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Bara no nai Hanaya
Jan. 17th, 2018 09:33 amOne rainy day, a blind woman shelters from the rain in Eiji's shop. This is Eiji's first encounter with Miou Shirato. Recently, Eiji's 8-year old daughter Shizuku constantly wears a hood over her head and refuses to take it off. He consults Keiko Hishida, the woman who taught Eiji everything about flowers, but she doesn't have a clue about Shizuku's behavior. One day, Eiji is delivering flowers to a night club, when he comes across Naoya Kudo being accused by his colleagues. Eiji rescues Naoya from the argument and invites him to stay at his home. (asiawiki-2008)
The few reviews I've read about this drama said that it was a very heartwarming story. Well, it was in som parts, but it was not the whole thing. It was more dramatic than I thought, most of the times like a soap opera. There are double agents (Mio-san) who unwillingly tries to get closer to Eiji to ruin him, except that she falls for him. There are lots of tears (all of them probably cry at some point), a few screams (Mio-san in the last episode was a bit exaggerated... I almost had to mute the sound because she was shouting like a mad woman), a very depressing leading male, who is also unrealistically nice (saves everyone, either friend or enemy; gives all his money and savings to save the girl, forgives everyone, etc), a little twist (that surprised me since I didn't see that coming) and well, all becoming friends by the end, and everything was forgiven and forgotten like nothing happened :S
But I can say that I loved the little girl, she was (is?) a good actress. She moved me with her tears, and she was the saving grace of the drama: her relationship with her dad was truly nice. There are many moments between her and Shingo that I loved, like when he had to guess between the 20 masked girls who was his daughter. They had a beautiful relationship. I also liked the group of friends Eiji makes: his neighbor, his daughter's teacher, Naoya... all cared for him and tried to help him.
On the other hand, I didn't care for the romance. I couldn't care neither for Eiji nor for Mio. They were kinda pathetic, if I have to be honest :( and Mio was kinda annoying and not-cute-at-all with her "Ohanaya-san?" all the freaking time.
Eiji's friend... who is that guy!? Truly handsome. He needed a haircut during this drama, but he looked like a model nevertheless... I need to see him again (he is supposedly in "Okusama wa..." but I don't remember him.. what! I forgot that chiseled face!!)
Ending song was ugly, but the OST that accompanies the story was nice.
**My review: 6.5/10**
The few reviews I've read about this drama said that it was a very heartwarming story. Well, it was in som parts, but it was not the whole thing. It was more dramatic than I thought, most of the times like a soap opera. There are double agents (Mio-san) who unwillingly tries to get closer to Eiji to ruin him, except that she falls for him. There are lots of tears (all of them probably cry at some point), a few screams (Mio-san in the last episode was a bit exaggerated... I almost had to mute the sound because she was shouting like a mad woman), a very depressing leading male, who is also unrealistically nice (saves everyone, either friend or enemy; gives all his money and savings to save the girl, forgives everyone, etc), a little twist (that surprised me since I didn't see that coming) and well, all becoming friends by the end, and everything was forgiven and forgotten like nothing happened :S
But I can say that I loved the little girl, she was (is?) a good actress. She moved me with her tears, and she was the saving grace of the drama: her relationship with her dad was truly nice. There are many moments between her and Shingo that I loved, like when he had to guess between the 20 masked girls who was his daughter. They had a beautiful relationship. I also liked the group of friends Eiji makes: his neighbor, his daughter's teacher, Naoya... all cared for him and tried to help him.
On the other hand, I didn't care for the romance. I couldn't care neither for Eiji nor for Mio. They were kinda pathetic, if I have to be honest :( and Mio was kinda annoying and not-cute-at-all with her "Ohanaya-san?" all the freaking time.
Eiji's friend... who is that guy!? Truly handsome. He needed a haircut during this drama, but he looked like a model nevertheless... I need to see him again (he is supposedly in "Okusama wa..." but I don't remember him.. what! I forgot that chiseled face!!)
Ending song was ugly, but the OST that accompanies the story was nice.
**My review: 6.5/10**
