Uncool Japanese woman's murmuring

"A groumet detective, Goro Akechi" Nippon Television Starting from April 12th, 2020 10:30p.m. Sundays Cast:Tomoya Nakamura, Fuka Koshiba, Eiko Koike, etc. Plot: Based on comic books by Akiko Higashimura. A detective comedy drama of a gorgeous detective solving murder misteries concerning about foods. Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.ntv.co.jp/bishoku/ My review before and without watching: I admit this rising actor can act as a hot and good-looking guy. After watching the trailer, I doubt this drama will be cheap..I hope not another idol drama which only his fans can be satisfied to watch. 

"Naoki Hanzawa" TBS television Starting April 19th, 2020 9 p.m. Sundays Cast:Masato Sakai, Aya Uedo, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Ainosuke Kataoka, etc. Plot: Sequel of super hit drama of an infighting of bank. Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.tbs.co.jp/hanzawa_naoki/ Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hanzawa_naoki_tbs/ My review before and without watching:It might be the highest audience rate cause of many Japanese are withdrawing at home cause of coronavirus.  Words in the previous drama, " Striked turned to be a striking back! Double turn,too!” became a phenomenon in Japan.  You can enjoy overactings by Japanese talented actors in this drama.

”Good job! Mr. Hikarugenji" NHK television Starting April 4th,２０２０ 11:30 p.m. Saturdays Cast:Yudai Chiba,Sairi Ito,Ren Kiriyama, etc. Plot:Based on comic books by Estoemu.  A love comedy of a working girl and Hikarugenji, a character of world's oldest long novel, "The Tale of Genji”. in modern society. Official Homepage: https://www.nhk.or.jp/drama/yoru/hikarugenji/ My review before and without watching: I like Sairi Ito, Japanese aspiring actress.   Yudai Chiba also is a chick magnet.  But, I wish there would not be a too much square drama cause of National television...

”M, a lover who can't help falling in love" Television Asahi Starting April 18th, 2020 11:15 p.m. Saturdays Cast:Karen Azai, Shohei Miura,Aran Shirahama, etc. Plot: Based on  a novel depicting 90's Japanese Madonna-wannabe diva idol, Ayumi Hamasaki's own love life. Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/m-ayumasa/#/?category=drama My review before and without watching: This late night soap opera with a heroine without an acting skills and a poor story makes you laugh.  You might watch it as a historical comedy drama(1990's story).

”Less than Police~Midnight runners" Nihon Television Starting April 11th, 2020 10:00 midnight, Sarturdays Cast: Kento Nakajima, Sho Hirano,Michiko Kichise,etc. Plot: A buddy detective drama of a student with a theoretical thinking and a student with a physical thinking from Police academy. Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.ntv.co.jp/mimankeisatsu/ Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mimankeisatsu/ My review before and without watching:Even the title named "less than", I hope this another johnny's drama will be a "more than" just idol one.

I am glad to hear the news of this last year's my No.1 favourite TV drama will be adaptated by a film next year. This drama is based on the popular comic books by a famous comic writer, Fumi Yoshinaga.  The news of TV dramatizing became a world No.1 twitter trend. The story is a daily life of a gay couple who are a closet gay lawyer and a hairdresser.  The drama extend to their daily dinner made by a lawyer who likes household saving.  I tend to synchronized the hairdresser who is mad about his partner too much.  The actor who play the gay couple act sense of intimacy. Especially, Seiyo Uchino, the hairdresser character played surprised me before this drama he always play tough guy chracters. Hidetoshi Nishijima, the lawyer one also act perfect calmly in other hand Seiyo Uchino act brilliantly. I agree this drama was the highest ratings of the internet viewings in Japan.  But, This special drama in last January was not good cause there are too much typic...

”Dump it, Ms. Adachi" Television Tokyo Starting from April 17th, 2020 0:52 midnight, Fridays Cast:Yumi Adachi,Rinko Kawakami, Shinya Nishimura, etc. Plot: A comedy drama of the real actress's fictional documentary. Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/suteteyo_adachisan/index.html?trgt=2020.02.13,0 Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suteteyo_adachisan/ My review before and without watching: I'm expecting the child actor turned actress, Yumi Adachi's outstanding acting and interesting conception of chracters  acting of anthropomorphic objects.

"Urayasu Tekkin Family" Television Tokyo Starting from April 10th, 2020 0:12 midnight, Fridays Cast:Jiro Sato,Miki Mizuno, Toshio Sakata,etc. Plot:Based on a popular joke comic books by Kenji Hamaoka. A family comedy of the family live in Urayasu city, Chiba prefecture where Tokyo Disney Resort is located. Official Trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/urayasu/ My review before and without watching:This drama is my dark horse drama for me cause there are many my favourite stuff that are Jiro Sato (actor), Writers of the theater group, Europe Plan.  I'm a little worried about that Legend comedian of Osaka, Toshio Sakata will debut in this National Network drama...

I saw the cherry blossoms blooming fully in the elementary school near my house. Due to corona virus spreading in Japan, We will not be able to party under cherry blossoms as annual Japanese event. Even though cherry blossoms festivals cancel in Japan,  Cherry blossoms blooms beautifully this year,too. Due to corona virus spreading in Japan, We will not be able to party under cherry blossoms as annual Japanese event. Even though cherry blossoms festivals cancel in Japan, Cherry blossoms blooms beautifully this year. I always wear mask for a hay fever in this season.  This year, there is no mask in every drug stores cause of corona virus.  Japanese don't hesitate to wear mask more than other country's people.  Some girls always wear mask whenever she goes out cause of non-make-up or maybe outing-phobia.

"The housekeeper, Ms.Mitazono" Television Asahi Starting April 24th,2020 11:15 p.m. Fridays Cast:Masahiro Matsuoka,Kei Inoo,Marie Iitoyo, etc. Plot: A comedy drama of a drag queen housekeeper. Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/mitazono/#/?category=drama My review before and without watching: I liked to watch late character actress, Setsuko Ichihara's long-series drama,"The housekeeper saw it"that the housekeeper who peeks her employer's love-hate relationships in the house. This drama is a parody of it.

"MIU404" TBS television Starting April 10th,2020 10 p.m. Fridays Cast: Go Ayano, Gen Hoshino,Kumiko Aso,etc. Plot: A detective drama of Police's Mobile Search Squad. Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.tbs.co.jp/MIU404_TBS/ Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miu404_tbs/ My review without and before watching:I'm tired of another buddy detective drama although it is written by a writer of the big hit drama"Nigehaji（Escaping is a shame but useful)". Go Ayano and Gen Hoshino are popular actors among young Japanese working girls. Can they act in another situation? Don' t you think girls must be satisfied by only watching them in any situations,do they?

"Dear Patient, ～Carte for bonds" NHK television Starting April 17th, 2020 10p.m. Fridays Cast: Shiori Kanjiya, Yuki Uchida, Tetsuji Tanaka,etc. Plot: A doctor drama of a female doctor who is annoyed by Kramer patients. Official Homepage: https://www.nhk.or.jp/drama/drama10/dearpatient/ My review before and without watching: A serious doctor drama as a Japanese PBS. 

”Spiral labyrinth ～DNA Forensic" Television Tokyo Starting from April 24th, 2020 8 p.m. Fridays Cast: Kei Tanaka, Ken Yasuda,Kana Kurashina,etc. Plot: Based on a comic book by Midori Natsu. A detective drama of a genius DNA scientist and an ambitious cop. Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/rasen/index.html?trgt=2020.02.12,0 My review before and without watching:A Japanese hit drama"Galileo" meets "CSI"？ I can't find something new in this drama.

”Guilty ~ Is this love sin?" Nihon Television Starting April 2nd, 2020 11:59 p.m. Thursdays Cast: Yua Shinkawa,Keita Machida, Teppei Koike, etc. Plot: A soap opera based on a comic book by Ai Okaue. Official Trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.ytv.co.jp/guilty/index.html Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guilty_drama/ My review before and without watching:There is no daylight soap opera in Japan any more.  It seems to move to the midnight zone.  You might be surprised by the truth that we have many soap opera comic books in Japan now.

"Unsunged Cinderella~Hospital pharmacist's prescription" Fuji Television Starting from April 9th, 2020 10 p.m. Thursdays Cast: Satomi Ishihara,Nanase Nishino, Kei Tanaka, etc. Plot: A hospital drama centered on pharmacists. Official trailer: Official homepage: https://www.fujitv.co.jp/unsung/ My review before and without watching: Ms.Satomi Ishihara is a very popular actress for 20 or 30 something girls in Japan. But, this drama seems to be a serious drama of hospital work. Do the working girls want to watch such a serious drama of hospital work even their fashion icon actress appears in it after their daily tired job, don't they? even she always wears her hospital uniform in it?

"BG~the bodyguard" Television Asahi Starting from April 16th, 2020 9 p.m. Thursdays Cast: Takuya Kimura, Takumi Kimura, Nanao,etc. Plot: A sequel of a drama of a private bodyguard. Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/bg2/#/?category=170e1da3b43 My review before and without watching: I hope Japanese forever idol, Kimutaku try to act more aggressive role not this kind of conservative one.

”The first investigation team chief of Metropolitan Police Department 2020" Television Asahi Starting from April 9th, 2020 8 p.m. Thursdays Cast: Takeshi Naito,  Ayaka Miyoshi,Hirotaro Honda, etc. Plot: A cop drama about a non-elite detective who try to investigate the case vigorously. Official trailer Official homepage: https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ichikacho2020/ My review before and without watching: I can guarantee this 70's style cop drama will get good ratings by senior viewers who can't be tired of mannnerism of the drama.

”Rent-a-man who does nothing" Television Tokyo Starting from April 8th,2020 0:12 midnight, Wednesdays Cast:Takahisa Masuda, Manami Higa, Amane Okayama, etc. Plot: A story about a real famous man of social media in Japan. Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/rentalsan/ My preview without and before watching: This Japanese social media celebrity got attention by his work that he does nothing with his clients who order his hiring such as going to a concert with him.  Also, many people flamed him of his remarks of he=Steve jobs-ish social inventer in television documentary. After flaming, His popular got been diminished now. I am intersted in a drama which express how this one-time social media popularist. I guess television couldn't catch the time he is out of fashion now.

"Dignity of Temporary Workers" Nippon Television Starting from April 15th, 2020 10 p.m. Wednesdays Cast: Ryoko Shinohara, Yo Oizumi, Kotaro Koizumi, Ryo Katsuji, Shiro Ito, etc. Plot: The sequel of comedy drama about the super temporary employee, Haruku Omae is coming back 13 years later. Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.ntv.co.jp/haken2020/ Official Instgram: https://www.instagram.com/haken_ntv/ My review before and without watching: This drama is my No.1 drama to want to watch in this spring cause original drama had a funny story that the heroine has too much abilities such skills to cut a big tuna fish professionally, etc. for the office worker. Now there have been more temporary employees in Japan since the original drama on air 13 years ago. I expect this sequel will fit to our society these days like the original one.

"Special Investigation 9" Television Asahi Starting April 10th, 2020 9 p.m. Wednesdays Cast: Yoshihiko Inohara. Michiko Hada,"Special Investigation 9" Television Asahi Starting April 8th, 2020 9 p.m. Wednesdays Cast: Yoshihiko Inohara. Michiko Hada,Kanji Tsuda, etc. Plot:A cop drama about the special investigation team of the police. Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/tokusou9_03/#/?category=drama My review before and without watching:  I can guess this long-running detecitive  drama will earn a high ratings cause elderly people's favourite genre.

”My housekeeper, Mr. Nagisa" TBS television Starting from April 14th, 2020 10 p.m. Tuesdays Cast: Mikako Tabe, Nao Omori, Koji Seto, etc. Plot: Based on a digital comic books by Furiko Yotsuhara.  A love comedy about a 30-ish single woman meets a middle-aged housekeeper for her. Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.tbs.co.jp/WATANAGI_tbs/ Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/watanagi_tbs/ My review before and without watching: I like these actror's trio. But, Most Japanese girls (I mean women) feels gross for a story about kind of a friendship(turned love??) a young girl and a middle-aged man cause this last winter's stereotyped girls comic book's drama, "Love will continue forever" became popular  between girls now.  Wish it became popular for middle-aged men...

"Road to dragon~ Double-faced avengers" Fuji Television Starting April 14, 2020 9 p.m., Tuesdays Cast: Hiroshi Tamaki, Issei Takahashi,Honoka Matsumoto, etc. Plot: A revenge story of a twin brothers who are ruined by vicious take over by a president of a shipping company. Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.ktv.jp/ryu-no-michi/ Official Instagram: @ryunomichi_ktv Theme song by SEKAI NO OWARI My review before and without watching:  I was surprised by that top casting is still Hiroshi Tamaki over Issei Takahashi.  Typical Japanese female fans tend to quit to be a fan of a marrying male star. I thought a now marrying actor,  Hiroshi Tamaki as the second casting below a still single actor, Issei Takahashi. I will not watch this drama cause Revenge drama genre is not my cup of tea. But, I try to brink a drama cause Hiroshi Tamaki is my hometown hero and Issei Takahashi's acting is natural.

"How to make a correct rock band" Nippon Television Starting April 20th, 2020 0:59 midnight, Mondays Cast: Ryusei Fujii(Johnnys west), Tomohiro Kamiyama(Johnny's west),Rui Kurihara, etc. Plot: Four members of non-talented rock band are aiming to performance at a major rock festival. Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.ntv.co.jp/tadashiirock/ Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tadashiirockntv/ My review before and without watching:I expect this plot but another Johnny's idol drama again?? Meanwhile, I will focus on Rui Kurihara, an openly  Developmental disorders entertainer. Also, A major boys idol factory, Johnny's is changing their idol making since a c harismatic president passed away last year. But, I feel a little uneasy for Ryusei Fujii's looks like same Johnny's band-formed idol group, Tokio's member, Tomoya Nagase...

"Goddess of A long line ～A travel's journal of Ramen" Television Tokyo Starting from April 20th, 2020 10 p.m. Mondays Cast: Kyoka Suzuki, Yuina Kuroshima, etc. Plot: Based on a popular comic books written by Hitoe Kawai and Rokuro Kube.  A female president of a food consulting company (Kyoka Suzuki) tries to save troubled ramen restaurants from tough ramen restaurants business. Official trailer: Official Homepage:https: https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/gyouretu/ My review before and without watching: I like Kyoka Suzuki, this beautiful 51-year-old actress.  I am interested in watching her drama cause of attracting her beauty .  I admit I will watch first episode.  But, I am not sure to watch all episodes.

"Suits season2" Fuji television Starting Apr.13th, 2020 9p.m. Mondays Cast: Yuji Oda, Yuto Nakajima, Yuko Araki, Ann Nakamura, etc. Plot: Japanese remake drama from Famous American legal TV drama,"SUITS". Official trailer: Official Homepage: https://www.fujitv.co.jp/SUITS2/cast-staff/index.html Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drama_suits/ My review before and without watching:  Another American remake TV drama without an original idea!  I know there is a delicate issue between critism from a big original TV fans and viewers who didn't watch original one.  I  prefer watching only  original one cause time is money.