AKA: Water Pool Yankees
Genre: School, Sports,
Romance
Episodes: 10
Broadcast period: 2014-Jul to
2014-Sept
Theme song: Ashita e no YELL by
Hey! Say! Jump!
Cast: Nakajima Yuto, Takaki
Yuya, Ohara Sakurako, Yamazaki Kento and Oomasa Aya.
At a very young age
Inaba Naoya (Nakajima Yuto) is saved by a Yankee who tells him life changing
this, including never giving up on anything without trying. Living by those
words for 10 years, Naoya returns from America to Japan, to the school where
his idol went: Kasuminroi Technical High School - or Kusu High School. Here he
decides he wants to take the ‘top’ and rule over the school, but the students
of Kusu High School are not the Yankees that they used to be. To make things
worse the school is to be closed down, due to its unpopularity and since the
school loses out in both grades and reputation against Suiran High School.
Looking for the
current top he faces off Mifune Ryuji (Yamazaki Kento), whom he believes is the
‘top’ of the school. Unable to take him
serious Ryuji brushes him off, having much more important things on his mind:
Kitajima Torao (Takaki Yuya) a student at Suiran High School. Ryuji and Torao
were best friends once; both loving to play water polo, but for some reason
Ryuji quit and refused to play it, making Torao becoming the town’s hero (for
making the town popular after winning championship). When Toraos teammates beat up some of Naoyas
classmates, Naoya decides to go head to head with Torao in order to pay him
back - but Torao has one condition: it has to be water polo.
After the battle Naoya
realizes one thing: he can save his school by beating Suiran High School, but
first he has to recruit members to the Water Polo club…
I never liked these
kinds of dramas with swimming sports, also one of the reasons I never finished
Water Boys. But this drama is really funny, and I finished it in one go. It’s
really my cup of tea and the water polo part is not so bad. I am just annoyed
with the love stories, which I found boring - even though they were trying to
make it interesting. Takaki Yuya and Nakajima Yuto are so grown up T_T, I kind
of like it *_*. Their acting is great too, but that’s Johnnys for ya :P The
rest was okay too, and the trio were soooo funy omg.
Okay sorry fan girl
mode. Anyways, good and funny drama.
☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars
♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5
hearts
Kamji’s Verdict:
I was looking for something light, entertaining, Japanese (yep ! The “Japanese”part is really important because I just wanted something real, something human, something only Japan know how to do..) to lift up my spirit which isn't feeling at the best at the moment. And I’m surprised that this drama entirely fulfill those goals. And there were so much more in it. Let's get one thing straight: It's not the best dorama out there, it's not amazing but by god was this wholeheartedly entertaining, fun and just what you want from a Summer Drama!! Johnny's, Johnny's everywhere. The only down I can actually pick out is, I personally felt the romance aspect was unnecessary. The romance (all like 5 of them!) added nothing to the drama and weren't needed. All this dorama needed was a bunch of guys being the best friends ever and that's what I got and I loved it!
☆☆☆☆½ / 4½ out of 5 stars
♥♥♥♥½ / 4½ out of 5 hearts
Kamji’s Verdict:
I was looking for something light, entertaining, Japanese (yep ! The “Japanese”part is really important because I just wanted something real, something human, something only Japan know how to do..) to lift up my spirit which isn't feeling at the best at the moment. And I’m surprised that this drama entirely fulfill those goals. And there were so much more in it. Let's get one thing straight: It's not the best dorama out there, it's not amazing but by god was this wholeheartedly entertaining, fun and just what you want from a Summer Drama!! Johnny's, Johnny's everywhere. The only down I can actually pick out is, I personally felt the romance aspect was unnecessary. The romance (all like 5 of them!) added nothing to the drama and weren't needed. All this dorama needed was a bunch of guys being the best friends ever and that's what I got and I loved it!
☆☆☆☆½ / 4½ out of 5 stars
♥♥♥♥½ / 4½ out of 5 hearts
