‘Tis the season for Chibi couples!

I am still in the middle of going through this season’s dramas, but one thing I noticed, there’s definitely an influx of chibi actors and chibi love teams in most of the shows. Probably, the most mature pairing I have seen so far (excluding the childish acting by Kanno Miho) are the leads from the medical drama, Tomorrow.

20-23 year old doctors/interns in Code Blue: To watch these kids do an amputation, flock around the ER, and not to mention the Grey’s Anatomy-esque competition had placed this drama behind my watch list…but who am I to complain when the catchphrase itself is so “engrish” – Doctor Heli? Ha. Ha. Cute!

Gakko ja Oshierarenai: Talk about chibi love teams times five! Let’s not forget the eternal immature Fukada Kyoko who gives a whole new meaning to the word, “airhead.” But this drama is a guilty pleasure to watch! I have to find time and write something about it, because it is surprisingly great.

Maou: I guess, the Maou actors fit more in to their roles, age-wise. But Kobayashi Ryoko ruins it! For some reason, I cannot stand her face on screen. I’ve mentioned this already and I’ll probably repeat it again in the future when I do my Maou review, but geez, she looks like 10 frickin’ years old. A tarot reader…A librarian…Pffft!

I’ll skip our chibi love teams in Seigi no Mikata and Yasuko to Kenji as I have blabbed about those two from my previous entries, so I’ll jump right ahead into my main subject…

Of course, when it comes to chibiness, we can’t just leave out the ultimate babyface of jdoramas: Kokei Teppei.

Yasuko to Kenji: Another pair that can’t get along

Similar to Seigi no Mikata, Yasuko to Kenji is another drama that is based on a manga about a story of two siblings who love each other dearly. Deep down, they really do, alright? 10 years ago, little Yasuko (played by Bara no nai Hanaya’s Shizuku – Yagi Yuki) and biker gang boss Kenji (TOKIO’s Matsuoka Masahiro) lost their parents in an accident. To support his sister, Kenji quit his gang and began writing shoujo manga under the pen name, Reiko-sama. The sweet kid who idolizes her tall onii-chan, with the big hands and the big feet, grew up into the tama-no-koshi-gal of Yamada Taro Monogatari, Tabe Mikako. Be prepare to get another version of the silly chick who daydreams about boys and nothing else. The pigtails..the twinkling stars…the bone-eyed stare…yup, we’re in for another ride of this girl’s antiques. One thing I’m definitely not looking forward to.

But who cares about this couple when we have Shida Mirai and Hongo Kanata of Seigi no Mikata to root for?

Definitely not a slow season for drama addicts

I might have misled my co-otaku readers from the title of my last post, if so, I apologize. It might be a slow season for accountants but definitely not for d-addicts! I can’t say the same for every drama this summer, but from what I’ve seen of Seigi no Mikata, this is going to be a good season. Seigi no Mikata is from a genre and format that usually hits it or not. If it doesn’t, fine. I’m not going to be crying because I haven’t piled any of my eggs in its basket. But when it does hit it, the unexpectedness of finding a good drama amplifies the interest and reception.

Code Blue and Maou, powered by Johnny’s Entertainment and now, along with a very mild Edison-Chen-scandal for the Maou anti-hero, had sadly didn’t do it for me. If a medical drama wants to get my attention, a bland and stoic YamaP will not suffice. IRYU has risen the bars for the medical genre. Yutaka Takenouchi’s Tomorrow might be a little more promising; I’m a little icked out with Shin Mina’s character counterpart in Maou (what is she, 9 years old?), but I’ll stop right here because I intend to push it through the fourth episode for these dramas before I place any faults in them.

Since the only drama that has gotten me to that point, voluntarily, is Seigi no Mikata, why don’t we start on that? But where do I start? This drama is so awesome I don’t know where to begin!