Tabloid Episodes 1+2

With so many jdoramas to watch after being freed from JLPT, I was drawn to Tabloid for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it had been sitting unwatched in my HD for a very long time and secondly, PannenkoekenNL was very kind to upload a good copy of the show at Avistaz because the previous copy I had was of very bad quality.


Tabloid is a star studded jdorama about the world of investigative reporting and trying to keep a tabloid magazine afloat with the most salacious news. On paper, Tabloid has everything; Tokiwa Takako as this idealistic journalist who was demoted from the main paper for asking the right questions, Tomosaka Rie as the pragmatic opposite, Sato Koichi as the enigmatic boss and Hiroyuki Sanada as this murderer who might be innocent.


However, Tokiwa Takako is just annoying. The chemistry between the characters just doesn't work, the dialogue feels stiff and the stories too ham fisted. Worst, there's nothing intriguing about Sanada Hiroyuki's character after two episodes.


The best thing Tabloid has going for it is watching all the actors looking so young including Mizukawa Asami aka Nurse Miki from Iryu!

While the 90s was known as the golden era of jdoramas, not everything during that era was gold and I'd even wager most of it was meh stuff like it is now. Tabloid is a show with right intentions that doesn't flow together really well. Meh.