
The tear jerking stuff isn’t for me as I find it more annoying than sad most times. Innocent Love isn’t necessarily the “worst” Japanese drama I have seen but more like the one found least interesting. The story surrounding Akiyama Shinichi was the most interesting but Kanzaki Nao was so dumb she should be ordered by law to colour her hair blond. As things got closer to the end though it did feel a little repetitive. Liar Game started well and did a good job hooking me as I watched the entire series without much of a break.

The story was a bit cliche but the cast carried the show well although the low production values made it lack the polish of some of the other shows I had watched.

From reading the plot synopsis I expected a mundane story but it turned out to be much more interesting than I thought. Nobuta wo Produce was the second show I watched after My Boss My Hero. This did seem a little slow and drawn out at times in the middle of the series but a huge cast and increasingly quirky scenes kept me interested.

Stand Up!! is another great Japanese drama I enjoyed that combined so many of the ingredients that make a show appeal to me, interesting characters and comedy being two of them. I’ll join in and recommend that every check out GTO if you haven’t done so already. It’s lessons about life, mistakes, change, team work and so much more of life’s lessons was very moving but not in the tear jerking kind of way. Great Teacher Onizuka is described as a classic and a favourite of many of the people who recommended it and it didn’t take long to see why while watching it. More on : JLPT N4 failed - Yes, I do need a teacher.
