon, Noguchi Keno (played by Kishibe Ittoku) moved Asada and Ijyuuin Noboru (played by Koike Teppei) to a small hospital along with the other troublemakers, thinking that even a surgeon who is as genius as Asada couldn’t do anything without a help of the team. However, it turns out that the troublemakers are actually genius surgeons who had bad incidents and changed into a ‘trash’. Being with Asada, one by one started to do their best once again of being a surgeon.

It’s been a long time since I read the manga so I don’t fully remember, but as I recall, the season 2’s story is not in the manga and it started to deviate from the manga (correct me if I’m wrong). As I’ve said in the season 1’s review, the actors are great, the setting is so real that you can’t differ the difference between fake heart and real heart. It’s still applied for the season 2; however, the story of the season 1 is more interesting than this season 2. I personally love the 1^st season more. The thing I hate most in this season 2 is the disappearance of Katou Akira. Katou Akira is one of the main characters in Team Medical Dragon, she shouldn’t have disappeared no matter what the reason is. “If anyone leaves we can continue running, that’s a real team”, this famous word from Asada is the best for describing this season 2.

I give 7 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*

[Dorama Review] Liar Game

Okay, this time I want to write a review about one of the best dorama also, Liar Game!

This dorama is also adapted from a manga written by Shinobu Kaitani. I don't really know the manga and only watch the dorama, so I can't compare the dorama with the manga.

This dorama is a story about Kanzaki Nao (played by Erika Toda) which is very "baka shoujiki". I don't really know the exact word to explain "baka shoujiki", but I think it is best explained to be someone who is too honest until you look so stupid. Because Nao is very honest and stupid, she is easily fell for a lie or a trap, such as she got caught into a pitfall for 42 times, or when she nearly fell for a phone fraud which the caller is claiming to be her younger brother, when she is actually the only child in her house (I laughed so hard for this one, you can see this story in the introduction of the dorama in the episode 1).
One day, Nao is chosen to be a part of the liar game, a game where you need to trick other people to win. Desperately rejected when she went to the police for a help, she met Akiyama Shinichi (played by Matsuda Shota), a genius swindler who is just released from a prison. Reminded of his belated mother, Akiyama agreed to help Nao.

The dorama is parted in several season. Season 1 is aired on 2007 and season 2 is aired in 2009. Season 2 is the continuation of season 1, and it lasted until the semi-final game. The final game is aired on 2010 which is made into a movie. Several special episode like Liar Game Reborn, Fukunaga vs Yokoya, and Alice in Liar Game are also made afterwards.

I personally think the idea of the story itself is very genius. It's a really good story plot with a unique and extraordinary theme which is brought by the writer. You can see a lot of dorama about school life, about detective, or about love, but it's rarely to find this kind of dorama. It's kind of refreshing and brand new dorama theme.

The dorama is very recommended and I give 10 out of 10 points for this dorama! (again) ^^


*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*