KenaiGajadhar
Oddly satisfying and fun drama
It's an okay show, a light-hearted mystery drama with a positive theme about dealing with trauma, unique disabilities, or both while trying to look at things be it life or mysteries from a different perspective like the Main Hero for example. I thought one episode about a guy being allergic to electricity was ridiculous until I saw it in better call saul which I since then Owed this show an apology. This show takes place in the same universe as the keizoku/spec because by the multiple cameos and references from that series, and the fact that they both share the same producer too but this is a standalone series and not a spinoff so I guess the relations with each other is just mere fanservice but go see Spec regardless cause it's better. While the mysteries are not as big nor epic as spec , but it is more realistic and grounded just not as dark and gritty, but if there's one thing better about ataru is their comedy that's more natural than shoehorned in to lighten the mood all the time-hell even the recurring gags has an arc of their own. Even though I always have issues with j-drama especially mystery themed j-dramas never being long enough this drama surprisingly satisfied me when it comes to its story and characters because the story was so simple and complete that it never overstayed it's welcome but ironically you do wanna see what happens to them after the show which explains the specials and movie I guess.Was this review helpful to you?
Needs to be a longer remake or k-drama
It's an okay show but it could've been better, you will get attached to the main cast but wish they had more screen time other than the protagonist, so much so that you sometimes forget the deuteragonist(who also happens to be the drama's narrator) even existed. If you're expecting any medical action then lower your expectations cause there isn't that much because it focuses more on the relationships between the doctor and her patients than solving medical cases, in fact the episodes that had any resolution medical-wise are the first episode and the 7th episode that guest star Ryunosuke Kamiki who is the only reason I even watched this drama lol. This should've been longer like at least a 16-20 episodes long K-drama kinda wish that they remade this show because it had so much potential.Was this review helpful to you?
Now I know why this was the lesser-known sequel to the original
The first and original season of "Hitotsu Yane no Shita" is not only one of the writer Shinji Nojima's best work but also one of my favorite J-dramas too but unfortunately the second season wasn't fully available and translated at the time...until I finally watched it a few years and all I can is how ironic that a sequel to one of my favorite dramas is one of my worst J-dramas that I've ever seen which you couldn't tell from the ratings while slightly lower it couldn't be that bad for a sequel right? Well, it is if you're a fan of the series that honestly really didn't a sequel or at this case was not fully ready to make one in the first place.What made the first season so special was the balanced storytelling between the main storyline about reuniting the family together and each of its 6 family members' own story arc and how they all successfully come together in full circle at the end of the story (Note: The Drama's opening is actually the ending). But while the story of this sequel appears to be about the 6 members of the Kashiwagi it's really about 5 as one the more interesting, most difficult, and most important family member of the series was written off at the first episode only to conveniently reappear at the last few episodes just to bring a conclusion to a story arc that spanned from the first season with disappointing results. Because of that sole reason the story's balance was completely off and to make up for most of this character's absence they added 2 new roommates to live with the Kashiwagis who are not bad characters but are just weak replacements overpopulating the drama's already large cast. My only theory as to why the actor's role was reduced was possibly because despite how huge the original drama was, it's still pretty rare to make a full season follow-up with the same cast because of how popular and busy the main cast are especially with someone like Nori-p unless it was for a special or a movie maybe. Honestly if f they couldn't have that actor commit to a full season, they shouldn't have made this disappointing sequel in the first place.
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