Summer 2005
Densha Otoko (Train Man) is supposedly based on true events. It's about an otaku (in this case someone who is obsessed with anime) named Yamada Tsuyoshi played by Ito Atsushi who saves a young woman named Aoyama Saori played by Ito Misaki from an abusive drunk on a train. Yamada never had a relationship with a woman and posts his experiences on an internet forum for single men. He receives advice from various strangers who eventually call him "Densha Otoko" on the net hoping that he could one day get together with the beautiful "Hermes."
Recommendation: This drama received high ratings and it was an interesting story. I really loved this series as it brought excitement and high emotion to a familiar storyline aka Beauty and the Beast. I basically was sucked into the world of an otaku and the series humanized this group who are usually seen in a negative light. As usual you have some weird characters that I would have left out entirely like the strange Japanese man with the connected eyebrows touring around the world. I also thought that Ito Atsushi did a great job playing Densha Otoko, but there were a few scenes that I thought were a bit too mushy with the studdering. I know that Ito Misaki was a former model and maybe she still is, but her acting was pretty good. I watched her in two other dramas called Kiken na Aneki and Yama Onna Kabe Onna, but her acting seemed one dimensional. I thought Shiraishi Miho who played Jinkama did a fabulous job. She enters whenever the Darth Vader tune is played and Toyohara Kyosuke who played Sakurai was just hilarious with his fantasies. Yamada Takayuki, Horikita Maki, and Oguri Shun are also in this dorama but they have small roles. I definitely believe this is a classic in the drama universe and it a series that you won't regret watching!
ACTING: 1.0
DIRECTING: 1.0
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: 1.0
EMOTIONAL FACTOR: 1.0
5.0 Out Of 5.0 Crowns
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