Nov 9, 2008

2008 Autumn Jdrama review

2008 Autumn Jdrama viewership rating for 1st episode

1 Ryusei no Kizuna   21.2%
2 Kaze no Garden   20.1%
3 Celebu to Binbo Taro   17.6%
4 Scandal   16.9%
5 Innocent Love   16.9%
6 Team Batista no Eiko   15.2%
7 Salaried man Kintaro   13.8%
8 Scrap Teacher   12.6%
9 Gira Gira   12.2%
10 Bloody Monday   11.4%
11 Room of King   10.4%
12 Shoni Kyumei   9.6%
13 Oh! My Girl!!   8.3%
14 OL Nippon   8.3%
15 Yume wo Kanaeru Zou   7.1%

My Personal Review

My Rating:
★★★★★: Absolutely fascinating! A Must-watch!
★★★★☆: Great job! A fun to watch!
★★★☆☆: Fairly good! You might enjoy!
★★☆☆☆: I personally don’t recommend, but you can try!
★☆☆☆☆: Don’t recommend! Not worth watching
☆☆☆☆☆: Horrible and awful! Complete trash!

1 Ryusei no Kizuna   ★★★☆☆
2 Kaze no Garden   ★★★☆☆
3 Celebu to Binbo Taro   ★★★☆☆
4 Scandal   ★☆☆☆☆
5 Innocent Love   ★★★★☆
6 Team Batista no Eiko   ★★★☆☆
7 Salaried man Kintaro   ★★★☆☆
8 Scrap Teacher    
9 Gira Gira   ★★★☆☆
10 Bloody Monday   ★★★★☆
11 Room of King    
12 Shoni Kyumei    
13 Oh! My Girl!!   ★☆☆☆☆
14 OL Nippon    
15 Yume wo Kanaeru Zou   ★★★★☆

To my disaapointment, this season's jdrama series were not so fun as I though it would be. Currently, my favorite series is "Yume wo Kanaeru Zou" "Innocent Love" and "Bloody Monday".

By watching the first episode, I thought "Ryusei no Kizuna" would be a controversial one. My guess was proven right.  There are heated discussion on the net over the screenplay written by Kankuro Kudoh (many call them "KudoKan"). Being a renowned playwriter, KudoKan's scripts in the past such as "Kisarazu Cat's Eye", "Tiger and Dragon" and "IWGP" earned admiration. His fast-paced dialogue mixed with newest slungs and jokes vividly depicts real conversation among young Japanese.

However, I think this drama didn't need his help. The author of the original book, Keigo Higashino is also a renowned suspense drama writer and his book such as "Yogisha X no Kenshin (original book for "Galileo")" and "Byakuyako" became a hit series in the past.  With "Johnny's" fabulous casts (not just one, but two!), this drama already had enough reason to become one of the hit series of the season.

Many commented that expectation for this drama was bitterly betrayed...

If you are going to watch it, don't expect it to be a suspense drama.  It is more like a comedy drama.

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