Roppongi Class” is recovering rapidly, but… Summer Drama Critics: “Why All of the Dramas Are Disappointing

Many of the summer dramas, which were all said to be dismal failures, have begun to reach their final episodes. While some of them are no longer even talked about due to their near-death ratings, others have made a comeback with “surprisingly interesting” performances. We asked three entertainment journalists to give their overall opinions of these summer dramas.

Interview writer N. Moto: NHK morning dramas have been exciting for better or worse, but this season’s summer dramas have not even been exciting in a bad way. It seems like they will end up being completely overlooked, but if you keep looking at them properly, some of them were not bad at all.

Entertainment editor Fumoto: The best example is “Roppongi Class. When the new strong heroine Hirate-chan (Yurina Hirate) came out, it suddenly became a lot more interesting!

Entertainment reporter Aida: “Roppongi Class” is the only one I watch on time.

The reason why I’m hooked even if it’s not very good.

F-Moto: However, Hirate-chan was good in the first half, mainly portraying a sociopathic character, but when it became necessary to go into a moist romantic mode in the second half, her acting ability was lacking. …… Especially when he confessed “I love you” to Ryoma Takeuchi, it was hard.

N-Moto I understand. There were 13 episodes in total, and it was getting a little sluggish. I was about to give up, but then Teruyuki Kagawa’s scandal came up. In a different way, it made me want to keep watching.

F-Moto: Hirate-chan passed the baton to Teruyuki Kagawa!

N-Moto: Did you watch anything else?　I didn’t watch them on time, but I watched “Kanketsu no Kanten” with Kentaro Sakaguchi and Anzu, and “Ishiko to Habu Otoko – Kono Koto de Sue desu Shikkaku?-(Ishiko to Hadano-Kotodemo Koto de Sue Shitamasu?), both of which were recorded and replayed, but I watched all of them. I can safely enjoy a complete crime story.

ATA: I also watched “Ishiko to Habu Otoko” because I like the handsome puppyish guy, Eiji Akachu. As the title says, “Do you want to sue for such a thing? the case handled is not so interesting that you get hooked, but Kasumi Arimura is a good actor, so you slowly get hooked.

N.: It is also interesting that Kasumi Arimura and Nakamura Rinya’s dialogue becomes more and more perfect as it progresses to the latter half. It’s a lawyer story, but it’s also good in that it doesn’t have too many unlikable people in it, which is a popular element these days. However, I’m not sure what it is, but it’s a good drama, but it’s not very interesting, and that’s what I’m stuck on. ……