Album: Mr. Children - I Love U, Shifuku no Oto, Best 1996-2000

Here's what i picked to watch this season, this season we have lots of drama with female leads, so my review might be abit biased lol. As usual, the list will be from the one i liked the most till the least, based on what i saw in the first episode.

14 Sai no Haha / 14-year-old Mother (１４才の母)



Starring Shida Mirai, after her great performance in Jyoou no Kyoushitsu, once again she challeges the limit in japanese drama by acting as a teenager who gets pregnant at the age of 14. Watch it twice with and without subs (the grammar they used is simpler =P), this turned out to be my fave of this season, the opening was fantastic, sung by Mr. Children, really suits the mood of the drama. And I think Mirai chan have a great potential to be best actress of this season, she did a great job and she's only 13 in real life. Wonder what was i doing when i was 13 then =/ She became matured and prettier, i'm sure there's a wonderful career ahead of her. This drama might be the best in this season, or perhaps this year's, can't wait for the next episodes.

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Boku no Aruku Michi / Walk My Way (僕の歩く道)



Ok i admit the first thing this drama reminds me of is the female lead looks like Shibasaki Kou's character in Good Luck!! =X I mean the style, definately not the personality. She does look pretty though. This is another drama about autism, if you like Hikari to Tomo ni by Shinohara Ryoko you might like this as well. Kusanagi Tsuyoshi plays a autistic guy who loves yellow colour and bicycles. I like the setting of this drama which is in a zoo, the guinea pigs were cute~ Female lead is a veterinarian and she knew Teru since small, kinda Forest Gump-ish isn't it??? Wonder how they will turn out in the end......a simple drama which makes you appreciate life and be contented.

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Nodame Cantabile (のだめカンタービレ)



This drama is hilarious, can't help but laughed hysterically at those exagerrated expression made by the actors. The main theme is about a bunch of students in music academy. This is a manga based drama, starring Ueno Juri and Tamaki Hiroshi. One can't even read music notes properly but has a good hearing skill and the other one is the top pianist in the school. Ueno Juri showed her impressive range of acting skills since her breakthrough movie Swing Girls and then the drama Engine, another promising actress who's only 20. The way both leads interact damn funny, and if you like classical music and comedy, then this might be the one. Liked the cast as well, featuring lots of new generation actors with great potential.

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Dr. Koto - Shinryousho 2006 / Dr. Koto's Clinic 2006 (Dr.コトー診療所)



Finally a new drama by Shibasaki Kou. Well not that new actually, just the continuation of the previous drama. Currently this has the higest ratings in Japan, for me, i watched it for the sake of Kou-san so.....plus, it's a medical drama too =P . This time, we have a new nurse, played by Aoi Yu, i was kinda shocked when i saw her name in a recent idol ranking where she got no.3, just behind Kou-san. An unknown name to me. Well she's more active in the movie scene that's why (not really into japanese movie), never seen her in any other drama as well. Not my type haha so kinda dislike her at first =X , no way she's gonna replace Ayaka in the clinic now that she's leaving the island to Tokyo. A slow paced but heart warming drama, with beautiful scenery and.....Shibasaki Kou.

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Ok now i don't know how to rank the leftovers, just watched it for the sake of the cast/ improve my japanese.

Teppan Shoujo Akane!! (鉄板少女アカネ!!)



Another manga turned drama, be prepared for those ridiculous scenes, although it's stupid but funny lol. Seems that Horikita Maki just accept whatever roles given, regardless the content. Well the good side is you can watch her quite often lol, since she's nice to look at, though her acting skills still have to improve, okla hers alot better than some of those in taiwanese dramas. As for this drama, the okonomiyaki sure made me felt hungry. I like food drama as well, watch it for pure entertainment hee.

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Sera Fuku to Kikanju / Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (セーラー服と機関銃)



The title sounded abit weird does it? It's a remake of a movie of 25 years ago. About a girl who suddenly become the leader of a group of gangsters. Watched it purely because of Nagasawa Masami, another promising actress, same age as me =.= No really into Yakuza (japanese gangster) dramas, well and there's Tsutsumi Shinichi in it as well. Thought it won't be that bad haha.....acting wise. Storyline abit weird, Masami san in sailor suit holding machine gun??? I like her acting and her character though. Just the whole yakuza language and actions kinda turns me off. Luckily it's only 7 episodes from what i saw........

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Tatta Hitotsu no Koi / Just One Love (たったひとつの恋)



The female coach =D Use it to avoid 'color-wolf'. Not really wanted to watch this since it's from Johnny's boys, which means 'commercialised' (plus they smoked in the drama most of the time). But the female cast were hard to resist, plus the scriptwriter is Kitagawa Eriko, the one who wrote Long Vacation, Orange Days, Over Time and lots more. From the title you can see clearly it's a love story, about a poor factory worker and a rich jewelery owner's daugther, not really my cup of tea (yea i'm single =/). Goes under 'improve my japanese' category. Actually the dialogue were prety interesting and the way they communicate with each other were realistic and believable to me. Just......

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Kazoku / Family (家族)



This drama more on the 'male' side. It's about a guy who's has to look after his kid, sounds old isn't it? These type of family drama it's a must in every season, maybe different setting and cast that's all. Well it's Takenouchi Yutaka so......the storyline looks promising as well, i just skimmed through it, the cast looks good too.

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So, total 8 of it. Last season i've only watched one haha.....since holiday coming soon and it's my co-co technically lol (for my japanese). Credits to the ones who did the subs (TVBT). Tired now.....next time then tell you guys interesting discoveries between these dramas. For more info, go here.