When I heard that "Unsung Cinderella" was a drama about pharmacists, I couldn't believe it. I didn't really know what to expect because, how do you build drama around pharmacists?! Well, this drama did that, with the help of Ishihara Satomi as the lead actress. Ishihara really does make this drama a worthwhile watch for me, as I cannot imagine anyone else being able to pull off such an idealistic and heroic hospital pharmacist as Aoi Midori. (She's absolutely unrealistic, yes, but I have low expectations of realism when it comes to medical dramas anyway.) Each episode is quite formulaic, but Aoi genuinely sees the good in people and the stories of how she supports patients struggling with their illnesses and medication are quite beautiful and definitely will make you cry every episode. I think the development of some of the regular characters are lacking (some of the supporting characters who were patients were much better fleshed out because of their direct connection to Aoi's story), but again, Ishihara Satomi will have you coming back to this drama. She really can make almost any drama, any genre, work! This drama is a testament to that for me. :)
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