Category: Japanese
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A Series for the Nature-Loving Romantic: Prism(Japanese) Review
Prism Episode 1 Review Only a very few works in popular fiction gets their title so right. Prism is one of those works. The title speaks a lot about the main protagonist and her story. Prism is symbolic of her. It is a series for the nature loving romantic. Maejima Satsuki (a commendable performance by…
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Ishiko to Haneo Japanese Drama Initial Review
What Happens when Circumstances Bring Two Individuals Together? Shoko Ishida (Kasumi Arimura) and Yoshio Haneoka (Tomoya Nakamura) are entirely different from each other. Ishida is an immensely talented paralegal and Haneoka is a lawyer with a photographic memory. But they are not perfect individuals. They have untold truths about themselves which are stumbling blocks in…
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Roppongi Class J-drama Review: More Realistic and Less Dramatic than Itaewon Class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpg9y0jw3a8 Itaewon Class was extremely successful, both critically and commercially, when it was released in 2020. It is undoubtedly one of the best K-dramas ever made. So, a comparison is inevitable if it is adapted. Adapted from a webtoon of the same name, the series talked about mental health and social inequality through completely flawed…