Yasuko to Kenji

About a week ago I finished watching Yasuko to Kenji, a drama that aired on NTV last summer. After watching Yamada Taro Monogatari where I first got to know Tabe Mikako, I decided to give this one a try too. While I did like the drama itself, I can’t say that I was fully satisfied with Tabe Mikako. She did her part well, but the thing is that she’s too much like her part in Yamada Taro Monogatari, with her imaginations and stuff.

Well, all in all it was a pretty good drama, nowhere near my top list though. The highlights were definitely Oki Kenji (Matsuoka Masahiro) and his two assistants, Mosu and Ajidasu, they were incredibly funny. And then of course, the beauties, Yamaguchi Sayaka (Shimokita Sundays, Abarenbo Mama) and Hirosue Ryoko, they’ll provide satisfaction in that factor.

Title: ヤスコとケンジ
Title (romaji): Yasuko to Kenji
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 13.0 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2008-Jul-12 to 2008-Sept-20
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: Amagasa by TOKIO

The drama tells you the story of the ex-biker gang member and brother Oki Kenji and his little sister, Oki Yasuko. When their parents died in an accident 10 years earlier, Kenji decided to support his little sister, and to do that, he became a famous manga artist going under the name Sakuraba Reika to hide his past. On the outside he looks just like a normal guy, but when he gets angry, he reveals his yakuza-like character, often in a weird and funny way. The drama is in a way divided into two parts, one love story between Yasuko and Tsubaki Jun, the little brother of a former female biker gang member. And one (pretty one-sided) love story about Tsubaki Erika (Tsubaki Jun’s older sister) and Oki Kenji.

It’s a pretty good watch, enjoy!