Nodame Cantabile

   

    This drama and movies are based on a manga with the same name. The plot is about Chiaki Shinichi, a piano player in Momogaoka College of Music . When he was young, he went with his father to Europe to see orchestras. When he went to Prague, he met Sebastiano Vieira, a conductor and became he's pupil. But, he returned to Japan. Even though he wanted to return to Prague, he couldn't due to his fear of planes and boats due to accidents he suffered. In this college, he went to piano division, even though he still dreams on becoming a conductor. One day, he hears someone playing piano and becomes interested in who is paying. It is Noda Megumi, known as Nodame, that is playing. She prefers to play by ear and has difficulty in reading the scores. She fell in love with Chiaki at first sight, but he didn't. Will this love blossom? Will Nodame start to play piano more seriously? Can Chiaki become a conductor and how? Will he be able to go to Europe to met Vieira?

    I really like this drama, and I think that the actors played very well this parts. I started to watch this because I heard of a Korean adaptation. The songs are beautiful played and shows the work of an orchestra and a pianist, and what they suffer and need to learn in order to improve.

    I end this post with the opening and the ending of this drama, that are orchestra and piano pieces, both played by Nodame Orchestra conducted by Toshiaki Umeda. The first link of each song is a scene of a drama with those songs (has spoilers), the second link is the full version from the OST (no spoilers).

      - Opening: "Andante Cantabile" from Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0J42m-IX44, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2ZKa7zFEvw)

      - Ending: "Rhapsody in Blue" of  Gershwin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzuIKXPLEcE , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ozdN5kMKRA)

Doctor Stranger

   

     The plot is about a boy, Park Hoon (Lee Jong-Suk) and his father, that is a doctor, wenre forced to go to North Korea, where his father operated the president of North Korea. Then, Park Hoon starts to learn to become a doctor, most specifically a chest surgeon. When he his father dies, he takes his girlfriend and goes away from North Korea, but he is caught and goes to prison, not knowing where his girlfriend is. When he gets out of prison, he goes to South Korea, where he finds out that his girlfriend, Song Jae-Hee (Jin Se-Yoon), his being held captive. To bring her back to him, he needs to give money to a man that has contacts to get her out. So, he goes to a hospital in other to make money. In the hospital, he sees a girl that looks like Song Jae-Hee. Is the girl really Song Jae-Hee? What is the real reason why Park Hoon and his father went to North Korea?

    I really liked the drama. It has mystery related to some characters like their background and is about surgeries that are really interesting to watch and leaving you waiting for the next move.

    I end this post with 3 songs from the OST of the drama (all of them have spoilers):

    - "Going to met you now" by Lee Ki Chan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a00ZGVMBQ3U);

     - "Like tomorrow won't come" by G.O. of MBLAQ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87O1R5BCNB0

      - "A Good Day Like This" by Jeon Hye Won: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4rUiySenfE

Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo/ Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches

 

This drama is based on the manga with the same name. The plot is about a boy, Ryū Yamada (Yamamoto Yusuke), that is a delinquent, and Urara Shiraishi (Mariya Nishiuchi), a great student. One day both of them fall on the stairs and end up swapping bodies. They try to return to their own bodies and they found out that the only way was with a kiss. When reviving the Supernatural club, suggested by Toranosuke Miyamura (Ide Takuya,), the student council vice-president, they found a book about the witches. It says that there are 7 witches in the school with different powers. And so, it begins their quest to find the other 6. But who are they? What power do they have?

I found out this story by the manga, so I started to read it. When they announced that a drama was going to be made of this, I found it awesome. I have to say that I really liked the actors that participated in this drama, but the manga is still on going, so for 8 episodes only the story was cut and slightly changed, including the ending.

I will end this post with the theme of the drama : Time Machine Nante Iranai by Maeda Atsuko (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRu9n3Kv_vQ).

I hear your voice/ I can hear your voice

   This drama is about Soo-ha who's dad died in a a car accident. But that's not the truth because the car accident was intentional and his dad didn't die from the crash but from murderer. But Soo-ha has a power: he can hear people minds, but he can't speak and if he tells that he can read minds he will be considered crazy. But there were two witnesses to this crime: Hye-Sung and Do-Yoon, but only the first serves as a witness despite the threat of the murderer Joon-Kook, and he goes to prison.  Ten years later Soo-ha is a high school student that wants to protect the girl who testified and Hey-sung is a lawyer. What happens when Joon-Kook gets out of jail? He will go after those who put him in prison. Is he going to behave well after getting out? If not, can they get evidence to put him I'm jail again? What happened between the two witnesses to the crime and why only one of them testified? Why did she turned to be a lawyer? How will the two witnesses met again? What's the reason that lead to the murder? All of these questions and more will be answered if you watch it.

   This drama shows how revenge will lead to murderer that can go through generations, and that sometimes the evidence isn't enough to condemn a criminal and that a piece evidence can make a innocent person seem quilty. 

   This post will end with 3 songs from the OST( be careful, all of them has spoilers of the drama).

 - In My Eyes by Kim Yeon Ji (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7idrSnTjNM)

 - Sweetly Lalala by Melody Day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iajY6YbdKrY) 

 - Dolphin by Every Single Day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPCha74XXgU)

 

Tadashii Ouji no Tsukurikata

 

 

   The plot of this drama revolves around a girls' high school that turns into a co-ed. Since guys and girls weren't getting along, the girls decided to change the guys into princes, transforming their personalities and their looks. But will the guys change? And will the girls change while transforming the boys? And will they start to get along?

   Even though the plot seems pretty simple, it's a drama that I don't get tired of seeing.

   This short post will end with the opening song:

 - Magic by MEG (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ8IfIPL2BY)

Hidarime Tantei Eye

  

 

   This drama is about Ainosuke Tanaka (Yamada Ryosuke from Hey Say Jump) that receives a cornea transplant on his left eye that's from his older brother Yumehito (Yu Yokoyama) that died. When he wakes up from the surgery, he starts having visions of money and robber on his left eye. He then starts to investigate the death of his brother with the help of his school's nurse Hitomi Sayama (Satomi Ishihara). But what he ends up finding out is that his brother is alive and he is a criminal. So, Ainosuke Tanaka decides to try to stop his brother from committing more crimes.

This paragraph written above is a resume of what happens in the special, the drama focus on the battle between these two brothers. So, you have to watch the special first and the drama after in other to understand the story.

   I like dramas related to suspense and detectives, so I found this drama enjoyable.

   I will end this post with 2 songs of the drama:

 - Memories by Hey Say Jump (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSJPcA-TSig) (from the special)

 - Hitomi no Screen by Hey Say Jump (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hdYJwdsdoc) (from the drama).

Dating Agency: Cyrano

   

   This is a drama called Dating Agency: Cyrano that's based on a movie called Cyrano Agency. The plot is around Gong Min-Young (Sooyoung from SNSD) that works in a dating agency. While she is helping a guy with his date, the arranging goes wrong. But why? Because the man's date is also with someone to help her with another guy. That someone is Seo Byung-hoon (Lee Jong-hyuk). She finds out about what happened that led to her failure and starts working with Seo Byung-hoon. There she meets Cha Seung-pyo (Lee Chun-hee), who she calls Master, that starts falling in love with her. But she starts falling in love with Seo Byung-hoon. What will happend to this love triangle? Who will get the girl? What's the past of each one of the males lead and what connects them? What led Jong-hyuk to start the agency?

     I decided to watch this drama not only because of Sooyoung, but also because the plot was interesting and fresh (to me at least). This drama shows how people that need help dating go to dating agencies in order to be happy. 

     I end this post with 3 songs from the drama:

   -   Chance! by Pepper Tones (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZCLXJQC-fk) 

   -   A Certain Heart Fluttering by Ra.D (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDvcRjRQdOc)

 - That One Person is You by Jessica of SNSD (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92DJFNAlva4) (has spoilers because is the official video)