Dragon Zakura [ドラゴン桜] UNKNOWN RATING.. it's hard to decide! [Rating: ?/10] The beginning of the drama was good, because the problem was eyecatching. However, the episodes moved slowly and now that I think back none of them are very defining (that is, except for the beginning and end of course) because each episode was pretty much the same with the same levels of excitement. I would've stopped watching this drama maybe halfway through if I wasn't curious about the results, or wasn't a Yamapi & Teppei fangirl..
The ending was an okay, except I think because the episodes went on slowly the ending was a bit rushed to get to a conclusion.
As for the parts where romance were hinted, it was really fruitless because it was never solved. Mizuno and Yajima seemed to have something going on and also not at the same time; and Yajima didn't really seem to love Yoshino at all - but even when Yoshino stated that she pretended it didn't matter when Yajima got worked up over Mizuno's problems but she was actually bothered by it there was no solution and her statement was brushed off quickly and without emotion. I am still confused as to whether Yajima likes anyone at all and what of the two girls' feelings?
For Sakuragi, his speech, to me, was powerful at the beginning - but then it became that there were too many speeches throughout per episode and I even got tired of listening. When he was recruiting his students, besides Yajima the rest seemed to have just popped out of no where and suddenly felt like joining when it was obvious the whole school was really enraged by Sakuragi's proposal. I'm still asking "What changed the others' minds?" Their reasons on why they wanted to join the class were very vague, and I find it a rough edge that didn't let the story move smoothly and logically.
Furthermore the conflict between the twins wasn't solved and was pretty much left hanging because the fact that Jiro failed Todai and his brother didn't did not serve as a satisfying ending. I mean, WHAT ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS AND RELATIONSHIP? What HAPPENED?
I was also astounded at the fact as to why Maki and Ogata were the ones to fail the entrance exam. Maki had all the best scores in the training class throughout the year! Why did Yajima make it? He didn't have very good scores and nor did he improve as much as the others. He even had a broken arm when he was writing! And didn't Ichirou suffer so badly during the exam from the stomach ache that he could barely write?
Anyway, the good thing about this drama was that when the characters were happy, I was happy; when they were about to take the exams I was apprehensive for them.. these were feelings that also had me clinging on to the characters. The music was good too.
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Dragon Zakura [ドラゴン桜]
