Was enjoying the drama’s entirely eccentric shenanigans to the fullest when, after episode four, we got the news that no Nihon-speaking jdrama fan wants to hear: the subtitlers were dropping the series!!! Nooooo! So crushing to hear, but in March of this year, a hero came to our rescue! Picking up where the original subber left off, subber Yanez announced they were going to finish it up, and just this past month it finally got completed!!
Well, I JUST finished watching the entire series (started from the beginning and re-watched it again) and I cannot stress how much I ADORED this drama!!! So fun, so WACKY and so doggone SWEET!
The characters are so crazy, interesting and yet lovingly flawed that you just like ALL of them! And the show gives enough time so you learn each character’s eccentricities as they go about their “Wasteful days of high school”!
Because Akane is such an otaku for things and Shiroi is so cool and unfeeling, Tanaka gives them the nicknames “Wota” and “Robo”. She asks for a nickname for herself, and they dub her “Baka” LOLOL!
Having done that, Tanaka decides to nickname the entire class based on their tics and personalities, and the show hilariously calls them by the nicknames for the rest of the show!
Besides, the three main girls, there are:
Besides, the three main girls, there are:
Saku Momoi (Mei Hata) as “Loli” for her little girl appearance (which frustrates her to no end) as well as her naivety…
Minami Yamamoto (Momoko Fukuchi) named “Yamai” for her habit of dressing in bandages and gauze as a tragic magic goddess…
Hisui Kujo (Ayaka Imoto) as “Majo”, an introverted horror-loving enthusiast who starts off as a hikikomori (don’t ALL high school dramas have one?) but, touched by the girls’ friendship, comes out of her shell.
Ninomae Kanade (Nana Asakawa) as “Majime”, the serious student loved by all...
Lily Someya (Yui Kobayashi) as Lily, the knockout transfer student with the glowing features and killer bod, who works hard at being popular!
Along with their ever-suffering teacher Sawatari (Keita Machida), these are all the ingredients for a far-out school comedy, and BOY does it deliver!!!
Some scenes that had me rolling on the floor:
Loli’s Attempt At Friendship
Always frustrated at being good-naturedly picked on by Tanaka, Momoi decides to make them her minions by bribing them with snacks (hilariously, instead of Pocky, it is “Bocky” LOL).
It seems to be working at first, with Akane and Shiroi accepting the snack…
But Tanaka shows her “Baka” ness and chomps her mouth down on the WHOLE thing, making poor Momoi cry!!!
That Transfer Student
The class is in awe of the new transfer student Lily Someya who is dazzling and beautiful, til she announces that she prefers girls to guys...because she is allergic to boys!
Well, the class can’t believe that, and when she sits with them, Tanaka asks if she’s serious.
Lily says that all she has to do is touch a guy’s hand like this (grabs Tanaka’s hands) and she will start having allergic reactions...
Baka’s Better Lip Balm
Tanaka shows up to class with her lips glistening. Is this some new kind of lip balm?
The Gym Clothes Mystery.
Tanaka wants to know why her dirty, unwashed gym clothes smell like natto (gahhh!) and try to make her friends smell it. Then unsuspecting Lily shows up and is immediately targeted by Baka into being the sniffer!
AHAHAHAHA!
Man, every episode was just crammed with such frivolity, and yet, you can definitely see the girls slowly becoming closer as each chapter progresses, til by the end they are friends who truly love each other!
SUCH A GREAT LITTLE DRAMA!!!
PS: And if all that wasn’t enough, each episode featured a mini-spoof ASADORA called “Roboko”, showcasing all the traps and tropes of an NHK Morning drama, hilariously showing how by-the-numbers it can sometimes be!
PPS: Is it just me, or does actress Momoko Fukuchi look not just a little like K-pop act TWICE's Dahyun?
Just an observation that struck me...
Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com
