Whoa, this was one of my favorite shows too, but don't you think you're too excited. Did you need to put ALL CAPS? Anywho, her past and the reason why she's so closed off from everyone is explained.

forevergirl wrote:

NO ONE'S DROPPING ON THIS THREAD, HMMM BUT I THINK THIS IS ONE OF A VERY INTERESTING DRAMA, AND VERY AMUZING. I JUST STARTED THIS DRAMA THE OTHER DAY OMG EP2. IS OS FUNNY I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD, OOMAE ISA AMAZING SHE DOES EVERYTHING, SPECIALLY TUNA SHOW!! AHHAHAHHA, THEY'RE ALL DROPDOWN JAW!! I WONDER IF SHE HAS LOVE ITNEREST HERE, I GUESS OR HOPEFULLY NOT THE CURLY HAIR GUY, THAT GUY IS SO FUNNY HE ALWAYS GOT PISSED OFF TO OOMAE-SAN ..NEVER SEEN A STORYLINE LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY HAKEN?, SHE'S SO STIFF, I WONDER WHAT HAPPEN TO HER IN THE PAST WHY SHE'S ACTING LIKE THAT,

Whoa.

Take some deeps breaths and turn off your caps lock.

hahhahhah, its so happened that my caps lock is open when i typed, hahahha, im not too much, it just i liked this drama, hoping there's special, or season 2..hehehehe....

Anego was great n Haken no Hinkaku is even better! Though gota admit my preferred pairing did not work out in this show. Still its gd to hear Season 2 may come true.
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My Review: 9/10

Haken no Hinkaku is terribly silly, and I enjoyed it VERY much. At first I wasn�ft sure what to think. I adore Shinohara Ryoko and for the first time I was watching her in a role I had never seen her play before. Usually she plays the charismatic, sexy type. This time she was playing a sweater-clad, anti-social type. She was very fun to watch (like during her abrupt head swings, speaking in her cute announcer voice, and her morning exercises LOL!). I was also seeing Koizumi Koutaro and Kato Ai in roles I had never seen them play before and both did a fab job.

The storyline has many faults, like how Matsukata Hiroki�fs character shifts from good-guy to bad-guy, and then good-guy again. When he turned into the antagonist, his direction with Omae Haruko sort of got mixed and lost and there was a serious breach in the plot. However, this was quickly rectified and because the drama is so silly, the fault was quickly forgiven.

I recommend this drama to anyone looking for something light and fluffy to watch. A MUST SEE for all Ryoko fans.
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Wynter wrote:

...like how Matsukata Hiroki�fs character shifts from good-guy to bad-guy, and then good-guy again. When he turned into the antagonist, his direction with Omae Haruko sort of got mixed and lost and there was a serious breach in the plot...

I think it was intentional. Buchou was neither good nor bad - he was a senior salaryman in an organization, and was acting as such. He was trying to manage a department, especially the two shonins. He certainly wasn't trying to groom Koizumi's character and if you sympathize with this character, bochou would like sort of evil in some situations.

thtl wrote:

I think it was intentional. Buchou was neither good nor bad - he was a senior salaryman in an organization, and was acting as such. He was trying to manage a department, especially the two shonins. He certainly wasn't trying to groom Koizumi's character and if you sympathize with this character, bochou would like sort of evil in some situations.

True, but this isn't exactly what I meant. In the beginning when Haruko gets an apparently urgent call, and then later when we see her greeting the Boss as if they know each other well, I thought that perhaps he had called her in to help with the new department. But then later, when he's trying to pull Shouji ahead, he tells him to "beware of the Haken", so the messages, for me, got mixed.

A minor detail that I'm prolly interpreting wrong.
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