JDorama 2019 in Review: A look back on Winter, Spring and Summer of 2019

This article is meant to refresh your memory or maybe bring to your attention the dramas that aired in Japan in 2019. This is an effort to help bolster the MDL awards when they come out in January 2020. I have counted the ballots 2 years in a row now and I can tell you we usually only get votes for the Fall season. I want this year to be different and this is the best way I know how to do that.

Wanna know what Jdorama has been subbed in 2019? Giftedones map is a good place to start but it does not have all of them.

Winter (Fuyu)

Jan-March

	Nusumareta Kao: Miatari Sosahan		Monroe ga Shinda Hi
	3Nen A Gumi: Ima Kara Mina-san wa, Hitojichi Desu		Yuube wa Otanoshimi Deshita ne
	Trace: Kasouken na Otoko		Wakako Zake Season 4
	Atarashii Osama		Atarashii Osama Season 2
	Ie Uru Onna no Gyakushu		Scandal Senmon Bengoshi QUEEN
	Keiji Zero		Jinsei ga Tanoshikunaru Shiawase no Housoku
	Shiba Park		Maison de Police
	Watashi no Ojisan: Wataoji		Fruits Takuhaibin
	Tokyo Coin Laundry		Kokichi no Nyobo
	Miki Clinic de Kanpai o		Kokou no Mesu
	The Good Wife		Omoshiro Nankyoku Ryorinin
	JOKER x FACE		Hajimete Koi o Shita Hi ni Yomu Hanashi
	Koukoku Gaisha Danshi Ryou no Okazu-kun		MAGI Tenshou Kenou Shounen Shisetsu
	Haken Uranaishi Ataru		Sasurai Onsen
	Tokusatsu Gagaga		Kioku Sosa - Shinjuku Higashi-sho Jiken File
	Perfect Crime		Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu
	Innocence: Enzai Bengoshi		Zombie ga Kita kara Jinsei Mitsumenaoshita Ken
	Setsuyaku Rock		Yotsuba Ginko Harashima Hiromi ga Mono mosu!
	Gosaigyo		Zambi
	Mikazuki		Nihon Boro Yado Kiko
	Zettai Seigi		Banjo no Alpha
	Sore o Ai to Machigaeru kara		BACK STREET GIRLS - Gokudoruzu
	1 Page no Koi		Zebra
	Mood Indigo		Wagaya no Himitsu
	Itsuka, Nemuri Ni Tsuku Hi		Dying Eye
	Channel wa Sonomama!!		Takane to Hana
	Otto no Chinpo ga Hairanai		Mushikago no Joumae
	Hana ni Keda Mono: Second Season		Zekkyou
	I"s

Tanpatsu (or Drama Specials)

	Tasuku to Rinko		Two Homelands
	Boku ga Warau to		Shitamachi Rocket New Year SP
	Onna no Kigen no Naoshi Kata		Tadaima Osu Shotengai
	Cocoa		Tsuribakka Nisshi
	Haha Kaeru - AI no Yuigon		Les Miserables
	Vietnam no Hikari		Choi Dora
	BRIDGE: Hajimari wa 1995.1.17 Kobe		Video Girl Ai 2018 SP
	Giwaku		Yakusoku no Stage
	Suteneko ni Hirowareta Otoko		Iryu Sousa SP 6
	Kamera o Tomeru na!		Kyou, Kaerimasu
	3Nen A Gumi: Ima kara minasan dake no, Sotsugyoshiki desu		Sagi no Ko
	Vocab Rider Special Drama: Sorezore no Yume		Hyokko 2
	Ooku Saishusho		Suna no Utsuwa
	TUNA Girl		Shukyu Yokka de Onegaishimasu
	Meitantei Akechi Kogoro

YORUDORA:
Zombie ga Kita kara Jinsei Mitsumenaoshita Ken
ASADORA: Manpuku (lasts 2 seasons)
TAIGA: Idaten ~ Tokyo Olympic-banashi

Spring (Haru)

April-Jun

	Kakegurui Season		Mukai no Bazoru Kazoku
	What Did You Eat Yesterday?		Yaji x Kita Ganzo Tokaidochu Hizakurige
	Mirror Twins Season 1		Mirror Twins Season 2
	Dai Zenryoku Shissou		Kami Tunes
	Radiation House		Hakui no Senshi
	Tokusou 9 Season 2		Denei Shoujo: Video Girl Mai 2019
	Iyasaretai Otoko		Strawberry Night Saga
	Kinkyu Torishirabeshitsu 3		In Hand
	Tokyo 23-ku Onna		Tokyo Dokushin Danshi
	Kabukicho Bengonin Rinka		Anata no Ban Desu
	Spiral - Machikouba no Kiseki		Watashi, Teiji de Kaerimasu
	Perfect World		Kasouken no Onna Season 19
	Game Mitai ni Ikanai		Mistress - Onnatachi no Himitsu
	Kaseifu no Mitazono 3		Shitsuji Saionji no Meisuiri 2
	Ore no Skirt, Doko Itta?		Fujoshi, Ukkari Gay ni Kokuru
	Shudan Sasen		Tobira no Mukou
	Atama ni Kitemo Aho towa Tatakauna		Shousetsu Ou
	Kakafukaka		Minami no Teiou ZERO
	Saka no Tochu no Ie		Onzoshi Boys
	Oshii Keiji		Toritsu Mizusho!
	Daifugou Doushin		Akuto: Kagaisha Suiseki Chosa
	Vile Van!		Digital Tattoo
	Shiroi Kyoto		Yuri Dano Kan Dano
	Kamen Dosokai		Nodoka no Niwa
	Akari to Kuzu		Yasuragi no Toki - Michi
	Babysitter Gin

Tanpatsu (or Drama Specials)

	Rikon na Futari		Tokusou 9 SP
	Yokoku Satsujin		Koi to Shukatsu no Danpa
	Mikaiketsu no Onna Special		The Confidence Man JP Special
	Shimei: Keiji no Time Limit		Eien no Nispa
	Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari: 2019 Rain Special		Anata no Ban Desu Special
	Radiation House Special		Momikeshite Fuyu 2019 Natsu
	Metropolitan Police Mobile Investigation Unit 216 X		Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san 2019 Spring SP
	Jinrui Gakusha Misaki Kumiko no Satsujin Kantei

ASADORA: Natsuzora (lasts 2 seasons)

Summer (Natsu)

July-September

	Scams		Anata no Ban Desu - Counterattack
	Bishonure Tantei Mizuno Hagoromo		Watashi Danna o Share Shiteta
	Coffee & Vanilla		Jikuu Tantei Oyu
	Afro Tanaka		Poison Daughter, Holy Mother
	Runway 24		No Side Game
	Kansatsui Asagao		Ogamiya Kaidan II
	Heaven? Gokuraku Restaurant		Gisou Furin
	Kami no Te		Keiji 7-nin Season 5
	Lupin no Musume		Sign
	I Turn		Junichi
	Voice 110 Kinkyuu Shireishitsu		Madoromi Barmaid
	Boku wa Mada Kimi o Aisanai Koto ga Dekiru		TWO WEEKS
	HIGH&LOW THE WORST EPISODE.0		Taka Kara Mariko: Yakyuu Mo Watashi Mo "Ura" Ga Aru
	Nagi no Oitoma		Keishicho Zero Gakari: Season 4
	Koi no Yamai to Yarougumi		Legal Heart
	Kantan na Oshigoto dese. Ni obo shite Mita.		Kore wa Keihi de Ochimasen!
	Semi Otoko		Hotarugusa
	Sa Do		Beshari Gurashi
	Dakara Watashi wa Oshimashita		W Kankei no Higeki
	Sorezore no Dangai		Soshite, Ikiru
	The Naked Director		Ubai Ai, Natsu
	Janus no Kagami		Sauna-Man: Ase ka Namida ka Wakaranai
	Sagi Deka		Real⇔Fake
	Shujin-ko		Banjo no Himawari
	Kafka no Tokyo Zetsubou Nikki		Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru
	Papa, Hajimemashita		Yakiniku Pro-Wrestling
	Konatsu Biyori		Namonaki Fukushuusha ZEGEN
	Furin Shokudou 2		Sagideka
	I Shared My Husband		W Kenkei no Higeki
	I Don't Love You Yet

Tanpatsu (or Drama Specials)

	Pure!		Rinshou Hanzai Gakusha Himura Hideo no Suiri 2019
	Rapper ni Kamaretara Rapper ni Naru		Don't You Think Girls Who Talk in Hakata Dialect Are Cute?
	Yume Shokudo no Ryourinin		Enter the Anime
	Mango no Ki no Shita de		Koshien to Oba to Bakudan Nabe
	Kizuna no Pedal		Kurobara 2
	FLY! BOYS, FLY! Bokutachi, CA Hajimemashita		Keiji Zero SP
	Jikou Keisatsu Fukkatsu SP		Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari SP
	Ano Ie ni Kurasu Yo-nin no Onna		Haitoku no Yashoku
	Haitoku no Yashoku 2		Kansatsui Asagao Sp
	Hinata no Sawa-chan, Naminoru!

Sources: aramajapan, jdramas.wordpress.com, wikidaddicts, Gifted ones, thetv.jp, oricon.co.jp, Yuuhime.xyz, nhk.or.jp, yorozu-do.com.

Fall Dramas here.

Which of these dramas have you seen? Which are you planning to see? Did I miss any?

Me? Oh, 3Nen A Gumi: Ima Kara Mina-san wa, Hitojichi Desu, Setsuyaku Rock, Two Homelands, Radiation House, Strawberry Night Saga, In Hand, Eien no Nispa, Semi Otoko and Hajimete Koi o Shita Hi ni Yomu Hanashi are what I have watched already, Also waiting for someone to pick up the rest of Idaten. : ) Looking forward to your comments to decide what to watch next.