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Kurosagi japanese drama review
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Kurosagi
4 people found this review helpful
by Byaku-chan
Aug 17, 2012
11 of 11 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
I just finished this drama and like to share my opinion. Kurosagi is a drama about swindling and has, for me, a rather fresh story line. The episodes are interesting though a little predictable or repetitive after seeing a few but it's not bad. I liked Kurosagi's character a lot, he's the reason why I completed the drama after all. I think the actor did a good job, he played the different characters well and without him I would've dropped the drama long ago, the other characters aren't nearly as likeable or interesting. Even though I liked this serie there are 2 main points I really, really disliked; First; the supporting characters are extremely useless. They seem to have no ability to make decisions at all [cough, tsurara, cough] and end up being quite unlikeable in my eyes. I feel like they've done a rather bad job at writing their characters, they're not getting anywhere with them or they're even hindering Kurosagi. I understand what they're trying to do by making them act the way they do, it's just that the actors aren't pulling it off in the right way if you ask me. That doesn't mean they're bad actors, it's just that it seems there's something missing or lacking which leaves them rahter bland and unimportant. Second; The ending. I won't spoil anything but seriously, they came up with that? It's just very, very... different from what I hoped, it's not even close to something satisfactory if you ask me. I think that an ending should be the climax of the story, this just wasn't what you'd expect seeing the rest of the story. It feels rather rushed and doesn't match with the previous plot, really a shame because it kind of ruined my opinion on the rest of the drama. Also the final scene's are rather predictable, not emotional at all [which it's probably meant to be] which is a shame, I feel they could've done so much more but just decided not to... Despite my complains I do recommend this if you like to see a little action, psychological play and just a hint of romance. I'm just warning you that I think the story, except for Kurosagi's swindling parts, are rather blandly written. It's not bad, it's just... lacking something. I expected so much more of this serie so I got a little disappointed. Even if I'm trying to be neutral it isn't a great drama. Is the plot amazing, has it plenty interesting plot twists or a lot mysterious and interesint side characters? No. Is it entertaining and interesting to watch the next episode? Yes. If you don't start this drama with high expectations {like I did}, you'll probably feel differently about it than me and like it a lot more :)
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