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

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.