This is going to be a busy spring for me, so I'm glad that almost nothing caught my attention. I'll just watch what is necessary for my survival.
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Yokoso, Wagaya E
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Date: From 9.00 p.m., Mondays, 13 April 2015
Station: Fuji TV
Scriptwriter: Kuroiwa Tsutomu (Subete ga F ni Naru, Yorozu Uranaidokoro Onmyoya e Yokoso, Strawberry Night Series)
Cast: Aiba Masaki, Sawajiri Erika, Arimura Kasumi, Adachi Rika, Fujii Ryusei, Tanaka Mirei, Yamaguchi Sayaka, Horiuchi Keiko, Mashima Hidekazu, Sato Jiro, Takada Junji, Takenaka Naoto, Minami Kaho, Terao Akira
Synopsis: Kurata Kenta (Aiba Masaki) lives with his parents, Taichi (Terao Akira) and Keiko (Minami Kaho), and younger sister, Nana (Arimura Kasumi), in a house in the outskirts. He is a struggling commercial artist. Because he dislikes conflict with others, he cannot assert himself and will end up conforming to the other party. Kenta takes after his father in that aspect, but he does not want to be spineless and unreliable like him. The relationship between father and son has soured. One day, Kenta shoves a female aside on the train platform and warns a man who is about to jump the queue and board the train. He is shocked by his own uncharacteristic behaviour because he is venting his anger about his job which is not working out. However, that day is the turning point. Kenta is harassed by stalking-related incidents at home. The flowers in the flower bed are entirely uprooted, the bicycle’s saddle is cut up. At the same time that this harassment begins, alleged improprieties are discovered at Kenta’s company…
Are you really asking my why I want to watch this.
Anyway, seeing the same scriptwriter of 'Subete ga F ni naru' scares me, I'm not going to lie. Buuut I have to remember that the very same person wrote 'Strawberry Night' too, which means he can actually produce something I like.
Aiba is not the best actor, among Arashi, but he can definitely act. Sadly people consider him the worst actor of the group, and who says this usually haven't watched all his works. I agree that, by watching only 'My Girl' (in which he was good) and 'Mikeneko' he doesn't seem that good. But these are the dramas most of people watch. If more people have watched his butais and Last Hope... well, maybe he would be considered a better actor. Still, I get that 'Last Hope' may not be everyone's cup of tea.
This is why I hope that 'Yokoso, Wagaya E' will be HIS drama. His 'Kazoku Game'. The drama with an awesome plot, that displays Aiba's acting skills AND can be watched by anybody.
DoS Deka
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Date: From 9.00 p.m., Saturdays, 11 April 2015
Station: NTV
Scriptwriter: ??
Cast: Tabe Mikako, Okura Tadayoshi, Yoshida Yo, Yaotome Hikaru, Nakamura Yasuhi, Katsumura Masanobu, Ishii Masanori, Mitz Mangrove, Seto Saori, Suda Yusuke, Ibu Masato, Kishimoto Kayoko
Synopsis: Kuroi Maya (Tabe Mikako) is a female detective who has no sense of loyalty to her organisation, completely ignores rules and loves to see troubled looks on people’s faces. She became a detective so that she can torment bad people all she wants. However, she has the ability to get to criminals faster than anyone else because of her keen perceptiveness. Good-natured, earnest but careless Daikanyama Shusuke (Okura Tadayoshi), is a police officer who works at a police box. At home, he is caught between his strong-minded mother and sister, and gets pushed around every day. But he makes the acquaintance of Maya at a crime scene. Shusuke is unlucky to find himself partnered with her to solve all sorts of cases together.
Look at a random image taken from the previes of this drama. Now tell me if you don't want to punch Ohkura in the face. Because I do.
He's going to be such an obnoxious detective, with all his pouting, his going undercover crossdressed, his beautiful smiles, his stupid face. UGH. If he's going to be worse than Ishizu (from Mikeneko), I'll quit.
The drama will probably be nothing great but I will probably love it anyway.
Algernon ni Hanataba o 2015
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Date: From 10.00 p.m., Fridays, 10 April 2015
Station: TBS
Scriptwriter: Nojima Shinji (Oniichan Gacha, Gold, Love Shuffle)
Cast: Yamashita Tomohisa, Kuriyama Chiaki, Kubota Masataka, Kudo Asuka, Kikuchi Fuma, Tanimura Mitsuki, Omasa Aya, Kaai Gamon, Ishida Issei, Kusakari Tamiyo, Nakahara Takeo (guest star), Hagiwara Masato, Ishimaru Kanji
Synopsis: Shiratori Sakuto (Yamashita Tomohisa) is 28, but has the intelligence of a 6-year-old boy. He works for Dream Flower Service, a flower distribution centre which provides employment for problem youth. One day, he and a colleague, Yanagawa Ryuichi (Kubota Masataka), deliver a rose bouquet to the apartment building where Mochizuki Haruka (Kuriyama Chiaki) lives. Because Haruka does not know that the deliveryman is mentally challenged, she is shocked by his response and tries to call the police. Haruka works for a brain physiology research centre where Professor Hachisuka Daigo (Ishimaru Kanji) has been studying the improvement of mental performance. He has succeeded in lab experiments on a white mouse called Algernon. Sakuto is transformed into a genius through surgery. But Algernon’s new intelligence begins to fade, and he dies. Sakuto realises that his genius, too, is destined to leave him.
I'm putting this here as an act of faith.
I usually don't like Yamapi's acting. And he's goin to play the role of a guy with a 6yo mentality so... I'll probably find it hard to watch. Maybe he will surprise me, this time, but probably not.
But! In N no Tame ni I liked Kubota Masataka so much that I've decided that, sooner or later, I'm going to watch all his works, so...
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Mondays, 13 April 2015
Station: Fuji TV
Scriptwriter: Kuroiwa Tsutomu (Subete ga F ni Naru, Yorozu Uranaidokoro Onmyoya e Yokoso, Strawberry Night Series)
Cast: Aiba Masaki, Sawajiri Erika, Arimura Kasumi, Adachi Rika, Fujii Ryusei, Tanaka Mirei, Yamaguchi Sayaka, Horiuchi Keiko, Mashima Hidekazu, Sato Jiro, Takada Junji, Takenaka Naoto, Minami Kaho, Terao Akira
Synopsis: Kurata Kenta (Aiba Masaki) lives with his parents, Taichi (Terao Akira) and Keiko (Minami Kaho), and younger sister, Nana (Arimura Kasumi), in a house in the outskirts. He is a struggling commercial artist. Because he dislikes conflict with others, he cannot assert himself and will end up conforming to the other party. Kenta takes after his father in that aspect, but he does not want to be spineless and unreliable like him. The relationship between father and son has soured. One day, Kenta shoves a female aside on the train platform and warns a man who is about to jump the queue and board the train. He is shocked by his own uncharacteristic behaviour because he is venting his anger about his job which is not working out. However, that day is the turning point. Kenta is harassed by stalking-related incidents at home. The flowers in the flower bed are entirely uprooted, the bicycle’s saddle is cut up. At the same time that this harassment begins, alleged improprieties are discovered at Kenta’s company…
Are you really asking my why I want to watch this.
Anyway, seeing the same scriptwriter of 'Subete ga F ni naru' scares me, I'm not going to lie. Buuut I have to remember that the very same person wrote 'Strawberry Night' too, which means he can actually produce something I like.
Aiba is not the best actor, among Arashi, but he can definitely act. Sadly people consider him the worst actor of the group, and who says this usually haven't watched all his works. I agree that, by watching only 'My Girl' (in which he was good) and 'Mikeneko' he doesn't seem that good. But these are the dramas most of people watch. If more people have watched his butais and Last Hope... well, maybe he would be considered a better actor. Still, I get that 'Last Hope' may not be everyone's cup of tea.
This is why I hope that 'Yokoso, Wagaya E' will be HIS drama. His 'Kazoku Game'. The drama with an awesome plot, that displays Aiba's acting skills AND can be watched by anybody.
DoS Deka
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Saturdays, 11 April 2015
Station: NTV
Scriptwriter: ??
Cast: Tabe Mikako, Okura Tadayoshi, Yoshida Yo, Yaotome Hikaru, Nakamura Yasuhi, Katsumura Masanobu, Ishii Masanori, Mitz Mangrove, Seto Saori, Suda Yusuke, Ibu Masato, Kishimoto Kayoko
Synopsis: Kuroi Maya (Tabe Mikako) is a female detective who has no sense of loyalty to her organisation, completely ignores rules and loves to see troubled looks on people’s faces. She became a detective so that she can torment bad people all she wants. However, she has the ability to get to criminals faster than anyone else because of her keen perceptiveness. Good-natured, earnest but careless Daikanyama Shusuke (Okura Tadayoshi), is a police officer who works at a police box. At home, he is caught between his strong-minded mother and sister, and gets pushed around every day. But he makes the acquaintance of Maya at a crime scene. Shusuke is unlucky to find himself partnered with her to solve all sorts of cases together.
Look at a random image taken from the previes of this drama. Now tell me if you don't want to punch Ohkura in the face. Because I do.
He's going to be such an obnoxious detective, with all his pouting, his going undercover crossdressed, his beautiful smiles, his stupid face. UGH. If he's going to be worse than Ishizu (from Mikeneko), I'll quit.
The drama will probably be nothing great but I will probably love it anyway.
Algernon ni Hanataba o 2015
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Fridays, 10 April 2015
Station: TBS
Scriptwriter: Nojima Shinji (Oniichan Gacha, Gold, Love Shuffle)
Cast: Yamashita Tomohisa, Kuriyama Chiaki, Kubota Masataka, Kudo Asuka, Kikuchi Fuma, Tanimura Mitsuki, Omasa Aya, Kaai Gamon, Ishida Issei, Kusakari Tamiyo, Nakahara Takeo (guest star), Hagiwara Masato, Ishimaru Kanji
Synopsis: Shiratori Sakuto (Yamashita Tomohisa) is 28, but has the intelligence of a 6-year-old boy. He works for Dream Flower Service, a flower distribution centre which provides employment for problem youth. One day, he and a colleague, Yanagawa Ryuichi (Kubota Masataka), deliver a rose bouquet to the apartment building where Mochizuki Haruka (Kuriyama Chiaki) lives. Because Haruka does not know that the deliveryman is mentally challenged, she is shocked by his response and tries to call the police. Haruka works for a brain physiology research centre where Professor Hachisuka Daigo (Ishimaru Kanji) has been studying the improvement of mental performance. He has succeeded in lab experiments on a white mouse called Algernon. Sakuto is transformed into a genius through surgery. But Algernon’s new intelligence begins to fade, and he dies. Sakuto realises that his genius, too, is destined to leave him.
I'm putting this here as an act of faith.
I usually don't like Yamapi's acting. And he's goin to play the role of a guy with a 6yo mentality so... I'll probably find it hard to watch. Maybe he will surprise me, this time, but probably not.
But! In N no Tame ni I liked Kubota Masataka so much that I've decided that, sooner or later, I'm going to watch all his works, so...
source: jdramaswordpress