Roppongi Class (2022)

Back in July, I did not think much about the first episode of Roppongi Class, likening it to a one-dimensional melodrama about the rich persecuting the poor… WELL, fast forward to three months later, and Roppongi Class has become one of the most amazing dramas I’ve seen and my vote for BEST of the SEASON! I’ve long said that what makes a good movie to me (or drama series), is the amount of scenes and passages that I just have to watch again.If there’s a drama that has lots of scenes that I like and want to rewatch, you can bet it will become a fave, and Roppongi Class has it in SPADES! This drama is simply OVERFLOWING with incredible dialog, gripping scenes and emotional moments!
I loved how DENSELY packed this drama was, so much themes, motifs and mini-arcs going on within its borders… I had no idea how many ideas they had ‘bookended” until, one by one, they all wonderfully resolved by the show’s last episode.
Not just story arcs, but the characters themselves- absolutely NO ONE was wasted in this show. Every character who is introduced in this show, from the Cops, Criminals, Businessmen and Con Artists, all of them “go” somewhere within the story, and I was impressed how they managed to tie it ALL up for a HIGHLY and WONDERFULLY satisfying conclusion!
Though in my first watch I noted how Actor Teruyuki Kagawa always played these powerful bad guys as to be almost typecast, I MUST say that as the show went on and I saw how much of the show's "stakes" hinged on believing the power and EVIL of the antagonist, I realized there were few actors who could carry such a HEAVY role with such command, and in it, he was BRILLIANT!!!
And I can’t finish this praising of Roppongi Class without gushing about incredible Yurina Hirate, the sole person whom, to me, was the absolute “heart’ of the show, and it was so sweet to watch her go from a flighty  and arrogant waif to someone who becomes the rock of the group!!! She became one of the most vibrant and DAZZLING characters EVER! I simply can’t imagine ANY other person playing Aoi!!
This is a wonderful, wonderful show, one that I will be rewatching for years to come!

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♥ 六本木クラス ♥

六本木クラス this drama is about Miyabe Arata's father who dies, he opens a restaurant which is called 'Roppongi Nidaime Miyabe bar. His biggest goal is to destroy Nagaya Holdings and be the power of the world, the owner of the holding companies, as well as his son had a destructive influence on Miyabe Arata's life in the past. They killed his father and always bullied Miyabe from when he was young. Roppongi is one of the richest cities of Tokyo, and there is Yurina Hirate who plays the role of Aoi, I have never seen her so powerful and passionate about a drama before, she plays her role so well. She is in love with Arata but he doesnt think of her as a woman only as a manager of the store. Aoi takes care of everything about the bar. In the end Arata saves Aoi, who she deserves him. Arata becomes the world's most powerful man! I think this Drama deserves so much love and support, its one of the best dramas I have seen through 2022!!! ♥♥♥

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