Japanese List of Dramas Part 1 (A~M)
These are all in alphabetical order! With tiny(?) reviews/summaries if I happen to actually remember them. Except my "reviews" are more like spazzing about it. XD
For jdramas N through Z in the new list HERE.
Japanese- we should all be aware of this coming list. It's not even complete. I can't believe I watched this many Jdramas in my life! What a waste of time! *has no life*
1 Litre of Tears (１リットルの涙) 2005 秋 - The ever so famous drama that shot Sawajiri Erika and Ryo-chan to fame (even if he only got like 5 minutes every ep!) Do we really not know what this drama is about? It's about a girl named Aya (Sawajiri) who is in junior high, and she is told that she is diagnosed with spinocerebellar ataxia/degeneration. It's a very touching drama about how the girl and her family copes with this and how she faces family and friends. It's rather harsh. Her classmates were rather bitchy after awhile. I wanted to slap them so much. Ryo was completely the saviour and I totally heart him for that fact. Poor Aya. This was based on a true story. It was originally based on the diaries that the real Aya had written during the many years that she was diagnosed. Ryo's character "Asou" doesn't exist in real life. Real Aya's mom wanted her daughter to have a romance in her "fairytale" life because she never got the chance to experience it. (Although there wasn't much romance anyways) 5/5
14-yr-old Mother (１４才の母) 2006 秋 - Shida once again takes another challenge! She's so talented, I love on her :) I'd think the title says it all. Shida becomes impregnanted with Miura's child when she is only 14. Things happen. It's a tough life. 4/5
24 Hour Emergency Ward 1,2,3 (救命病棟24時) 1999 冬, 2001 夏, 2005 冬 - This is like the epic medical jdrama. I heart it so much! 1: 4/5, 2: 3.5/5, 3: 5/5
3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei season 5, 6, 7 (3年B組金八先生) 1999, 2001, 2004 - Some of these were very good. Kazama did a really good job in here, but I liked Hoshino Mari the most. And then in the 6th series, Ueto Aya kinda pwned everyone else! 7th one, was seriously not as good as the previous ones, but I give credit to Hikaru for doing the best he did. It wasn't easy to act as a drug addict for his young age. 5: 4/5, 6: 3.5/5, 7: 3/5
7 Days of a Dad and a Daughter (パパとムスメの７日間) 2007 春- Aragaki Yui did surprisingly well in here. It's never easy to be the younger person acting as an old dude. This was like Freaky Friday, JP version. 4/5
Absolute Boyfriend (絶対彼氏) 2008 春 - I liked the manga more. But Saki Aibu did a great job. I like her a lot. This drama totally made me hungry and crave for cream puffs! 4/5
Affectionate Time (優しい時間) 2005 冬 - I liked the pottery made in this drama. It was interesting watching the tension around the coffee shop. :P 3.5/5
Aikurushii (あいくるしい) 2005 春 - It was just another touching drama. It's fun to see Kamiki Ryunosuke and all his Rainbow Warrior friends though. They're all so cute! (AND OMG HONGO! *SQUISHES*) 4/5
Akihabara@DEEP 2006 夏 - We all know I love Akiba. Otaku-love! And well, Kazapon FTW! He pwns Narimiya Hiroki as Page. And Toma pwnz Oshunari Shugo's Box too. So OCD. 4/5
Anego (アネゴ) 2005 春 - Ohh Shinohara Ryoko~ I'm so amazed by her. But why must Jin be in it? XD 3.5/5
Anna's Best Friend (アンナさんのおまめ) 2006 秋 - People need to start loving Becky more. She's so funnnnny. A bit over exaggerated, but who cares! 4/5
Aren't You a Criminal? (キミ犯人じゃないよね？) 2008 春 - Kanjiya Shihori and Kaname Jun work together to solve crimes. The mysteries in here are the level of Puzzle. It's very humorous too. 4/5
Around 40 (アラウンド40) 2008 春 - I watched this for AKIRA (EXILE). XD And because I really liked Fujiki Naohito's character in here. He's very environmentalist. Basically a drama about women nearing their 40's. Not something I would understand yet. XD 3/5
Atashinchi no Danshi 2009 春 - Stupid Maki's drama that I simply HAD to watch because Osamu is such a cutie. Dude, I never realized how crap Maki's acting has gotten. She's so dull and completely lacks emotion. No wonder she was and only is suitable for her Nobuta character. Everything else is rather disappointing. If it weren't for the crack and hotness of Osamu then... I don't know what would have gotten me to continue watching this drama. Shallowness!! 2/5
Attention Please (アテンションプリーズ) 2006 春 - I think I didn't like this drama too much, because Aya was just too annoying for the likes of me. Really, just STFU!! It also made me sad that Saki Aibu didn't end up with Ryo,... AGAIN! 2.5/5
Attention Students! (生徒諸君!) 2007 春 - This drama eventually gets better. Maki is wonderful in here. But I'd prefer it if Uchiyama Rina would STFU. 3.8/5
Beach Boys 1997 夏 - All I remember is that Sorimachi Takashi and Takenouchi Yutaka work at this shop on the beach run by Hirosue Ryoko's grandfather. Beach, hot boys, hooray!! 4/5
Beautiful Life 2000 冬 - Aww this drama was so touching. Tokiwa Takako plays a woman thats bounded to a wheelchair and then Kimutaku as this hairstylist. And.. yeah. They fall in love? 3.5/5
Bloody Monday 1+2 2008 秋/2010 冬 - Brilliance that is similar to Unfair in a different perspective. BM is rather suspenseful and gets you hooked onto their every move. My lover, Miura Haruma is definitely improving bit by bit. He was absolutely glamorous in here, and I just love his cry scenes. Beauty. The ending seriously got me. Here I thought I was always ontop of the story and though meh, I totally know where this plot is headed, I totally know the bad guys, and I know whats gonna happen to them. Turns out I'm COMPLETELY WRONG. It blew my mind away. 5/5 + For Season 2, I was totally looking forward to it.. and while the plot seemed a bit slower than I expected, the acting is just fantabuloustistic!! I wrote a tiny spoiler entry here. 5/5
Bomb Bee Man (貧乏男子) 2008 冬 - Shun is amazing. And so is Haruma. But wait, did we all know that Ahyoomee of SUGAR is in this? ROFL! I went back and watched the first ep, and she looks different. She looks older than Yamada Yu! (She's her co-worker) anyways. I love on Kamiji Yusuke in here as well. His character is adorable. 5/5
BOSS 1&2 2009 春 / 2011 冬 - OMG. this was so much fun! And I thought seeing another Toda Erika drama would annoy the hell outta me, but she is surprisingly good in here. Like in a way that is not annoying so I was rather proud of her. Anyways, Boss lady is so amazing, I love her and all the humour. I also applaud the excitement, although it totally does not beat Unfair, because dude, Unfair is EPIC. And also now as exciting as Bloody Monday either, but hey, I think this one focus more on comedy anyways. THE SEQUEL: I was angryface at first because they took out Erika for more than half the drama, and Mi-chan had to leave because she was filming for Hagane. They do a lot of tie-ins though. (ie, there are tie in to other dramas of the same season) I think I like the first one a lot more though, this was really predictable and not as exciting. :P 1: 4/5 , 2: 3.8/5
Brother Beat (ブラザー☆ビート ) 2005 秋 - Super eyecandified drama. But mainly because I have a thing for Tamayama Tetsuji and I think Kuninaka Ryoko is cute. And well Moko is nice to stare at. 3.5/5
BusuKoi (ブスの瞳に恋してる) 2006 春 - I like Morisanchuu. That should be enough to watch this drama. It's hilarious to the max. And I used to like Shige a lot. But really. Morisanchuu FTW. 4/5
Buzzer Beat (ブザー・ビート) 2009 夏 - I originally hesitated about this too because I never had good feelings about poor pi's acting after what he did with Kurosagi. The only thing I looked forward to was Saki Aibu's infamous bitchy acting in here which I LOVE! But what really gave me the final push to watch was of course Miss Kitagawa Keiko after watching her in Taiyou to Umi no Kyoushitsu (scroll down) in which I found her just adorbs!! I set off on a drama marathon with BB the day after and finished the entirety of it. I think her character is what best made me love this drama the most. She's extremely fun in here and I guess Pi isn't as bad. I also thought that one of their kiss scenes were actually pretty good and seemed like actualy kissing instead of the typical JE lip on lip no movement crap. 3.8/5
Byakkotai (白虎隊) 2007 冬 - Super boring drama set in the olden days starring many JE boys. I don't even remember what happened. 2/5
Cat's Eye/Kisarazu Cat's Eye 2002 冬 - This was fun and hilarious to watch. Many things about baseball, and the group of 5 becoming burglars at night. Joy! 8D Oh right, there's also dying Okada. 4/5
Code Blue 2 2010 冬 - I can't believe I only watched season 2 and not 1. I'm planning on watching it though.. because it's surprisingly not bad!! 4/5
Crying out Love, In the Centre of the World 2004 夏 - See this would be an example of where I thought drama > movie. Ayase Haruka was so cute in here! 5/5
DxD 1997 夏 - Nagase Tomoya and Okada Junichi are apparently this duo that can sense and fight ghost spirits. It's pretty lol-worthy. 3/5
Dance Drill (ダンドリ) 2006 夏 - Boring. But Massu was cute. ROFL. I basically skim through this drama. 2/5
Dangerous After School (あぶない放課後) 1999 春 - SO FUNNY. Subaru is so adorable as Nino's younger step-bro. 4/5
Dangerous Sister (危険なアネキ) 2005 秋 - This was kind of hilarious, starring Ito Misaki and Moriyama Mirai. Before I watched this, the entire time I thought they were incestuous lovers judging from the promo pics. But uhh, they aren't. They're just siblings, where Ito is really ditzy and Moriyama is super smart. 3/5
Days of Youth (若葉のころ) 1996 春 - I don't really remember all that happened, but I'm sure Koichi somehow got Okina Megumi pregnant in here and.... I don't know. 3.5/5
Dear Father (拝啓、父上様) 2007 冬 - I don't remember if I finished this or not. But uh.. this srsly made me fall asleep. Why do they keep giving Yoko roles like that? I think he can do a lot better, judging from his older dramas. =\ 1/5
Deep Love- アユの物語 2004 秋 - Iwasa Mayuko's first drama? Basically about JK prostitution and young love. I just thought Iwasa looked pretty here. Her dramas after this make her look... fat. 3/5
Delicious Academy (美味學院) 2007 春 - OMG. Nissy's drama! WHY IS NISSY SO ADORABLE? And well also the awesome that is Nakamura Yuichi (D-BOYS). It makes me sad no one knows him, but I DO! Totally stalk him like whoa 2 years ago. xDDv Anyways this drama is sooo full of crack. It's not actually that interesting either but at least it had food to keep me going and shiny boys <3 But mainly just the awesome of Nissy. These 5 boys get trapped in this school of cuisine and they have to do these food cooking battles to GTFO. 3/5
Detective Conan Live Action 1&2 - I love my mystery detective dramas! So yay for Conan being made into live action. Too bad it's the Kudo Shinichi times, instead of Chibi little Conan. But I kind of hate on Kurokawa Tomoka. ROFL. Kashii Yu's appearance in the second special was awesome :) Their chibi counterparts are so adorable! 4/5
Detective School Q (探偵学園Q) 2007 夏 - The kids are so talented! I really like this a lot. It's ok mysterious, but I totally love on the opening and ending theme songs! <3 5/5
Diplomat Kuroda Kousaku (外交官・黒田康作) 2011 冬 - I didn't really notice this at first until I realized that Shibasaki Kou-chan had a drama during this season! Was so excited because she is so excellent! Oda Yuji is so kakkoii in here, and it's pretty much they have to hunt down this guy that faked his own death because he is also planning this terrorist attack just to reveal the truth about how dirty the gov't is because he wanted revenge. and urghhh so good! 5/5
Dragon Zakura (ドラゴン桜) 2005 夏 - a Pi and Masami drama. ergh. I probably watched this because of Pi in the first place. The exercises and plans they do in here are kind of fun, and it really did help me study for my finals. ROFL! 4/5
Fallen Angels 1&2(翼の折れた天使たち) 2006 冬 / 2007 冬 - Memorable ones would be Ueno Juri's Story 4 in the first series and Kato Rosa's Story 3 in the second season. Man, Kato is so super awesome. I totally love on her, why can't she have more roles? Anyways, Kimura Ryo is in story 3 too, and when I watched this, it was still my theory that Kimura Ryo always acted as homosexual roles. (No, like srsly.) 4/5
Fire Boys 2004 冬 - A nice Yamada Takayuki drama. Probably because I am biased and I love firemen dramas! Some of the stories get pretty sad and touching! 4/5
Food Fight 2000 夏 - I don't like Kusanagi.T but he does food battles, so that's always fun. Besides, Yoko gets to be one of his contestants and you get to see Scar-Faced-Yokoyama-Yu!! This is a reason why I think Yoko can do better than characters like Yukan and Haikei. 4/5
Forbidden Love/Witch's Requirement (魔女の条件) 1999 春 - This was like, the epic Takki drama. I get pretty irritated with Takki's mom and how persistent she is. 3/5
Eating Detective 1 (喰いタン1) 2006 冬 - Funny, enjoyable, but not all too suspenseful. =( 4/5
Gachi Baka! (ガチバカ!) 2006 冬 - Again, I don't know why I watched this. It was like a lame version of GTO/Gokusen. And I hate that. But it had Tegomasu in it so why not? 1/5
Gal Circle (ギャルサー) 2006 春 - I watched this because my brother likes Toda Erika. This was funny.. but that was it. I liked the Para-Para stuff they did. XD And I learned a bit about the life of Shibuya-Gals. I love their language. XD KY? 3.5/5
Galileo (ガリレオ) 2007 秋 - Interesting and fresh, Fukukyama Masaharu and Shibasaki Kou work together to solve difficult mysteries. Kitamura Kazuki made short appearances too! 4/5
Ghost Friends 2008春 - Another Nissy drama! That boy is so cute! And I think that him and Fukada Saki make a cute couple. It was wonderful when they hook up in here, I thought it was so cute, but took WAY too long for the cute stuff to happen... which made me angry face for the first few episodes!!! But I love on Saki, I think she's a wonderful actor, after what I've seen her done in LIFE? My god, I was like. whooooooa. This is cute though, I mean her seeing ghosts after a car accident which by coincidence, Nissy was also in!! Coincidence! I totally thought that the badass dude was gonna be someone from the sportscar who drove badly that made said accident happen, but it wasn't. :P 3.8/5
Give It All (がんばっていきまっしょい) 2005 夏 - RYOUCHI DRAMA!! But right, this is when Uchi was suspended so only 2 episodes of Uchi and the rest were Taguchi. T_T Overall, it was a good drama, I still secretly pretend that Uchi is in there all the way instead of Taguchi. =P 4/5
God, please give me more time (神様、もう少しだけ) 1998 夏 - I cried so badly for this drama!! All the hardships Kyoko went through to be with Kaneshiro Takeshi. It probably doesn't make me cry anymore since I watched that when I was like... 9yrs-old. 4/5
Gokusen 1, 2, 3 (ごくせん) 2002 春, 2005 冬, 2008 春 - The first one was superb, but the stories got too similar as they made more and more sequels to it. 1: 5/5, 2: 2.5/5, 3: 3/5
Good Luck!! 2003 冬 - See, this is why I need to make a list. I seriously don't remember too much about this drama. I just remember one scene, and that's where Kimutaku and Shibasaki Kou drink at a bar? Wait, did that happen? Well, I know for sure there was a scene where she is on the plane, and being a plane mechanical technician chick, she's got to help fix the reason why the lights went out/low, despite her phobia. 3.5/5
Great Teacher Onizuka 1998 夏 - Sorimachi Takashi FTW! Come on people, this is like the epic high school drama EVAR! EVERYONE knows it. He's so super. And the student cast is pretty awesome IMO. Bullied-chibi-Shun is like WOW! And there's also Kakkoi-smartass-Kubozuka. So seriously, I want to re-watch it again now. 5/5 ++++++
H2 2005 冬 - I totally watched this during my baseball phase. which was like 3 weeks ago (july08), so I'd be biased and say it's wicked. But truly, it's rather boring. I love Yamada and all, but.. ugh. I really disliked Satomi in here. And this was probably where I started to like Ichikawa Yui more. But because Yamada's pitching skills are kind of wicked and the baseball storyline is somewhat better than other dramas, I like it. 3.5/5
Hagane no Onna 2 (ハガネの女) 2011 春 - So I watched this without watching the first one. But I did watch the SP? before it? IDK what it was lol. I didn't even know about this until Mi-chan had to back out of BOSS 2. D: BUT OMG. EVEN WITHOUT WATCHING THE FIRST, THIS IS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD. I absolutely have a soft side for child dramas that are emo like Juou noKyoushitsu. This isn't AS EMO, but it definitely made me tear a bit. Some of the kids are so cute. AND ALSO, this has Saito Takumi in it, and I kinda love on him a lot. I especially love the relationship he has with one of the kids ^^ 5/5
HanaKimi (花ざかりの君たちへ) 2007 夏 - I personally liked the JP version a bit more than the TW, just because it was a little more realistic than the TW one. Both are equally cracktastic for me though. 4.5/5
Hana Yori Dango 1&2 (花より男子) 2005 秋 / 2007 冬 - So they finally had a Jversion of it! And it totally rocks socks! I totally crush on Hanazawa Rui like crazy. ohhh Shun <3 First: 4.5/5, Sequel: 5/5
Hard to Say I Love You (素直になれなくて) 2010 春 - I loved the cast but was so disappointed with the plot. :( And it had my favourite EitaxJuri shipping too and they actually WERE OTP. ARGH. Srsly pissed. Didn't like JJ's character either. Peach pissed me off too. However, I did love on Tamayama Tetsuji's character Linda.. only because Tamayama rocks balls. He is so the epitome of awesome <3. was only gonna give this drama 2/5, but tamayama gets one point! Srsly, just watch his parts. 3/5
Haru to Natsu 2005 秋 - Yay for historical dramas! One where Tsubasa gets to speak Portugese too! XD 3.5/5
He who Can't Get Married (結婚できない男) 2006 夏 - Kuninaka Ryoko and Tsukamoto Takashi are kind of cute together. :P Anyways, I laugh at Abe Hiroshi in here <3 4/5
HERO 2001 冬 - Don't remember too much, but Kimutaku was funny. 4/5
Hidarime Tantei EYE (左目探偵ＥＹＥ ) 2009 秋 - I admit to only watching this at first for Yamada Ryosuke and Yoko and Ishihara Satomi, but omg, this was surprisingly funnn!! And I am so impressed with all 3 of their acting. Satomi is SO super adorable in here!!! People need to stop judging Yoko because he was ALWAYS good at acting ok? Especially when he's a villain!!! 4/5
High School Teacher (高校教師 2003) 2003 冬 - Umm....... stupid. It took me forever to finish it. I think I like didn't watch the last 5 minutes of this for like a year. I don't remmeber much because my memory sucks but basically Ueto Aya is a JK and Fujiki Naohito is.. IDK, someone about to die within a year, and they fall in love with Aya thinking SHE'S the one dying, in which Naohito was lying and.. just really really wtf. 2/5
Hotaru no Hikaru 1+2 - I only started watching this when the second season was airing, but I do absolutely love it!! Ayase is so wonderful, and in the second season, I completely love on Osamu Mukai! LOL. Anyways, I realize Ayase's character is just like me. SUPER LAZY. I love it. You go girl! 5/5 , 5/5
House of Devil (鬼の棲家) 1999 冬 - I totally watched this for Kelly Chan. Kelly works as an illegal foreign worker at an inn that Kyoko's aunt owns. People at the inn hate on Kyoko. It's interesting. 3.5/5
I hate Xmas (Xmasなんて大嫌い) 2004 秋 - Something about Kyoko hating Christmas. I think they all work near a beach, so that's always fun! Plus she has the cutest nail patterns! 3/5
IWGP ( 池袋ウエストゲートパーク) 2000 春 -Nagase Tomoya is always kind of awesome. All the tension and action in the drama makes all very fascinating. Kubozuka Yosuke never fails me :P 5/5
Imagine 2000 冬 -Fukada lives with her mom, and a bunch of romance things happen when she falls in love with the new guy at work. Oh and her mom also falls in love with this old dude too. Basically, Fukada needs to learn to be more independent. 2/5
It was Sudden, Like a Storm (それは、突然、嵐のように…) 2004 冬 - Ok, I don't even remember the name correctly, I usually just call it the Sore wa.... pi-drama. Yeah, I watched it for Pi when I was super bored this one long ago day, and I wish I didn't. Something about him dancing and... it's all about forbidden love and adultery? ROFL. At least when Esumi and Pi went to promote the drama on Gakkou E Ikou, it was hilarious. They got to play that Rhythm game. ITS SO FUN!! I MISS IT! 1.5/5
JIN 1+2 2009 秋 ; 2011 春 - The genre of this drama takes a turn from being modern medical to historical medical when Jin, a surgeon from present day 2009 somehow travels back in time to when Tokyo was still Edo. D: There's nothing modern here and it's down to Jin to save the lives of people who are in need of surgery, in the time when they have no knowledge let alone equipment for it! THE SEQUEL: OMG I LOVE IT. Not AS great as the first but it was still very good, and I totally cry at the ending. I really like the ending too, it was very well done. Perfect closure. 1: 4/5 , 2: 4/5
Journey Under a Midnight Sun (白夜行) 2006 冬 - This drama was too dark for the likes of me, but it was good. Yamada Takayuki and Ayase Haruka are good acting people. I also give credit to Fukuda Mayuko for being awesome at such a young age. 3.5/5
Just One Love (たったひとつの恋) 2006 秋 - Erm.. too slow. The story moved too slow. Kame looked nice in there thoug. :P I think this was when Kame started to climb his way up my KAT-TUN list. 3/5
Kabachitare! 2001 冬 - I wish dramas nowadays can use the humour back then instead of the crack they use now. (We also get to see Chibi-Pi's butt!) 4/5
Kanojo to no Tadashii Asobikata (彼女との正しい遊び方) 2007 春 - Why am I such a shallow person and watch things for the shiny? Ok, well surprisingly, I don't hate Kurokawa Tomoka as much in here! (surprise surprise), but basically not a very interesting drama, but its ok for a tanpatsu. 3/5
Koishite Akuma (恋して悪魔) 2009 夏 - So I originally didn't want to watch this because I thought it'd be bad and I thought Nakayama Yuma was overrated as a JE. But then some people actually said it wasn't bad, so I gave it a try. AND IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD. I'm amazed myself. Nakayama plays a vampire that hasn't really fully turned into a vampire yet. lol I know, wth? He drowned in like middle school or something when he was ahuman and then this vampire dude "rescued" him by turning him. But since being turned, he hadn't tasted fresh human blood yet, aka he hasn't bitten anyone yet. His new homeroom teacher , played by Kato Rosa is the type that doesn't really think about the consequences before she goes out and does something. She's really cute, and um, they sort of develop feelings for each other. IKR, she's older than him and all, HOW DOES THAT WORK? I didn't think it'd be good because of their age difference, but surprisingly, Rosa pulls it off really well. In general, this was a pretty good drama that really caught me off guard. I'd totally watch it again. 4/5
La Periode Bleue (青の時代) 1998 夏 - Tsuyoshi is a teen and basically grew up by himself. He was abandoned by his mom and one day, people suspect him of hurting the owner of a pachinko/arcade place. A lawyer tries to defend him (but you later find out the lawyer is pretty messed in the brains himself). Tsuyoshi also falls in love with the girl at the library, Okina Megumi, who happens to be the lawyer dude's fiance's sister. 5/5
LADY~Saigo no Hanzai Profile~ (LADY～最後の犯罪プロファイル～) 2011 冬 - Keiko plays this psychologist who has to build a criminal profile of various serial killers in order to catch them along with her profiling team. They are all so excellent and I have to applaud the serial killers in here. First one was DAIGO, and I was hella shocked! He's not that great at acting, but it wasn't bad, since he just had to be a creepy crazy killer. PRETTY DAMN GOOD. My favourites is in ep 4 & 5 by Yagira Yuya. I don't know who he is but he is ULTRA talented (and younger than me and has a wife and kid). I cried watching his episodes. It was also a pleasant surprise to see Kazapon (Kazama Shunsuke) in here!!! Why is he always acting as killers? lolol, because he's good? Definitely talented and I think people give Ikuta Toma way too much credit for being a good JE actor because Kazapon is definitely epic. He plays the serial killer in episode 9. SO GOOD. UGH. I would also like to note that the Ending Theme Song to this drama is by Shibasaki Kou. Yes, she sang the theme song even though she too had a drama in the same season lol. BUT ITS OK BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BIAS P, DECO*27 MADE MUKEI SPIRIT AKA THE THEME SONG. It is definitely an amazing tune and I hope people will give it a try. So proud of him!! XD 5/5++
Last Friends (ラスト・フレンズ) 2008 春 - I had problems liking this because of the story and the way the crew filmed it. It just could have been way better IMHO. I love the actors though. Juri, Eita, Ryo, Masami, and Asami all did such a wonderful job! There were many memorable scenes too and I especially love it when Takeru walks up to Ruka and hugs her after he read her letter. I just wished they had better closure. They didn't even find a solution for Eita's situation, and Juri's wasn't very well explained either, Ryo's was just suddenly cut off and no offence, Masami's solution didn't seem much like a solution to me.. ( '_ ') 3.5/5
Liar Game (ライアーゲーム) 2007 春 - It was interesting at first but it eventually lost me. Toda Erika was especially irritating in here. 3.5/5
LIPSTICK (リップスティック) 1999 春 - Hirosue Ryoko gets put in a correction facility for juveniles. She befriends her roomies there and they all have their own story. Don't really remember Ryoko's story much, but I remember Ikewaki Chizuru's story. Her mom is always drunk and her mother's boyfriend sexual abuses her. That's why she's pregnant, but nobody knows until she faints in the middle of the day with blood... down there! Anyways I totally watched this for Kubozuka Yosuke. 4/5
Long Love Letter 2002 冬 - I love on the manga so much more, but hey, it's very well done for a Hyouryuu Kyoushitsu-adapted drama. 4.5/5
Long Vacation 1996 春 - Wow, why did I watch a Kimutaku show? Anyways, this one goes somewhere along the lines of piano. and him liking his former roomie's "fiance". The roomie ditched the fiance the day of the wedding so she moves in with Kimutaku. La la la la~~~~~~ 4/5
Love Generation 1997 秋 - Heh, this is surprisingly one of my more favourite Kimutaku dramas. Him and Matsu Takako are so funny together here. I love their bickering. And I totally love on their apple commercials here. Damn that glass apple is pretty. It's frightening that I still remember so many things from this drama even though it's been SO long since I first watched it. 5/5
Love Shuffle 2009 冬 - I generally watch this for the fact that the cast seems awesome since its like.. Karina, Matsuda Shota, Kanjiya Shiori and that dude that I have forgotten his name atm. But it also has DAIGO, and I'm like.. dude DAIGO can act ?o_O? he's so cute in here. The tempo is rather slow in some cases but basically them being habituated in their relationships and decide to do this experiment where they each week switch dating partners to ignite that burning passion again. I think the most interesting part would be with Matsuda Shota and this suicidal chick's case. He's so awesome I love his cry scenes it's so emo! 3.9/5
Lunch Queen (ランチの女王) 2002 夏 - Hilarious! Man, Takeuchi Yuko FTW! She is so wicked in here. They have Joy To the World (Three Dog Night) as the ending theme, and that just pwned my soul ATM because our junior high drama class was doing a musical with that song. IT WAS SO CATCHY. I EVEN REMEMBER THE DANCING ACTION! 5/5
Marathon 2007 秋 - I had no idea this was a remake of a Korean movie in 2005, but it was really good. I generally don't like Tanpatsu dramas unless they've got a good closure. 3.5/5
Masked Rider Hibiki 2005 - WHY IS THERE NO DRAMAWIKI PAGE FOR IT? ARGHHHHHH! Anyways, I didn't really like Hibiki that much for a Kamen Rider series. It was just too odd. Some of the transformations were cool though. But I get to see Nakamura Yuichi(D-Boys) in it!! 2.5/5
Masked Rider Kabuto (仮面ライダーカブト) 2006 - People, Kabuto is rather pretty cool! Well.. the Rider parts need improvement, but everything else is rather interesting. I especially love Yamamoto Yusuke's role. He totally cracks me up! 4/5
Mei-chan's Butler (メイちゃんの執事) 2009 冬 - I think many will get this slightly confused with HanaKimi just because their trailer pictures pretty much look identical. Tonnes of boycandy and in the middle is the main female lead who has short hair/boyish hair. But I'd say they are completely different in terms of storyline. Mei is this average girl whose parents ownthis soba shop and they make that for a living. and then they die and she gets stuck in this prestigious JUST FOR RICH PEOPLE ONLY high school in which each girl comes with their own butler. Mei gets Rihito and yeah. Basically lots of rivalry things and unrequitted love. SO AWESOME. Well it was ok. but I totally think Sato Takeru is such a cutie. I love that in this drama, he is Mizushima Hiro's brother. XD But yeah. pretty much just for the eyecandy. It's not as hilarious as it can be, but there are fun moments. And there are touching moments if you get weak in the heart easily. I would be like aww at some parts, but it's nothing of Changeling material, so I never cry. 3.5/5
Miman City (ぼくらの勇気 ~未満都市~) 1997 秋 - Tsuyoshi sneaks into a city that was said to have suffered from a deathly earthquake(?), he tries to give help but when he arrives, he realizes that it was all just lies. For some mysterious reason, all the adults that have been "infected" die, leaving the children of the city to survive by themselves. Dun dun! I miss Kohara Yuki so much!! 5/5
Minami's Girlfriend (南くんの恋人) 2004 夏 - ROFL THIS DRAMA IS HILARIOUS. Just reading the summary is wtf enough already. Because, miniature Kyoko is like.. o_O? what!? 2.5/5
Mop Girl (モップガール) 2007 秋 - I didn't think this would be good because, again I thought Keiko would do a bad job, but damn, every time I want to think Keiko is overrated, she surprises me in another role. I wouldn't say she's AMAZING, but she has some a lot more talent than a lot of others AHEM. lol. this drama was a little weird but I do like it as it is about solving mysteries. 3.8/5
Moyashimon (もやしもん) 2010 夏 - This was based off of the animanga, in which I have never watched but this has Channaka! Hahahha, and this was actually really cute to watch. He plays this boy that for some reason can see and talk to bacteria. And he goes to college in which idk but his courses seem like agriculture/micro-organisms or something but it's cute. And.. I have never seen Kato Natsuki like that before. She's soo S. XD 4/5
Mr. Brain 2009 春 - This... was boring for some parts, and fun on the others. Kimutaku is some amazing neurologist who is KY. I thought this was interesting on the parts of where they talk about the brain, and I'm all oooh I learned that part from Psychology class! lol. I hated his hair, as always, but most of all, I hated Hiro's hair! But I was interested in all the guest stars they kept having. I think the bad part of this drama is that they end each episode/crime event thing so weirdly and bad timingly. It leaves one confused and unexplained and it's not all that OMG about it. But the brain stuff is def. fun!! 4/5
My Boss, My Hero (マイ★ボス マイ★ヒーロー) 2006 夏 - I never saw the Korean versions but I thought it was very well done of the Japanese! Good job JE boys! I really liked this drama. Too full of crack <3 5/5
My Ex (元カレ) 2003 夏 -IDK, Tsuyo was a very nerdy salaryman here, and he goes out with Uchiyama Rina whom I think is an elavator girl. But his ex = Hirosue Ryoko and I think she is his new manager. So woooo! Ain't that swell? 3.5/5
My Life After Her Death (彼女が死んじゃった) 2004 冬 - This was boring. Nagase Tomoya hooks up with Kimura Yoshino one night. They have a similar personality and it might spark into a relationship, but Yoshino soon kills herself. Fukada Kyoko wants to know the truth behind her sisters death and everyone gets together and solve! 2/5
For jdramas N through Z in the new list HERE.
Japanese- we should all be aware of this coming list. It's not even complete. I can't believe I watched this many Jdramas in my life! What a waste of time! *has no life*
1 Litre of Tears (１リットルの涙) 2005 秋 - The ever so famous drama that shot Sawajiri Erika and Ryo-chan to fame (even if he only got like 5 minutes every ep!) Do we really not know what this drama is about? It's about a girl named Aya (Sawajiri) who is in junior high, and she is told that she is diagnosed with spinocerebellar ataxia/degeneration. It's a very touching drama about how the girl and her family copes with this and how she faces family and friends. It's rather harsh. Her classmates were rather bitchy after awhile. I wanted to slap them so much. Ryo was completely the saviour and I totally heart him for that fact. Poor Aya. This was based on a true story. It was originally based on the diaries that the real Aya had written during the many years that she was diagnosed. Ryo's character "Asou" doesn't exist in real life. Real Aya's mom wanted her daughter to have a romance in her "fairytale" life because she never got the chance to experience it. (Although there wasn't much romance anyways) 5/5
14-yr-old Mother (１４才の母) 2006 秋 - Shida once again takes another challenge! She's so talented, I love on her :) I'd think the title says it all. Shida becomes impregnanted with Miura's child when she is only 14. Things happen. It's a tough life. 4/5
24 Hour Emergency Ward 1,2,3 (救命病棟24時) 1999 冬, 2001 夏, 2005 冬 - This is like the epic medical jdrama. I heart it so much! 1: 4/5, 2: 3.5/5, 3: 5/5
3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei season 5, 6, 7 (3年B組金八先生) 1999, 2001, 2004 - Some of these were very good. Kazama did a really good job in here, but I liked Hoshino Mari the most. And then in the 6th series, Ueto Aya kinda pwned everyone else! 7th one, was seriously not as good as the previous ones, but I give credit to Hikaru for doing the best he did. It wasn't easy to act as a drug addict for his young age. 5: 4/5, 6: 3.5/5, 7: 3/5
7 Days of a Dad and a Daughter (パパとムスメの７日間) 2007 春- Aragaki Yui did surprisingly well in here. It's never easy to be the younger person acting as an old dude. This was like Freaky Friday, JP version. 4/5
Absolute Boyfriend (絶対彼氏) 2008 春 - I liked the manga more. But Saki Aibu did a great job. I like her a lot. This drama totally made me hungry and crave for cream puffs! 4/5
Affectionate Time (優しい時間) 2005 冬 - I liked the pottery made in this drama. It was interesting watching the tension around the coffee shop. :P 3.5/5
Aikurushii (あいくるしい) 2005 春 - It was just another touching drama. It's fun to see Kamiki Ryunosuke and all his Rainbow Warrior friends though. They're all so cute! (AND OMG HONGO! *SQUISHES*) 4/5
Akihabara@DEEP 2006 夏 - We all know I love Akiba. Otaku-love! And well, Kazapon FTW! He pwns Narimiya Hiroki as Page. And Toma pwnz Oshunari Shugo's Box too. So OCD. 4/5
Anego (アネゴ) 2005 春 - Ohh Shinohara Ryoko~ I'm so amazed by her. But why must Jin be in it? XD 3.5/5
Anna's Best Friend (アンナさんのおまめ) 2006 秋 - People need to start loving Becky more. She's so funnnnny. A bit over exaggerated, but who cares! 4/5
Aren't You a Criminal? (キミ犯人じゃないよね？) 2008 春 - Kanjiya Shihori and Kaname Jun work together to solve crimes. The mysteries in here are the level of Puzzle. It's very humorous too. 4/5
Around 40 (アラウンド40) 2008 春 - I watched this for AKIRA (EXILE). XD And because I really liked Fujiki Naohito's character in here. He's very environmentalist. Basically a drama about women nearing their 40's. Not something I would understand yet. XD 3/5
Atashinchi no Danshi 2009 春 - Stupid Maki's drama that I simply HAD to watch because Osamu is such a cutie. Dude, I never realized how crap Maki's acting has gotten. She's so dull and completely lacks emotion. No wonder she was and only is suitable for her Nobuta character. Everything else is rather disappointing. If it weren't for the crack and hotness of Osamu then... I don't know what would have gotten me to continue watching this drama. Shallowness!! 2/5
Attention Please (アテンションプリーズ) 2006 春 - I think I didn't like this drama too much, because Aya was just too annoying for the likes of me. Really, just STFU!! It also made me sad that Saki Aibu didn't end up with Ryo,... AGAIN! 2.5/5
Attention Students! (生徒諸君!) 2007 春 - This drama eventually gets better. Maki is wonderful in here. But I'd prefer it if Uchiyama Rina would STFU. 3.8/5
Beach Boys 1997 夏 - All I remember is that Sorimachi Takashi and Takenouchi Yutaka work at this shop on the beach run by Hirosue Ryoko's grandfather. Beach, hot boys, hooray!! 4/5
Beautiful Life 2000 冬 - Aww this drama was so touching. Tokiwa Takako plays a woman thats bounded to a wheelchair and then Kimutaku as this hairstylist. And.. yeah. They fall in love? 3.5/5
Bloody Monday 1+2 2008 秋/2010 冬 - Brilliance that is similar to Unfair in a different perspective. BM is rather suspenseful and gets you hooked onto their every move. My lover, Miura Haruma is definitely improving bit by bit. He was absolutely glamorous in here, and I just love his cry scenes. Beauty. The ending seriously got me. Here I thought I was always ontop of the story and though meh, I totally know where this plot is headed, I totally know the bad guys, and I know whats gonna happen to them. Turns out I'm COMPLETELY WRONG. It blew my mind away. 5/5 + For Season 2, I was totally looking forward to it.. and while the plot seemed a bit slower than I expected, the acting is just fantabuloustistic!! I wrote a tiny spoiler entry here. 5/5
Bomb Bee Man (貧乏男子) 2008 冬 - Shun is amazing. And so is Haruma. But wait, did we all know that Ahyoomee of SUGAR is in this? ROFL! I went back and watched the first ep, and she looks different. She looks older than Yamada Yu! (She's her co-worker) anyways. I love on Kamiji Yusuke in here as well. His character is adorable. 5/5
BOSS 1&2 2009 春 / 2011 冬 - OMG. this was so much fun! And I thought seeing another Toda Erika drama would annoy the hell outta me, but she is surprisingly good in here. Like in a way that is not annoying so I was rather proud of her. Anyways, Boss lady is so amazing, I love her and all the humour. I also applaud the excitement, although it totally does not beat Unfair, because dude, Unfair is EPIC. And also now as exciting as Bloody Monday either, but hey, I think this one focus more on comedy anyways. THE SEQUEL: I was angryface at first because they took out Erika for more than half the drama, and Mi-chan had to leave because she was filming for Hagane. They do a lot of tie-ins though. (ie, there are tie in to other dramas of the same season) I think I like the first one a lot more though, this was really predictable and not as exciting. :P 1: 4/5 , 2: 3.8/5
Brother Beat (ブラザー☆ビート ) 2005 秋 - Super eyecandified drama. But mainly because I have a thing for Tamayama Tetsuji and I think Kuninaka Ryoko is cute. And well Moko is nice to stare at. 3.5/5
BusuKoi (ブスの瞳に恋してる) 2006 春 - I like Morisanchuu. That should be enough to watch this drama. It's hilarious to the max. And I used to like Shige a lot. But really. Morisanchuu FTW. 4/5
Buzzer Beat (ブザー・ビート) 2009 夏 - I originally hesitated about this too because I never had good feelings about poor pi's acting after what he did with Kurosagi. The only thing I looked forward to was Saki Aibu's infamous bitchy acting in here which I LOVE! But what really gave me the final push to watch was of course Miss Kitagawa Keiko after watching her in Taiyou to Umi no Kyoushitsu (scroll down) in which I found her just adorbs!! I set off on a drama marathon with BB the day after and finished the entirety of it. I think her character is what best made me love this drama the most. She's extremely fun in here and I guess Pi isn't as bad. I also thought that one of their kiss scenes were actually pretty good and seemed like actualy kissing instead of the typical JE lip on lip no movement crap. 3.8/5
Byakkotai (白虎隊) 2007 冬 - Super boring drama set in the olden days starring many JE boys. I don't even remember what happened. 2/5
Cat's Eye/Kisarazu Cat's Eye 2002 冬 - This was fun and hilarious to watch. Many things about baseball, and the group of 5 becoming burglars at night. Joy! 8D Oh right, there's also dying Okada. 4/5
Code Blue 2 2010 冬 - I can't believe I only watched season 2 and not 1. I'm planning on watching it though.. because it's surprisingly not bad!! 4/5
Crying out Love, In the Centre of the World 2004 夏 - See this would be an example of where I thought drama > movie. Ayase Haruka was so cute in here! 5/5
DxD 1997 夏 - Nagase Tomoya and Okada Junichi are apparently this duo that can sense and fight ghost spirits. It's pretty lol-worthy. 3/5
Dance Drill (ダンドリ) 2006 夏 - Boring. But Massu was cute. ROFL. I basically skim through this drama. 2/5
Dangerous After School (あぶない放課後) 1999 春 - SO FUNNY. Subaru is so adorable as Nino's younger step-bro. 4/5
Dangerous Sister (危険なアネキ) 2005 秋 - This was kind of hilarious, starring Ito Misaki and Moriyama Mirai. Before I watched this, the entire time I thought they were incestuous lovers judging from the promo pics. But uhh, they aren't. They're just siblings, where Ito is really ditzy and Moriyama is super smart. 3/5
Days of Youth (若葉のころ) 1996 春 - I don't really remember all that happened, but I'm sure Koichi somehow got Okina Megumi pregnant in here and.... I don't know. 3.5/5
Dear Father (拝啓、父上様) 2007 冬 - I don't remember if I finished this or not. But uh.. this srsly made me fall asleep. Why do they keep giving Yoko roles like that? I think he can do a lot better, judging from his older dramas. =\ 1/5
Deep Love- アユの物語 2004 秋 - Iwasa Mayuko's first drama? Basically about JK prostitution and young love. I just thought Iwasa looked pretty here. Her dramas after this make her look... fat. 3/5
Delicious Academy (美味學院) 2007 春 - OMG. Nissy's drama! WHY IS NISSY SO ADORABLE? And well also the awesome that is Nakamura Yuichi (D-BOYS). It makes me sad no one knows him, but I DO! Totally stalk him like whoa 2 years ago. xDDv Anyways this drama is sooo full of crack. It's not actually that interesting either but at least it had food to keep me going and shiny boys <3 But mainly just the awesome of Nissy. These 5 boys get trapped in this school of cuisine and they have to do these food cooking battles to GTFO. 3/5
Detective Conan Live Action 1&2 - I love my mystery detective dramas! So yay for Conan being made into live action. Too bad it's the Kudo Shinichi times, instead of Chibi little Conan. But I kind of hate on Kurokawa Tomoka. ROFL. Kashii Yu's appearance in the second special was awesome :) Their chibi counterparts are so adorable! 4/5
Detective School Q (探偵学園Q) 2007 夏 - The kids are so talented! I really like this a lot. It's ok mysterious, but I totally love on the opening and ending theme songs! <3 5/5
Diplomat Kuroda Kousaku (外交官・黒田康作) 2011 冬 - I didn't really notice this at first until I realized that Shibasaki Kou-chan had a drama during this season! Was so excited because she is so excellent! Oda Yuji is so kakkoii in here, and it's pretty much they have to hunt down this guy that faked his own death because he is also planning this terrorist attack just to reveal the truth about how dirty the gov't is because he wanted revenge. and urghhh so good! 5/5
Dragon Zakura (ドラゴン桜) 2005 夏 - a Pi and Masami drama. ergh. I probably watched this because of Pi in the first place. The exercises and plans they do in here are kind of fun, and it really did help me study for my finals. ROFL! 4/5
Fallen Angels 1&2(翼の折れた天使たち) 2006 冬 / 2007 冬 - Memorable ones would be Ueno Juri's Story 4 in the first series and Kato Rosa's Story 3 in the second season. Man, Kato is so super awesome. I totally love on her, why can't she have more roles? Anyways, Kimura Ryo is in story 3 too, and when I watched this, it was still my theory that Kimura Ryo always acted as homosexual roles. (No, like srsly.) 4/5
Fire Boys 2004 冬 - A nice Yamada Takayuki drama. Probably because I am biased and I love firemen dramas! Some of the stories get pretty sad and touching! 4/5
Food Fight 2000 夏 - I don't like Kusanagi.T but he does food battles, so that's always fun. Besides, Yoko gets to be one of his contestants and you get to see Scar-Faced-Yokoyama-Yu!! This is a reason why I think Yoko can do better than characters like Yukan and Haikei. 4/5
Forbidden Love/Witch's Requirement (魔女の条件) 1999 春 - This was like, the epic Takki drama. I get pretty irritated with Takki's mom and how persistent she is. 3/5
Eating Detective 1 (喰いタン1) 2006 冬 - Funny, enjoyable, but not all too suspenseful. =( 4/5
Gachi Baka! (ガチバカ!) 2006 冬 - Again, I don't know why I watched this. It was like a lame version of GTO/Gokusen. And I hate that. But it had Tegomasu in it so why not? 1/5
Gal Circle (ギャルサー) 2006 春 - I watched this because my brother likes Toda Erika. This was funny.. but that was it. I liked the Para-Para stuff they did. XD And I learned a bit about the life of Shibuya-Gals. I love their language. XD KY? 3.5/5
Galileo (ガリレオ) 2007 秋 - Interesting and fresh, Fukukyama Masaharu and Shibasaki Kou work together to solve difficult mysteries. Kitamura Kazuki made short appearances too! 4/5
Ghost Friends 2008春 - Another Nissy drama! That boy is so cute! And I think that him and Fukada Saki make a cute couple. It was wonderful when they hook up in here, I thought it was so cute, but took WAY too long for the cute stuff to happen... which made me angry face for the first few episodes!!! But I love on Saki, I think she's a wonderful actor, after what I've seen her done in LIFE? My god, I was like. whooooooa. This is cute though, I mean her seeing ghosts after a car accident which by coincidence, Nissy was also in!! Coincidence! I totally thought that the badass dude was gonna be someone from the sportscar who drove badly that made said accident happen, but it wasn't. :P 3.8/5
Give It All (がんばっていきまっしょい) 2005 夏 - RYOUCHI DRAMA!! But right, this is when Uchi was suspended so only 2 episodes of Uchi and the rest were Taguchi. T_T Overall, it was a good drama, I still secretly pretend that Uchi is in there all the way instead of Taguchi. =P 4/5
God, please give me more time (神様、もう少しだけ) 1998 夏 - I cried so badly for this drama!! All the hardships Kyoko went through to be with Kaneshiro Takeshi. It probably doesn't make me cry anymore since I watched that when I was like... 9yrs-old. 4/5
Gokusen 1, 2, 3 (ごくせん) 2002 春, 2005 冬, 2008 春 - The first one was superb, but the stories got too similar as they made more and more sequels to it. 1: 5/5, 2: 2.5/5, 3: 3/5
Good Luck!! 2003 冬 - See, this is why I need to make a list. I seriously don't remember too much about this drama. I just remember one scene, and that's where Kimutaku and Shibasaki Kou drink at a bar? Wait, did that happen? Well, I know for sure there was a scene where she is on the plane, and being a plane mechanical technician chick, she's got to help fix the reason why the lights went out/low, despite her phobia. 3.5/5
Great Teacher Onizuka 1998 夏 - Sorimachi Takashi FTW! Come on people, this is like the epic high school drama EVAR! EVERYONE knows it. He's so super. And the student cast is pretty awesome IMO. Bullied-chibi-Shun is like WOW! And there's also Kakkoi-smartass-Kubozuka. So seriously, I want to re-watch it again now. 5/5 ++++++
H2 2005 冬 - I totally watched this during my baseball phase. which was like 3 weeks ago (july08), so I'd be biased and say it's wicked. But truly, it's rather boring. I love Yamada and all, but.. ugh. I really disliked Satomi in here. And this was probably where I started to like Ichikawa Yui more. But because Yamada's pitching skills are kind of wicked and the baseball storyline is somewhat better than other dramas, I like it. 3.5/5
Hagane no Onna 2 (ハガネの女) 2011 春 - So I watched this without watching the first one. But I did watch the SP? before it? IDK what it was lol. I didn't even know about this until Mi-chan had to back out of BOSS 2. D: BUT OMG. EVEN WITHOUT WATCHING THE FIRST, THIS IS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD. I absolutely have a soft side for child dramas that are emo like Juou noKyoushitsu. This isn't AS EMO, but it definitely made me tear a bit. Some of the kids are so cute. AND ALSO, this has Saito Takumi in it, and I kinda love on him a lot. I especially love the relationship he has with one of the kids ^^ 5/5
HanaKimi (花ざかりの君たちへ) 2007 夏 - I personally liked the JP version a bit more than the TW, just because it was a little more realistic than the TW one. Both are equally cracktastic for me though. 4.5/5
Hana Yori Dango 1&2 (花より男子) 2005 秋 / 2007 冬 - So they finally had a Jversion of it! And it totally rocks socks! I totally crush on Hanazawa Rui like crazy. ohhh Shun <3 First: 4.5/5, Sequel: 5/5
Hard to Say I Love You (素直になれなくて) 2010 春 - I loved the cast but was so disappointed with the plot. :( And it had my favourite EitaxJuri shipping too and they actually WERE OTP. ARGH. Srsly pissed. Didn't like JJ's character either. Peach pissed me off too. However, I did love on Tamayama Tetsuji's character Linda.. only because Tamayama rocks balls. He is so the epitome of awesome <3. was only gonna give this drama 2/5, but tamayama gets one point! Srsly, just watch his parts. 3/5
Haru to Natsu 2005 秋 - Yay for historical dramas! One where Tsubasa gets to speak Portugese too! XD 3.5/5
He who Can't Get Married (結婚できない男) 2006 夏 - Kuninaka Ryoko and Tsukamoto Takashi are kind of cute together. :P Anyways, I laugh at Abe Hiroshi in here <3 4/5
HERO 2001 冬 - Don't remember too much, but Kimutaku was funny. 4/5
Hidarime Tantei EYE (左目探偵ＥＹＥ ) 2009 秋 - I admit to only watching this at first for Yamada Ryosuke and Yoko and Ishihara Satomi, but omg, this was surprisingly funnn!! And I am so impressed with all 3 of their acting. Satomi is SO super adorable in here!!! People need to stop judging Yoko because he was ALWAYS good at acting ok? Especially when he's a villain!!! 4/5
High School Teacher (高校教師 2003) 2003 冬 - Umm....... stupid. It took me forever to finish it. I think I like didn't watch the last 5 minutes of this for like a year. I don't remmeber much because my memory sucks but basically Ueto Aya is a JK and Fujiki Naohito is.. IDK, someone about to die within a year, and they fall in love with Aya thinking SHE'S the one dying, in which Naohito was lying and.. just really really wtf. 2/5
Hotaru no Hikaru 1+2 - I only started watching this when the second season was airing, but I do absolutely love it!! Ayase is so wonderful, and in the second season, I completely love on Osamu Mukai! LOL. Anyways, I realize Ayase's character is just like me. SUPER LAZY. I love it. You go girl! 5/5 , 5/5
House of Devil (鬼の棲家) 1999 冬 - I totally watched this for Kelly Chan. Kelly works as an illegal foreign worker at an inn that Kyoko's aunt owns. People at the inn hate on Kyoko. It's interesting. 3.5/5
I hate Xmas (Xmasなんて大嫌い) 2004 秋 - Something about Kyoko hating Christmas. I think they all work near a beach, so that's always fun! Plus she has the cutest nail patterns! 3/5
IWGP ( 池袋ウエストゲートパーク) 2000 春 -Nagase Tomoya is always kind of awesome. All the tension and action in the drama makes all very fascinating. Kubozuka Yosuke never fails me :P 5/5
Imagine 2000 冬 -Fukada lives with her mom, and a bunch of romance things happen when she falls in love with the new guy at work. Oh and her mom also falls in love with this old dude too. Basically, Fukada needs to learn to be more independent. 2/5
It was Sudden, Like a Storm (それは、突然、嵐のように…) 2004 冬 - Ok, I don't even remember the name correctly, I usually just call it the Sore wa.... pi-drama. Yeah, I watched it for Pi when I was super bored this one long ago day, and I wish I didn't. Something about him dancing and... it's all about forbidden love and adultery? ROFL. At least when Esumi and Pi went to promote the drama on Gakkou E Ikou, it was hilarious. They got to play that Rhythm game. ITS SO FUN!! I MISS IT! 1.5/5
JIN 1+2 2009 秋 ; 2011 春 - The genre of this drama takes a turn from being modern medical to historical medical when Jin, a surgeon from present day 2009 somehow travels back in time to when Tokyo was still Edo. D: There's nothing modern here and it's down to Jin to save the lives of people who are in need of surgery, in the time when they have no knowledge let alone equipment for it! THE SEQUEL: OMG I LOVE IT. Not AS great as the first but it was still very good, and I totally cry at the ending. I really like the ending too, it was very well done. Perfect closure. 1: 4/5 , 2: 4/5
Journey Under a Midnight Sun (白夜行) 2006 冬 - This drama was too dark for the likes of me, but it was good. Yamada Takayuki and Ayase Haruka are good acting people. I also give credit to Fukuda Mayuko for being awesome at such a young age. 3.5/5
Just One Love (たったひとつの恋) 2006 秋 - Erm.. too slow. The story moved too slow. Kame looked nice in there thoug. :P I think this was when Kame started to climb his way up my KAT-TUN list. 3/5
Kabachitare! 2001 冬 - I wish dramas nowadays can use the humour back then instead of the crack they use now. (We also get to see Chibi-Pi's butt!) 4/5
Kanojo to no Tadashii Asobikata (彼女との正しい遊び方) 2007 春 - Why am I such a shallow person and watch things for the shiny? Ok, well surprisingly, I don't hate Kurokawa Tomoka as much in here! (surprise surprise), but basically not a very interesting drama, but its ok for a tanpatsu. 3/5
Koishite Akuma (恋して悪魔) 2009 夏 - So I originally didn't want to watch this because I thought it'd be bad and I thought Nakayama Yuma was overrated as a JE. But then some people actually said it wasn't bad, so I gave it a try. AND IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD. I'm amazed myself. Nakayama plays a vampire that hasn't really fully turned into a vampire yet. lol I know, wth? He drowned in like middle school or something when he was ahuman and then this vampire dude "rescued" him by turning him. But since being turned, he hadn't tasted fresh human blood yet, aka he hasn't bitten anyone yet. His new homeroom teacher , played by Kato Rosa is the type that doesn't really think about the consequences before she goes out and does something. She's really cute, and um, they sort of develop feelings for each other. IKR, she's older than him and all, HOW DOES THAT WORK? I didn't think it'd be good because of their age difference, but surprisingly, Rosa pulls it off really well. In general, this was a pretty good drama that really caught me off guard. I'd totally watch it again. 4/5
La Periode Bleue (青の時代) 1998 夏 - Tsuyoshi is a teen and basically grew up by himself. He was abandoned by his mom and one day, people suspect him of hurting the owner of a pachinko/arcade place. A lawyer tries to defend him (but you later find out the lawyer is pretty messed in the brains himself). Tsuyoshi also falls in love with the girl at the library, Okina Megumi, who happens to be the lawyer dude's fiance's sister. 5/5
LADY~Saigo no Hanzai Profile~ (LADY～最後の犯罪プロファイル～) 2011 冬 - Keiko plays this psychologist who has to build a criminal profile of various serial killers in order to catch them along with her profiling team. They are all so excellent and I have to applaud the serial killers in here. First one was DAIGO, and I was hella shocked! He's not that great at acting, but it wasn't bad, since he just had to be a creepy crazy killer. PRETTY DAMN GOOD. My favourites is in ep 4 & 5 by Yagira Yuya. I don't know who he is but he is ULTRA talented (and younger than me and has a wife and kid). I cried watching his episodes. It was also a pleasant surprise to see Kazapon (Kazama Shunsuke) in here!!! Why is he always acting as killers? lolol, because he's good? Definitely talented and I think people give Ikuta Toma way too much credit for being a good JE actor because Kazapon is definitely epic. He plays the serial killer in episode 9. SO GOOD. UGH. I would also like to note that the Ending Theme Song to this drama is by Shibasaki Kou. Yes, she sang the theme song even though she too had a drama in the same season lol. BUT ITS OK BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BIAS P, DECO*27 MADE MUKEI SPIRIT AKA THE THEME SONG. It is definitely an amazing tune and I hope people will give it a try. So proud of him!! XD 5/5++
Last Friends (ラスト・フレンズ) 2008 春 - I had problems liking this because of the story and the way the crew filmed it. It just could have been way better IMHO. I love the actors though. Juri, Eita, Ryo, Masami, and Asami all did such a wonderful job! There were many memorable scenes too and I especially love it when Takeru walks up to Ruka and hugs her after he read her letter. I just wished they had better closure. They didn't even find a solution for Eita's situation, and Juri's wasn't very well explained either, Ryo's was just suddenly cut off and no offence, Masami's solution didn't seem much like a solution to me.. ( '_ ') 3.5/5
Liar Game (ライアーゲーム) 2007 春 - It was interesting at first but it eventually lost me. Toda Erika was especially irritating in here. 3.5/5
LIPSTICK (リップスティック) 1999 春 - Hirosue Ryoko gets put in a correction facility for juveniles. She befriends her roomies there and they all have their own story. Don't really remember Ryoko's story much, but I remember Ikewaki Chizuru's story. Her mom is always drunk and her mother's boyfriend sexual abuses her. That's why she's pregnant, but nobody knows until she faints in the middle of the day with blood... down there! Anyways I totally watched this for Kubozuka Yosuke. 4/5
Long Love Letter 2002 冬 - I love on the manga so much more, but hey, it's very well done for a Hyouryuu Kyoushitsu-adapted drama. 4.5/5
Long Vacation 1996 春 - Wow, why did I watch a Kimutaku show? Anyways, this one goes somewhere along the lines of piano. and him liking his former roomie's "fiance". The roomie ditched the fiance the day of the wedding so she moves in with Kimutaku. La la la la~~~~~~ 4/5
Love Generation 1997 秋 - Heh, this is surprisingly one of my more favourite Kimutaku dramas. Him and Matsu Takako are so funny together here. I love their bickering. And I totally love on their apple commercials here. Damn that glass apple is pretty. It's frightening that I still remember so many things from this drama even though it's been SO long since I first watched it. 5/5
Love Shuffle 2009 冬 - I generally watch this for the fact that the cast seems awesome since its like.. Karina, Matsuda Shota, Kanjiya Shiori and that dude that I have forgotten his name atm. But it also has DAIGO, and I'm like.. dude DAIGO can act ?o_O? he's so cute in here. The tempo is rather slow in some cases but basically them being habituated in their relationships and decide to do this experiment where they each week switch dating partners to ignite that burning passion again. I think the most interesting part would be with Matsuda Shota and this suicidal chick's case. He's so awesome I love his cry scenes it's so emo! 3.9/5
Lunch Queen (ランチの女王) 2002 夏 - Hilarious! Man, Takeuchi Yuko FTW! She is so wicked in here. They have Joy To the World (Three Dog Night) as the ending theme, and that just pwned my soul ATM because our junior high drama class was doing a musical with that song. IT WAS SO CATCHY. I EVEN REMEMBER THE DANCING ACTION! 5/5
Marathon 2007 秋 - I had no idea this was a remake of a Korean movie in 2005, but it was really good. I generally don't like Tanpatsu dramas unless they've got a good closure. 3.5/5
Masked Rider Hibiki 2005 - WHY IS THERE NO DRAMAWIKI PAGE FOR IT? ARGHHHHHH! Anyways, I didn't really like Hibiki that much for a Kamen Rider series. It was just too odd. Some of the transformations were cool though. But I get to see Nakamura Yuichi(D-Boys) in it!! 2.5/5
Masked Rider Kabuto (仮面ライダーカブト) 2006 - People, Kabuto is rather pretty cool! Well.. the Rider parts need improvement, but everything else is rather interesting. I especially love Yamamoto Yusuke's role. He totally cracks me up! 4/5
Mei-chan's Butler (メイちゃんの執事) 2009 冬 - I think many will get this slightly confused with HanaKimi just because their trailer pictures pretty much look identical. Tonnes of boycandy and in the middle is the main female lead who has short hair/boyish hair. But I'd say they are completely different in terms of storyline. Mei is this average girl whose parents ownthis soba shop and they make that for a living. and then they die and she gets stuck in this prestigious JUST FOR RICH PEOPLE ONLY high school in which each girl comes with their own butler. Mei gets Rihito and yeah. Basically lots of rivalry things and unrequitted love. SO AWESOME. Well it was ok. but I totally think Sato Takeru is such a cutie. I love that in this drama, he is Mizushima Hiro's brother. XD But yeah. pretty much just for the eyecandy. It's not as hilarious as it can be, but there are fun moments. And there are touching moments if you get weak in the heart easily. I would be like aww at some parts, but it's nothing of Changeling material, so I never cry. 3.5/5
Miman City (ぼくらの勇気 ~未満都市~) 1997 秋 - Tsuyoshi sneaks into a city that was said to have suffered from a deathly earthquake(?), he tries to give help but when he arrives, he realizes that it was all just lies. For some mysterious reason, all the adults that have been "infected" die, leaving the children of the city to survive by themselves. Dun dun! I miss Kohara Yuki so much!! 5/5
Minami's Girlfriend (南くんの恋人) 2004 夏 - ROFL THIS DRAMA IS HILARIOUS. Just reading the summary is wtf enough already. Because, miniature Kyoko is like.. o_O? what!? 2.5/5
Mop Girl (モップガール) 2007 秋 - I didn't think this would be good because, again I thought Keiko would do a bad job, but damn, every time I want to think Keiko is overrated, she surprises me in another role. I wouldn't say she's AMAZING, but she has some a lot more talent than a lot of others AHEM. lol. this drama was a little weird but I do like it as it is about solving mysteries. 3.8/5
Moyashimon (もやしもん) 2010 夏 - This was based off of the animanga, in which I have never watched but this has Channaka! Hahahha, and this was actually really cute to watch. He plays this boy that for some reason can see and talk to bacteria. And he goes to college in which idk but his courses seem like agriculture/micro-organisms or something but it's cute. And.. I have never seen Kato Natsuki like that before. She's soo S. XD 4/5
Mr. Brain 2009 春 - This... was boring for some parts, and fun on the others. Kimutaku is some amazing neurologist who is KY. I thought this was interesting on the parts of where they talk about the brain, and I'm all oooh I learned that part from Psychology class! lol. I hated his hair, as always, but most of all, I hated Hiro's hair! But I was interested in all the guest stars they kept having. I think the bad part of this drama is that they end each episode/crime event thing so weirdly and bad timingly. It leaves one confused and unexplained and it's not all that OMG about it. But the brain stuff is def. fun!! 4/5
My Boss, My Hero (マイ★ボス マイ★ヒーロー) 2006 夏 - I never saw the Korean versions but I thought it was very well done of the Japanese! Good job JE boys! I really liked this drama. Too full of crack <3 5/5
My Ex (元カレ) 2003 夏 -IDK, Tsuyo was a very nerdy salaryman here, and he goes out with Uchiyama Rina whom I think is an elavator girl. But his ex = Hirosue Ryoko and I think she is his new manager. So woooo! Ain't that swell? 3.5/5
My Life After Her Death (彼女が死んじゃった) 2004 冬 - This was boring. Nagase Tomoya hooks up with Kimura Yoshino one night. They have a similar personality and it might spark into a relationship, but Yoshino soon kills herself. Fukada Kyoko wants to know the truth behind her sisters death and everyone gets together and solve! 2/5