#2022 Drama Round-up Day 29. Freestyle – Favourite J-dramas
These are the ones I watched and loved this year, not necessarily released this year. My top 5 would be the investigative shows Don’t Call it Mystery and Junkyouju Takatsuki Akira no Suisatsu, the high school romances Horimiya and Black Cinderella, and of course the adorable Old Fashion Cupcake.
I am a cops/crime/mystery guy and the Jdrama DON’T CALL IT MYSTERY is one of my 2022 favorites. I wish more of this genre was available on Viki US (which is part of Rakuten, a Japanese conglomerate) but that is not the case.
Is “Junkyouju Takatsuki Akira no Suisatsu” (2021) being remade into the upcoming Kdrama USELESS LIES with Kim So-hyun and Minhyun?
Unfortunately JUNKYOUJU doesn’t seem to be available on a legal stream in the US. It would be nice if Viki US picked this drama up (hint!).
Is “Junkyouju Takatsuki Akira no Suisatsu” (2021) being remade into the upcoming Kdrama USELESS LIES with Kim So-hyun and Minhyun?
The synopsis does sound similar! But Junkyouju… was actually about a professor who studies and disproves occult myths and urban legends and a student who can detect lies. The English translation of the title is something like “Guess by Professor Takatsuki…” iirc. I think Useless Lies will probably just be about one specific murder mystery and suspect in contrast.
miso
December 29, 2022 at 6:25 AM
#2022 Drama Round-up
Day 29. Freestyle – Favourite J-dramas
These are the ones I watched and loved this year, not necessarily released this year. My top 5 would be the investigative shows Don’t Call it Mystery and Junkyouju Takatsuki Akira no Suisatsu, the high school romances Horimiya and Black Cinderella, and of course the adorable Old Fashion Cupcake.
bong-soo
December 29, 2022 at 7:12 AM
I am a cops/crime/mystery guy and the Jdrama DON’T CALL IT MYSTERY is one of my 2022 favorites. I wish more of this genre was available on Viki US (which is part of Rakuten, a Japanese conglomerate) but that is not the case.
Is “Junkyouju Takatsuki Akira no Suisatsu” (2021) being remade into the upcoming Kdrama USELESS LIES with Kim So-hyun and Minhyun?
Unfortunately JUNKYOUJU doesn’t seem to be available on a legal stream in the US. It would be nice if Viki US picked this drama up (hint!).
miso
December 29, 2022 at 7:30 AM
The synopsis does sound similar! But Junkyouju… was actually about a professor who studies and disproves occult myths and urban legends and a student who can detect lies. The English translation of the title is something like “Guess by Professor Takatsuki…” iirc. I think Useless Lies will probably just be about one specific murder mystery and suspect in contrast.
Jance
December 29, 2022 at 11:35 AM
OMG! I read the Horimiya manga. Can’t believe it’s a drama now. ^^