Youkai Ningen Bem Review

Title: Youkai Ningen Bem

Genre: Fantasy, Supernatural, Adventure

Episodes: 10

Broadcast period: 2011-Oct to 2011-Dec

Theme song: BIRTH by KAT-TUN

Cast: Kamenashi Kazuya, Anne, Suzuki Fuku and Kitamura Kazuki.

“Nobody knows when they were born. Split from a single cell in soundless world, three creatures were born. They weren’t human and they weren’t animals. But inside those ugly bodies, the heart for justice beats strong. The creatures are… monsters who couldn’t become human.” (Taken from intro)

Bem (Kamenashi Kazuya), Bela (Anne) and Belo (Suzuki Fuku) are three man made monsters who can’t stay out of human problems. Even though the three are scary once they turn into their true form, they are kind hearted and save humans the moment they are facing danger. But this is not seen by the humans, who cannot see past the posterior. That is until they meet Natsume Akinori (Kitamura Kazuki), a cop who thought they were somewhat involved in the cases they happened to help at. He and his family are a nice loving family of three who have emotional baggage in the past. They welcome the three as good friends, and Natsume even accepts them when he finds out the truth.

The three desperately want to become human, but for some reason they lost their memory and woke up in the forest with a new paper clipping of a man creating humans. So they decided to look for him, but little do they know there is much more of their pasts then they were aware off…

I wasn’t really expecting anything except another ‘kaibutsu-kun’- ish drama, and yes I got that. LOL.

The drama is targeted for Japanese kids like Kaibutsu-kun, and it has the same emotional feel to it, heck I even cried in one situation, which is pretty absurd, since the monsters are really badly made. But else I have to admit very good for kids to watch.

To be honest they cannot be measured the same way other dramas are, and I simply enjoy these kinds of kids show. It is not as tacky as power rangers, again due to the emotional part, but it is - simply put - made for a younger audience.

So based on that - a good drama.

☆☆☆ / 3 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥½ / 3½ out of 5 hearts

Sapuri Review

Title: Sapuri
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 11
Broadcast period: 2006-Jul-10 to 2006-Sep-18
Cast: Ito Misaki, Kamenashi Kazuya, Eita, Shiraishi Miho, Aijima Kazuyuki, Asami Reina, Haraguchi Akimasa, Sato Shigeyuki, Shida Mirai, Ryo, Sato Koichi,

Yuya is a guy that never keeps one job for longer than a few weeks. In his opinion it is boring to work and he would rather be out with friends and have fun. One day as he is on his way to an interview at a CM company he forgets his phone on the metro and so he calls it and a woman, Fujii Minami picks it up. She then tells him that she will leave it at the station so he can come and get it back later. Fujii is also on her way to work and she then realizes that the new part-timer is Yuya. So now their relationship develops and Yuya starts having feeling for Fujii even though she is older than him and has a career. He ignores his feelings because there is another guy Fujii is interested in and he instead tries to help her. But then Fujii turns the other guy down because he is still in love with another woman. So Fujii now also likes Yuya and they kinda begin dating. But then there is another girl who likes Yuya. And Fujii feels sorry for her so she also ignores Yuya for a while. And so on Yuya and Fujii want to be together but lots of people are in the way.

Kinda.. Boring. I had a hard time getting through this drama. Of course again I only watched it because of a Atsui boy:P Kame. It is also my first young-boy-in-love-with-older-woman-drama. And .. I didn’t really like it. I just couldn’t picture it. Like I understand and all I mean.. its just age difference but still, somehow it just didn’t work. Other than that it was quite interesting watching how a CM is out together. But im just tired of love stories where you got like at least 5 people involved.

☆☆☆/ 3 out of 5 stars

♥♥½ / 2½ out of 5 hearts

Bunji's Verdict:
To be honest I don't remember why I watched this drama, maybe it was the huge celeb cast? Kame, Ito Misaki, Eita, Asami Reina, Ryo and Shida Mirai to mention a few... But really, I don’t really recall any good moments in this drama. Oh, yeah Yuyas character was fun and I am an Eita fan, but the storyline didn’t do them justice. I loved the working place, and the crush Yuya has on Fuji, since it reminded me of Anego, but come on! That she actually accepts him? Doesn’t make sense! She doesn’t love him, or that was the feeling I got, and he loved her ALOT. I don’t know. The drama is not my thing.

☆☆☆ / 3 out of 5 stars

♥♥½ / 2,5 out of 5 hearts

Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge Review

Title: Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge
AKA: The Pefect Girl Evolution
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 10
Broadcast period: 2010-Jan to 2010-Mar

Theme song: Love yourself ~Kimi ga Kirai na Kimi ga Suki~ by KAT-TUN
Cast: Kamenashi Kazuya, Tegoshi Yuya, Oomasa Aya, Uchi Hiroki and Miyao Shuntaro.

The story revolves around the four most populat guys in college, Takano Kyohei(Kamenashi Kazuya), Toyama Yukinojo (Tegoshi Yuya), Oda Takenaga (Uchi Hiroki) and Morii Ranmaru (Miyao Shuntaro). All four are handsome, and have each a title given by the girls in the school; Takano: No 1 with the manliest body, Yukinojo: the no 1 guy you would love to snuggle with, Oda: the no 1 sexist guy in a bathtub and Ranmaru: no 1 most seductive guy. They have a HUGE number of fans, and stalkers. They are so popular, that they fear valentines day. All four are friends, and share a "share-house" together, where their landlord is the son, a 8 year old kid, of the landlady. Takano has always had problems with getting to pay the rent since he always gets into trouble because of his looks. All turns head over heals, when the landlady says, that if they turn her niece, Nakahara Sunako(Oomasa Aya) into a 'Yamato Nadeshiko"(a perfect lady) the rent will be for free, but there is a catch. She is a Hikikomori (a person who is withdraw from socity) and is afraid of 'light beings', and she love horror movies, and LOVES sculls and dark rooms..

This drama was huge fun (dont remember laughing out loud this much since My Boss My Hero), and the characters were great as well. I dont like Kamenashi as a person, but he is great as Kyohei, the loud-short-tempered-fella-with-a-complex-about-his-face. The character fitted him well, and he is good at acting aswell. Tegoshi I LOVED. His sweet-cute-girl-looking-chibi-voiced character was to die for. Whereas Kyohei is strong, Yukinojo was a weakling you would cuddle to death. Im used to weird Tegoshi and cool Tegoshi, seeing him in this role made me like him even more. Uchi as Takenaga was superb. The role fit him well, and I was glad seeing him on screen again. The one I liked the most must have been Miyao as Ranmaru, the ULTIMATE player which was the most fun. His character of the pretty, but weird. The role as the player fitted him EXTREMELY well. Oomasa as the hikkomori is REAL fun and she does it with SUCH an easy, you would think she was one (hint: shes a model). To sum up, fun and sweet. If you like J.E Boys or just goodlooking guys in general, and you want a great laugh, this would be your pick..

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥½ / 2½ out of 5 hearts

Jenji's verdict
Haahaahaaaaah... Lol this drama.. It was weird, funny, cute and soooo much more. There were "eeeeeh?" 's , "wahahahhahahahah!" 's , "woooaaah" 's and .....'s . Now if you are looking for a comedy you've just gotta watch this one. Plus it got like Kamenashi-kun and Tegoshi-kun in it. Well Tegoshi plays the sensitive guy and he is really cute and all but Kame,, Omg,, even though he is supposed to be like the tough guy and all,, dude he made me cry so bad at the end. Never judge a bad guy bad!! haha ! They got a really gooooood reason to be as they are. It was seriously so frickn sad!! >< . ayaaaaa,,, how can someone treat a person like that. I mean i get it it is stressful to be pretty aso but still.. A mother is a mother and a child needs his mother . What is up with those parents.. ufff... They got no right to do that to him.. aaaagh... >< .
And the girl.. hahahah I thnk she's just a bit stupid. Hehehehe. U see she liked this guy when she was younger and he like told her he doesnt like ugly girls then she freaked out and started liking.. horror things.. i mean theres nothing wrong with horror. its just the reason why she ..turned to horror. And so Kyohei (Kame) gotta make her a lady so he doesnt 've to pay his rent, and at first that is all he thnks about. But later on he starts to like her.. ^^ and well just watch it. Its one of those japanese drama u gotta watch .
I agree with Bunji's... rate.
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