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sneek-m · 14 days ago

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Favorite dramas, 2024

This year's shows were a bit underwhelming compared to the last few years, but I found a few I enjoyed. Here are some words on them.

Tsukuritai Onna To Tabetai Onna 2

Everything you'd hope in a second season: more characters, more opportunities to learn about our couple as individuals, more relationship development. The last bit inspires more LGBTQ discussions as Manami Higa's Nomoto is now in a formal relationship with Emi Nishino's Kasuga, her first with a woman. And while my favorite TV dramas this year below concerned the nuclear family, its make-up and how it can stray far from tradition as we like (can't get more into it than my number seven), TsukuTabe 2 reminds queer couples in Japan have yet to be in the same page when it comes to starting a family, or even get an apartment together.

Fune Wo Amu: Watashi, Jisho Tsukurimasu

I collect, research and write about music as a hobby. It'd hard for me not to be all in on a story about big nerds being so engrossed in their passion for their chosen interest, even if said interest is the dictionary. It's about loving the thing as much as it is about making one, and the long gestating process behind it all. The commercial conflicts has to be wrestled with, though it always puts the love of the craft first over the political drama. For those who've seen the 2013 film or the 2016 anime, the post-COVID plot line should be a nice addendum, reminding the work and the pursuit is never truly over.

Haru Ni Nattara

The mortality of my own parents came to my attention a bit last year through Hidetoshi Nishijima's Shiro and his parents in the second season of Kinou Nani Tabeta? Haru Ni Nattara really makes me confront it, in particular with Nao's Hitomi also being an ara-saa like myself, opposed to the 50-something Shiro. When the time comes, you only hope it'll be a comedy as rowdy and full of life like this one, with the stubborn attitudes of both Hitomi and her father Noritake Kinashi's Masahiko clashing in the ways a close family members do. It's safe to say I'm growing out of twentysomething musings on TV about finding the one or being something and warming up to discussions like this one.

Tora Ni Tsubasa

Thank god for Sairi Ito, who brought comedy and needed levity to the show especially as it got deep in the weeds in the court system. Only she can turn the most ridiculous hengao into the year's most heart-tugging scene in TV. Not that the story and its central cases wasn't compelling, just heavy at it is complex: I often forget these scenes featuring conversations about war horrors, misogyny and homophobia, juvenile crimes, domestic abuse, et. al air during breakfast time. Kenshi Yonezu first imagined a gentle ballad as its theme, following his impression of an asadora; Tora Ni Tsubasa was anything but.

Ayaka-chan Wa Hiroko Senpai Ni Koishiteru

Nothing too deep to say here other than this was a fun yuuri comedy to watch. If you know Shiho Kato from the Hinatazaka variety show like I do, even more so.

Saionji-san Wa Kaji Wo Shinai

Never did this show express to me that it knew where it wanted to take its story nor did it seemed to know exactly what Wakana Matsumoto's Saionji meant when she pitched to Hokuto Matsumura's Kusumi this idea of a "fake family." But both were happy to make it up as they went along, constantly playing the silliest mental gymnastics, so long as they didn't have to go separate ways, and the show's energy, too, mimicked this eagerness to just go with the flow and see where the two will take it next. That's what it all boils down to anyway, this needlessness for labels and keeping definition of this unit of two people being together fluid.

VR Ojisan No Hatsukoi

The moment I gave my full respect to the show might be when Toru Nomaguchi's Naoki explained to Yajuro Bando's Honami that it wasn't any parts of their circumstance -- of a internet-born relationship met through digital avatars, with someone who's more than 10 years older, of the same sex -- that kept him at a distance from the latter once they met in real life, but because he needed time to simply sort out what exactly his feelings were for him. The first act hardly put any attention to the novelty of the overall premise, down to the outlandish costuming: and to be fair, don't we all customize our online avatars with flashy skins and costumes? Which gives way to the measured handling of their relationship as it steps off from the VR world, and eventually a heartfelt story of family, grief and preservation of life after death, the last bit I am very susceptible to.

Percent

Similar to selection number 2 in its premise being an immediate sell for a Person Who Makes Things as a Hobby, with this one being a TV drama about producing a TV drama. More un-romantic in its depictions of the behind-the-scenes process, and the show hardly hands Maika Ito's Miku an easy way out from dealing with production politics. But it only makes for an honesty I respect to say it takes work as much as passion to reap the rewards. More compelling than the other drama with another protagonist trying to be a TV-drama screenwriter whose inspired work is just slices of her life transferred wholesale and by some stroke of luck keep landing hits. It ain't that easy, but that's why it feels so good when you finally stick the landing.

Hikaru Kimie

My first taiga drama, and it was a commitment I enjoyed undertaking. There's nothing like the character development that unfolds in a year-long serial: my favorite was seeing Ai Mikami's Akiko grow from the painfully shy and forlorn girl into a powerful, vocal royal member of Fujiwara. Or the real sense of time you feel once a decades-long secret is finally out, especially when it comes from someone like Haru Kuroki's Tomoko, at the final episode. And who knew I'll come to love Yuriko Yoshitaka's Mahiro, or Murasaki Shikibu, and Tasuku Emoto's Michinaga Fujiwara together this much, maybe my favorite couple of this year.

...and some more:

Densetsu No Head Sho

Baby Walkure Everyday!

Umi No Hajimari

Karakai Jouzu No Takagi-san

My Diary

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mikhalishyna · 1 year ago

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2024

Watchlist:

[175/???] Jack & Joker: U Steal My Heart! (Thailand, 2024) - 29 dec 2024

[174/???] Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru (Japan, 2024) - 21 dec 2024

[173/???] Spice up Our Love (South Korea, 2024) - 19 dec 2024

[172/???] Blue Canvas of Youthful Days (China, 2024) - 15 dec 2024

[171/???] Riko High!! (Japan, 2021) - 14 dec 2024

[170/???] Project: How to Lose a Guy (South Korea, 2024) - 14 dec 2024

[169/???] Doku Koi: Doku mo Sugireba Koi to Naru (Japan, 2024) - 13 dec 2024

[168/???] Smells Like Green Spirit (Japan, 2024) - 09 dec 2024

[167/???] No Gain, No Love (South Korea, 2024) - 08 dec 2024

[166/???] You Want Some? (South Korea, 2024) - 07 dec 2024

[165/???] Saionji-san wa Kaji wo Shinai (Japan, 2024) - 01 dec 2024

[164/???] Fake Buddies (South Korea, 2024) - 01 dec 2024

[163/???] Koi to Yujo no Aida de (Japan, 2022) - 30 nov 2024

[162/???] Revenge Cinderella Love (Japan, 2024) - 30 nov 2024

[161/???] Love War at the Guest House (South Korea, 2024) - 30 nov 2024

[160/???] The Bedmate Game: Sharehouse (South Korea, 2024) - 25 nov 2024

[159/???] Kidnap (Thailand, 2024) - 24 nov 2024

[158/???] My Best Friend's Little Brother (South Korea, 2024) - 23 nov 2024

[157/???] Black Sheep (Japan, 2024) - 18 nov 2024

[156/???] Rule #1: No Dating (South Korea, 2024) - 17 nov 2024

[155/???] Eccentric Romance (South Korea, 2024) - 17 nov 2024

[154/???] My Damn Business (South Korea, 2024) - 16 nov 2024

[153/???] Actor:eal (South Korea, 2024) - 14 nov 2024

[152/???] Love in the Apocalypse (South Korea, 2024) - 14 nov 2024

[151/???] Kimi to Yukite Saku: Shinsengumi Seishunroku (Japan, 2024) - 14 nov 2024

[150/???] Match Play (South Korea, 2024) - 13 nov 2024

[149/???] Uncle Unknown (Taiwan, 2024) - 12 nov 2024

[148/???] Oresama Yakuza to Heta re Shachiku (Japan, 2024) - 11 nov 2024

[147/???] Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo (South Korea, 2024) - 11 nov 2024

[146/???] Fragile (South Korea, 2024) - 10 nov 2024

[145/???] "Watashi wo Moratte": Koiji Hen (Japan, 2024) - 09 nov 2024

[144/???] Chubo no Alice (Japan, 2024) - 07 nov 2024

[143/???] Derailment (China, 2023) - 03 nov 2024

[142/???] What Comes after Love (South Korea, 2024) - 27 oct 2024

[141/???] The Flatshare (UK, 2022) - 27 oct 2024

[140/???] First Note of Love (Taiwan, 2024) - 26 oct 2024

[139/???] Summer Night (Thailand, 2024) - 22 oct 2024

[138/???] Tenshoku no Mao-sama (Japan, 2023) - 20 oct 2024

[137/???] Eye Love You (Japan, 2024) - 13 oct 2024

[136/???] Romance Boufu Iki (Japan, 2022) - 12 oct 2024

[135/???] Otto no Katei wo Kowasu made (Japan, 2024) - 12 oct 2024

[134/???] Sweet Trap (China, 2024) - 09 oct 2024

[133/???] Heartstopper 3 (UK, 2024) - 06 oct 2024

[132/???] tvN O'PENing: Our Beautiful Summer (South Korea, 2024) - 05 oct 2024

[131/???] Mitsuya Sensei no Keikakutekina Ezuke. (Japan, 2024) - 05 oct 2024

[130/???] The Best Day of My Life (China, 2024) - 05 oct 2024

[129/???] Host Sozoku Shichaimashita (Japan, 2023) - 01 oct 2024

[128/???] 4Minutes (Thailand, 2024) - 29 sep 2024

[127/???] Sashidashinin wa, Daredesuka? (Japan, 2022) - 29 sep 2024

[126/???] Happy of the End (Japan, 2024) - 28 sep 2024

[125/???] A Love So Beautiful (China, 2017) - 27 sep 2024

[124/???] Are You Sure?! (South Korea, 2024) - 23 sep 2024

[123/???] "Watashi wo Moratte": Tsuioku Hen (Japan, 2024) - 22 sep 2024

[122/???] Twilight Out of Focus (Japan, 2024) - 22 sep 2024

[121/???] Chastity High (Japan, 2024) - 20 sep 2024

[120/???] Seoul Blues (South Korea, 2024) - 20 sep 2024

[119/???] Maybe Koi ga Kikoeru (Japan, 2023) - 20 sep 2024

[118/???] Aoshima-kun wa Ijiwaru (Japan, 2024) - 17 sep 2024

[117/???] Hidamari ga Kikoeru (Japan, 2024) - 15 sep 2024

[116/???] Cosmetic Playlover (Japan, 2024) - 15 sep 2024

[115/???] The Time of Fever (South Korea, 2024) - 14 sep 2024

[114/???] Serendipity's Embrace (South Korea, 2024) - 14 sep 2024

[113/???] Lovely Runner (South Korea, 2024) - 09 sep 2024

[112/???] N.Flying Seunghyub's Winter Camp (South Korea, 2020) - 07 sep 2024

[111/???] N.Flying Seunghyub's Fall Camp (South Korea, 2020) - 07 sep 2024

[110/???] Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (Japan, 2024) - 07 sep 2024

[109/???] Takara no Vidro (Japan, 2024) - 05 sep 2024

[108/???] Hamaru Otoko ni Keritai Onna (Japan, 2023) - 04 sep 2024

[107/???] Embrace in the Dark Night (China, 2024) - 01 sep 2024

[106/???] We Are (Thailand, 2024) - 31 aug 2024

[105/???] N.Flying Seunghyub's Summer Camp Season 3 (South Korea, 2020) - 25 aug 2024

[104/???] The Chairman Is Level 9 (South Korea, 2024) - 25 aug 2024

[103/???] Begins Youth (South Korea, 2024) - 24 aug 2024

[102/???] My Stand-In (Thailand, 2024) - 18 aug 2024

[101/???] Kaette Kitara Ippai Shite. (Japan, 2023) - 17 aug 2024

[100/???] Eagles 3 (Sweden, 2021) - 14 aug 2024

[99/??] Bad Guy (South Korea, 2024) - 13 aug 2024

[98/??] High School Return of a Gangster (South Korea, 2024) - 13 aug 2024

[97/??] Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyoshi Lesson 2 (Japan, 2024) - 11 aug 2024

[96/??] Love Enemy (Thailand, 2024) - 11 aug 2024

[95/??] Kawareta Otoko (Japan, 2024) - 11 aug 2024

[94/??] Watashi ga Kemono ni Natta Yoru (Japan, 2021) - 03 aug 2024

[93/??] Blue Boys Part 2 (South Korea, 2024) - 01 aug 2024

[92/??] Never Too Late (China, 2022) - 21 jul 2024

[91/??] N.Flying Seunghyub's Summer Camp 2 (South Korea, 2019) - 21 jul 2024

[90/??] Aishiterutte, Iitai (Japan, 2024) - 21 jul 2024

[89/??] N.Flying Seunghyub's Summer Camp (South Korea, 2018) - 20 jul 2024

[88/??] Kake kara Hajimaru Sayonara no Koi (Japan, 2023) - 20 jul 2024

[87/??] Cityboy_Log (South Korea, 2023) - 06 jul 2024

[86/??] Only Boo! (Thailand, 2024) - 04 jul 2024

[85/??] 25 Ji, Akasaka de (Japan, 2024) - 30 jun 2024

[84/??] Tokyo Tower (Japan, 2024) - 29 jun 2024

[83/??] Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyoshi (Japan, 2023) - 27 jun 2024

[82/??] Hierarchy (South Korea, 2024) - 24 jun 2024

[81/??] Exclusive Fairytale (China, 2023) - 22 jun 2024

[80/??] Inverse Identity (China, 2024) - 19 jun 2024

[79/??] The Mysterious Class (South Korea, 2021) - 15 jun 2024

[78/??] Boys Be Brave! (South Korea, 2024) - 13 jun 2024

[77/??] Blossom Campus (South Korea, 2024) - 02 jun 2024

[76/??] Kare no Iru Seikatsu (Japan, 2024) - 01 jun 2024

[75/??] Himitsu no Ai-chan (Japan, 2021) - 26 may 2024

[74/??] A-Teen Season 2 (South Korea, 2019) - 26 may 2024

[73/??] A-Teen (South Korea, 2018) - 25 may 2024

[72/??] Blue Boys (South Korea, 2024) - 22 may 2024

[71/??] Wedding Impossible (South Korea, 2024) - 20 may 2024

[70/??] Memory in the Letter (Thailand, 2024) - 13 may 2024

[69/??] Love Is Phantom (Japan, 2021) - 12 may 2024

[68/??] City of Stars (Thailand, 2024) - 11 may 2024

[67/??] Kesenai "Watashi": Fukushu no Rensa (Japan, 2024) - 05 may 2024

[66/??] Back to Seventeen (China, 2023) - 05 may 2024

[65/??] Hidden Love (China, 2023) - 05 may 2024

[64/??] When I Fly Towards You (China, 2023) - 03 may 2024

[63/??] Branding in Seongsu (South Korea, 2024) - 01 may 2024

[62/??] Unknown (Taiwan, 2024) - 01 may 2024

[61/??] My Strawberry Film (Japan, 2024) - 29 apr 2024

[60/??] The Spirealm (China, 2024) - 29 apr 2024

[59/??] Gray Shelter (South Korea, 2024) - 26 apr 2024

[58/??] Dusk Love (China, 2024) - 25 apr 2024

[57/??] Life Is Drama (China, 2024) - 24 apr 2024

[56/??] Kiseki Chapter 2 (Thailand, 2024) - 24 apr 2024

[55/??] Living no Matsunaga-san (Japan, 2024) - 23 apr 2024

[54/??] Koi wo Suru nara Nidome ga Joto (Japan, 2024) - 22 apr 2024

[53/??] To Be Continued (Thailand, 2024) - 22 apr 2024

[52/??] Sugar Sugar Honey (Japan, 2024) - 14 apr 2024

[51/??] Celebrity Danshi wa Te ni Oemasen (Japan, 2024) - 10 apr 2024

[50/??] The Witch Store Reopens (South Korea, 2022) - 07 apr 2024

[49/??] Sukiyanen Kedo Do Yaro ka (Japan, 2024) - 04 apr 2024

[48/??] Our Love Triangle (South Korea, 2024) - 31 mar 2024

[47/??] Jazz for Two (South Korea, 2024) - 31 mar 2024

[46/??] Anti Reset (Taiwan, 2024) - 31 mar 2024

[45/??] Brother Trap (Japan, 2023) - 30 mar 2024

[44/??] Ao Haru Ride 2 (Japan, 2024) - 26 mar 2024

[43/??] Perfect Propose (Japan, 2024) - 24 mar 2024

[42/??] Send You My First Dream (China, 2023) - 24 mar 2024

[41/??] Let's Date, Professor Xie (China, 2023) - 24 mar 2024

[40/??] Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai VS Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko 2 (Japan, 2022) - 23 mar 2024

[39/??] Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai VS Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko (Japan, 2021) - 23 mar 2024

[38/??] Young Royals 3 (Sweden, 2024) - 23 mar 2024

[37/??] All of Her (China, 2024) - 19 mar 2024

[36/??] The Colors of Our Time (South Korea, 2020) - 17 mar 2024

[35/??] 4 Reasons Why I Hate Christmas (South Korea, 2019) - 17 mar 2024

[34/??] Time (Thailand, 2024) - 17 mar 2024

[33/??] Watashi ga Kemono ni Natta Yoru 3 (Japan, 2022) - 16 mar 2024

[32/??] Cherry Magic (Thailand, 2023) - 12 mar 2024

[31/??] The Sign (Thailand, 2023) - 08 mar 2024

[30/??] Fermat no Ryori (Japan, 2023) - 02 mar 2024

[29/??] Загадай любовь (Россия, 2023) - 29 feb 2024

[28/??] Pit Babe (Thailand, 2023) - 25 feb 2024

[27/??] For Him (Thailand, 2023) - 23 feb 2024

[26/??] My Lovely Boxer (South Korea, 2023) - 17 feb 2024

[25/??] Love for Love's Sake (South Korea, 2024) - 11 feb 2024

[24/??] Happy Ending (South Korea, 2024) - 10 feb 2024

[23/??] Love in Spring (South Korea, 2022) - 10 feb 2024

[22/??] Sahara Sensei to Toki-kun (Japan, 2023) - 04 feb 2024

[21/??] Iyashi no Otonari-san ni wa Himitsu ga aru (Japan, 2023) - 04 feb 2024

[20/??] My Universe (Thailand, 2023) - 03 feb 2024

[19/??] Night Dream (Thailand, 2023) - 01 feb 2024

[18/??] Ao Haru Ride (Japan, 2023) - 28 jan 2024

[17/??] Saishu Resha de Hajimaru Koi (Japan, 2023) - 28 jan 2024

[16/??] Seishun Cinderella (Japan, 2022) - 28 jan 2024

[15/??] Twins (Thailand, 2023) - 27 jan 2024

[14/??] VIP Only (Taiwan, 2023) - 20 jan 2024

[13/??] Usokon (Japan, 2023) - 14 jan 2024

[12/??] Around 1/4 (Japan, 2023) - 14 jan 2024

[11/??] Snap and Spark (South Korea, 2023) - 13 jan 2024

[10/??] Kikazaranai Koi ni wa Riyuu ga Atte (Japan, 2021) - 13 jan 2024

[9/?] BL Drama no Shuen ni Narimashita: Crank Up Hen (Japan, 2023) - 13 jan 2024

[8/?] Mr. Cinderella 2 (Vietnam, 2023) - 07 jan 2024

[7/?] You and My Stars (Thailand, 2023) - 06 jan 2024

[6/?] Beyond the Star (Thailand, 2023) - 06 jan 2024

[5/?] Heartstopper 2 (UK, 2023) - 03 jan 2024

[4/?] Bake Me Please (Thaiiland, 2023) - 02 jan 2024

[3/?] Colorful Melody (Thailand, 2023) - 01 jan 2024

[2/?] Y Journey: Stay Like a Local (Thailand, 2023) - 01 jan 2024

[1/?] Love on Lo (Thailand, 2023) - 01 jan 2024

#2024 #watchlist

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