Lucky Seven, Honjitsu wa Taian Nari & Strawberry Night

I decided to watch three Winter doramas this year. 

"Lucky Seven".

"Honjitsu wa Taian Nari".

"Strawberry Night".

Mystery/Thriller genre <3

Among these three, I probably enjoyed Honjitsu the most... Lucky Seven was..hmm.. I guess the plot didn't work so well with me. I do have a favourite character & it's not MatsuJun's character. (:P)..  I don't really like how he portray his character - was it trying too hard..? Or maybe I saw some gap in his character that doesn't complement each other...? It was somewhat a complete opposite to Eita's performance. Now I know why I wasn't Jun-baited during HanaDan days :P ... I actually loved Jun's Kindaichi (another mystery dorama) - it felt like he wasn't afraid to look dorky/uncool at that time.. now seems different.. *sigh*

I was surprisingly a bit disappointed with "Strawberry Night". It wasn't bad..but it wasn't exceptionally good either (at least to me, it felt that way). In general, there were some interesting cases (bizarre & gruesome) & superb acting from guest stars such as Sugimoto Tetta..  Ishiguro Ken was amazing in the last three episodes!... with some exception... Oomasa was predictably bad (somewhat unnatural expressions... I hope she doesn't appear much in Mikeneko).. Kimura Tae was fine but I find her voice annoying (happened out of blue! I was surprised too) during the scene in the interrogation room, I had to fastforward that scene (hopefully I didn't miss anything essential :P) so that I could finish that particular episode. The regular cast was good too.. though I was kinda annoyed with Gantetsu the whole time... sometimes with Reiko too.. After watching a full-length series, I realise that I don't really like Reiko.. I'm not convinced with this intuition thing (though I believe in intuitions) incorporated in her character. I enjoyed seeing her chemistry with Kikuta, but I wasn't expecting anything to develop between them... Takashima Masahiro & Endo Kenichi were unexpectedly charming in their characters. Watanabe Ikkei's character was annoying too.. actually I'm more annoyed at how Watanabe played his character..or maybe it is the character itself...??  I've always loved Namase's acting...even if it's only a minor role, he always nails the character down. His character in Strawberry Night included.. sometimes I wished he wasn't so clingy to Reiko.. XD


But I'm satisfied with both "Lucky Seven" & "Strawberry Night" endings... especially "Strawberry Night".. *still impressed by Ishiguro-san's performance*

Honjitsu wa Taian Nari

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Honjitsu_wa_Taian_Nari 

I've only seen Yuuka in Maou & My Girl... but I really like her aura when she's acting. This is her first starring role (if I'm not mistaken) so I definitely want to watch this :D

Ratings (%) : 3.3 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 |Avg: 4.1|

My overall rating: 4.5
Will I watch again? Yes. 

Recommended for people who likes:
- light comedy suspense (surprisingly the story is very light :D)
- wedding planner doramas (I haven't watch other such doramas but you can see how the pros handled their work most of the time)
- happy endings

#1~#2

Moving on from Lucky Seven marathon (until #8), the atmosphere of the dorama is more relaxing (despite the chaos in the first episode)... Everyone just falls into their characters so naturally esp the wedding planner team(?). Seems like they put in some scenes that are meant to be funny... (okay, I did laughed XD) .. but I'm more interested with the mystery/suspense side of the dorama.

#3~#4 (added on 16-March-2012)
Got more interesting! So.. it's going to be one big mystery till the end, huh? That insane bride was so annoying, I was really glad Takako burst out in the third episode (not bad, Yuuka-san! :D).. Apparently, mysterious things are everywhere - not only the people who are getting married & their family members - but also the Wedding Planner team! *Now I suspect the cleaner lady is related to the Groom Suzuki*

Takako's kouhai was annoying.. is she that KY??? (Kuuki Yomenai=Can't read the atmosphere) I thought it was really too much the way she accused Takako of what happened.. unfeeling? having too much fun solving the mystery (because she used to be in a detective club in school)??

Misaki was kinda cool :D.. I love watching his interactions with Takako.
& I really enjoy watching Ishiguro Ken's character here :D

#5 ~ #6 ~ #7 ~ #8  (added on 18-March-2012)
The dorama just gets better & better! It got a bit more complicated in the eighth episode. Masora-kun's cousin is another character I'm annoyed with (I'm beginning to suspect if she's the culprit :P). Hmmm.. most annoying bride apologized (& gave semi-handmade present) to Takako? HMMM. So it was planned? Her character is so complicated! I wouldn't call her "being good" though (Takako, you're too nice to say those nice comments about her...)  Characters like these are the ones I would be very cautious to associate with in real world. If possible I would avoid them at all costs.

I wonder why bigamist groom Suzuki chose to marry another while being dishonest to his wife at the same time. He was so full of lies. Is the bride's mum so scary that he couldn't say he's already married?

...& KYA~  Misaki asked Takako out! She didn't give any answer yet though...

#9 (added on 19-March-2012)
Climax!

I thought it was funny that it rained :D... anyway.. I knew it! From Eichi-san's expressions in earlier episodes I already think he must have knew about the switch, but the fact that he wasn't mad was completely unexpected. *starts to suspect that he's an M XD*...  He looked so kakkoi  when he saved his real bride lol... oh.. and Snow White couple was cute! Personally I think Masora-kun think too much for a child his age :D

Hate that smug Takako's kouhai had on her face *annoyed*...

#10 @ FINAL (added on 19-March-2012)
It was nice seeing the other couples & their family members somewhat like give back [what they learnt?] :D... they tried helping bigamist Suzuki (who was the culprit who send threatening letter) & his wife. In the end, it worked well :)

Even with all those happenings on an auspicious day, love blossomed between couples who might have not have the chance to be together if not for the "emergency alarm incident"...

... my favourite pair included!!! KYAAAA~

This episode had me crying in the first part seeing how everyone was telling the bigamist things they just realised... and ended with crying again in the second half because of weddings. LOL