Dorama of the Year 2000-II Spring - Densetsu no Kyoshi
Entry posted by kivandopulus in Dorama of the Year
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No masterpieces again since number of pieces is still too small. Densetsu no Kyoshi is the only drama this season that I watched to the end and that was inventive enough that I considered it as a masterpiece for some time.
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1. Tenki-yoho no Koibito [天気予報の恋人] (Finished 2/12)
Tags: Romance
Yano Katsuhiko, a weather forecaster who is divorced and is introduced by his friend, Taguchi to popular radio DJ Yukawa Sachi aka "Love Specialist". Yano recalled seeing pictures of her before but the person he actually saw is Sachi's friend, Yujin.
Sadly, pretty banal. Both weather forecast and secret identity love specialist workplaces turned out only cringy. Not seeing anything prominent here.
Overall Rating: 5/10
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2. Shomuni Season 2 [ショムニ 2] (Finished 1/12)
Tags: Business, Comedy
It continues where it left off when the female employees from GA-2, deemed "the graveyard of all female employees" for its inane daily job routines of changing light bulbs, using toilet rolls and organising flower appreciation nights, saved the company in the final episode of Shomuni.
However, Manpan Corporation has changed. The multinational company is now run in a totalitarian fashion. Closed circuit cameras are placed in every nook and cranny of the company to monitor the daily routines of employees. Even the basins in the toilets are not spared (though, obviously, the cubicles are) from scrutiny. This is a result of the Personnel Department, led by the evil Terasaki and Nonomura, who are (again) seeking to find a reason to save up on the company budget.
Sequel.
Overall Rating: 6/10
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3. Bus Stop (2000) [バスストップ] (Finished 2/12)
Tags: Romance, Life, Drama
Naoko finds her life at cross-roads, as her career unravels after an unsuccessful project results in her demotion from marketing to data management, and her lover-cum-boss, Yanagiba Toshiro has left her to move to New York. When her life feels like it is at its lowest point, she meets Uchimura, a bus driver whose carefree yet caring approach makes her rethink her life's direction. When Toshiro unexpectedly returns to Tokyo, she finds herself caught between the two totally different men in her life.
Love at the first sight from one side and impenetrable fortress from another side is so typical. Can get an extra point for rarity of optimistic ML and quite fine FL, but overall level is low with all kinds of fatefull stuff flying around.
Overall Rating: 6/10
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4. Yasha [夜叉] (Finished 1/11)
Tags: Action, Thriller, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Twin brothers, created in a lab as part of a gene-altering experiment, were born with supernatural abilities and exceptional intelligence but separated at birth. Sei becomes a top biochemist in America and is sent to a Japanese island to investigate a mysterious virus. There, he discovers his twin, Rin, whose dark nature contrasts sharply with his own. As they finally meet, questions arise: why were they separated, who created them, and how is the virus connected to their origins?
Murder investigation mystery is already outside my plate, and all the suspence like mystery over cloned twins and confusion specially cast everywhere only bring negative emotions to me.
Overall Rating: 5/10
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5. Ikebukuro West Gate Park [池袋ウエストゲートパーク] (Finished 1/11)
Tags: Action, Mystery, Comedy, Crime
This story follows a young man named Makoto, who lives in Ikebukuro West Gate Park, an area known for youth delinquency and gangs. In fact, one of Makoto's best friends from high school, Takeshi, is the "king" or leader, of one such gang, called the G-Boys. Makoto is known for being tough and smart, and while trying to solve the mystery of a friend's death, he finds himself a somewhat unwilling helper in many mysteries and problems of IWGP inhabitants. All the while, gang tension is mounting between his best friend's gang (which Makoto refuses to join) and a new gang, the "Black Angels".
I see it as serial murder mystery first of all, so cant really enjoy it though it can be lively at times.
Overall Rating: 6/10
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6. Densetsu no Kyoshi 伝説の教師 [伝説の教師] (Finished 11/11)
Tags: Comedy, Youth
A man who appears to have no particular passion for anything ironically proves effective with troubled high school students. Known as a legendary savior of problem schools, he shows up one day to salvage what's left of a class that had fallen apart completely. His highly unpredictable reactions and controversial advice to students shock the teachers and staffs much as they do the problem students themselves.
A clear imitation of GTO, this time even with more grey personality of the teacher, and he also does not have that many connections to use. But it does not matter much if it's inventive, and it is. At times it felt like a masterpiece, at times it did not. So I decided that would treat it as a masterpiece if remember something or someone that I partucularly liked here. And... I can't name such thing. But I can name lots of things that irritate me like role of female councilor, double protagonists, all the debt arc time wasting, episodic nature of one crisis per episode, very bland class where there can be hero of the episode, but otherwise no one shows up again, shouting a lot of time so that my head starts to acke, unrealistic nature of multiple crisis, abscence of FL, powerlessness of ML, uselessness of second ML and narration from his viewpoint... and I can still go on. This is no masterpiece. It tried to differ as much as possible from GTO while having the same concept, but being different at all cost does not mean being good.
Overall Rating: 6/10
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7. All About Eve [이브의 모든것] (Finished 1/20)
Tags: Romance, Life, Drama, Melodrama
This drama is about two girls, Jin Sun Mi and Heo Young Mi. Sun Mi had a nice childhood and grew up with lots of love from her father. Young Mi's mother left her when she was young, and her father was a drunk who has recently died. She had a hard childhood but never gave up and made it into college.
Recent kdrama Truth had similar premise and human-like acting and script, but here we go again - tasteless artificial mess.
Overall Rating: 5/10
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8. Taiyo wa Shizumanai [太陽は沈まない] (Finished 1/11)
Tags: Mystery, Medical
Nao always get's into fights and does fight for his mother but eventually she dies. He is certain the hospital did something wrong which caused her death so he finds a lawyer because he wants to know the truth. While he trying to discover the truth of his mothers death he falls in love with the daughter of the hospital owner.
Mystery death investigation, so staying only for pilot which is fine yet not grasping.
Overall Rating: 5/10
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9. Ai Kotoba wa Yuuki [合い言葉は勇気] (Finished 3/11)
Tags: Comedy, Drama
Tomashi village is a small village, well known for its abundance of nature and beautiful surroundings. When a development company called Funamushi plans to build an industrial waste treatment facility in the area, the villagers are unhappy with the effects it will have on the environment and seek an injunction.
The village chief goes to Tokyo and finds a young lawyer to represent them in court, the one lawyer in the city who has actually lived in the village. The man, however, knows of the company's crafty lawyer, Tanomo Aboshi...
Taro Akihito, a once highly renowned actor who happens to play a lawyer in a TV drama, is mistaken for a real lawyer by the villagers in a freak coincidence. He finally works up his courage to begin the fight, and they convince him to represent them.
I'm generally indifferent to lawsuits theme, because ofc the issue will be won eventually, so we're supposed to enjoy the process - plot moves, circumstances and characters. Feels solid, especially from 2nd episode when seriousness vanishes and comedy starts to show up. Still I'm just not enjoying this as it's so far purely bluff and luck based.
Overall Rating: 6/10
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10. Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta Koto [君が教えてくれたこと] (Finished 1/12)
Tags: Romance, Life, Drama, Melodrama
A young autistic woman, Mayuko, who has difficulty understanding and processing human emotions, meets with a young former psychiatrist, Shinichi, who is still getting over the unexpected death of his longtime girlfriend. Shinichi begins to help her with her skills of human interaction, but as he gets to know Mayuko better, he finds that she may be helping him to remember the feelings of love that he has forgotten in his grief.
Work about mentally disabled did not suit me yet another time.
Overall Rating: 5/10
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