Hono no Tenkosei REBORN Review

Title: Hono no Tenkosei Reborn

AKA: Blazing Transfer Students

Genre: Comedy, School

Episodes: 8

Release date: November 10, 2017

Cast: Shigeoka Daiki, Hamada Takahiro, Kamiyama Tomohiro, Kotaki Nozomu, Kiriyama Akito, Fuji Ryusei, Nakama Junta and Kawashima Umika.

While transferring schools Shigeoka Kakeru (Shigeoka Daiki) meets Hikari (Kawashima Umika) at the entrance. Soon after he is thrown into a ring with six other transfer students: a boxer (Hamada Takahiro), a wanna-be samurai (Kiriyama Akita), a narcissist (Fuji Ryusei), a scaredy-cat (Kamiyama Tomohiro), a genius (Nakama Junta) and a yankee (Kotaki Nozomu). For some reason the seven are forced to fight one another, in a “transfer student fight-off”. The group soon decide to run away, but are soon captured, and realize that all have the same first name: Kakeru.

After a turbulent first day, they are introduced to their principle, who tells them that they are part of the “Blazing Transfer Student”-mission, where they have to transfer to problem schools and fix the problems from within… But why are they all there in the first place, and how big of a coincident is that they all share the first name?

When I heard that all seven Johnny’s WEST were going to star in a drama together, I was so excited. These guys are so funny together, so I was sure it would be fun watch. And I was right: it was so silly that it became hilarious. As Japanese drama goes, this one is most defiantly one of those you’d call “wacky” or just plain ridiculous. But again, since it’s a Japanese drama, it really embraced the silliness and became a good drama to watch, with really nice acting. The storyline is not too confusing, and it actually does keep you watching… kind a.

All in all, a funny/silly drama that isn’t that time consuming.

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Hanawake no Yon Shimai Review

Title: Hanawake no Yon Shimai

AKA: The Four Hanawake Sisters

Genre: Family, Comedy, Romance

Episodes: 11

Broadcast period: 2011-Jul to 2011-Sep

Cast: Mizuki Alisa, Kanjiya Shiroi, Kawashima Umika, Kichise Michiko and Kato Shigeaki.

This story is about the four sisters of the Hanawake household as the second oldest sister returns to the house with her three children after third failed marriage.

Hanawake Takemi (Mizuki Alisa) is the second oldest of the Hanawake sisters and has three smaller children. She is beautiful, smart, open, and can get every man to do what she wants. This is also her problem: her husband gets jealous the moment she speaks with another man. After finding out that her current fiancé didn’t divorce his previous wife she decides to go home to her parents’ house. The three sisters on the other hand are not too pleased with that: all three hate her and refer her as “The Devil” especially the second youngest since she had lost several boyfriends due to her sister’s beauty. The oldest daughter is Hanawake Fujiko (Kischise Michiko) who doesn’t have time for men, mainly because she loves her job. The second youngest Hanawake Sakurako (Kanjiya Shiroi) has zero luck in men, meets a photographer Mashiko Shozaburo (Kato Shigeaki) who is somewhat a player. And the youngest Hanawake Ume (Kawashima Umika) starts to hate men after seeing how her sisters lead life.

Even though the sisters protest Takemi moves in and makes havoc wherever she goes, and everything starts get really messy when Mashiko gets interested in Takemi, and Takemi doesn’t seem to mind…

Hmm, when I started I really liked it since I didn’t know what to expect, but as I continued I had issues being satisfied, because I really was let down most of the time. Not that I was disappointed, but I had a hard time relating to the characters as they kind of made unreasonable choices and statements. Even though I like serious dramas, this kind of story with sister feuds and seducing I kind of lose my base, mainly because it doesn’t make sense to me. The cast is generally great with good actors, but when you make characters that are unlikeable, you would usually give them at least one decent quality instead of trying to make them sympathetic. But I guess they didn’t think of that.

So not to spoil anything I would say a okay drama with good moments.

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥½ / 3½ out of 5 hearts

Kaibutsu-kun Review

Title: Kaibutsu-kun
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
Episodes: 9 + SP
Broadcast period: 2010-Apr to 2010-Jun
Theme song: Monster by Arashi
Cast: Ohno Satoshi,  Kaga Takeshi,Yashima Norito, Ueshima Ryuhe, Matsuoka Masahiro, Hamada Tatsuomi  and Kawashima Umika.

Prince Kaibutsutaro (Ohno Satoshi) is to be crowned as the next monster king, but his father Daiou (Kaga Takeshi) is of another impression: he decides to send his spoiled and selfish son to the human realm to learn things he couldn’t teach his son. Kaibutsutaro is sent to the human realm with three of his servants; there he meets Hiroshi (Hamada Tatsuomi) a human child, who doesn’t have any friends, but soon befriends the monsters. While Kaibutsutaro, now Kaibutsu-kun, learns the values he never knew of, the demons start to make havoc in the human realm, also the demon prince Demokin (Matsuoka Masahiro) is to be awaken from his 100 years of sleep..

I have no idea why, but this drama is so likeable! Even though it’s meant for a much much younger audience, I found it fun, and very cute to be honest. I remember watching the anime when I was a kid, but I wasn’t much of a fan. Somehow it turned me around, and even made me like the tacky part. I do believe that the bias I have towards Ohno has a lot to do with the heart rating, but honestly even if you don’t like him, you gotta admit, he’s adorable here! Also, this is a fun drama you know, I think there were at least 5 crying scenes, and one was so tough, like Kaibutsu-kun was crying, omg, Ohno he’s wow…

Last but not least: HUNGA!

☆☆☆ / 3 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts