On the surface, he is a tenant's dream come true, fastidiously adhering to rules regarding trash pickup, keeping contact with the neighborhood elderly and trying to create "community".
But beneath this surface is an obsessive person who will do whatever it takes to make people fall in line, even if it means some people will get hurt...or be killed!
Hamanosilence recommended this drama to me because he knows what a huge fan I am of pretty Rika Adachi, and she's great! She plays Eriko Sakurai, Seiji's only friend in the Habitat. She has a son who is in the same class as his granddaughter and so they bond right away.
So far, she's the only one who sees the good things he does for everyone around, helping the elders and dealing with trash, etc, and she even has him take care of her son when she has errands to run. He seems like a very dependable neighbor!
But she doesn't know how he keeps tabs on the lives of her and all his neighbors in a notebook, writing every detail about them.
At first glance it seems he's only doing it because he cares about everyone, but when a mysterious woman turns up out of the blue and accuses Seiji of KILLING his sons and daughter in law, Eriko gets her first doubts about Seiji's intentions.
Seiji dreams of life back in the old days where everyone cared about everyone, but in this modern age, no one takes the time to care about anything, and flat out reject his methods. But by the look on his face, you can see that Seiji is not a man to be trifled with.
Things build up as Seiji gets turned away by every tenant he's trying to help. And when those unruly tenants start turning up dead, one wonders if the rumors about him killing his son and daughter in law aren't true, after all!
Hamanosilence recommended this drama to me because he knows what a huge fan I am of pretty Rika Adachi, and she's great! She plays Eriko Sakurai, Seiji's only friend in the Habitat. She has a son who is in the same class as his granddaughter and so they bond right away.
So like I said, I'm not sure who I'm supposed to be rooting for. I mean, they're clearly indicating that Shiro Sano is a man with something suspicious about him, but the tenants are such freaking jerks that I can't help but admit a sense of pleasure when they get their just desserts!
PS, HAHA, it was so funny. When I began watching Genkai Danchi, I had no idea what the show was about. And when they introduced the Seiji character as a cheerful, lovable grandpa, I went "Ehh, Nope, I don't buy it".
Ever since AOITORI where Sano spent the entire series trying to kill Etsushi Toyokawa and Yui Natsukawa, I've known that no matter WHAT, his character will be up to no good.
And then when they showed Seiji and his dark side, I went "Yup, that's more like it..."LOL!
Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com
Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com