NazoDi, Kaseifu, HUNTER #5

Ratings (Kanto) :
FTV Tues 9pm || NazoDi #5 [15.9%]
NTV Wed 10pm || Kaseifu #5 [22.5%]
FTV Tues 10pm || HUNTER #5 [12.4%]

My Ratings : NazoDi 3.8/5 || Kaseifu 4/5 || Hunter 3.8/5

Kaseifu got me a bit teary again in the end :)

It's Kakeru's episode this time! I like him the most from the beginning actually... but I don't like seeing him went through all that in this episode.. Sigh. I guess having father leave home triggered this "rebellious" phase in him. I kept going "No, no! You don't start going after/doing bad things like this! It won't go away!" ...& my idealistic (or positive?) side even said "You just hang in there! It's going to be okay!" lol Oh well.. Mita erm... saved the day again. Don't know why I feel like she had became more human in this episode... I cried at the part where Mita finished spraying annoying neighbour's wall. Oh, Kakeru... <3 

Another thing I realised from this episode... forgiving or begging for forgiveness can be hard, but it is always a good option :) Father finally realised the extra-marital relationship he had meant nothing. Was it love? Maybe he really felt it was love on his side... But can't say the same for the girl. After seeing the reality himself, maybe he was thinking something like "to leave your family for something as shallow as this was really stupid" when he saw the girl's new boyfriend. 

& Yui... *shakes head/disapproving look* She IS NOT mature enough to take care of her family. Being too consumed by anger of what her father did made her blind to her siblings longing for their father. She was acting irresponsibly... (though actually we can see this from the beginning when she doesn't really care what food to serve them :P).. which makes her unfit to take on the role of a parent. Yes, the father didn't act so much like a father should be but he's still an adult. We can expect him to at least fulfill his duty as a guardian to his children.

I really want the family to get back together again...with father finally knowing how to be a good father to them. I think the kneeling scene was a good start for father.. I don't think it's a coincidence that Kakeru ended up kneeling to his basketball team members in the end asking for forgiveness :P. All thanks to Mita~ If not for Mita, father wouldn't have had rushed home to handle the neighbour's complaint and kneel down to apologize for his son's misbehaviour... & they wouldn't have that ramen family moment...

Nosy neighbour is annoying... Somehow I suspect that she'll go (or is currently going) through a divorce which is why she acted so bitchy like that. But maybe... it's really her nature XD

Back to Yui.. I'm getting irritated by her character... and while I type out this Kaseifu review, I suddenly had thoughts that she might be pregnant in future episodes... *just a random thought really*.. and senior doesn't seem like someone who will take responsibilty.. (going to be like father and mother's story??? hmmm)

Mita has/had a son!

HUNTER's 5th episode was okay, I guess... I thought it was quite impossible for them to crack a 20 years old that even the police couldn't solve... but just by asking someone that police didn't believe long time ago, they were able to find the real culprit... Cases like these always have random(?) people you didn't expect to be the culprit... (I'm thinking of "Ryuusei no Kizuna" & "Triangle"// Random fact: Both Emoto Akira & Omi Toshinari were in "Ryuusei")... Kiritani (Jun-chan) was acting all cutesy again in this episode *slightly annoyed* --- I'm glad she wasn't the lead character. Once again, I felt Toda Keiko looked so different here... maybe it's the hair.
I like the chemisty between Rei and Gondo, they look like a good pair (it's because of their heights I think).. wonder if they have ever been paired in a dorama/movie before...

Pretty decent episode for NazoDi... Dunno why I'm getting some Trick vibe in the beginning lol... Speaking of Trick... maybe, just maybe, NazoDi could have a better watching experience if they involve Director Tsutumi Yukihiko in the team.. oh well.

Oh. The comic strip style is back. I'm guessing that it's a director-dependent thing & when I checked the wiki, I was kind of right. This episode was directed by the same person who did the first two episodes. Anyway.. it seems I've changed my impression on Kazamatsuri since previous episode haha.. I was surprised that he's doing his work properly in this episode (kind of) but maybe it's because the case involved the author of a popular manga he reads(?)... I love to see the manga-loving side of Kageyama hehe.. Was a bit annoyed by Kitagawa acting all cute lol.. it seems that I couldn't tolerate any cutesy acting this week (Kiritani in HUNTER included).. :D

Meikyuu guitar version BG music in the end... <333

I saw Bananaman's Himura in the preview for next episode..not sure if it's him (not fond of his acting in "My Girl").. but I look forward to next episode because it's directed by a different director..


p/s: I didn't know Garo has a new series!! lol And Takenaka Naoto was in the 1st episode as a Horror! Garo was something I randomly picked to watch on TV few years ago (same as Nodame Cantabile)... it was dark and unlike other heroes kind of TV shows (tokusatsu shows) I've seen on TV so I got sucked in watching pretty fast :P  *plans to re-watch everything from the beginning*