Todome No Kiss 終わり

After many months of dawdling, I finally got around to fnishing up the Mugi Kadowaki/Yamazaki Kento drama “Todome No Kiss”, and I must say that despite my initial "cool" reaction to it, this turned out to be one really, REALLY entertaining show!!

In my original post I remarked about how unlikeable the main character Otaro Dojima was, but of course it was all part of the writers plan to portray him as such so that you could see the arc and redemption of his personality through his time-traveling interaction with Saiko (Kadowaki).

 

Mugi Kadowaki! She was so, so lovable in this role! Very believable as the shy and lonely “girl with the gifts” who only wants to see Dojima achieve his goals and selflessly gives of herself over and over, til even the hardened Otaro can see how precious she is.

So funny how long this drama sat on my desktop unfinished, and now that it’s completed…DAMN, this is going to be yet another drama I’m really gonna miss!
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Todome No Kiss

Also checking out the very strange  "Todome No Kiss". Seeing as how the first time I saw Mugi Kadowaki, she was a disemebodied ghost hanging around Tao Tsuchiya, I was already expecting a fantastical mystery drama, and that's what I got! 
Todome No Kiss tells the story of an uscrupulous Caba Club Host named Dojima (Kenta Yamazaki) trying to con his way into rich girl Namiki's (a very pretty Yuko Araki) life and heart to get to her fortunes...

...however his plans are constantly thwarted by a mysterious woman whom, when she kisses him, sends him 7 days back into the past! 

 

Ehh, I'll keep watching this one to see where it goes as I love both Yuko Araki and Mugi Kadowaki. But GEEZ, I'm really not liking the main character Dojima.

Such an unpleasant guy, and his reactions to his plight are weird: He's using all his time-jumping knowledge to get further into the rich girl's life, so why is he constantly screaming and panicking when it happens? Especially in one scene where he's actually DYING. Wouldn't ANYONE be happy to get a kiss that will send you back into the past? Hmmmm.

PS:  was pretty fun seeing Harumi Inoue making an appearance here as one of Dojima's mature clientele! she's as stunning as ever!

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