Here’s something I did for Japinoy a few weeks back. This funny dorama stars J-pop superstar (and cutie) Nagase Tomoya, of the JE group TOKIO. ^_^
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My Boss, My Hero
Date aired: July – September 2006
Episodes: 10
Starring:
Nagase Tomoya – Sakaki Makio
Tegoshi Yuya – Sakurakoji Jun
Aragaki Yui – Umemura Hikari
Kashii Yu – Minami Yuriko
Tanaka Koki – Manabe Kazuya
Ichimura Masachika – Sakaki Kiichi
Kikawada Masaya – Sakaki Mikio
Date aired: July – September 2006
Episodes: 10
Starring:Nagase Tomoya – Sakaki Makio
Tegoshi Yuya – Sakurakoji Jun
Aragaki Yui – Umemura Hikari
Kashii Yu – Minami Yuriko
Tanaka Koki – Manabe Kazuya
Ichimura Masachika – Sakaki Kiichi
Kikawada Masaya – Sakaki Mikio
Synopsis:
Sakaki Makio is a 27-year-old next-in-line to a powerful Yakuza family who gets sent to high school again after he botched a multimillion dollar deal in Hong Kong. With his stupidity, his father ruled that he can only inherit the Boss position after getting a high school diploma.
Pretending to be a 17-year-old high school boy, he gets into St. Agnes Academy with the influence of his Yakuza boss of a father. Born under power and privilege, Makio must now try to live the life of a normal high school boy and get along well with his teachers and classmates. Can this feared gangster keep up the act while living a double life? Will he finally get that coveted high school diploma and the Yakuza leadership? Find out in “My boss, My hero”!
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My own review:
Hilarious! Not as hilarious as Densha Otoko, but close. Nagase Tomoya is very convincing as a yakuza boss-in-waiting, and a not-so-sharp high school student. As a student, he appears to be very gentle, especially when he finally warmed up to his teacher and classmates. He volunteers to be the class president, because he wanted to learn how to create a good ‘gumi’ (group), which he equates to a Yakuza gumi.
One of my most favorite parts include the Agnes exercises. It was so funny watching a tall, macho guy like him trying to do the drills, but always out of beat. 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2 Agnes!
His dad reminds me so much of Mojica-sensei, I don’t know why. Hehe.
Tanaka Koki (of the uber popular group KAT-TUN) shines as Kazu. He is a natural comedian. I really think he could surpass Kame and Jin in the acting department.
Oh, did I say how much I love “Sorafune”? ^_~ A couple of weeks after we finished the dorama, I couldn’t get this TOKIO song outta my head.
You want to trade? Meron akong complete nito, nakalimutan ko na kung sino ang nag-sub e. Sure ako hindi Nya, pero maganda naman ang subs. Kung ok lang sa iyong VCD format sya (1 epi, 1 VCD) ^_^
gusto ko rin tong dramang to, pero hanggang episode 3 pa lang napapanood kasi hinihintay ko yung hardsubs ng Nya ang bagal kasi…nakakatawa talaga! naloka ko sa first episode, ang bobo kasi ni makio e.