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sunako_yueBotchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a teaching job at a middle in a small village far away from his hometown of Tokyo. Botchan accepts the position and begins to work as a math teacher. The assistant principle there wields absolute power. Botchan has a hard time dealing with his fellow teachers and the students. (asianwiki)
This was a good adaptation from the book, and Nino certainly "looked" like Botchan. Of course they cut off some parts (what I remember, for example, is when Botchan and the Math Teacher spied on Red Shirt), and the character of Madonna was more elaborated. We get to hear Botchan's thoughts at some parts, specially at the beginning, but I missed his voice when it came to the English Teacher. Because I laughed many times with all his thoughts about him.
I like the setting, I did not know it was on Meiji era, I wanted to face-palm. Overall the actors were good (I wish the Assistant was more annoying but it could be that I like the actor so much I couldn't see him as an annoying guy). And just like in the book, it ended "eh?".
**My rating: 7.5/10**
This was a good adaptation from the book, and Nino certainly "looked" like Botchan. Of course they cut off some parts (what I remember, for example, is when Botchan and the Math Teacher spied on Red Shirt), and the character of Madonna was more elaborated. We get to hear Botchan's thoughts at some parts, specially at the beginning, but I missed his voice when it came to the English Teacher. Because I laughed many times with all his thoughts about him.
I like the setting, I did not know it was on Meiji era, I wanted to face-palm. Overall the actors were good (I wish the Assistant was more annoying but it could be that I like the actor so much I couldn't see him as an annoying guy). And just like in the book, it ended "eh?".
**My rating: 7.5/10**
