Ikemen desu ne


Title: 美男ですね (You're Handsome)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 11
Broadcast network: TBS
Release: July, 15, 2011
Air time: Fridays 10:00 p.m
Average rating: 09.94%
Theme song: Everybody Go by Kis-My-Ft2

Story
Re-make of a popular Korean Drama. Miko, who grew up in an orphanage, was going through ascetic training at a convent to become a nun. However, one day, she decides to replace her brother in the rock band “A.N.JELL” and becomes a member. She tries her best to live up to the image of an “Ikemen” (good-looking guy) and not let down her brother whose dream was to become a singer and find their mother. However, she fails to do anything right and manages to anger the band leader each time. And thus starts the band members’ stormy communal life. (DramaWiki, JdramaWeblog, TBS)

Cast
Takimoto Miori as Sakuraba Yoshio (Male) / Sakuraba Miko (Female)
Tamamori Yuta as Katsuragi Ren
Fujigaya Taisuke as Fujishiro Shu
Yaotome Hikaru as Hongo Yuki
Kojima Haruna as NANA
Rokkaku Seiji as Deguchi
Yamazaki Shigenori as Hashimoto
Shimizu Yutaka (清水優) as Baba
Tanoshingo (楽しんご) as Tooru
Nose Anna as Sawagi Yumiko
Katase Nana as RINA
Imori Miyuki as Sakuraba Shigeko
Yanagisawa Shingo as Mabuchi Hajime
Takashima Masanobu as Ando Kou
Manda Hisako as Mizusawa Reiko 

Thoughts:  I did take a look at the Korean drama and I was going to watch only the first episode just get an idea of what this story was all about. But I ended up watching all of the 16 episodes of  the K-drama. Overall, I thought it was okay. Watching this drama reminds me a mix of Hana Yori Dango, where the female character is surrounded by ikemen guys and Hana Kimi with a female character disguised as a boy. However, I didn't mind that the J-drama cut out and changed some scenes that were in the K-drama. Because some of the events that happened in the K-drama were just random silliness, although there were cute and funny, but it has nothing to do with the story. So, the Japanese version ended up as having a fast paced story. As for the actresses and actors in the J-drama, I have no complaints over them, and I thought that they did a decent job in their roles. I took a look at both versions of this series and I still don't see what was so special about it. I mean, I have seen so many romance-comedies that have used the same formula such as having 2-3 guys having a crush on the same girl, a villain who absolutely hates the main character, the female protagonist gets rescued by the guy she likes, and so on. All in all, despite many cliche moments, I had fun watching it and enjoyed it for its' light-heartedness. 
 

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