[Drama] Lunch no Joou

Summer 2002

Episodes: 12

Starring: Takeuchi Yuko, Eguchi Yosuke, Tsumabuki Satoshi, Ito Misaki, Yamashita Tomohisa, Yamada Takayuki, Eita, Morita Go, Tsutsumi Shinichi...

Mugita Natsumi is a pretty young waitress who loves lunch time and the Omurice at a restaurant named Kitchen Macaroni. To her, lunch is like hope for the working class. (a bit of an exaggeration but her words, not mine.) She came to work at Kitchen Macaroni after a strange series involving the eldest son of the owner of the restaurant who tricks Natsumi into tricking his family with him. Posing as the fiancee of Kenichiro, Natsumi meets his family but was left behind when Kenichiro escaped with the family's hard-earned money.

Natsumi later convinced the stern second son of the family and head chef of the restaurant Yujiro to let her stay and work with them while waiting for the return of Kenichiro. She did so with the help of Junzaburo, the third son.

During her stint there, she achieved rapport with the family who takes to her very soon. The three brothers Yujiro, Junzaburo and Koshiro also developed a strange fixation on Natsumi but refrained from taking actions as they thought she was actually the fiancee of their eldest brother.

Well, actually, some of them did try to get it on, namely Koshiro, the playboy, flirty, straightforward youngest son who is still a highschool student. Junzaburo on the other hand was shy but probably was the most attached to Natsumi and he helped her throughout the way. Junzaburo is also the most passionate about his job as a chef. Yujiro took to her the slowest, his hard outlook was probably used to intimidate but actually he is a real softy inside. Well... or something like that.

Oh yeah, Junzaburo, really cute.

*****

I heart Tsumabuki Satoshi in this. Heart heart heart. What? Bite me for fangirling. Geez. He is seriously adorable in this. So young and... adorable. I first watched this when I was in my Pi-phase. Yes, I had a Pi phase, it happened a long list of phases ago, but hey, I remember that it was there. I probably have another entry for this drama stashed somewhere in this blog or another blog or somewhere else. But it was a long time ago. So I thought I'd do this again just for the heck of it.

It is a fun family drama. Sorta like a gyaku-harem. We love gyaku-harem. Love, love, love. Not to mention the brothers (minus the eldest, I couldn't stand the eldest) are all so... diverse and have their own strengths. xD Underneath all the snippets of humour, there's a heartfelt bond within the family (minus the eldest, again) and their passion for their restaurant is admirable. And for them to take Natsumi into the family just like that. xD Well, it is a drama. Without Natsumi, there wouldn't be a drama to start with.

When the patriarchal figure, their dad, passed on after playing catchball with Koshiro for the first ime. And it was Koshiro who walked away from the game to go on a date, it kinda hit me a bit. The next time you meet with anyone might be the last time and that we shouldn't take anything for granted. But that is really difficult because there are too many things, too many people to spend time with. But it was so sudden and sad. T_T

How could Natsumi be so oblivious about the brothers' feelings, that, I don't get. She's one of those girls that seduce men in a not-so-obvious way and then act innocent when the men are hurt because of her refusal. xD But I heart Takeuchi Yuko + Tsumabuki Satoshi althought Tsumabuki is actually with Shibasaki Kou in real life. Takeuchi looks adorable in here too. xD So does Pi. They all look so young and... young. Well, Yamada Takayuki needed a haircut badly though.

I found it HILARIOUS when Koshiro used the line made famous by KimuTaku's Osamu in "Asunaro Hakusho". Koshiro went "Ore jya dame na no?" on Natsumi. I LOLLED. I am not sure if it was meant to remind viewers of "Asunaro Hakusho" but it sure did remind me of it. And the fact that Pi's like a skeletal figure here~ xD and that blonde hair. Ah~ the days when I liked Pi~ What nostalgia~

xD And it just occured to me that Yamada, Pi and Tsumabuki all appeared in "Long Love Letter" as well eh? xD

One more thing. Morita Go's appearance in this drama as a badass. I have never seen a role more suitable for him than this. Really. I had a thing for Morita Go too. xD

Reitings: 4/5

[Drama] Lunch no Joou

[Moved from my old blog.]

This drama dates back to about 2002/2003. It stars some familiar looking chick, a tall big guy, Yamada Takayuki, Yamashita Tomohisa, Tsumabuki Satoshi, Ito Misaki and others.

12 episodes.

My rating: 2/5

Frankly, I hate this drama. It is so ridiculous. How can all four brothers (including Yama~P) and Morita Go all fall for that girl?! Even Morita Go who appeared as her ex who was wanted by the police. I hate to say it, but Morita Go sure does look like a criminal, drug dealer... sorta person.

But I like Yama~P's character a lot.

I have nothing to say about it, just that Yama~P is really freaking skinny to the bone in here. Dark and skinny. So skinny when pushed, you fear that he would fall over. His cheeks were hollow and sunken.

Yah, I removed this drama from my drive, so I guess... that's all. No screencaps.

[Drama] Sapuri/Suppli

[Moved from my old blog.]

I think it's official English title is "Love Supplement" thus the Suppli.

2006

Starring: Ito Misaki, Kamenashi Kazuya, Eita

Fujii Minami has been working all her life. She gave her all to the advertisement company she is working in. She worked and worked, and then got dumped by her boyfriend of four years cos she was working too much.Fujii Minami, overworked, underloved.

But then she met Ishida Yuya, a part-timer at her company. Several years younger than she is, Yuya seems to never have stayed long at a job. He seemed to be her total opposite and was hired only because the boss knew his dad.

Ishida Yuya... is it me, or does he look like a crocodile?... A rather hot one la... since I heard that he's hot even as a human being...

Minami was asked to play nanny to the boy and soon, Yuya found the advertising world rather interesting. Thus he tried to work seriously in the field.

Oh btw, no story would be complete without a love connection between the characters.

Yuya had a thing for Minami who has a thing for... that other guy, What's-his-name. I kinda forgot his name. Maybe as I type it would come back to me.What's-his-name... I really forgot...

Anyways, even after Minami and What's-his-name's relationship didn't work out, Yuya discovered that he really wasn't good enough for Minami, thus he worked hard to take the employment exam at the company to become part of the staff of the company and not just a part-timer.

Oh and Minami soon found herself to really care for Yuya. However, when Yuya flunked the second round of exams, he felt that Minami was worrying too much for him and that he would become a burden for her. So he left abruptly, telling What's-his-name to take care of her, and bring her to Beijing and all that.The common thing between romantic dramas seem to be men weeping for their lost love or their soon-to-be lost love. I find it rather... "Aww..." Because it is really "Aww...", Ryo has done it, so has Yama~P.

But...

Well... this isn't such a sad drama, let's just put it that way.The thought that popped into my mind was "What nice Clouds..." I have a thing for clouds...Although not classically handsome, but he has that bad-boy look that is so popular nowadays, I think. He looks SO WRONG in a suit like that... WRONG.This has got to be the most awkward, weird, stiff-ish kiss I have ever seen onscreen. They might as well have been kissing the door of a public toilet.

AWWW....

Ratings: 3/5

Would have been better had Kame possess some cheekbones. His eyebrows are too well done...

xD Joke joke, he is not that bad. I just kept thinking that his surname is the combo of an Animal and a Fruit... that is enough to have me laughing during a sad scene.