Refreshing drama
This drama had everything I want in a jdrama. The best quality of it i could say that the script is really strong. You can see how much work went into it. This drama felt so refreshing because of the writing itself. It mainly focuses on the main characters "Ishiko" and "Haneo" as their nicknames. They are very opposites to each other, both in their personality and work ethics but due to that, they compensate for each other in work. Ishiko's hard headedness and emotional nature really supports Haneo and the client and Haneo's intelligence and wittiness saves them a lot of times too.
They both fill in each other's gap and their relationship is such a delight to watch because they always bicker but also start to act like dorks together and start to trust each other a lot. You can see how slowly they start caring for one another. It's a beautiful development of a relationship to witness and what made it beautiful was the fact that it was all platonic. Usually, dramas tend to write off every good relationship between a man and woman as romantic but that's not the case here which is what I love the most about it. Yes you can love a person and that person can be very important to you without it being a romantic relationship. The way they both respected each other despite Ishiko being a subordinate and then having different opinions was also refreshing.
The side character of Oda Ao was a delight. He brought an innocence and cuteness to the show. I loved him so much. The way the writers added his story to add him to be the part of the team was great.
The drama is great because it has episodic format for each case but these cases are not really the cases you see being portrayed a lot. These all are very odd cases as our protagonists are "local lawyers" but the portrayal of these cases is so important but they feel so much more humane than just a bunch of murder mysteries jumbled in a episodic drama. This drama shows that being a lawyer is not just about fighting in the court, most of the time, the lawyer should try to solve the issue before the case gets into the court through settlement ( the good ones i mean). All the cases are refreshing as they are something new, they always have a good amount of mystery to them and the show so provides a good amount of social commentary without making it look preachy.
It really mixes everything really well. I think everyone should watch this drama if you want to experience good and refreshing writing. For example in one scene, the main characters say "Cheers" and then drink it like that because it's too overfilled to put it up and I think that's the most realistic portrayal of humans in a drama I've seen haha
So yes I just loved it all. The characters were lovable, especially the main trip and it was a delight to see them grow gradually throughout the cases and the bond they developed.
They both fill in each other's gap and their relationship is such a delight to watch because they always bicker but also start to act like dorks together and start to trust each other a lot. You can see how slowly they start caring for one another. It's a beautiful development of a relationship to witness and what made it beautiful was the fact that it was all platonic. Usually, dramas tend to write off every good relationship between a man and woman as romantic but that's not the case here which is what I love the most about it. Yes you can love a person and that person can be very important to you without it being a romantic relationship. The way they both respected each other despite Ishiko being a subordinate and then having different opinions was also refreshing.
The side character of Oda Ao was a delight. He brought an innocence and cuteness to the show. I loved him so much. The way the writers added his story to add him to be the part of the team was great.
The drama is great because it has episodic format for each case but these cases are not really the cases you see being portrayed a lot. These all are very odd cases as our protagonists are "local lawyers" but the portrayal of these cases is so important but they feel so much more humane than just a bunch of murder mysteries jumbled in a episodic drama. This drama shows that being a lawyer is not just about fighting in the court, most of the time, the lawyer should try to solve the issue before the case gets into the court through settlement ( the good ones i mean). All the cases are refreshing as they are something new, they always have a good amount of mystery to them and the show so provides a good amount of social commentary without making it look preachy.
It really mixes everything really well. I think everyone should watch this drama if you want to experience good and refreshing writing. For example in one scene, the main characters say "Cheers" and then drink it like that because it's too overfilled to put it up and I think that's the most realistic portrayal of humans in a drama I've seen haha
So yes I just loved it all. The characters were lovable, especially the main trip and it was a delight to see them grow gradually throughout the cases and the bond they developed.
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