Avalance Episodes 1~8 jdorama review

 

WHAT IS AVALANCE?

Avalance is an Ayano Go action jdorama about a gang of vigilantes led by Kimura Yoshino who expose corrupt people by streaming on the internet. Yes, Avalance is about a bunch of youtubers with action.

WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT IT

+ Ayano Go is a decent action hero. Who would have guessed? But then I never would have guessed Tsuchiya Tao would make a good action hero either.

+ The Bourne inspired action is not too bad. Promising change from the usual sentai style action.

+ Watabe Atsuro as the bad guy as usual.

+ There is nothing I hate about it and I am just glad it does not suck like Taiyou wa Ugokanai and Mozu.

WHAT IS NOT GOOD

- Takahashi Maryjun cleary cannot do action. Why did you not cast Takeda Rina? FFS Fuji TV, this is an action jdorama so cast the one jdorama actress who can fight onscreen!

- They have a bullshit hacker guy with the most punchable face in the world

- There's a sense of unreality with Avalance that I don't like.

- The police guy doesn't bring anything to the group besides being a cop.

- Watabe Atsuro reminding me how much better Gaiji Keisatsu is.

SUMMARY

Decent budget action jdorama that is ok but could have been pretty good. Looking at action jdoramas in general, the fact that it does not suck is a good thing. You can get the English subs from subscene here.