Old Rookie is a TBS jdorama about a really stupid but energetic former national football player who one day finds himself without a job and mountains of debt. He has difficulty finding jobs because he has no other qualifications and is invited to become a player agent.
THE GOOD
+ There are a mountain of possible storylines for a player agent jdorama; sports team politics, wives and baby mommas, entourage and leecher issues as well as players not listening to agents. I follow the NBA and there are so many stories to steal. The first episode is about the old player who doesn't realise how much he has fallen and somehow never received any financial advice in his career.
+ Great cast with Ayano Go, Sorimachi Takashi and Yoshine Kyoko.
+ It has a decent budget and the football scenes for episode 1 were ok.
THE BAD
- Its a TBS show and the first episode did not need to be 1 1/2 hours long.
- They really made Ayano Go's character too dumb in a non funny way. I think they did it for the women watching who don't know a single thing about sports but its too much.
THE UGLY
- Ayano Go not telling his daughters he retired. It just feels like trying way too much to milk the sentimentality.
SUMMARY
I am hoping that Old Rookie doesn't not end up like most TBS shows, meh quality oversentimental crap. Hopefully the writing does not suck and the cast can make Old Rookie watchable. Realistically hopefull that it will be decent. Thanks to Madman227 for subbing. I had to use discord for the first time to get the subs for episode 1. For people for like sports and the cast.
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