JIN [J-drama]

If there is one drama that exceeded my expectations for this season, no doubt this would be the one. I seriously had no interest in watching at all, well...because the male lead is someone I'm not familiar with to begin with and I only know Ayase Haruka and Koide Keisuke.

I was reading the thread in the forum on the shows showing now where I saw some really good reviews on the show, so I was like, well...why not try it out >.< See, I have no list of dramas to catch this season, except for Tokyo Dogs, that is only because it sounds pretty nice with 3 actors that I know of. Yes, this season's dramas seem kinda dry to me.

Anyways, i had a slight idea of what this drama is about. Basically this doctor (present day) Minakata Jin after operating on his girlfriend's brain tumor, left her in a vegetative state. That caused him to undergo depression and left him with no confidence to do much surgeries afterwards. One day, he met an unknown patient who had a brain clot/tumor in the form of an embryo (I know this sounds crazy and I have no idea whether this really happened in real life or not) so then suddenly, he was thrown back into the Edo period of Japan.

And there, he met Ayase Haruka and Koide Keisuke and people. And there begins his unexpected journey of regaining his confidence and use of medicine with anything he can get hold of during that period of time.

First episode review:

This will be a short review. It span for 1 hour 30 minutes. Happens for many Japanese series in the 1st epi. The one thing that got my attention was the introduction where this slow piano melody started playing and then a girl narrates. (I really want to know who it was that narrates, it might give a clue as to why the turning back into time thing happened to Jin) Maybe it's Ayase. I don't know. But I actually rewatched the intro part like...3 times! I just loved the intro! lol...

And we get introduced to the characters one by one...and stuffs etc. The 1st epi really is packed with action. Two traditional methods of surgery, with carpenter tools and yeah...@_@ I'd suggest not to eat anything while watching because i find the visual much more gross than CSI. Like for real. I can eat anything while watching CSI but not this. It is THAT GOOD. and gross lol...

And so far, there is no character that I hated! I like them all. So, this series really took me by surprise, it's so much better than Tokyo Dogs even. The later really make me roll my eyes most of the time and the episode just seem kinda messy. But this is good. I shall be watching JIN this season. I know I'll love it. And hopefully, please please......don't drain my tears again like how it did in the 1st epi xDD