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Noriko's Dinner Table | 紀子の食卓 (2006) dir. Sono Sion

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My 5 Favorite Legal J-Dramas

I love them because they have perfect balance of seriousness and humour, not too dark and not too comedic. And the chemistry of the main leads are fun to watch with their constant bickering. 😂

1. Hero (2001)

Kuryu (Kimura Takuya) is an unconventional prosecutor who has a habit of investigating the criminals himself before prosecuting, which agitates his paralegal, Amamiya (Matsu Takako) has it delays the process while more cases are piling up, and often conflicts with the police who thinks he does not trust their investigation skills.

The series is so good that it has a second season with a newcomer played by Keiko Kitagawa, a special episode with Haruka Ayase and a movie with both Keiko Kitagawa and Matsu Takako. I like their chemistry, not just between the main leads but the supporting characters as well that got pulled into Kimura Takuya's shenanigans.

2. Miss Justice (2018)

A similar tale of a public prosecutor, Ririko (Yoshitaka Yuriko) whose strong sense of justice get in her daily work as she takes time to solve each cases diligently, playing the role of a "detective" to ascertain that the suspects are really guilty before she prosecutes them. However, it only delays her other cases which snowballs.

This agitates her older and experienced paralegal (Yasuda Ken) who is tasked to ensure she completes each task on time without delay. But over time, both him and the entire department who got pulled into her shenanigans finally understands her reasoning and begin to respect her as a fellow prosecutor and not as a newbie.

3. Police and Prosecutor (2023)

Gota (Kiritani Kenta) and Minami (Higa Manami) are siblings who work as a law enforcer and a paralegal respectively. She works for an ambitious public prosecutor, Shuhei (Higashide Masahiro) whose values and principles are opposite of Gota, which often puts them at odds with one another when they work together on every case.

While Minami and Shuhei know the grey world in their line of work, Gota is a brash detective who only sees thing in black and white which often puts them at odds with one another. But their opposing personalities and styles of work eventually help to solve the cases in arresting and prosecuting the right criminal.

4. Ishiko and Haneo (2022)

Ishiko (Kasumi Arimura) is an obstinate law graduate who aspired to be a lawyer but after failing the bar four times, she gives up her dreams and works as a paralegal at her father's private law firm where she met the prodigy Haneo (Nakamura Tomoya) who passed the bar on first attempt due to his photographic memory.

Ishiko is a bit insecure in having to work with a prodigy while Haneo is actually terrible at adapting that he often mask it with his "superior intellectual". Their different personalities and styles of working contradict each other as the two of them, with their own inferiority complexes, are thrown together to solve cases.

5. Binta : Love and Law (2022)

Minowa (Matsumoto Toshio) is a former delinquent who doesn't have a regular job and never really thought seriously about life until he had to look after his young step-sister left behind by his late father. He lands a job as clerk, working for a strong headed lawyer, Natsumi (Yamaguchi Sayaka) who is dumbfounded by his "stupidity".

But his strong sense of justice is a welcoming change that she needed having work in a corporate law firm surrounded by "vultures" that the two decided to start their own private firm to genuinely help people that really need help and not simply for the big money. But with each case, they realize things are not as simple as they think.

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I always found it strange that Jenrya and Shiuchon's mom, Lee Mayumi, has an official maiden name yet the other Tamers' moms only has their husbands' surname:

Takato: Matsuda Takehiro and Matsuda Yoshie

Ruki: Makino Rumiko (Ruki's grandma's surname is Hata)

Juri: Katou Hajime and Katou Shizue

Hirokazu: Shiota Hirofumi and Shiota Takako

Kenta: Kitagawa Shunsuke and Kitagawa Akemi

Jenrya: Lee Jan'yuu and Lee (Yanase) Mayumi

No other moms in Tamers are provided a maiden name except Mayumi, which is strange if you think about it.

But then I learned something awhile back about Chinese and maiden names. Chinese women don't take their husbands' surnames, they keep theirs and only their children inherit their fathers' name.

I felt stupid because of course naming culture is different across the world, I grew up in a culture that doesn't even make use of surnames, why was I surprised xp

But anywho, Mayumi is Japanese. As such it's only natural she'd still take her husband's surname, Lee, but due to cross-cultural reasons, she still has the option to keep her maiden name which she may or may not have done had she and the rest of her family lived in China

Tl;dr

Cross-cultural marriage leads to a fictional Japanese woman having an official maiden name while the rest of her fellow moms don't

But seriously tho, if Ruki's mom and dad are divorced, then why is her name still Makino Rumiko? In this essay I will-

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Amazon Killer // Zero Girls in Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan (1981)

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FEEL GOOD VIBEHOUSE RESIDENT DATABASE

IDENTITY LEGEND: M - Male F - Female TF - Transfeminine [MtF] TM - Transmasculine [FtM] NB - Nonbinary GF - Genderfluid

GEN 1 [THH] Aoi Asahina, Ultimate Swimming Pro [F] Byakuya Togami, Ultimate Affluent Progeny [M] Celestia Ludenberg, Ultimate Gambler [F] Chihiro Fujisaki, Ultimate Programmer [TF] Hifumi Yamada, Ultimate Doujin Author [M] Junko Enoshima, Ultimate Fashionista [F] Kiyotaka Ishimaru, Ultimate Leader [M] Kyoko Kirigiri, Ultimate Detective [F] Leon Kuwata, Ultimate Baseball Star [M] Makoto Naegi, Ultimate Lucky Student [M] Mondo Owada, Ultimate Biker Gang Leader [M] Mukuro Ikusaba, Ultimate Soldier [F] Sakura Ogami, Ultimate Martial Artist [F] Sayaka Maizono, Ultimate Pop Sensation [F] Toko Fukawa/Genocide Jack, Ultimate Writing Prodigy/Ultimate Murderous Fiend [F] Yasuhiro Hagakure, Ultimate Clairvoyant [M]

GEN 2 [GD] Akane Owari, Ultimate Gymnast [F] Chiaki Nanami, Ultimate Gamer [F] Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, Ultimate Yakuza [M] Gundham Tanaka, Ultimate Breeder [M] Hajime Hinata, Ultimate Hope [M] Hiyoko Saionji, Ultimate Traditional Dancer [F] Ibuki Mioda, Ultimate Musician [F] Kazuichi Soda, Ultimate Mechanic [M] Kyosuke Munakata, Ultimate Imposter [GF] Mahiru Koizumi, Ultimate Photographer [F] Mikan Tsumiki, Ultimate Nurse [F] Nagito Komaeda, Ultimate Lucky Student [M] Nekomaru Nidai, Ultimate Team Manager [M] Peko Pekoyama, Ultimate Swordswoman [F] Sonia Nevermind, Ultimate Princess [F] Teruteru Hanamura, Ultimate Cook [M]

GEN 3 [KH] Angie Yonaga, Ultimate Artist [F] Gonta Gokuhara, Ultimate Entomologist [M] Himiko Yumeno, Ultimate Magician [F] K1-B0, Ultimate Robot [M] Kaede Akamatsu, Ultimate Pianist [F] Kaito Momota, Ultimate Astronaut [M] Kirumi Tojo, Ultimate Maid [F] Kokichi Oma, Ultimate Supreme Leader [M] Korekiyo Shinguji, Ultimate Anthropologist [M] Maki Harukawa, Ultimate Assassin [F] Miu Iruma, Ultimate Inventor [F] Rantaro Amami, Ultimate Adventurer [M] Ryoma Hoshi, Ultimate Tennis Pro [M] Shuichi Saihara, Ultimate Detective [M] Tenko Chabashira, Ultimate Aikido Master [F] Tsumugi Shirogane, Ultimate Cosplayer [F]

GEN 4 [BOM] Chika Hashiguchi, Ultimate Hacker [F] Chinatsu Inaba, Ultimate Impersonator [GF, but generally F] Everett Hachimuro, Ultimate Roboticist [M] Hachiro Kitagawa, Ultimate Conman [M] Haruto Imai, Ultimate Doctor [M] Itsuki Yoshida, Ultimate Bartender [M] Kanon Kurosawa, Ultimate Historian [F] Kazue Matsumura, Ultimate Apocalypse Survivor [F] Mei Kuroki, Ultimate Origami Artist [F] Rokuro Fujimori, Ultimate Cult Leader [M] Sachiko Sakamoto, Ultimate Doll Maker [F] Shiori Hirano, Ultimate Social Media Star [NB] Sōta Itsunagi, Ultimate Mask Maker [M] Takako Uesugi, Ultimate Chemist [F] Yuuki Nakashima, Ultimate Puppeteer [F] Yūma Yasuda, Ultimate Alternate History Writer [M]

GEN 5, I GUESS? [DRAE: UDG] Hiroko Hagakure, Ultimate Psychic [F] Jataro Kemuri, Ultimate Artist [M] Komaru Naegi, Ultimate Hope [F] Kotoko Utsugi, Ultimate Actress [F] Masaru Daimon, Ultimate Athlete [M] Monaca Towa, Ultimate Robot Maker [F] (KEEP WATCH OF HER AT ALL TIMES) Nagisa Shingetsu, Ultimate Social Intellect [M]

MISC. RESIDENTS Hikaru Asui, Ultimate Geneticist [M] Hima Kishimoto, Ultimate Children's TV Star [F] Milana Novikov, Ultimate Bouncer [F] Mina Lollipop, Ultimate Exotic Dancer [F] Takaro "Mechfist" Senjinori, Ultimate Mercenary [M] Tomura Serizawa, Ultimate Comedian [M]

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Japanese: アナザー Romaji: Anazā Chinese: 替身 English: Another Genre: Horror, Mystery, Supernatural, Thriller

Staff Directed by: Tsutomu Mizushima Written by: Ryō Higaki Music by: Kow Otani Studio: P.A.Works Licensed by: AUS Hanabee, NA Sentai Filmworks, UK MVM Films Original network: KNB, KBS, Tokyo MX, CTC English network: US Anime Network Original run: January 10, 2012 – March 27, 2012 Episodes: 12 + OVA

Cast Koichi Sakakibara: Atsushi Abe Mei Misaki: Natsumi Takamori Naoya Teshigawara: Tomoaki Maeno Yuuya Mochizuki: Kazutomi Yamamoto Izumi Akazawa: Madoka Yonezawa Tomohiko Kazami: Mitsuhiro Ichiki Yukari Sakuragi: Ai Nonaka Ikuo Takabayashi: Shou Takano Aya Ayano: Mana Hirata Junta Nakao: Kengo Kawanishi Takako Sugiura: Misato Fukuen Daisuke Wakui: Kousuke Kobayashi Yumi Ogura: Iori Nomizu Makoto Ouji: Go Inoue Noboru Saruta: Genki Muro Manabu Maejima: Keisuke Koumoto San Watanabe: Satomi Akesaka Kazue Satou: Yu Shimamura Sayuri Kakinuma: Yoshino Nanjo Yukito Tsujii: Ryota Asari Kenzou Kawahori: Kenichi Mine Matsuko Arita: Shizuka Furuya Reiko Mikami: Naoko Sakakibara Tatsuji Chibiki: Hiroaki Hirata Shouji Kubodera: Kouzou Mito Sanae Mizuno: Seiko Yoshida Katsumi Matsunaga: Shinya Takahashi Inose Mochizuki: Mahiro Inoue Tamie Mikami: Mizuka Arima Ryouhei Mikami: Kouji Yada Yousuke Sakakibara: Takurou Kitagawa Amane: Sayuri Sadaoka Keiko Numata: Rie Takahashi Kensaku Numata: -

Synopsis In 1972, Misaki, a popular student of Yomiyama North Middle School’s class 3-3, suddenly died partway through the school year. Since then, the town of Yomiyama has been shrouded by a fearful atmosphere, from the dark secrets hidden deep within.

In 1998, Kouichi Sakakibara, a 15-year-old student transfers into class 3-3 of Yomiyama North Middle School and soon after discovers that a strange, gloomy mood seems to hang over all the students.

He also finds himself drawn to Mei Misaki, a mysterious and eyepatch-wearing student whom classmates and teacher seemingly ignore her. Paying no heed to warnings from everyone including Mei herself, Kouichi begins to get closer not only to her, but also to the truth behind the gruesome phenomenon plaguing class 3-3 of Yomiyama North Middle School.

This anime follows Kouichi, Mei and their classmates as they are pulled into the enigma surrounding a series of inevitable and tragic events, but unraveling the horror of Yomiyama may just cost them the ultimate price.

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When work life changes your taste in coffee. 😂

Hero the Movie 2 (2015)

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When you meet your ex again after a long time and he has a new assistant as cute as you. 🤣

Hero the Movie 2 (2015)

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A Paralegal who is a Man of Culture 😂

Great Teacher Onizuka (1998) starring Takashi Sorimachi.

Hero (2001) starring Takuya Kimura, Takako Matsu, Keiko Kitagawa.

My Lawyer Is Not So Great (Ep 3 & 4)