The only thing that could've saved this from getting the minimum grade would have been if one of the following two changes to the script had been applied:
1) All of a sudden, Jim Caviezel's character from "Person Of Interest" is magically transported inside the shared-house during the last breakfast scene, and of course he does what he's best at, shooting the male lead's kneecaps off right on the spot! (see if that brings up a reaction on that insufferable fish-face of his!)
2) Right after the last scene, an extra scene with the caption "some time later": we see a prison guard escorting the new inmate, Hongyo, to his cell. The prison guard opens the cell and introduces Hongyo's cell mate, a 7-feet, 250-pounds giant with a scary face and an evil smirk right in the middle of it: "This is Bubba, you guys are bound to get along just fine...you see, he also tends to "GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT!". Caption: "And they lived *painfully* ever after"...
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Ueno Juri to Itsutsu no Kaban
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Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi
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Total let down, as far as I'm concerned
I had great expectations for this movie, but alas, it was a real let down, as far as I'm concerned.The only really good part was the subplot involving Haru, the beautifully tragic (or tragically beautiful) character portrayed by Morikawa Aoi. If they had made a short movie using only those scenes, I would've given it a 10!
Unfortunately, everything else was either "meh" or else just plain bad, imho.
For once, instead of my usual "honorable mentions", I'll go for some well-deserved "dishonorable mentions":
1) while Miura Haruma managed to give a decent performance (nothing spectacular imho, sorry...but at least it was okay), the rest of the male cast was - again, imho, take no offence - plainly terrible! O___o
2) the sound guy(s) should be fired: the audio was annoyingly deafening whenever SFX, music or shouts were involved, and then almost totally inaudible whenever the normal dialogues were taking place. And adding insult to injury, the parts "in English" only got Japanese, but not English subs (which of course would not be a problem normally, but here - hence my quotation marks! - the "parts in English" were actually either in "Japanglish" or in a thick Scottish accent - imagine listening to a speech by Sir Alex Ferguson with only Japanese subtitles to help you decipher what the hell he's mumbling! >__<)
3) last but certainly not least (and as I previously mentioned, apart from Haru's subplot), the script was as bland, plain and uninteresting as they come: a bunch of random scenes and sequences thrown together don't make for good storytelling - at least, not in my book.
As I said, a real let down.../.__.\
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Back to the dorama: the problem is that even Mahjong lovers like me most probably won't appreciate it because it's horribly "shonenjumpesque" and so far removed from reality it hurts (compared to this, even the Hong Kong trilogy of "Kung Fu Mahjong" seems like a realistic depiction!). Hamabe Minabi and Furuhata Seika are both very cute and good actresses, but alas, that's definitely not enough to save this dorama.
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Hamatsu Takayuki is simply great in his role of this salaryman with the hobby of roaming through Japan's less-beaten roads in search of "endangered restaurants". It's nice also to see again Kaburagi's character. And my beloved Sakai Wakana playing the wife is, last but certainly not least, so lovely! In fact, I actually wish her role would get more screentime, 'cause I find they're such a nice couple indeed (for example, the short scene with them and the fireworks felt nicer and more authentically romantic than all those "CEO+Eyelash-batting-secretary" dejavu-fests put together! ^____-).
Some beautiful scenery and a fantastic OST complete the package!
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So much more than just a food drama!
This "Atari no Kitchen!" captured me right away with that lovely, uplifting, terribly catchy opening credits song, then kept wooing me, episode after episode, with the sheer quality of its script - and let's be honest, also with the sheer (both inner and outer) beauty of the eponimous main character, whom I fell desperately in love with - Gods, please give me a time machine so I can go back to my youth, and let me meet someone like her, LOL! ^_^;Jokes aside, this is really a wonderful series, and so much more than just the Nth food drama! Sure, food has a relevant part in the story, but rather as *soul* food: the FL uses it to bring joy to those lucky enough to taste it, and to us viewers too in the process. Delicate and deep at the same time, chapeau to the writers!
And then a virtual standing ovation to the adorable - and tremendously talented - Sakurada Hiyori! Perfect 10!
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