Tuesday, February 12, 2013

13-sai no Hello Work: Episode 2

Title: 13歳のハローワーク (13-sai no Hello Work)
Aired: January 13th, 2012 - March 9th, 2012

Back in the present time, Kogure's life was more or less back to normal, with the cases that he found rather meaningless. He got a call from a mysterious person who asked if he would like to return to the past. Since he haven't yet achieved his goal of changing his life, he said that he wanted to return. He was told that the rules are simple - he wasn't to tell anyone that he's from the future. At the police station, he met a girl who was charged for compensated dating, he told her that money was something to be earned through hard work, not realising that he was holding a book on horse racing at the time. She called him on his BS and said that he looked just the same as "that guy", referring to a man on television who appeared to be a ruthless corporate type. Less than impressed with the man on television, Kogure went to the washroom, where discovered that he had gone back to the past, and not just anywhere - he was in the female washroom of Teppei's cram school. He was discovered by Teppei's classroom teacher and taken to the staff room for a scolding. There, he discovered that the classroom teacher had been receiving disturbing "love letters", and advised her not to dress so provocatively all the time. (>.<)

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou Episode 1

Title: ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖 (Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou)
Aired: January 14th, 2013 - ongoing
Reason for Watching This Drama: books!
Reason for Continuing to Watch This Drama: books!

This drama is based on the mystery novels by Mikami En, set in Biblia Koshodou, an antiquarian bookstore in Kamakura. Shinokawa Shioriko, the owner of the bookstore, is a typical bibliophile, particularly in love with old books and the stories they tell about the people who owned them. Shinokawa is shy, especially when dealing with strangers, but she becomes very passionate when talking about books.