Asuko March! Review

Title: Asuko March!
Genre: School drama, romance
Episodes: 9
Broadcast period: 2011-Apr to 2011-Jul
Cast: Takei Emi, Matsuzaka Tori and Kaku Kento.

When Yoshino Nao (Takei Emi) failed her entrance exam for the school she was hoping for, and in order not to become a ’Ronin’ (someone who failes high school exam and has to wait a year in order to do them again), she takes her grandfather’s advice and joins Asuko High School, thinking it’s a normal high school. Little does she know the school is COMPLETELY different than what she’d hoped for: the school focuses are to send students to work, meaning crafting and stuff like this are put as usual subjects. Not only that, the school is basically FULL with boys, with only Nao and 2 other girls…

This drama is a typical Japanese high school drama, with the heart-felt speeches and friendships, lol, mainly the reason for me to watch it. I really liked the characters in this drama, all of them, but seriously, the lead chose the wrong guy in the end… anyhow, it’s fun, I laughed real hard at so many scenes, especially when Nao’s mom comes to her school, awesomeness!
It’s very much like Gokusen, with the one girl 20 boys thing, but with the little difference in the girl being a student and not teacher. Oh yeah, and the romance that I root for :P lol, again different people different taste, hehe…

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Jenji's verdict
Very typical japanese high school drama, really nice and nice plot with the different kind of school and really nice cast actually. Another high school drama you gotta watch, it was very enjoyable and fun. I like that it is different even though it's the typical story and we all know how it ends and stuff but it was still different. I totally agree with Bunji that she was stupid at the end for choosing that guy -.- aarh.. but oh well. Also I think that the other female student's role was kinda weird. It was confusing whether she plays a big role in all this or not. Like her story just ends. Lol maybe I'm just used to everything has to be a fight in those dramas haha.

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Tumbling Review

Title: Tumbling
Genre: Sports, Friendship
Episodes: 11
Broadcast period: 2010-Apr-17 to 2010-Jun-26
Theme Song: Manazashi by Honey L Days
Cast: Yamamoto Yusuke, Seto Koji, Miura Shohei, Daito Shunsuke, Nishijima Takahiro, Tomiura Satoshi, Yanagishita Tomo, Kaku Kento and Tamoto Soran.

Takenaka Yuto (Seto Koji) has fell in love with tumbling from the day he saw it with his own eyes as a kid. When he enters high school he forms a club, together with his friends Mizusawa Taku (Yanagishita Tomo) and Kaneko Atsushi (Tamoto Soran),and a freshman Tsuchiya Satoshi (Tomiora Satoshi). Later on, Hino Tetsuya (Nishijima Takahiro) a known person, joins, but has no intress in getting involved with the team.
As the club is facing troubles, Takenaka’s from teacher makes the troublemaker Azuma Wataru (Yamamoto Yusuke) join the tumbling club. Azuma is seen as a delinquent, marked as a devil and feard by all in school, so Takenaka refuses to let him join, not wanting to spoil the image of the team, but due to the problems of missing team members, he lets him join.
As time passes, Azuma’s best friends Tsukimroi Ryosuke (Miura Shohei) and Nippori Keiji (Kaku Kento) join, also the weird guy, Kiyama Ryuchiro (Daito Shunuske) that seems to hate everyone, joins.
The team faces troubles, as no one wants them to be there, mainly because of misunderstandings and the dislike by fellow students.

Mix two hand full of hot boys, add an amazing storyline and amazing personalities and you've got the drama Tumbling. Not only is every episode heart filling, but it’s also more than believable, and I gotta say, it’s been VERY long time since I’ve seen good actors /actresses. Yeah, I’ve seen good dramas, but you first realise that the acting wasn't even close to this. Every single time you look at the screen you’d swoon, I mean eye-candy everywhere. And not to mention the bathing scenes O_O woooh!!
Lols, back to the story, it’s so amazing. I mean, it’s like ROOKIES just with guys in tights.
A bunch of hot guys, who fight, giving up their delinquent attitudes in order to achieve a common goal... Sugee (Cool) xD
All in all, most definite watch!

☆☆☆☆½ / 4,5 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥½ / 4½ out of 5 hearts

Jenji's verdict
First of all, they like showing butts, hahah, like those scene when they are all together in u knw those public baths. That was a bit weird hah. But the story about delinquents start doing gymnastics and bind through it i think was a great idea. Like finding friends through something you like and fighting FOR it together instead of fighting each other all the time. And also the fact that all or most delinquents fight because of something in their life,, aaand the word delinquent?? like what is that really, people have a habit of thinking its those who dye their hair and stuff, but really cant people have their own personality and do all people have to be the same and 'normal'. Also the cast was really great and they were all different with their own funny personal details kehehe. And the way that Wataru, he like really understood all people and his way of thinking, he really like took care of everybody, must have something to do with his mother who I absolutely LOVED! she was sooo cool, like when the boy come back with bruises and all she says "you look good!" heheh and she was really supportive of her son which was just amazing instead of those usually stupid mothers.

☆☆☆☆½ / 4,5 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥½ / 4½ out of 5 hearts