Unnatural Review

Title: Unnatural

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Forensic, Comedy, Drama

Episodes: 10

Broadcast period: 2018-Jan to 2018-Mar

Cast: Ishihara Satomi, Iura Arata, Kubota Masataka, Ichikawa Mikako and Matsushige Yutaka.

This drama revolves around the few forensic pathologists at the UDI Lab.

Misumi Mikoto (Ishihara Satomi) works as a medical examiner at the UDI Lab. She is earnest and believes every death has a “truth”. Other than her, there is Nakado Kai (Iura Arata) working as a medical examiner. Though he has worked in the field longer than her, his approach is different. He is cold and fast, but very talented. There is Shoji Yuko (Ichikawa Mikako) a clinical test technologist, and Kube Rokuro (Kubota Masataka) a recorder.

Overworked and underappreciated, the UDI Lab has more and more cases each day, and when circumstances from the past creeps up on the team faces different obstacles, they didn’t expect…

I am sorry for the lame summary. This drama does not deserve such crappy explaining… Watch the trailer!

Currently I’m into these pathologist type of dramas, and this one is a really good one. I love the simplicity of this drama, though there is a main story, and from get go you know that where its going. So it’s not all “simple”. As a general, in any entertainment industry, it is hard to find a well-written story that has a decent female lead storyline. I like that this one showed the sexist part of society. They tend to pretend it isn’t there - in any drama/country - and they do it as a part of the overall story, not just a piece of sub plot.

The acting was great and so was the storyline, so all in all a good drama to watch!

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Shima no Sensei Review

Title: Shima no Sensei

AKA: Teacher’s Island

Genre: School, Family

Episodes: 6

Broadcast period: 2013 May to 2013 Jun

Cast: Nakama Yukie, Iura Arata, Tanaka Misato and Aoyama Noriko.

In a remote Island in Kagoshima, a small school takes in children who have educational issues, such as bullying and absence. The school doesn’t have more than 11 students from grade 1 to 9, but the students are close to each teacher and manage to build a close bond. Natsumura Chihiro (Nakama Yukie) was ones a student in that school, and is now a teacher for older kids, there. Even though she hated the school as a kid, she returned much to people’s surprise, with a hidden reason.

Together with the few teachers in the school she deals with the problems of each student, and faces their situations with them.

Hmm, I was very excited to watch this: one, because I like Japanese school dramas, two, it’s Nakama Yukie. That said, I have say, I don’t really remember why I liked Nakama Yukie.. I mean, yes Gokusen, but she is not that good of an actress, I mean her way of standing is just uncomfortable and awakward. I thought that was her charater in Gokusen, but I guess it isn’t.. She really stands like that.

Besides her, the kids in this drama were very good at acting, and the storyline is very adult like and sort of grows on you - even though its only 6 episodes..

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥½ / 3½ out of 5 hearts