Nostalgia

Cybercops is nostalgia for me because I grew up as a child watching a vhs tape of it dubbed in a different language. I wanted to find out more about it and what it was actually called. Years later I had discovered it but at the time there weren't any eng subs. I ended up watching the show in Portuguese dubbed because that's what I could only find and the show became very popular in Brazil. Couple years later the show has been subbed in English with the original Japanese audio. I decided why not rewatch the show again but I can follow along the show now with eng subs.

Cybercops is actually created by Toho not Tokusatsu. Tokusatsu is known for popular series like super sentai. Cybercops is basically like a super sentai show. You have the 4 heroes in bit suits armor (5th hero aka 6th ranger trope in super sentai appears later in the show) in different colors. Something unique they do is their names of them. They don't just call them by their color but each are named after a planet Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Mercury, and Lucifer(sometimes known as the planet Venus so kind of counts). Cybercops is basically a special police force team to handle more complicated threats. There is also a heroine on the team and her name is Uesugi. It is never explained why she doesn't have a bit force armor like the rest. But still Mika Chiba the actress of Uesugi plays a fine role in aiding and taking on Deathtrap along with her teammates without a armor.

The main plot doesn't really kick in until the midway point between episodes 10-20. One of the main plots is finding out about Jupiter who is a man that has no memory of himself. Later turns out that he and 2 other people came from the future 23rd century. The character episodes focusing on each member are pretty good at showing more about our heroes. The team has good chemistry with each other. Although sometimes I wish it was more consistent in the story of these characters. One episode Saiyonji(Mercury) is shown as a badass fighting off thieves that stole a woman's purse to the next episode being a laughing stock getting beaten up by the lowest level lackeys of the villains. They relied too much on Jupiter using his special weapon cyber thunder arm to defeat the villains that it felt repetitive. Even some character episodes not about Takeda/Jupiter, he still takes the final credit defeating the monster instead of his other teammate. Thankfully later on in the show, they actually mention how the other 3 rely on Jupiter too much to defeat the monsters. They actually work together to create a strategy to defeat the monsters without always having to rely on Jupiter.

For a show made in 1988, the motive of the villains was kind of interesting. Their goal is to side with the computers and have the computers rule the world instead of humans in the future. Lucifer is probably my favorite cybercop. He starts off as a antihero with no memories like Jupiter. But he believes in the story that the main villain Baron Kageyama tells him. So he fights against Jupiter thinking Jupiter killed his friends. Then Jupiter remembers his memories that Baron Kageyama was a spy and set a bomb that created a portal that sent all three into the past. Lucifer actually has two versions of his cyber bit suit. The noticeable difference is that as a antihero, the gear around his mouth is like a bandana mask(making him like a outlaw). But what is kind of cool is how when we see him use his ultimate final power, the bandana mask armor falls off changing his face armor to looking like a good hero now. They both look wonderful but his suit with the bandana mask looked more awesome. He's basically on the same power level as Jupiter since they both came from the future their cyber bit suits are more advanced and stronger. I might even say he is stronger than Jupiter except that Jupiter has the strongest final weapon/move.

The show relied heavily and I mean heavily on green screen. Remember that this show was made in 1988. Maybe at the time people were fascinated by the green screen effects they captured. As someone watching in the 2020s, I kind of cringed at the scenes lol.

Acting and cast is pretty good for a hero show. The one person that stands out and many would agree is Mika Chiba. She is really gorgeous and plays her role excellent. A little bonus is that the show does tease subtle romance between Uesugi and Takeda. Scenes of her being jealous, him rescuing her, almost kiss scenes, and emotional moments. One of my favorite parts of watching hero shows/movies is the subtle add of romance. I am glad that they actually acknowledge one of them likes the other. Most times in super sentai shows, their is subtle hints of one liking the other but don't acknowledge it. The sad part is that they never kissed.

The best thing of this show is easily the music. They nailed the OP and Ending of the song. It's a masterpiece for me. The ending song is my favorite between the two. The reason why is because Mika Chiba aka Uesugi sings the song. Not only is she beautiful, likable character, and good acting she can sing. Another bonus point is that the main cast played the band of the ending song for the first 15ish episodes. You need to listen to "Shooting star" by Mika Chiba.

Overall fantastic show for me that his nostalgia. I wish the final episode had more time. Lucifer and Jupiter go back to the future to their timeline but Uesugi goes too because she loves Takeda. It ended after the battle and we just see the 3 in the sky waving. The show should have ended with like a time skip to see how the past cybercops are battling crime without Jupiter and Uesugi. Show them improved in skills of what they learn. Then show the timeline in the future how Jupiter and Lucifer changed the future so there wasn't a war. Also how does Uesugi living in the future timeline affect things. Well this part might be too complicated to think creative wise.

Still a fun show for me. Mika Chiba was the star.

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Almost perfect

Story: From reading the plot of the drama to watching the first couple of episodes, I and hopefully others expect this to be a sad drama with a sad ending. The plot of this drama is certainly interesting that hooks viewers to keep watching. A man named Hae Sung who died 12 years ago is suddenly resurrected 12 years later but why. The writer does a fine job in the melodrama aspect with the details of the main lead Hae Sung. In the first couple of episodes, they give us enough details to feel sympathy to Hae Sung. Hae Sung was a 18 year old boy living in the countryside with his 4 younger siblings and his grandmother. Right away we see that Hae Sung is a person with responsibility that takes cares of his younger siblings and grandmother by with tasks such as cooking and working after school to support them. Charismatic and selfless and two great words to describe who Hae Sung is. He is a perfect ML to me but why is it that the perfect ML I like is dead.

Throughout the drama, the writer wants you to keep watching to find out who actually killed the boy in Hae Sung's class, who ran him Hae Sung over leading to his death, and how Hae Sung's family and friends are impacted by his sudden resurrection. The characters that were impacted the most to Hae Sung's sudden death are his 4 younger siblings and Jung Won. His younger siblings are now stuck with the tag of being a sibling of a murderer since Hae Sung was blamed for the death when he found the dead persons body at school and he wasn't alive to prove his innocence. His 4 younger siblings were not all on good terms anymore and each struggled living without their older brother. While Jung Won feels very guilty thinking Hae Sung died because of her. The day of his death, she asked Hae Sung to stop by at the school to pick up her wallet where events later lead to Hae Sung dying.

I loved everything about this plot but things that could have certainly made this drama perfect. First, the amount of episodes was just too much. I understand they last 30 minutes on average which is around half of a normal KDRAMA episode would be but 40 episodes is still a lot. So in the middle, the plot would not move and we just see fluffy moments between the 2 leads or so. My next biggest issue was that we did not get enough scenes of their lives 12+ years ago. I think after the first 10 episodes, they stopped showing anything that happened in the past. They do a okay job of explaining the siblings lives after the death of Hae Sung but not enough about his friends. I guess they wanted to express his friends better in the present timeline than the past where they would have not stood out as much? The cast that played the younger version of his friends except Jung Won, were barely used. I thought the actresses playing the younger version of Jung Won was more talented than the actress playing the adult version of Jung Won. It was a big let down not seeing more scenes of her. If I were writing this drama, I would have shorten the episodes from 40 to 16 with each being a hour long and start most episodes with flashback scenes of their lives back then. This would have helped for the mystery plot about finding who killed the boy in their class. Because later on, we get introduced to other new characters from their school that eventually leads to the suspect where my response was like "who?" It would have been helpful to get to know the other students/staff at their school 12 years ago to be able to react to the reveal. I just wished it was a character of importance than a guest appearance. I got invested into the mystery of who killed the boy in his class that I became confused that they also revealed that the person who ran over Hae Sung is a culprit that they need to find. I thought it was an accident and the person served their punishment. But actually someone paid a person to take their blame. This mystery was actually easy to solve.

I wished they had Hae Sung meet more people that were resurrected like him. He actually meets only one person that was resurrected Mr. Ahn and Mrs. Do a person that experienced a person being resurrected. I disliked the character of Ms. Do when it is revealed that she is wealthy and started to give things out easily to the leads. I was so glad the writer didn't forget about the money Mr. Ahn saved in his storage locker which played a key role for Hae Sung later on. Mr. Ahn was a better character that helped Hae Sung learn things than Ms. Do. I wanted Hae Sung to meet more resurrected people and learn a thing or so from them.

Another issue is the "love triangle tease". It is tagged as a love triangle on MDL and the cover photo of the drama makes you think so too. This was so not true. They tease it during the beginning but Jung Won never falls for Cha even though he likes her. They even had Hae Sung towards the end want her to be with him after leaves the world again. That was my fear at the beginning of the drama but thank god that didn't happen. I just wished I could watch this throughout without having to fear that she would have to end up with the SML. I don't get why the SML is in the cover photo of the drama. It misleads viewers thinking it is a love triangle. I would rather they had focused it on the 2 leads or include his siblings that played a more major role than the SML.

My last issue is how some characters are forgiven at the end. First lets talk about Young Joon. It takes all the way towards the end of the drama for him to acknowledge the existence of his siblings and rejoin them. He changes when he sees his youngest sister Soo Ji in pain waiting for a transplant which he coincidentally is the person who can provide it. It felt quick and not enough given how he was the last sibling to change. Before this, he reveals the truth to his ex's mother(the director of the hospital he works at) about him having a family of siblings that he abandon and 1 year later he and his ex are getting married again. Okay so I guess after Hae Sung was cleared of not being a murderer, the ex's mother just forgave him or something? Hae Chul's ex left him years ago leaving the child she gave birth to behind which Hae Chul decide to raise up as a single father. His ex wanted to take her back selfishly to America but failed so. 1 year later, she was forgiven by Hae Chul and they live together as a happy family now? Then again they never went into enough details to why she left her behind or how these even loved each other in the first place. Lastly it is Tae Hoon's father. He wanted to turn himself in for running Hae Sung over but Hae Sung doesn't want him to so others don't suffer(Tae Hoon and Young In probably). But he was supposed to atone for the crime he wasn't punished for only to see him smiling and welcoming Young In to their family as she and Tae Hoon will get married. Is he atoning for his crime by just accepting Young In? Very weak for these characters.

Acting/Cast: I like the actor playing Hae Sung. I admired the his bright smile he made as Hae Sung and his sad expressions. I only wished we got more scenes of him with the actress playing the younger version of Jung Won. Their chemistry felt more connected.

Music: The sad song/instrumental used was perfection. It hits you on the right moments you want to cry. For example, when we first hear it during the moments where Hae Sung is flown into mid air slowly as he sees Jung Won, his siblings, and grandma waiting for him to come home for his birthday only to die seconds later.

Overall/Re watch: After reading my negative aspects of the drama, you might think I hated the drama but I still loved it. The character of Hae Sung is one I enjoyed and is similar to characters that I like in other dramas. I would not mind watching this again in the future but it would be tearful. It is still a sad ending even if his loved ones are able to live better off now than before when he left the world. This drama could have been a perfect 10.

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Enjoyable sweet youth drama.

Flourish in time is a drama that feels enjoyable. It doesn't have one tone that sets the drama throughout, but mixes the tone throughout.

This drama does so well on is the plot and the characters. Sure the drama can feel slow at times, but it focuses on the two leads school/youth life. It is supposed to be slow and fun. The friendships they formed or the events they participated in was so enjoyable. But it is not just a typical youth drama focusing on their youth. The character background of Jiang Haoyue plays a huge factor into the plot and how his life is today.

Don't get scared that the two leads are "siblings" and develops more than that kind of love. It has an emotional story of how they become close to each other. The slice of life and drama are a great addition to the fun youth journey of the drama. It helps make the drama not become stale with just focusing on their youth. The interesting personal background of the leads and their families throughout the drama was good. The story it told as the drama progressed as well as how the characters would change was wonderful. The friendship here is actually satisfying. Each friend of the Jiang and Lu Miao felt like a real friend. Not one didn't feel annoying.

It was a shock to me to found out the female lead was very young at the time. It was the reason to why there isn't much romantic moments you expect like a kiss. This actually helped the drama because it balanced it out more. It connects the leads background story to the progress of their relationship. There is not much of romantic cliches like love triangles or forced teases. Sure both leads had a person other than the leads like them, but it didn't last long or the leads weren't dumb. This made it so refreshing to see because I hate it when one(usually the male lead) doesn't understand their feelings for the female lead. Right from the start to the end, Jiang Haoyue likes Lu Miao in a way where he interferes in Shi Che's attempts to win Lu Miao over. It was funny at times too instead of personal. Both leads never fell in love with another person except for each other.


It can't be a perfect drama without the OST. The opening song has a joyful mood and tone that is about their youth. The ending song has a feeling that focuses on the two leads love for each other. The other soundtracks used for the emotional moments in the drama were great as well.

I can't wait for the day when I want to go rewatch this drama again. It is just satisfying to watch it all over again. It has a tremendous plot for a youth drama with terrific characters. Flourish in time has become my favorite Cdrama of all time.

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Living together as a family can mean more than you think

I had high hopes for this drama before I watched it. Lately I have been running out of dramas that I want to watch but I found this one. A reason why I wanted to watch it was due to Eguchi Yosuke as the lead playing a father figure role that I have seen him play before which I loved.

Story : I admit the first episode started a bit slow introducing the plot but as it went on I got the hang of it. What I loved is that each sibling had a backstory and weren't shoved in the background most of the times. I say each of them had fair amount of time. They all felt important. There was also good side characters that connected with each sibling in a way. There were plently of life lessons and issues in the drama like dealing with a victim of sexual assualt, the challanges a ex-convict faces in life, or what is there to live for a disable person. There is also a love triangle you could say between 3 oldest siblings but it doesn't end with a winner because it focuses more of the family love aspect.

Acting/Cast : I was hooked because of Eguchi Yosuke but finished loving Sakai Noriko more. Outside of Eguchi, I haven't seen much dramas or movies from the rest. It didn't matter because I fell in love with their roles. They each stood out and made me cheer for them.

Music : It had a calming gentle song used for the op of the drama. It fit the tone of the drama perfectly.

Rewatch value : I put it at very high if I would re watch this drama. Just because of how simple but relaxing it was.

Overall: I highly recommend people to watch this drama. It's a classic but one of the best family dramas out there.

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Keep on living

The title of this drama doesn't really come into play until the last episode but it delivers a great message.

Story: The simple way of explaining the plot is a a whole school along with some students and teachers suddenly are transported to a desert like area. The drama has a other messages as well as live for the moment. For a sci fi drama that aired in 2002, I think they did the best they could with adding in effects. The story is the best part of the drama as it keeps you watching to see if they will continue living or will they get back to the past. It makes you keep guessing to how the world became like a desert. It features a lot about surviving with so little resources around you. It gives you a message of don't give up on living no matter how tough it is. I think the ending was that Asami changed the future by calling Misaki which changes a lot in the future. At the end they showed the school but in the background was a grass area that meant the future wasn't a desert.

Cast/Acting/Characters: First off I want to rant about the character Sekiya. I think this character was not needed at all in the drama. The challanges the students and the teachers had to face were already tough but this crazy woman being there as well was a pain. The character was a big part to why I can't give it a 10 due to how annoying she was.

Now, I think that the two leads Asami-sensei played by Kubozuka Yosuke and Misaki-sensei played by Tokiwa Takako were great in their roles. Their small love story progressing through the drama didn't feel cringe at all. I like how they become the father and mother to the students during this hard time.

Music: I like Tatsuro Yamashita's song loveland island. It gives off a vibe to the era of music this drama aired although the song feels more 90's but fits in well in the early 2000's. The song gives a opposite feeling than the serious plot.

Rewatch : I was really motivated to watch each episode to find out what would happen next or so. This drama is worth watching again due to so many moments it brought.

Overall: Watching them struggle so much in the future was hard but I enjoyed seeing them keep living and restoring the world. One last thing to say was the best scene to me was in episode 8 they were all singing the song "kyou no hi wa sayounara" (farewall for today) and a miracle happens as it rains and they are all happy that there is finally rain.

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A principal as a father

Story: A typical school drama format as others are but this time our main character is a principal instead of an teacher. I like this as it could approach different issues a principal faces than from a teacher but still they focused on the principal doing teacher duties like solve the issues of the students. I'm fine with this. Some of my favorite issues they dealt with are when a student misses time of school due to injury which leads to them missing out of knowing how to do multiplication table. Up to the point, my favorite story was how a teacher was bullied by their students and how they would overcome it if so. Lastly, I found the most fascinating issue was how a student who bullys others turns out to be the one being bullied/abused outside. The way this student portrays the bullying makes you never think how she has that energy to bully others when inside she's suffering from abuse. I didn't like the over the top repeated nicknames of Naruse calling himself the demon of whatever. The minor character were just enough detailed in the drama. I also wonder why they only focused on one grade level instead of the others. They could have Naruse kocho put more impact on more teachers there.

Acting/Cast: These past 2 years I have been a fan of Eguchi Yosuke's acting. I think he nails these roles of being the father like figure and teaching others what's right. I know that because he has other dramas of this type of role. I think out of the child actors here that did their roles the best they could were the ones who played Yuki and hara.

Music: I'm glad they didn't use a happy upbeat song for the drama. It was more of a soft calming song that fits the tone of the drama more because of the tough issues that are going on.

Re watch: I would say I would come back some days and go back and see this drama again but not like I have to watch it again and again.

Final thoughts: I think if your a fan of school dramas with a teacher as the main character than this is a good choice. It deals with pretty good issues about school and it doesn't have over the top comedy.

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When I first saw this drama I thought to myself that I didn't want to watch about people becoming pilots and learn all that. I watched the drama "Good Luck" a couple of months ago and that drama is about being a pilot as well which I enjoyed that drama. I saw that Horikita Maki was in this drama and she is one of my favorite actors so I had to watch it.
I say the drama focuses more on Haru than the rest of the other memebrs who are all training to become a pilot. I really like the idea of there being a team of people who want to become a pilot and having to work together through the training even though at the end they wouldn't be a team anymore. As I was watching I was really cheering on for all of them to pass each tests to becoming a pilot. I'm really glad that Haru didn't end up with Konosuke even though there were hints at them being together in the drama. This drama certainly didn't need romance in it.

My favorite character has to be Haru. She is the less skillful at becoming a pilot but she still is determined to become one even with the help of her teammates. My favorite parts are where the guys are helping Haru out before her final tests. I have a problem with all of the other characters. First is Chisato, it really surprised me that she failed halfway and had to leave. I totally thought they all 6 of them would become pilots together but Chisato was the one who failed. After she fails the test, she doesn't make much of a impact anymore. All she does after this is well have a love interest in Konosuke and is more of a cheerleader now. For the other 4 guys apart of the team Yamada, Moroboshi, Kotori, and Kishii they didn't stand out as much. Kotori kinda gets a episode that focuses about him but after that all 4 of them get little to none development. I really wished they would of gotten each a episode that focuses on one of them each.

The ending song in the drama was definitely not my favorite. The song was bad as it didn't make much of an impact to the drama.

Overall I thought it was a good drama. Its definitely a inspirational drama.

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Itoshi Kimi e review

I’m a fan of these types of dramas where the main character is sick and they still find love with someone. I enjoy these type of dramas more when the male mc is sick and the female mc loves/supports them then the other way around but I do love both kinds. It creates a beautiful love story.

Story- I loved how these two met. That first episode made me cry. The sickness is a little bit different because the main character is losing his eyesight. I found it interesting that Azumi was a photographer which he needed his eyes for. I loved the kids at the hospital where Shiki was taking care of them. The family in this drama is another nice thing to watch from Shiki’s family and Azumi’s. I agree with many people who have seen it that the last scene of the drama is a beauty.

Actors/Characters - Kanno Miho as Shiki was my favorite character in the drama. The one reason I just loved her was how she cared for anyone whether it’s her friends, patients, family, or it was Azumi. She would do as much as she could to support Azumi because she loved him so much. I have never liked Fujiki Naohito but lately I’ve been seeing him other dramas as supporting roles and I have changed my view on him. Seeing him here as the main character has made me enjoy him more. Shiki’s dad is another enjoyable character he makes you laugh and feel thankful for.

Music - i just thought the music was fine nothing too special. It goes well with the drama. There are some nice soundtracks to go along as well. It doesn’t stand out as much in the drama.

Rewatch value- This was a little new to me. Most of these actors I haven’t seen much before and that’s something I liked. I want to rewatch this drama a lot because I loved seeing Shiki and Azumi together. There are also precious scenes I love too.

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I feel like this drama doesn't get recognize that much. It's actually really good combining romance and sports was well written. Love triangles are so hard to watch for me. Not going to spoil anything but I hated Hikari how she had a boyfriend already but sometimes just didn't care about him and cared more about Hiro. Let's just say the romance couple ended how I wanted it to end. I loved watching the baseball games. The drama was about achieving your dreams and achieving others dreams along with yours.

Any drama with Satomi Ishihara in it I'll surely watch. I really liked Yamada Takayuki in this drama just seeing how different he was back then. The actors I think really were playing baseball good. There's just no character you can hate in this drama pretty much based on how it was written.

Soundtrack brilliant it's on YouTube by the way unless your reading this then that video might of gotten removed. I love K-Over back then when dramas had much better songs in them.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7DnKG7mc0gk (H2 OST)

It's a nice heartwarming drama and I loved it. It's up there on one of my favorites.

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The Once upon a time in china series are my favorites. I'll rewatch all of the movies anytime I want because I enjoyed them. When I was a kid I loved watching Once Upon a time in china 1-3 then I watched once upon a time in china and America. I became older and thought wait where is number 4 and 5. It took me some time to find them online and watch it. I was wondering why is there a new guy as Wong Fei Hung? I found out Jet Li turned down the role of Wong Fei Hung in both Once Upon A Time In China 4&5 because of money issues. I was shocked and disappointed when I found out about it. I personally like Jet Li playing the role as Wong Fei Hung because he made the character funny to watch and cool. Jet Li and Rosamund Kwan as Wong and Aunt 13 were really enjoyable to watch but sadly they weren't in this movie.

This one is the first without Jet Li and also Rosamund Kwan wasn't in this movie too which meant two good actors as those characters missing. I believe the producer or some sort didn't make this movie as well so they had some actors and writers changes. They still had some good actors from the previous movie reprise their role. I enjoyed some of the fight scenes in this movie but the plot was confusing to me. Theirs always the top bad guy either one or two in this movie it had two. They weren't really much of a threat until they finally fight Wong at the end. I always love the lion dance competition where all the amazing fight scenes happen. The two main leads just didn't have any chemistry together. Vincent Zhao is good at Kung Fu but he as Wong Fei Hung wasn't that fun to watch. The music is still good because they didnt change it and I love that music still. Acting was ok I guess. Of course I would rewatch the movie no matter what. In the end movie was a little disappointment to me.

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Story: the story was great just like the first season but better characters. It felt more complicated to understand but well done. It didn't answer some questions at the end of the first season tho. There were a lot of mystery that well was interesting. Once again the characters are so hard to trust at times. There was more deaths in season 2 than season 1 I believe.

Acting/Cast: the four main actors returned in season 2 but for one they didn't last through the end. I only enjoyed Beast's actor because he was more cool to watch. The rest of the terrosits actors ehh didn't enjoy, didn't seem to be bad enough guys. Again acting was excellent for the sad parts.

Music: I enjoyed the music in season 2 than season 1. The music here makes you feel about this season with all the events happening. It's a perfect match to the drama especially after a big loss to a character.

Rewatch Value: Yep I would of course watch it over again.

Overall: I wished it had maybe one or two more episodes because 9 felt too short. Bloody Monday became a favorite drama of mine and I'm also reading the manga too. Falcon looked ridicules holding a gun at times, he should of trained more to protect himself.

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Story: I didn't understand the plot of the drama from reading the description but when I watched it I understood it more. There's a group of terroists wanting to spread a virus in Japan but these good guys have to stop them most notable Falcon has to. I kind of liked how they said "Bloody Monday". It got me on the edge of my seat when these people I thought that were trusted turned out to be a spy or bad guy. There's lots of deaths in here which makes it sad to see that character out of the drama. I didn't like how they fooled us who was the good guy or bad guy. The story was very creative tho which makes it suspense.

Acting/Cast: When I saw the two main leads I felt like this drama was going to be good. I thought everyone was perfect for each role.

Music: The ost during those times where Falcon has to hack into something or something big is going to happen made it great. The music in the end of each episode was alright.

Rewatch: I would love to watch it again but then I would remember who that person was and if they died or not. But when I would rewatch it again I would feel the tense of it again which makes it cool to rewatch.

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