(I can’t blame him As someone who’s done research this entire past year, I would rather solve mysteries myself.) It’s really interesting and gripping - do I sense a Liar Game in our midst? Despite the fact that KimuTaku is being sort of typecasted in each drama, he does it well, so why break something that’s working perfectly? There, he becomes an underdog bumpkin as he is alienated from his coworkers for solving cases instead of doing research. So, on his path to discover himself, as all those protagonists aim to do, he becomes a neuroscientist at the IPS (Institute of Police Science). Brain, which centers around a former clueless host (Kimura Takuya), who gets into an accident and undergoes a brain surgery that turns him in a neuroscience genius. “Underdog bumpkin,” now where have we heard that phrase before? CHANGE was so relevant to me in a time where I made lots of poignant parallels between current US president Barack Obama and the underdog bumpkin, Asakura Keita, who runs as president. But, then the KimuTaku graph started CHANGEing for me. I have never gotten around to watching his prized romancetastic drama, Beautiful Life, on account of me never being in the mood to watch pure romance unless there’s some slapstick comedy interjected. I’m sad to say that when my first drama of his was Hero, the drama where he plays the underdog bumpkin that no one expects to be amazing at solving detective cases, but is, which unfortunately, despite its fun plot, was unbearably dull. Well, KimuTaku as he is affectionately known, has been heralded as an acting prodigy among these ahjummas and all his dramas have had fantastically high ratings. Maybe I needed to age 20 years to understand the allure of his dark tan complexion, his dyed caramel-colored hair, the definitive permed curls that frame his cut well-shaped jaws, his piercing eyes–… Nope, still don’t see it. Kimura Takuya, heartthrob of all those Japanese ahjummas (or whatever the Japanese equivalent of that word is - please comment below if you know), was never a huge attraction to me. Brain, which was the highest-rated dorama (at least during the first two weeks of its current three-week run), and rightfully so.
Once again, did I mention Osamu Mukai? Because if that’s not enough incentive for you… then well, there’s no hope left in the world. So, essentially, she doesn’t turn into the character she played in Hana Kimi, which is totally fine with me.
I was apprehensive about the harem atmosphere, which was quite silly, since Maki holds her own and doesn’t turn into those creeper woman that is obsessive over a boy and bends over backwards to make him love her.
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