Tabe Mikako returns to her hometown of Kamakura after her estranged grandmother dies. Mikako's grandmother trained her to be professional letter writer when she was young but Mikako rebeled and hated it.
Its basically a small town everyone has a past show and the letter writing is just an excuse for Mikako to investigate her clients.
WHO IS TSUBAKI BUNGUTEN FOR?
Its basically for people who enjoy easy to watch shows and of course Tabe Mikako fans. The rest of the casting is great with Takahashi Katsunori and Katase Nana.
The letter writing gimmick is pretty paper thin, especially in this age of electronic communication. I kinda wished they had set it in the 80s. The only interesting letter for me was the debt refusal story.
IS IT WORTH WATCHING?
The second half gets better when its not burdened by the letter writing gimmick for random clients and focuses the relationships between the characters but ultimately it was very meh for me. The mark of a bland show is when you wish you were watching better shows in the same genre such as Kibougaoka no Hitobito and Coffee-ya no Hitobito. Meh.
Curious to know what you think of Akira to Akira, it's best airing show this season
ReplyDeleteI'd suggest Hello Harinezumi, Eita is killing it as always and I dig how they almost go overboard but still make it enjoyable (except the ridiculously obvious dying message). Just finished ep 5, Aoi Yu of course didn't disappoint and next ep has Muro Tsuyoshi which probably means it's gonna be gold. Eita's little intro and outro voiceovers are just right too.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Tsubaki Bunguten quite a bit. Thanks for the other suggestions, though... going to check them out!
ReplyDeleteI forgot to add, fountain pen/stationery enthusiasts (I'm one) might enjoy this one simply because of that aspect of the story.
ReplyDeleteAnon and Ailess, thanks for the recommendations. Its hard for me to get back in jdoramas lately cause of this little game called Dragon Quest XI.
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