Romance? For spring? Groundbreaking. (semicit.)
Later than usual because I had some troubles with my pc (literally destroyed it by pouring half a litre of water on it).
I honestly feel sorry about all the dramas I'm going to watch in the near future, because I've recently watched Nanba MG5 and nothing will compare to it for a loooong time.
Still, here's my picks from this spring lineup!
Later than usual because I had some troubles with my pc (literally destroyed it by pouring half a litre of water on it).
I honestly feel sorry about all the dramas I'm going to watch in the near future, because I've recently watched Nanba MG5 and nothing will compare to it for a loooong time.
Still, here's my picks from this spring lineup!
Watashi no Oyome-kun
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Preview
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 12 April 2023
Station: Fuji TV
Scriptwriter: Hashimoto Natsu (Octo, Gossip)
Directors: Kamiya Kaede, Joho Hidenori, Mito Yusuke
Cast: Haru, Takasugi Mahiro, Maeda Kentaro, Nimura Sawa, Hiccorohee, Ito Masayuki, Saeki Daichi, Takezai Terunosuke, Furukawa Yuta, Ukaji Takashi, Tomita Yasuko, Nakamura Aoi
Synopsis: Hayami Honoka (Haru) works in the sales department of a large home appliance manufacturer. She has not only been number 1 in sales for five consecutive terms, but also won the Outstanding Employee Award. Although Honoka is considered everyone’s ideal bride and a perfect person, she has been hiding the fact that she lives in a dirty home because she is slovenly. Yamamoto Chihiro (Takasugi Mahiro), a junior in the same department, greatly admires Honoka’s competence at work. Having had to help his busy mother with the housework together with his siblings from a young age, he has absolute confidence in his skills at household chores. One thing leads to another and Chihiro unwittingly learns the truth about Honoka. Soon he is over at Honoka’s house often enough that she gets him to move in with her!?
For some reason, I have quite a lot of faith in this one.
I don't know, I'm not the biggest Haru fan, but both her and Takasugi Mahiro seem to fit their roles so well?? And it seems cute (the fact that this boy has monopolized my attention in every work I've seen him in, even if he wasn't the main lead, has nothing to do with anything I say).
Also, I always appreciate seeing women completely unable to "fit" into their assigned role of angel in the house (I do not appreciate, however, how this is always seen as shocking or weird. Same for a man who can take care of the house and likes it).
Kashi Mashi Meshi
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Preview
Date: From 11.06 p.m., Mondays, 10 April 2023
Station: TV Tokyo
Scriptwriters: Tamada Shinya (Junai Dissonance, Anonymous, Densetsu no Okaasan), Imanishi Yuko (Shoumonai Bokura no Renairon, Sabishii Oka de Kari o Suru, Hoshi kara Kita Anata)
Directors: Matsumoto Kana, Fukuda Momoko
Cast: Maeda Atsuko, Narumi Riko, Shiono Akihisa, Kura Yuki, Wakabayashi Takuya, Kudo Ayano, Watabe Atsuro
Synopsis: Three people close to 30 meet again for the first time since graduating from art college when a former classmate takes his own life. Despite their own troubles in life, they get together regularly for lively meals at home and in the process of doing so, they eventually start living together. Oda Chiharu (Maeda Atsuko) quit her design job at the company of her dreams after being bullied by her boss. Nakamura Seiko (Narumi Riko) is a career woman with a strong desire to get married because of her old-fashioned family. But her fiance, who works in the same department, suddenly breaks off their engagement. Amagai Eiji (Shiono Akihisa) was the boyfriend of their classmate who committed suicide. He used to be a designer at an advertising agency but since his transfer to sales, he no longer knows what he wants to do. He is a gay man but has yet to tell his parents.
Such comforting, heart-warming vibes :')
Slice-of-lifedrama with people discussing their problems and worries in front of a meal? I could be down for that.
unknown
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Date: From 9.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 18 April 2023
Station: TV Asahi
Scriptwriter: Tokuo Koji (Roppongi Class, Koi wa Deep ni, Watashi no Kaseifu Nagisa-san)
Directors: Ruto Toichiro, Kanai Hiro
Cast: Takahata Mitsuki, Tanaka Kei, Machida Keita, Kote Shinya, First Summer Uika, Inoue Yuki, Sota Ryosuke, Osada Seiya, Niiro Shinya, Ishikawa Zen, Sako Yoshi, Kino Hana, Aso Kumiko, Yoshida Kotaro
Synopsis: Yamihara Kokoro (Takahata Mitsuki), a journalist for a weekly magazine, and Asada Toramatsu (Tanaka Kei), a police officer working at a police box, have been dating for a year and pledged to love each other. As Kokoro’s 30th birthday approaches, both of them start thinking of marriage but neither can summon the courage to tell their grave secrets. They live in a pretty peaceful town but three serial murder cases in the neighbourhood actually remain unsolved. These cases are regarded as serial murders because all the victims were killed using the same method and their bodies drained of blood. Five years have gone by without any clues related to the killer. Now that people’s memories have begun to fade, tragedy strikes once again. Toramatsu wears a thoughtful expression for some reason after he sees the body of the new victim at the crime scene. Then Kokoro has mixed feelings about her editor in chief’s talk of creating a special feature on these bizarre crimes. The worse part is that the tragedy does not end with this murder and the town residents whom Kokoro and Toramatsu are on good terms with get caught in one case after another.
For a good 80%, it's in this list for the promising cast.
I'm not in the mood for suspance but who knows, if it gets subbed I might watch it later this year.
P.S. Machida Keita I miss your stupidly handsome face.
Ousama ni Sasagu Kusuriyubi
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Preview
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 18 April 2023
Station: TBS
Scriptwriters: Kuramitsu Yasuko (PICU, Imawa no Kuni no Arisu Season 1, Alive), Seki Hisayo (Iribito, Pandora no Kajitsu)
Directors: Tsuboi Toshio, Izumi Masahide, Miyazaki Moeka
Cast: Hashimoto Kana, Yamada Ryosuke, Bando Ryota, Nagao Kento, Morinaga Yuki, Kobayashi Kinako, Wakatsuki Yumi, Miura Ryota, Kobayashi Ryoko, Fukuda Yumi, Kohinata Yuka, Tanaka Hinari, Takahashi Kanaru, Miyazaki Ririsa, Tsukaji Muga, Riju Go, Ryou, Matsushima Nananko
Synopsis: Rookie wedding planner Haneda Ayaka (Hashimoto Kana) just joined La Blanche wedding hall. She has always been popular because of her incomparable beauty. But she gets put off by guys who only look at appearances, and has hardly ever been in love. Ayaka’s life has also been nothing but trouble as she is often misunderstood and envied for her beauty by those around her. Her parents (Ryou, Tsukaji Muga) run a small kamaboko shop. As the eldest of five children, she had to earn her own school fees in order to help out her family. One day, Ayaka suddenly gets a marriage proposal from Nitta Togo (Yamada Ryosuke) which becomes a turning point in her life. Togo is the autocratic CEO of La Blanche and the successor of a large company, Nitta Holdings. He has neither had problems with women nor truly been in love before. Ayaka chooses marriage to protect her family while Togo chooses marriage to turn around the struggling wedding hall. A married life full of calculations begins.
I was completely bought by the preview, the 2 leads seem sooo dislikable lmao I kinda hate them.
It could be fun.
Sorette Pakuri Janai desu ka?
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Preview
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 12 April 2023
Station: NTV
Scriptwriter: Ushio Kentaro (Kyoso no Bannin, Itoshii Uso, Black Pean)
Directors: Nakajima Satoru, Uchida Hidemi
Cast: Yoshine Kyoko, Shigeoka Daiki, Tokiwa Takako, Watanabe Daichi, Fukuchi Momoko, Asakura Aki, Toyoda Yudai, Suwa Masashi, Takahashi Tsutomu, Aijima Kazuyuki, Akai Hidekazu, Nomaguchi Toru, Tomosaka Rie, Tanabe Seiichi
Synopsis: Fujisaki Aki (Yoshine Kyoko) is an employee at beverage maker Tsukiyono’s drink development department but ends up being assigned to work involving intellectual property. When an important patent related to a beverage under development gets stolen by a rival company, Aki is suspected of leaking information. She teams up with Kitawaki Masami (Shigeoka Daiki), an intellectual property lawyer who comes from headquarters to investigate this incident at Tsukiyono. But they get off to a rocky start since Aki knows nothing about intellectual property while Kitawaki makes no compromises in business. She is emotional, looks at people’s strengths and cares about the reasons. However, Kitawaki is rational, looks at people’s weaknesses and only cares about the rules and outcomes. The two of them have to fight together to regain the stolen patent from the rival company.
It's going to be weird seeing Daiki playing a role where he's not smiling all the time, but well we'll try.
Could be fun or veeery boring.
Keiji to Kenji, Tokidoki Hanji
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Preview
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Thursdays, 13 April 2023
Station: TV Asahi
Scriptwriter: Fukuda Yasushi (Doctors Saikyo no Meii Series, Good Partner, Hero Series)
Directors: Motohashi Keita, Kinoshita Naomi
Cast: Kiritani Kenta, Higa Manami, Isomura Hayato, Nakamura Anne, Okazaki Sae, Nagai Mijika, Nishimura Motoki, Furuta Arata, Ito Atsushi, Kichise Michiko, Kitamura Yukiya
Synopsis: Nakaido Gota (Kiritani Kenta) is a former high school physical education teacher who now works at the Minatomirai Police Precinct’s Criminal Affairs Division in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Wanting to eradicate the bad people who lead students astray, he quit teaching and changed jobs. Nakaido is currently a sergeant and wants to get a promotion, but he is not good at studying so he obsesses about his accomplishments, that is, arresting criminals. He likes nothing better than to be thanked by victims for catching criminals. What stands in the way of a mid-career detective like Nakaido is a prosecution team (Nakamura Ann, Kitamura Yukiya) with the country’s best brains who declare that the law is everything, and life experience and empathy have no part in bringing someone to justice. A self-centred judge (Kichise Michiko) will also join the battle. Going from warrant → arrest → prosecution → indictment → warrant → trial is not easy. In the process of doing so, people with completely different academic backgrounds, status, income, qualifications, investigation approaches who would never have mingled, interact and clash head-on.
Got into the list at the last minute, but it seems fun?
Preview
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 12 April 2023
Station: Fuji TV
Scriptwriter: Hashimoto Natsu (Octo, Gossip)
Directors: Kamiya Kaede, Joho Hidenori, Mito Yusuke
Cast: Haru, Takasugi Mahiro, Maeda Kentaro, Nimura Sawa, Hiccorohee, Ito Masayuki, Saeki Daichi, Takezai Terunosuke, Furukawa Yuta, Ukaji Takashi, Tomita Yasuko, Nakamura Aoi
Synopsis: Hayami Honoka (Haru) works in the sales department of a large home appliance manufacturer. She has not only been number 1 in sales for five consecutive terms, but also won the Outstanding Employee Award. Although Honoka is considered everyone’s ideal bride and a perfect person, she has been hiding the fact that she lives in a dirty home because she is slovenly. Yamamoto Chihiro (Takasugi Mahiro), a junior in the same department, greatly admires Honoka’s competence at work. Having had to help his busy mother with the housework together with his siblings from a young age, he has absolute confidence in his skills at household chores. One thing leads to another and Chihiro unwittingly learns the truth about Honoka. Soon he is over at Honoka’s house often enough that she gets him to move in with her!?
For some reason, I have quite a lot of faith in this one.
I don't know, I'm not the biggest Haru fan, but both her and Takasugi Mahiro seem to fit their roles so well?? And it seems cute (the fact that this boy has monopolized my attention in every work I've seen him in, even if he wasn't the main lead, has nothing to do with anything I say).
Also, I always appreciate seeing women completely unable to "fit" into their assigned role of angel in the house (I do not appreciate, however, how this is always seen as shocking or weird. Same for a man who can take care of the house and likes it).
Kashi Mashi Meshi
Preview
Date: From 11.06 p.m., Mondays, 10 April 2023
Station: TV Tokyo
Scriptwriters: Tamada Shinya (Junai Dissonance, Anonymous, Densetsu no Okaasan), Imanishi Yuko (Shoumonai Bokura no Renairon, Sabishii Oka de Kari o Suru, Hoshi kara Kita Anata)
Directors: Matsumoto Kana, Fukuda Momoko
Cast: Maeda Atsuko, Narumi Riko, Shiono Akihisa, Kura Yuki, Wakabayashi Takuya, Kudo Ayano, Watabe Atsuro
Synopsis: Three people close to 30 meet again for the first time since graduating from art college when a former classmate takes his own life. Despite their own troubles in life, they get together regularly for lively meals at home and in the process of doing so, they eventually start living together. Oda Chiharu (Maeda Atsuko) quit her design job at the company of her dreams after being bullied by her boss. Nakamura Seiko (Narumi Riko) is a career woman with a strong desire to get married because of her old-fashioned family. But her fiance, who works in the same department, suddenly breaks off their engagement. Amagai Eiji (Shiono Akihisa) was the boyfriend of their classmate who committed suicide. He used to be a designer at an advertising agency but since his transfer to sales, he no longer knows what he wants to do. He is a gay man but has yet to tell his parents.
Such comforting, heart-warming vibes :')
Slice-of-lifedrama with people discussing their problems and worries in front of a meal? I could be down for that.
unknown
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 18 April 2023
Station: TV Asahi
Scriptwriter: Tokuo Koji (Roppongi Class, Koi wa Deep ni, Watashi no Kaseifu Nagisa-san)
Directors: Ruto Toichiro, Kanai Hiro
Cast: Takahata Mitsuki, Tanaka Kei, Machida Keita, Kote Shinya, First Summer Uika, Inoue Yuki, Sota Ryosuke, Osada Seiya, Niiro Shinya, Ishikawa Zen, Sako Yoshi, Kino Hana, Aso Kumiko, Yoshida Kotaro
Synopsis: Yamihara Kokoro (Takahata Mitsuki), a journalist for a weekly magazine, and Asada Toramatsu (Tanaka Kei), a police officer working at a police box, have been dating for a year and pledged to love each other. As Kokoro’s 30th birthday approaches, both of them start thinking of marriage but neither can summon the courage to tell their grave secrets. They live in a pretty peaceful town but three serial murder cases in the neighbourhood actually remain unsolved. These cases are regarded as serial murders because all the victims were killed using the same method and their bodies drained of blood. Five years have gone by without any clues related to the killer. Now that people’s memories have begun to fade, tragedy strikes once again. Toramatsu wears a thoughtful expression for some reason after he sees the body of the new victim at the crime scene. Then Kokoro has mixed feelings about her editor in chief’s talk of creating a special feature on these bizarre crimes. The worse part is that the tragedy does not end with this murder and the town residents whom Kokoro and Toramatsu are on good terms with get caught in one case after another.
For a good 80%, it's in this list for the promising cast.
I'm not in the mood for suspance but who knows, if it gets subbed I might watch it later this year.
P.S. Machida Keita I miss your stupidly handsome face.
Ousama ni Sasagu Kusuriyubi
Preview
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 18 April 2023
Station: TBS
Scriptwriters: Kuramitsu Yasuko (PICU, Imawa no Kuni no Arisu Season 1, Alive), Seki Hisayo (Iribito, Pandora no Kajitsu)
Directors: Tsuboi Toshio, Izumi Masahide, Miyazaki Moeka
Cast: Hashimoto Kana, Yamada Ryosuke, Bando Ryota, Nagao Kento, Morinaga Yuki, Kobayashi Kinako, Wakatsuki Yumi, Miura Ryota, Kobayashi Ryoko, Fukuda Yumi, Kohinata Yuka, Tanaka Hinari, Takahashi Kanaru, Miyazaki Ririsa, Tsukaji Muga, Riju Go, Ryou, Matsushima Nananko
Synopsis: Rookie wedding planner Haneda Ayaka (Hashimoto Kana) just joined La Blanche wedding hall. She has always been popular because of her incomparable beauty. But she gets put off by guys who only look at appearances, and has hardly ever been in love. Ayaka’s life has also been nothing but trouble as she is often misunderstood and envied for her beauty by those around her. Her parents (Ryou, Tsukaji Muga) run a small kamaboko shop. As the eldest of five children, she had to earn her own school fees in order to help out her family. One day, Ayaka suddenly gets a marriage proposal from Nitta Togo (Yamada Ryosuke) which becomes a turning point in her life. Togo is the autocratic CEO of La Blanche and the successor of a large company, Nitta Holdings. He has neither had problems with women nor truly been in love before. Ayaka chooses marriage to protect her family while Togo chooses marriage to turn around the struggling wedding hall. A married life full of calculations begins.
I was completely bought by the preview, the 2 leads seem sooo dislikable lmao I kinda hate them.
It could be fun.
Sorette Pakuri Janai desu ka?
Preview
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 12 April 2023
Station: NTV
Scriptwriter: Ushio Kentaro (Kyoso no Bannin, Itoshii Uso, Black Pean)
Directors: Nakajima Satoru, Uchida Hidemi
Cast: Yoshine Kyoko, Shigeoka Daiki, Tokiwa Takako, Watanabe Daichi, Fukuchi Momoko, Asakura Aki, Toyoda Yudai, Suwa Masashi, Takahashi Tsutomu, Aijima Kazuyuki, Akai Hidekazu, Nomaguchi Toru, Tomosaka Rie, Tanabe Seiichi
Synopsis: Fujisaki Aki (Yoshine Kyoko) is an employee at beverage maker Tsukiyono’s drink development department but ends up being assigned to work involving intellectual property. When an important patent related to a beverage under development gets stolen by a rival company, Aki is suspected of leaking information. She teams up with Kitawaki Masami (Shigeoka Daiki), an intellectual property lawyer who comes from headquarters to investigate this incident at Tsukiyono. But they get off to a rocky start since Aki knows nothing about intellectual property while Kitawaki makes no compromises in business. She is emotional, looks at people’s strengths and cares about the reasons. However, Kitawaki is rational, looks at people’s weaknesses and only cares about the rules and outcomes. The two of them have to fight together to regain the stolen patent from the rival company.
It's going to be weird seeing Daiki playing a role where he's not smiling all the time, but well we'll try.
Could be fun or veeery boring.
Keiji to Kenji, Tokidoki Hanji
Preview
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Thursdays, 13 April 2023
Station: TV Asahi
Scriptwriter: Fukuda Yasushi (Doctors Saikyo no Meii Series, Good Partner, Hero Series)
Directors: Motohashi Keita, Kinoshita Naomi
Cast: Kiritani Kenta, Higa Manami, Isomura Hayato, Nakamura Anne, Okazaki Sae, Nagai Mijika, Nishimura Motoki, Furuta Arata, Ito Atsushi, Kichise Michiko, Kitamura Yukiya
Synopsis: Nakaido Gota (Kiritani Kenta) is a former high school physical education teacher who now works at the Minatomirai Police Precinct’s Criminal Affairs Division in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Wanting to eradicate the bad people who lead students astray, he quit teaching and changed jobs. Nakaido is currently a sergeant and wants to get a promotion, but he is not good at studying so he obsesses about his accomplishments, that is, arresting criminals. He likes nothing better than to be thanked by victims for catching criminals. What stands in the way of a mid-career detective like Nakaido is a prosecution team (Nakamura Ann, Kitamura Yukiya) with the country’s best brains who declare that the law is everything, and life experience and empathy have no part in bringing someone to justice. A self-centred judge (Kichise Michiko) will also join the battle. Going from warrant → arrest → prosecution → indictment → warrant → trial is not easy. In the process of doing so, people with completely different academic backgrounds, status, income, qualifications, investigation approaches who would never have mingled, interact and clash head-on.
Got into the list at the last minute, but it seems fun?