Fumiko

The movie interested me however the trailer made it seem very cheesy so far to me. I have heard that the novel was good and rather mature which is why I am curious and will watch it.

The new title card for this drama is super cute :D. So far the drama also looks pretty good.

I personally think that future Taigas should have fewer characters. I get confused during the village plots since there are way too many village characters.

Anyone else wants to list the characters they like/dislike:

I like:
Chacha
Masayuki
Ieyasu

I would have liked Ina, Haru (Otani Yoshitsugu's daughter) and Ume (Hotta Sakubei's sister) if the script writers wouldn't have bashed them all the time. Ina and Yoshitsugu's daughter deserved better.

I dislike:
Kiri - selfimportant and taking away screentime from better and more important female characters the historical Takanashi Naiki's daughter was irrelevant to Yukimura in contrast to the much younger and more valuable Otani's daughter. Also her meeting Hidetsugu, Nene, Chacha, Gracia never happened.
Nobushige/Yukimura - very unconvincing to me, a let down. I also thought that his behaviour towards Otani's daughter was disrespectful since the writers wanted to avoid all nice/meaningful scenes with Yukimura and Otani's daughter during Kudoyama and Osaka despite them historically being very close.
It also annoyed me that Kiri harrassed/terrorized Otani's daughter all the time during the family scenes. Hell Yukimura never has a scene alone with Yoshitsugu's daughter and their heir and son Daisuke for example which would have been actually important for the story since Daisuke participated in the Siege.
Yukimura and Otani's daughter weren't bothered by Takanashi Naiki's daughter in history.

I am happy to see that Kounodori is continued. Loved it and the cast.

While I dislike Taiga doramas nowadays since they are extremely historically inaccurate (Sanadamaru and Hanamoyu were very inaccurate) I am interested in this one.

Also Kuroki Haru in a historical setting is always good.

I am definitely watching for Mayu. She is so cute and talented.
Also good to see a drama about an already married couple.

I am always happy to see Kuroki Haru in a historical setting.

I will definitely watch it for Mayu. Also there are not too many dramas which focus on marriage life.

She is very talented however sadly very underrated.

Along with Fuurin Kazan, Kanbei and Masamune one of the best Taiga

I like her a lot (her and Matsuoka Mayu were my favorite actresses last year) she is very talented.

I am looking forward to her next Taiga appearance in Sego-don as well.

A really decent depiction of the Sanada clan. Kusakari was a manly and gentle Yukimura and very convincing. The cast was excellent.

The fall of Osaka Castle was really well depicted and the last scenes of Yodo, Hideyori and Daisuke made me sad as well as the scene in which Yukimura and Daisuke say goodbye to Daisuke's mother and sisters.

What I like about Fumi is that she can also play scenes in which she creeps you out so well.

One example I can think of is the scene in My Man in which she faces the girlfriend of Asano's character (the scene with the earrings)

She is so talented I really like that she has so many different roles.

Is there anybody else who really dislikes this dramas bashing/downplaying of the historically relevant/cool Sanada women Ina/Komatsu (Yoshida Yo) and Otani Yoshitsugu's daughter (Matsuoka Mayu)?

I really disliked this since I like both figures: Ina in history is cool and Otani Yoshitsugu's daughter tragic and likeable. I also like Yoshida Yo and Mayu however the script of this Taiga was so bad.

I like Shibasaki Kou a lot especially as Kichou in Nobunaga Concerto. However I think they should have chosen someone like Ishihara Satomi (ironically Naotora in Samurai Warriors is designed after Ishihara). Shibasaki does not fit the motherly Naotora especially since a certain future red clad Samurai is now part of the main cast.

I like the cast though.
My favorite is Nanao as Sena/Tsukiyama. Her scenes with Takechiyo/Ieyasu are so entertaining and I am curious how they will depict her plot...

I enjoy Naotora way more than Sanadamaru.

So far looking on the official webpage the cast seems decent. Let's hope that Sekigahara will be depicted as huge as in Aoi Tokugawa. Shiba Ryotaro's novel has been filmed before as a special and I am glad that after years a movie version was possible.

Especially for Sena/Tsukiyama. The little girl really looks like Nanao XD.

The first half was entertaining and decent however the second half full of clichees and lazy writing.

I like Tokiwa Takako and Matsuoka Mayu thus I plan to watch it.