I know I had a list of dramas that I wanted to watch an episode of and then figure out what order to watch them in. That plan went a bit sideways when I got addicted to the 2nd drama I chose and I ended up watching all 40 episodes without touching any of the others.
Well, I went back and started watching episode 2 of Miss Night and Day until I got a phone call and I had to pause it. While I was talking I was looking at the list of shows available of Netflix and I happened to see a "Recently Added" drama. I recognized 2 of the 3 actors on the poster. I had to add it to my list and watch 1 episode right away.
Ryo Nishikido was the first one I noticed. Had a crush on him since I first saw him in 2005's 1 Litre of Tears (Ichi Rittoru no Namida). Then I saw him in 2008's Last Friends. OMG! He was so good in that drama but it crushed me to see the character he played. Back in the late 00's it was still a bit difficult to find good J-dramas with subs so I watched what I could find. Luckily, it's a rare thing to find a drama that is just so bad, I can't bring myself to finish it. Recently saw Ryo Nishikido in this year's Extremely Inappropriate. Shortly after I saw 1 Litre of Tears, I researched him and found out he was part of the idol group NEWS. I was able to find several of their songs which were pretty good.
I also recognized Kazunari Ninomiya from Arashi (by far my favorite Jpop band). Saw him in the movie Letters from Iwo Jima and he's in the drama that is on my original list, Black Forceps. I haven't really made it a point to watch dramas he's been in but now that I have access to more Jdramas than I used to, I'm going to watch more of them. He is in a drama from 2009 called Door to Door which looks interesting. I'm pretty sure I watched the original American version of that because the story sounds familiar. I also checked out some movies he was in and I found he was part of the Japanese version of Murder on the Orient Express from 2015 which I now have to watch!
Lastly, though I did not recognize her face, I did recognize her name. Erika Toda. I remember her from Gal Circle which is the 1 Jdrama that I almost gave up on after the first or second episode. She was also in the 2nd season of Hana Yori Dango and in Taisetsu no Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta from 2011 with Miura Haruma (RIP). She was also Misa Amane in 3 Death Note movies. I know I've seen her in at least 1 or 2 other dramas but atm, I can't remember which ones.
Synopsis: (fm Wiki)
During their childhood days, the Ariake siblings -- Koichi, Taisuke, and Shizuna, lived peacefully with their parents who owned a western restaurant named after their family name that specializes in hayashi rice. One day, in the night, the siblings ran away from home to watch a meteor just to later find out that their parents were killed while they were gone. The case remained unsolved due to lack of evidence and witnesses; only Taisuke has barely seen as a suspect, and a plastic umbrella with no prints was apparently left by the killer. Leaving a great impact to the lives of the siblings, they made a promise to find the killer and kill him themselves.
There was more but I purposely did not read it in case it told me more than I wanted to see. It sounds like a good drama. So, I am going to finish the 2nd episode of Miss Night and Day and then I'll start this one!
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