Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Classmate no Joshi, Zenin Sukideshita おわり

 As the dust settles at the conclusion of a most rambunctious summer season, it’s beginning to look like the clear winner of this quarter’s shows is gonna be “Classmate no Joshi, Zenin Sukideshita” which started off strong, entertained throughout, and ended up being one of the most charming and touching shows of the year!
The story of a newbie writer who inadvertently uses an anonymous story written by one of his childhood classmates as the basis for his book and is desperate to find out who the author is when the story becomes a surprise best-seller, Subaru Kimura is great as the bumbling but kind-hearted Edamatsu, and Yua Shinkawa shines as his long-suffering Managing Editor Katayama!
These two make such a great pair- with Edamatsu spazzy and energetic and Katayama sensible and clear-headed...Together they have to figure out which one of the female students might have written the story, and so each episode features Edamatsu’s memories of his childhood crushes in class, EACH one with her own unique charms!

 One by one, we learn about each individual girl and, by the end of the drama, we know Edamatsu’s classmates as well as he! And having the class hold a mini-reunion at the final episode bookended the series just as perfectly as you could get- As you see all the people he has written about now fully grown up, he realizes at once what a cherished childhood he had with these people in his life!

Of all the heavy hitters of the season, funny that this very light-hearted show became one of my BIG faves!!! A real "Feel Good" drama to put a smile on your face!
Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogpsot.com