And The Winner Is...Fukigen Na Gene

Yamada Yu and Takeuchi Yuko

Finished watching three dramas this past week : Hotaru No Hikari2, Fukigen Na Gene, and Massugu Na Otoko (the latter of which I began watching as far back as April!)...All were comedy/romance dramas  featuring actresses I loved (respectively Ayase Haruka, Takeuchi Yuko and Fukada Kyoko) as eccentric and fun characters that followed their romances and ended with "Will-they-Marry-or-not" last episodes.
Though I was really excited to watch the conclusions to both Hotaru No Hikari2 and Massugu Na Otoko, in the end, they both had only "so-so" endings that were long in the teeth and short on the action, and actually bored me a bit. That was sad because I was SO jazzed about both of those shows when I began watching them!
Strangely enough, the one that came from behind was a lesser-known drama called Fukigen Na Gene, starring Yuko Takeuchi as a cute insect-crazy researcher named Yoshiko who has a rocky on-and-off relationship with sempai Masaaki Uchino. This show was the opposite of the other shows , as the beginning of the series seemed  slow and as it got closer to its conclusion, seemed to pick up speed and get more and more interesting.

Uchino Masaaki and Takeuchi Yuko

Now, without giving away any spoilers, I have to admit that the ending of Fukigen Na Gene wasn't any more exciting than Hotaru or Massugu, but the bittersweet way it was done left me feeling really melancholy and LONELY!!! I remember when the show ended, I thought, "well, there's got to be more than that, right?", Imagine my surprised when it faded to black and the ending credits began rolling! As I sat watching the credits scroll, I thought to myself, "Actually, that was a good way to end that show", and the more I thought about it, the more PERFECT that end became!

Takeuchi, Kobayashi Satomi and Odagiri Joe in back

Ah, now I'm lonely and I'm once again in love with Yuko Takeuchi...what is it about her that makes her so darn ENDEARING?!!