I just watched the first three episodes of Mother Game (マザー･ゲーム), a Japanese drama starring Kimura Fumino (木村文乃). It’s about a single, working mother whose son gets invited to a prestigious kindergarten, and the tensions that arise between her and the social elite mothers whose kids already attend. the school. It’s a familiar plot that we have seen before, but Fumino Kimura is so good in this one and the story does look promising. I can’t wait for more subtitles to be created (it’s about 4 episodes behind)!
The new asadora (NHK morning drama) is starting next week! I’m really excited because the heroine in “Mare” (まれ) is one of my favorite actresses, Tao Tsuchiya (土屋 太鳳). I first saw her in Midnight Bakery (真夜中のパン屋さん), and then followed her in her supporting role in Hanako and Anne (花子とアン). So when it was announced that she would be starring in the next asadora, I was stoked! Can’t wait til next week!
Mondai no Aru Restaurant is my favorite new dorama. It’s really fun, with plenty of small inside jokes, especially generational things that are specific to different age groups. This is a good one!
Sutekina Sen TAXI – 素敵な選TAXI is such an enjoyable show! The plot is basically that this taxi can go back in time so the passengers can replay different situations and make better choices to achieve better outcomes. It’s a neat idea, but what makes is really great is that the taxi driver is such a fun character. He’s so uncool, yet likable, earnest, and innocent. Perfect casting of Takenouchi Yutaka and great acting!
In each episode, the taxi “time-slip” (when the taxi goes back in time) gags get funnier and funnier. And I love how the characters from the seemingly separate stories come back to make appearances in later ones. The Criminal Detective show is hilarious too. I love it! I highly recommend finding the torrent or the online subbed episodes.
Leader of the Gang
Episode 7 is the funniest so far, with the main character Onishi Mari’s gang-leader past being revealed.
Time-slip Sound Effects
That’s Kimura Fumino above. She has the same birthday as me – 10-19! The taxi-driver is so excited about installing sound effects in his car. lol
Time-slip Safety Goggles
All of the episodes are pretty funny, but episode 8 was quite a tear-jerker as well. I didn’t realize that the Yu-chan character in this episode was Yuka (in the center in the photo above) from episode 6 until the episode was over. And then the doctor from episode 5 returns at the very end. Yoshida Yo, my favorite!
The icing on the cake is that the theme song is by one of my favorite singers, Aiko.
Sutekina Sen TAXI Official site
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