As usual, spoilers below - so please skip reading if you prefer not to be spoiled!
To be honest, by looking at last EP8's preview I thought this will be the final EP...
Well, the preview gave me the idea Narumi (acted by Fukada Kyoko) princess went missing, and of course the al-might-ty Kenichiro (acted by Satou Ryuta) would magically found her, and yes, lived happily after.
Sounds familiar?
So with that thought in mind, I sat back and relax myself to enjoy the anticipated storyline.
...and it turned out I was not quite right, the story didn't end when the prince found princess.
Instead it went on, and Mother-In-Law got introduced into the story. OK, so I thought, how would Narumi passed this stage with her absolute outrageous behaviour?
And, not surprisingly (as it's Japanese drama), she got along well with the Mother-In-Law. A good chance to at last trying to purify Narumi's character from the first 7 episodes. Oh well, I guess that's an indication to all of us - people can change as long as you are willing to. Little bit by bit does make the difference.
At least that's the new Narumi I'm seeing. Well done.
Yet Kenichiro still maintained his "straight guy" trait this EP, by telling his mum that he is not the real father, and in front of Narumi! I certainly think it's a huge shock to her, but at least he indicated very firmly no matter whether they have direct relationship or not, he will love Narumi as well as the newborn. Wow. I mean, do these kind of men still exist in real life??
Once again we've confirmed the most unrealistic male character of the year - goes to Satou Ryuta! Well done. (female award would go to Kamno Miho, since she plays the "Uncompromisable lady" XD)
Anyway, I've been fairly sarcastic....which is quite unfair for our Straight Guy, and he might decide to give me a big straight punch if he sees this article...so let's talk nice, shall we?
Well in general I still think this is a great drama. Main characters are played well so we get a good understanding of them. Plus alot of humour throughout the storyline makes the audience grin, and more importantly, all the girls are very nice looking!!
Oh yes yes, let's not forget about the love declaration by Kumazawa (Tanaka Kei) to Yoshino (Kanjiya Shihori) in this EP. Kumazawa has given up on Yoshino since EP1 for Kenichiro, and now he has no reason to give up anymore, which comes down now to whether Yoshino is ready for his overwhelming feelings since the first EP. Let's hope for a good result on this one too shall we? ;)
Speaking of Yoshino, I think Kanjiya Shihori has again played this character really well. She acted very naturally in expressing the feelings for this character, towards Kenichiro, towards Narumi, as well as towards rest of the group.
Only if Fukada Kyoko hasn't played Narumi so well I would've given her the best female character award for this drama. Kyoko is just too outstanding in terms of impersonating these type of "bad girls", and it's to the extent where everyone dislike her so much! But then again this is by intention to contrast the characters between Kenichiro and Narumi.
So the preview of last EP created the atmosphere that Narumi may not live to the end...or will she? Let's find out later this week!
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