Looking at Spring 2014 jdoramas

JDORAMAS THAT SHOULD BE SUBBED
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MOSAIC JAPAN


SAKAMOTO YUJI + WOWOW + adult videos? WTF????!!!!! I must be hallucinating!!! Never in a million years could I have thought of such a combination. OMFG. Screw Mozu, this is must watch dorama of the year!!!! My mind is blown! And its rated R15+!!!!!!!!! Thank you jdorama gods!!!!!!!!!! Me so happy!

MOZU

Ep 1 is available for download now!!!!!!!

ALICE NO TOGE

+ Ueno Juri!!!!
+ Who killed my daddy mystery.
+ Trailer looks good.

GOKUAKU GANBO


Ono Machiko with a lot of supporting players . The writer, Izumi Yoshihiro's past works doesn't fill me with confidence but its based on a manga and I just hope its a funny one.

BLACK PRESIDENT


Main reason this should be subbed is that Ozaki Masaya is writing it. I didn't watch Doubles (no idea how good he is as a cop show writer) but if anyone can pull off a comedy about management, its him.

KOHIYA NO HITOBITO

+ Salaryman Kintaro as a coffee maker with a past.
+ Kimura Tae + Kurashina Kana
+ Trailer looks really good though it kinda spoils the plot too much.

WATASHI TO IU UNMEI TSUITE

A WOWOW dorama that's not about a cover up? Must at least give this a try. Looks like 3 episodes are already up!

ROOSEVELT GAME

 Plot sounds complicated and that's a good thing!

LONG GOODBYE

NHK 1950s dorama based on a famous novel.

TOKUSOU

WOWOW bribery investigation dorama. Yes, please.


JDORAMAS I'M ON THE FENCE ABOUT
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SAIGO KARA NIBANME NO KOI 2

+ Koizumi Kyoko and Nakai Kiichi are always fun to watch
- Is there any more story left to tell?

BORDER

+ Oguri Shun sees dead people.
- The writer of SP
+ Episode 2 trailer looks interesting.


PLATONIC

+ Nojima Shinji !!!!!
+ Nakayama Miho !!!!!!
- Kinki Kid. Why did they cast him? Why?????!!!!!!

SILENT POOR

+ A show about social worker.
- Social worker is being played by Fukada Kyoko.
+ Its NHK so might be good.
- Its probably going to oversentimental mush.
+ Tokkan is in it.


YOWAKU DEMO KATEMASU

+ Nino can act.
+ Hard to go wrong with underdog sports story.
- Lots of johnnys.
As as they don't cry as much as Rookies, might be watchable.


JDORAMAS THAT SHOULD NOT BE SUBBED (but probably will)
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FIRST CLASS

+ Eye candy cast.
- Cast lacking in acting ability.

SMOKING GUN


By the writer of Zettai Reido. Stay very far away.

BITTER BLOOD


Kenshin and Watabe Atsuro are father and son in the first division comedy. How old is Kenshin again and I thought first division are for like the top veteran cops. Is Kutsuna Shiori old enought to be playing a detective?

SHINIGAMI-KUN


WHITE LAB


The trailer doesn't look good. Not another anime murder investigation show.Its got Kitamura Kazuki, Tanihara Shosuke and Osugi Ren but I'm not even going to bother.

HANASAKI MAI DAMATTE INAI

Sounds like Hanzawa Naoki light. As long as the acting is better (which shouldn't be too hard), might be watchable but too many potentially good shows this season.