Drama - Spring 2014
Hello~ Yes, today I'm in a "writing-mode" and so I'm writing another post XD
Well, this is the first time I post something like that,
but since I'm a drama-addicted I thought I should post it...
I feel to say that reading the plots of this season drama I was a bit disappointed because they are almost all detective-drama, and I really don't like detective/police drama and police drama.
Anyway, this is the list of drama that I'm planning to watch during the upcoming season...
(Please, don't copy&paste the plots I wrote, or I can get really mad. I don't know how much they are accurate, because I have written it on my own, reading the infos from official japanese sites, and I'm not good in Japanese, so it's possible that I get something wrong. Among other, if I took the effort to trying to write something, based on what I understood, you can do the same thing since all of us are born with a brain that just asks to be used. Ok?)
BITTER BLOOD
Genre: Detective
Broadcast network/ period: Fuji TV - Starting on April 15th.
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Cast: Sato Takeru, Watabe Atsuro, Katsuna Shiori.
Plot: Akimura Shimao is the n#1 detective from Ginza Police Department, even though he's a crazy playboy. One day the young detective Sawara Natsuki is put under his care, and it happens that Natsuki is Akimura's son. They didn't see each other in the last 10 years because Akimura divorced to his wife, and Natsuki (who hates his father) was raised by his grandparents.
Why I wanna watch it: Yep, it's a detective drama, and I wrote just before that I don't like detective drama, but according to the plot it seems more a "human" that a "detective" drama, and Sato Takeru is one of my favorite actors, so I want to try to watch it.
BLACK PRESIDENT
Genre: Human / Business
Broadcast network/ period: Fuji TV & KTV - Starting on April 8th.
Air time: Tuesday 22:00
Cast: Sawamura Ikki, Kuroki Meisa
Plot: Mitamura Yukio is the president of a big Company who cares only about profit and takes advantage from his employees. One day he decide to study " company management" at university, and there he meet young university mates and the teacher Akiyama Kyoko, who slowly change his way of think.
Why I wanna watch it: I'm still not sure about this drama, but I should to take a look, because it can have a good story even though I never liked Kuroki Meisa's expressionless face in whatever role she plays.
BORDER
Genre: Detective
Broadcast network/ period: TV Asahi - Starting on April 10th.
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Cast: Oguri Shun, Aoki Munetaka, Furuta Arata
Plot: Ishikawa Ango is a detective from Tokyo Metropolitan Area and one day a criminal shoots him in the head. He miracolously survive, but the bullet get stuck in his head. When he goes back to work, he goes to the crime scene of a murder case, and he sees a crying kid. The strange thing is that he's the only one who can see that kid, because the child is actually the victim of the murder.
Why I wanna watch it: Yep, again a detective drama... I told you before that this season will be full of detective/police stuff, isn't it? Anyway this is very particular and I guess it won't bother me.
FIRST CLASS
Genre: Romance
Broadcast network/ period: FujiTV - Starting on April 19th.
Air time: Saturday 23:10
Cast: Sawajiri Erika, Nakamaru Yuuichi, Nanao
Plot: Yoshinari Chinami is a girl who always dreamed to work in the Fashion field, but she works at a clothing material shop. One day she suddenly have to work for a fashion magazine. Soon she realizes that it's a troublesome job full of jealousy and dirty tricks, but the assistant photographer Nishihara Itsuki will help her.
Why I wanna watch it: Once in a while I like to watch a romance drama, and this looks a bit similar to Rich Man Poor Woman... I mean: A girl who has a dream that seems so far but somehow a prince appear and helps her... The fact that Nakamaru plays the prince is a plus!
GOKUAKU GANBO
Genre: ???
Broadcast network/ period: FujiTV - Starting on April 14th.
Air time: Monday 21:00
Cast: Ono Machiko, Miura Shohei, Naka Riisa, Shiina Kippei
Plot: Kanzaki Kaoru is a girl who works hard with all she has because she's afraid of poverty since when she was a child and her mom's restaurant went bankrupt. One day she lend to a colleague in need 1 million yen she had carefully saved, and because of it, she get into debts. Trying to fix this situation, she enter in Koshimizu Management Consultant and meets people that maybe can guide her.
Why I wanna watch it: The first part of the plot, recalls me Zenkai Girl... And the 2nd part isn't so clear, so... I wanna try...
HANASAKI MAI GA DAMATTENAI
Genre: ???
Broadcast network/ period: NTV - Starting on April 16th.
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Cast: Anne, Kamikawa Takaya, Osugi Ren
Plot: Hanasaki Mai is a bank employee, and her job is find what doesn't work within the bank, and fix it. She's a straight person and she has no problems to go against her bosses.
Why I wanna watch it: The type of character remembers me a lot of Saito-san, and Anne's acting lately is really improved. The plot doesn't explain much of the drama, so let's take a look...
SHINIGAMI-KUN
Genre: Fantasy?
Broadcast network/ period: TV Asahi - Starting on April 18th.
Air time: Wednesday 23:15
Cast: Ohno Satoshi, Kiritani Mirei, Suda Masaki
Plot: Shinigami-kun is the Angel of Death N# 413, and his duty is to warn people who are about to die, and accompany them into the afterlife. Another of his duties is to prevent accidental and unscheduled deaths (for example deaths due to suicide) but he's still a rookie, and he will make various messes.
Why I wanna watch it: Who know me, know also that my nickname is Azrael, that replaced my hated real name. Azrael in Jewish means "Angel of Death", so... How I can't love a drama based on a Angel of Death?
SMOKING GUN
Genre: Police/Forensic
Broadcast network/ period: TV Asahi - Starting on April 9th.
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Cast: Katori Shingo, Nishiuchi Mariya, Nakayama Yuma.
Plot: Basically this is the Japanese copy of CSI. The only difference is that the main character, Nagareta Enishi, also does tests by himself for solve cases that the police for some reason left behind.
Why I wanna watch it: At first I didn't want to watch this drama. And I'm still doubtful because this is not my gender. I got bored of the original CSI after the 1st season, so I already know that I won't like the japanese copy. Anyway, I want to watch at least the 1st episode, because Katori Shingo and Nakayama Yuma are in the cast.
YOWAKUTEMO KATEMASU
Genre: School/Sport
Broadcast network/ period: NTV - Starting on April 12nd.
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Cast: Ninomiya Kazunari, Kanata Hongo, Nakajima Yuto.
Plot: Tamo Aoshi is a new teacher in a prestigious high scool, where students think only to study. When he became the coach of the baseball team, he tries to teach to the 5 members (who never won a match) that life is not only about study, and he gives them a new goal: Qualify for the high school championship.
Why I wanna watch it: Yaaa, finally a drama in "Rookies' style"! But this time the guys won't be delinquents but elite students... This sounds as the most interesting drama of the season together to Shinigami-kun and Bitter Blood!
SHARK 2ND SEASON
Genre: Music
Broadcast network/ period: NTV - Starting on April 19th.
Air time: Saturday 24:50
Cast: Hamada Takahiro, Kamiyama Tomohiro, Yamashita Ryo, Yasui Kentaro, Hagiya Keigo, Abe Aran, Jinguji Yuta, Shigeoka Daiki
Plot: Cloud5 are a 4 members band and they just had their major debut. However, there are problems and misunderstanding among the members, and they are close to disband, when they meet SHARK members, some kohai from the same record company, who teach them once again what the music is.
Why I wanna watch it: Obviously when it came to music drama, I always watch it XD Then, this is the 2nd season of SHARK that I'm still watching... So....
MOZU SEASON 1
Genre: Suspense/Detective
Broadcast network/ period: TBS - Starting on April 10th.
Air time: Thursday 21:00
Cast: Maki Yoko, Nishijima Hidetoshi
Plot: A bomb explosion occur in Ginza, Tokyo. The wife of Kuraki Naotake, the Public Security's ace, lose her life in the explosion. Moved by angry and desperation Kuraki starts to investigate in his own, but the ones in charge of this case are Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Detective Osugi Ryota from investigative division and Akebono Miki from Public Security department. The 3 of them, don't get along at all, but somehow they find out that Kuraki's wife was a agent employed in a top secret mission. Meanwhile, Shingai Kazuhiko, a guy who lost his memory in the explosion, is told by a weird man he is the bomber, but he can't believe in it. What's the truth behind this case?
Why I wanna watch it: Why I didn't want to watch it: Again a detective drama, a not so interesting plot. Yep, at first I didn't listed this drama but then I saw the trailers and it took my curiosity... It doesn't seem so plan and it looks more like a suspense drama in "Bloody Monday Style" than a random detective drama.
Well, this is the first time I post something like that,
but since I'm a drama-addicted I thought I should post it...
I feel to say that reading the plots of this season drama I was a bit disappointed because they are almost all detective-drama, and I really don't like detective/police drama and police drama.
Anyway, this is the list of drama that I'm planning to watch during the upcoming season...
(Please, don't copy&paste the plots I wrote, or I can get really mad. I don't know how much they are accurate, because I have written it on my own, reading the infos from official japanese sites, and I'm not good in Japanese, so it's possible that I get something wrong. Among other, if I took the effort to trying to write something, based on what I understood, you can do the same thing since all of us are born with a brain that just asks to be used. Ok?)
BITTER BLOOD
Genre: Detective
Broadcast network/ period: Fuji TV - Starting on April 15th.
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Cast: Sato Takeru, Watabe Atsuro, Katsuna Shiori.
Plot: Akimura Shimao is the n#1 detective from Ginza Police Department, even though he's a crazy playboy. One day the young detective Sawara Natsuki is put under his care, and it happens that Natsuki is Akimura's son. They didn't see each other in the last 10 years because Akimura divorced to his wife, and Natsuki (who hates his father) was raised by his grandparents.
Why I wanna watch it: Yep, it's a detective drama, and I wrote just before that I don't like detective drama, but according to the plot it seems more a "human" that a "detective" drama, and Sato Takeru is one of my favorite actors, so I want to try to watch it.
BLACK PRESIDENT
Genre: Human / Business
Broadcast network/ period: Fuji TV & KTV - Starting on April 8th.
Air time: Tuesday 22:00
Cast: Sawamura Ikki, Kuroki Meisa
Plot: Mitamura Yukio is the president of a big Company who cares only about profit and takes advantage from his employees. One day he decide to study " company management" at university, and there he meet young university mates and the teacher Akiyama Kyoko, who slowly change his way of think.
Why I wanna watch it: I'm still not sure about this drama, but I should to take a look, because it can have a good story even though I never liked Kuroki Meisa's expressionless face in whatever role she plays.
BORDER
Genre: Detective
Broadcast network/ period: TV Asahi - Starting on April 10th.
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Cast: Oguri Shun, Aoki Munetaka, Furuta Arata
Plot: Ishikawa Ango is a detective from Tokyo Metropolitan Area and one day a criminal shoots him in the head. He miracolously survive, but the bullet get stuck in his head. When he goes back to work, he goes to the crime scene of a murder case, and he sees a crying kid. The strange thing is that he's the only one who can see that kid, because the child is actually the victim of the murder.
Why I wanna watch it: Yep, again a detective drama... I told you before that this season will be full of detective/police stuff, isn't it? Anyway this is very particular and I guess it won't bother me.
FIRST CLASS
Genre: Romance
Broadcast network/ period: FujiTV - Starting on April 19th.
Air time: Saturday 23:10
Cast: Sawajiri Erika, Nakamaru Yuuichi, Nanao
Plot: Yoshinari Chinami is a girl who always dreamed to work in the Fashion field, but she works at a clothing material shop. One day she suddenly have to work for a fashion magazine. Soon she realizes that it's a troublesome job full of jealousy and dirty tricks, but the assistant photographer Nishihara Itsuki will help her.
Why I wanna watch it: Once in a while I like to watch a romance drama, and this looks a bit similar to Rich Man Poor Woman... I mean: A girl who has a dream that seems so far but somehow a prince appear and helps her... The fact that Nakamaru plays the prince is a plus!
GOKUAKU GANBO
Genre: ???
Broadcast network/ period: FujiTV - Starting on April 14th.
Air time: Monday 21:00
Cast: Ono Machiko, Miura Shohei, Naka Riisa, Shiina Kippei
Plot: Kanzaki Kaoru is a girl who works hard with all she has because she's afraid of poverty since when she was a child and her mom's restaurant went bankrupt. One day she lend to a colleague in need 1 million yen she had carefully saved, and because of it, she get into debts. Trying to fix this situation, she enter in Koshimizu Management Consultant and meets people that maybe can guide her.
Why I wanna watch it: The first part of the plot, recalls me Zenkai Girl... And the 2nd part isn't so clear, so... I wanna try...
HANASAKI MAI GA DAMATTENAI
Genre: ???
Broadcast network/ period: NTV - Starting on April 16th.
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Cast: Anne, Kamikawa Takaya, Osugi Ren
Plot: Hanasaki Mai is a bank employee, and her job is find what doesn't work within the bank, and fix it. She's a straight person and she has no problems to go against her bosses.
Why I wanna watch it: The type of character remembers me a lot of Saito-san, and Anne's acting lately is really improved. The plot doesn't explain much of the drama, so let's take a look...
SHINIGAMI-KUN
Genre: Fantasy?
Broadcast network/ period: TV Asahi - Starting on April 18th.
Air time: Wednesday 23:15
Cast: Ohno Satoshi, Kiritani Mirei, Suda Masaki
Plot: Shinigami-kun is the Angel of Death N# 413, and his duty is to warn people who are about to die, and accompany them into the afterlife. Another of his duties is to prevent accidental and unscheduled deaths (for example deaths due to suicide) but he's still a rookie, and he will make various messes.
Why I wanna watch it: Who know me, know also that my nickname is Azrael, that replaced my hated real name. Azrael in Jewish means "Angel of Death", so... How I can't love a drama based on a Angel of Death?
SMOKING GUN
Genre: Police/Forensic
Broadcast network/ period: TV Asahi - Starting on April 9th.
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Cast: Katori Shingo, Nishiuchi Mariya, Nakayama Yuma.
Plot: Basically this is the Japanese copy of CSI. The only difference is that the main character, Nagareta Enishi, also does tests by himself for solve cases that the police for some reason left behind.
Why I wanna watch it: At first I didn't want to watch this drama. And I'm still doubtful because this is not my gender. I got bored of the original CSI after the 1st season, so I already know that I won't like the japanese copy. Anyway, I want to watch at least the 1st episode, because Katori Shingo and Nakayama Yuma are in the cast.
YOWAKUTEMO KATEMASU
Genre: School/Sport
Broadcast network/ period: NTV - Starting on April 12nd.
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Cast: Ninomiya Kazunari, Kanata Hongo, Nakajima Yuto.
Plot: Tamo Aoshi is a new teacher in a prestigious high scool, where students think only to study. When he became the coach of the baseball team, he tries to teach to the 5 members (who never won a match) that life is not only about study, and he gives them a new goal: Qualify for the high school championship.
Why I wanna watch it: Yaaa, finally a drama in "Rookies' style"! But this time the guys won't be delinquents but elite students... This sounds as the most interesting drama of the season together to Shinigami-kun and Bitter Blood!
SHARK 2ND SEASON
Genre: Music
Broadcast network/ period: NTV - Starting on April 19th.
Air time: Saturday 24:50
Cast: Hamada Takahiro, Kamiyama Tomohiro, Yamashita Ryo, Yasui Kentaro, Hagiya Keigo, Abe Aran, Jinguji Yuta, Shigeoka Daiki
Plot: Cloud5 are a 4 members band and they just had their major debut. However, there are problems and misunderstanding among the members, and they are close to disband, when they meet SHARK members, some kohai from the same record company, who teach them once again what the music is.
Why I wanna watch it: Obviously when it came to music drama, I always watch it XD Then, this is the 2nd season of SHARK that I'm still watching... So....
MOZU SEASON 1
Genre: Suspense/Detective
Broadcast network/ period: TBS - Starting on April 10th.
Air time: Thursday 21:00
Cast: Maki Yoko, Nishijima Hidetoshi
Plot: A bomb explosion occur in Ginza, Tokyo. The wife of Kuraki Naotake, the Public Security's ace, lose her life in the explosion. Moved by angry and desperation Kuraki starts to investigate in his own, but the ones in charge of this case are Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Detective Osugi Ryota from investigative division and Akebono Miki from Public Security department. The 3 of them, don't get along at all, but somehow they find out that Kuraki's wife was a agent employed in a top secret mission. Meanwhile, Shingai Kazuhiko, a guy who lost his memory in the explosion, is told by a weird man he is the bomber, but he can't believe in it. What's the truth behind this case?
Why I wanna watch it: Why I didn't want to watch it: Again a detective drama, a not so interesting plot. Yep, at first I didn't listed this drama but then I saw the trailers and it took my curiosity... It doesn't seem so plan and it looks more like a suspense drama in "Bloody Monday Style" than a random detective drama.