366 Days jdorama review

366 Days is a very evil jdorama. It is the name of theme song 366 Nichi by HY which was also the theme song of a decentd jdorama Akai Ito. Everytime I hear the song 366 Nichi, I think of Minamisawa Nao in that show though to be honest I don't remember much. I say 366 Days is evil because it tries to completely erase all association of the song with Akai Ito and overwrite it with this Hirose Alice dorama.

366 Days is your typical childhood friends who never confessed to each other and meet up years later at a class reunion. Thing start looking up at the end of episode 1 when suddenly something really stupid happens. The guy was trying to save a kid from falling down. I really wanted to quit this show.

Look at this screenshot. Kid is about to fall over. Guy runs over and just have to grab his legs. Easy. Kid weighs nothing. Somehow, guy flings himself over the railing to save the kid. Does not make any freaking sense at all. If Hirose Alice were not in 366 Days, I would have stopped at the end of episode 1. Japan, I am offering my services to be Minister of Common Sense. If a character in jdorama has to put himself in harms way, it has to be approved by my ministry so that it doesn't kill the story.

Anyway, 366 Days like Akai Ito is a story about a couple who should be together but are not because the story keeps throwing obstacles at them which in this case is memory lose and rehab. 366 Days also deals with memory and identity. If someone does not have the same memories anymore, are they a different person and should they behave like the previous person.

366 Days is also a group of high school friends with secrets story ala Nanyoubi ni Umareta No with more secret crushes and everyone trying to find their niche in the world. Besides the main character throwing himself over the railing, I don't have a complaint about the writing. Some parts are super cheesy but this is a soap opera love story and it does it pretty well. It is not Nanyoubi ni Umareta No but I think 366 Days does it better than most.

I have to point out it makes me sad seeing Kitamura Kazuki aged out into a minor supporting role playing a father to adult children. It feels like only yesterday when he was the main actor in Neko Zamurai.

The biggest obstacle for our couple is this nurse played by Natsuko who I only just realised was Ririri in Toki wo Kakeru na, Koibitotachi. She has this anime like, this can't be a real face thing going on. Reminds me of Kobayashi Ryoko.

I also enjoyed seeing Wakui Emi after so long. She used to be the mainstay of jdoramas and has been in so many classics.

I would say 366 Days is a pretty watchable, well done universe trying to keep boy and girl apart jdorama which is not that memorable for me.

The most important question is, has 366 Days removed my association of the song with Akai Ito. The answer is no, because half the time, I could hear True Love, the theme song of Asunaro Hakusho which 366 Days reminds me of though I have to admit I have forgotten a lot of except for the theme song and the feeling of the story. Watchable. Thanks to Blitz for subbing!