Miori Takimoto: Perfect Blue drama episode 1 recap and screenshots

 Hadn't known about this drama until just a few days ago but looked fairly interesting so thought I'd give the first episode a view to see how it was and it came out so far to be a winner, mainly serious and a bit intense, really shows some promise.

Hasumi Kayoko (Takimoto Miori), the rookie investigator at the all-female Hasumi Detective Agency, always observes people and cases in a level-headed manner. She detests lies and secrets, and has a strong sense of justice. Her late father worked at the city news desk of a newspaper, but committed suicide 7 years ago. However, the truth lies in darkness and Kayoko's mother, Kyoko (Zaizen Naomi), the agencys director, has been secretly pursuing the facts. An incident becomes the catalyst that entwines Kayoko and the people around her, and she closes in on the truth behind her father's death.

 As you can see from the above synopsis this will have a couple storylines going though I think for each episode Kayoko and the other investigators will be solving a different case. The first case dealt with a woman who came to the agency because she thought she was being stalked, Kayoko assigns herself to watch over her, they begin by going for a morning jog when they stumble across a dead body hidden in a small remote grassy area. For some reason their phones wouldn't work there so they had to leave to call the police but however when they and the police arrive at the scene the body is gone! Plus the police dog named Masa that works with Kayoko has been hurt which surprised all as it was an ex-police dog and one of the best, could the dead man have risen and hurt it or were others involved in this mystery?

 I'm not going to draw this out too much, will try to give just the real basics and not too much of the plot away, but there is much going on behind the scenes. Sakiko was the woman who hired Kayako because she thought she was being stalked, she also said she was engaged to someone who the yakuza were after for owing them money, as the mystery unravels though Sakiko wasn't engaged to the man she said she was but it was his brother who was also the one who had disguised himself as the dead man they had come upon. Ah, but in the meantime the original brother had now committed suicide by hanging himself, but did he or was it the work of the yakuza? Also, was Sakiko using the agency and Kayako in a brilliant scheme to cover up the suicide and what were the actual intentions of the real man she was engaged to? Ahhhh, it all comesout in a somewhat dramatic ending as Sakiko realizes she was double crossed and ends up not only killing her fiancee' but herself right in front of Kayako who couldn't stop either action.

 Hope that was enough yet not too much for you to check out this new series, good to leave you wondering a bit, first episode aired on October 8th, only one subbed so far but once more are will be doing some more updates on them. Thought this shows real potential to be a solid drama, had enough mystery and other things going on that made it an interesting watch. Also there are two or maybe more storylines going on such as will they find out the reason for Kayako's father's death and who is this man who runs the cafe they visit often called 'Master' who seems to know so much about the work of detectives? Looking forward to viewing the next episode, no cliffhanger as I think each episode will have it's own case to solve, but as far as the first episode goes would recommend it, hoping it'll stay as interesting and fresh as it's started out to be, also check out the next post for many screenshots of Miori from the show where maybe you can follow the plot a bit better.

Tokyo Zenryoku Shoujo: episode 1 synopsis and review

 First episode of Emi's new drama aired last Wednesday and luckily it's going to be subbed, first episode already has been so here's a quickie review of it, though not too much really happened during this episode as we were just introduced to the main characters and basic story found myself really enjoying it, Emi plays one funny and spunky person.

 Emi plays 19 year old Urara Saeki, also known as Rei, who travels to Tokyo from her small town in Shikoku to find her father who she hasn't seen for 15 years, her father and mother had divorced way back then and Rei didn't know him at all, as a matter of fact her mother had said for the longest time that he was dead but when she learned the truth it she cleaned out her bank account and it was off to Tokyo to find him! This was her only aim in going to Tokyo as far as the first episode went as she had no other plans when she got there such as finding a job or going to school, don't even know what she was doing in Shikoku as it doesn't appear as she was working or going to school there either. Once in Tokyo her first task was to find a place to live which she did rather easily but before she could pay the rent all the money, 621,000 yen, was stolen from her purse at a clothing store leaving her with no where to turn to. At the store she had been helped by a clerk Hanako(Manami) who had set her purse down while helping her and that's when the money was stolen, feeling guilty Hanako vowed to help her out. She brought Rei to a friend of hers who was willing to help her out but only by giving her the money to return home, during this exchange it came out why, this man named Takuya Suzuki was actually her father! Talk about a one in a million chance encounter but although he still had feelings for Rei and her mother he was leading a different life now as a lawyer and had no time for her and wanted her to go back home, though she went through the motions of doing that she fooled him and stayed in Tokyo.

 Rei ended up following her father around for the rest of the day, all this that I've said has happened has been in just one day, following him around has given her a few crazy and inaccurate ideas about the kind of person he is and finally corners him that evening back at his apartment. Once again he said she needed to leave Tokyo but upon giving his apartment an examination she found out what a messy, uncontrolled life he was leading, she said now she was going to stay with him and get his life back to normal, against his objections of course and proceeded to fall asleep on his bed as the first episode came to it's conclusion.

 All of that happened in one day as much needed to be explained about Rei and her father but still not sure where this storyline will be going. You'd think now with the two of them living together all sorts of events are going to happen to them and it probably will but not sure if that will be an interesting enough story to keep this drama so entertaining. This first episode was a real fun watch, Emi was so good as such a cheerful, spunky young gal on her first trip to Tokyo and even though all her money was stolen managed to stay mostly upbeat about it. Except for her father and Hanako we didn't meet many other characters except for a few brief scenes and hopefully this will change as some looked to be quite interesting, overall for this first show would give it a solid recommendation, I really enjoyed it and hopefully it can keep the high pace it started with up. Check out the next two posts for many screenshots from this episode with Emi and Manami.

Kyoko Fukada: Tokyo Airport episode 1 screenshots

 First episode of Tokyo Airport aired earlier today and it seems like a good one though like all the other new dramas that have started recently had to watch unsubbed, really hoping all these will eventually get done and when they do will give a review and even more screenshots from them, here's some of Kyoko from episode one, liked her character, least more so than the ones from her last few dramas and she does look really good too.

Kyoko Fukada: Tokyo Airport promo events

 Kyoko promoting her new drama Tokyo Airport last week, first pics are from last Monday's Tamori show where many of who have a new NHK drama were also there and the rest are from a promo event at Haneda airport where I think a lot of the show was filmed.