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Ryusei no Kizuna
Aug. 11th, 2015 09:32 pmNino totally carried this drama. The no-eyebrow girl (who was very strange) called Ryo a "droopy eyed soggy rice cracker," and she was right on the money. Ryo was really blah and had no presence, which is odd when I've seen him give such good performances in Chonmage Purin, Papadoru, and Zenkai Girl. Toda Erika was fine, but I could take or leave her. Kaname Jun was an unexpected joy with his enthusiasm for life. Terajima Susumu and Morishita Aiko (who may be actually contractually obligated to appear in every KudoKan drama lol) played the same characters they always do, but they do it so well!
The other good point about this drama was of course the dialogue. KudoKan came through once again with many hilarious one-liners that made me laugh out loud. The mini-"dramas" that were portrayed by characters' imaginations and voiceovers were also very amusing. But unlike other KudoKan mysteries, the story as a whole did not hang together (especially the ending).
Also this is not a problem I've had with KudoKan dramas before, and it may be a function of the direction, but I had a VERY hard time following what was actually happening when a past event would appear on screen. Was it 1. a character's imagination (and therefore probably false) 2. a character's memory (and therefore maybe true) or 3. an actual flashback from 3rd person omniscient POV (and therefore true)? I still have no clue how much of the past scenes were true.
I wish the incest vibe had not been there because when it's just the 2 older boys perving on the younger sister who actually believes they are related and thinks of them as brothers, then it's weird and gross. And the thread was never followed through - the plot point of both of the brothers (maybe?) being in love with their sister was just dropped so then why even go there?? Kaname Jun also "compliments" Nino by saying that it's admirable that the brothers cared so much for a sister that they were not related to, and I thought that was so insulting to adoptees and found families.
( The ending was so WTF. )
The other good point about this drama was of course the dialogue. KudoKan came through once again with many hilarious one-liners that made me laugh out loud. The mini-"dramas" that were portrayed by characters' imaginations and voiceovers were also very amusing. But unlike other KudoKan mysteries, the story as a whole did not hang together (especially the ending).
Also this is not a problem I've had with KudoKan dramas before, and it may be a function of the direction, but I had a VERY hard time following what was actually happening when a past event would appear on screen. Was it 1. a character's imagination (and therefore probably false) 2. a character's memory (and therefore maybe true) or 3. an actual flashback from 3rd person omniscient POV (and therefore true)? I still have no clue how much of the past scenes were true.
I wish the incest vibe had not been there because when it's just the 2 older boys perving on the younger sister who actually believes they are related and thinks of them as brothers, then it's weird and gross. And the thread was never followed through - the plot point of both of the brothers (maybe?) being in love with their sister was just dropped so then why even go there?? Kaname Jun also "compliments" Nino by saying that it's admirable that the brothers cared so much for a sister that they were not related to, and I thought that was so insulting to adoptees and found families.
( The ending was so WTF. )