Sekando Rabu

Fukada Kyoko's acting was terrible, the dance scenes were quite awkward in their own way, as were the intimate ones (there were too many for my taste – why? – Did the makers want to prove they have the chops even in the Japanese TV environment?), and neither character was likeable to me, nor portrayed/acted in a way that I could relate to. And here again we have the old affliction [BEGIN SPOILER] – we're reuniting after x years to get it together because we’ve achieved what we wanted. Why should we support each other during that time when we can be on our own for that... [END SPOILER] Well, it just didn't sit right with me. The character of Fukada, while interestingly written, was so poorly acted that, despite being seven episodes in, I had trouble finishing it with even the minimum of interest. Of course it's trying to do some social immersion; it's just that every other show does that now, so why give this one extra points for something that's handled much better elsewhere? (30.03.2015)