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Gakkou no Kaidan japanese drama review
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Gakkou no Kaidan
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by Crystal93
May 21, 2020
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 10.0
This drama was absolutely amazing!
It tells the story of Haruna Tsubame, a quiet and nice high-school girl, who is always enduring her high-school life because she wants to get along with others and to smile. Despite her positive attitude, her school is full of unfairness, it is ruled by wrong teachers and by a group of eight students, the Platinum Eight (Hana Yori Dango's vibes, anyone?): all that seems to matter there is power.
One day, Haruna Tsubame meets a young man, very strange and mysterious, who starts to tell her that she can change her school and herself, that all she needs is a strong will and words.
First of all, I have to say that Kamiki Ryunosuke plays his role extremely well! His character seems a little crazy and the way he talks is funny and brilliant, at the same time: Kamiki is able to give his character this aura of strength and weirdness and he is very convincing.
Hirose Suzu is good here and, as others said, she has great chemistry with Kamiki: maybe, the only thing I didn't like about her character is that sometimes, in the first episodes, she seems a bit annoying and I thought sometimes that her first speeches were too much. But I didn't feel that way after a few episodes.
The supporting cast is also great: there is Sugisaki Hana among them! :)
I didn't quite like the teachers, maybe the only one I "liked" was the headmistress, because it seemed an interesting and contradictory character.
I loved this drama because I liked the message it conveys and because of the main characters and the actors.
The message here is: "you have to fight and do your best in order to be yourself and achieve what you want, but you can't do that alone". It is a powerful message and I loved it.
The characters as well...I loved them, I kind of miss them, especially the young man keen on words!
I would be extremely happy if this drama had a sequel!
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