I am liking this wave of American tv shows being remade in Japan. There are Tropes in Jdoramas that have always annoyed me like police shows always having corrupt and useless bosses, having 100 policemen to investigate one case and trying to hard to be cool but the remake of Cold Case, we have a show emphasizes the case instead of all the unnecessary stuff.
With Suits, we have another show doing something we don't normally see in Jdoramaland, a legal show about office politics. Oda Yuji plays Kai, an arrogant lawyer who will do anything to win and who wants to be made partner. He picks up Suzuki, our main character who's special power is the ability to remember everything. Suzuki however, is not a real lawyer and his secret which could derail his and Kai's career is the source of a lot of Suit's tension.
WHAT I LIKED
+ Oda Yuji and Suzuki Honami reunion.
+ Kai doing crazier and crazier things in order to win.
+ Kai's nonchalance towards the dangers of Suzuki's secret.
+ Araki Yuko and Nakamura Anne.
MEH
= The stories have been hit and miss.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE
- Sometimes the dialogue feels like someone translated them from English to Chinese and then to Japanese and dialogue that is supposed to be snappy feels weird.
- Kanie's overacting can be too much. Was it that bad in the American show?
SUMMARY
I enjoyed the 7 episodes so far. No idea how faithful it is to the original but it feels like a breath of fresh air. Don't expect too much and you will enjoy Suits. Watchable.
You probably feel this is watchable, only because you haven't watched the American show...
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the first 2 seasons of the american Suits, except for the character played by the Duchess of Sussex.
ReplyDeleteThe back and forth conversations and the characters reflects the epitome of corporate america and I wonder if that culture can successfully be translated into a jdorama.