Sebagai penggemar berat dorama, saya bisa tuh begadang semalaman hanya untuk menyelesaikan
sebuah serial drama. hehe Tentunya tanpa melepaskan tanggung jawab saya sebagai ibu dan istri ya :D
Berikut ini adalah beberapa serial drama Jepang yang highly recommended
dari Dorama Heaven. Wajib ditonton, bahkan bisa saya tonton berulang-ulang
saking favoritnya :D Sebagian besar bergenre komedi romantis, meskipun
ada juga yang bergenre lain. Kenapa saya tulis part 1 pada judul diatas? Karena masih banyak drama yang belum saya tonton jadiii pastinya list drama favorit saya akan bertambah ^_^
Title: あすなろ白書 (Asunaro Hakusho)
Also known as: Asunaro White Paper / Asunaro Confessions / Ordinary People
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Human drama, Romance, School
Episodes: 11
Theme Song:
True Love bu Fujii Fumiya
Hitosaji no Yuuki by Touge Keiko
Just Like Wind by Fujii Fumiya
SYNOPSIS
Five youngsters enter the same university and become very good friends.
As they're very close, they're afraid of 'hurting' one another, and this
results in even more tragedies. Both Tamotsu and Osamu, who fall for
Narumi, keep holding back their feelings and giving way to each other.
This complex love affair unintentionally causes Junichiro's death. In
the end, all left school due to one reason or another, leaving Narumi
alone to complete the course. The happy days are gone, but they happen
to meet one another again a few years later, and the story continues...
--Snowflakes
CAST
Suzuki Anju as Saeki
Ishida Hikari as Narumi
Tsutsui Michitaka as Tamotsu
Kimura Takuya as Osamu
Nishijima Hidetoshi as Junichiro
Kurosawa Asuka
Kaga Mariko
Nishioka Tokuma
Sugiyama Ayako
Title: 1リットルの涙 (1 Litre no Namida)
Also known as: Ichi Rittoru no Namida / One Litre of Tears / A Diary with Tears
Genre: School, romance, family, human
Related TV shows: Tears of Happiness
Episodes: 11
Ending theme song: Only Human by K
Insert songs: Konayuki and 3/9 by Remioromen
Drama OST: Ichi Rittoru no Namida OST
SYNOPSIS
15-year-old Ikeuchi Aya was an ordinary girl, the daughter of a
family who works at a tofu shop, and a soon-to-be high schooler.
However, odd things have been happening to Aya lately. She has been
falling down often and walks strange. Her mother, Shioka, takes Aya to
see the doctor, and he informs Shioka that Aya has spinocerebellar
degeneration - a terrible disease where the cerebellum of the brain
gradually deteriorates to the point where the victim cannot walk, speak,
write, or eat. A cruel disease, as it does not affect the mind in the
least. How will Aya react when told about her disease? And how will Aya
live from now on?
CAST
Sawajiri Erika as Ikeuchi Aya (15-20)
Yakushimaru Hiroko as Ikeuchi Shioka (40-51)
Title: MR. BRAIN
Genre: Comedy, mystery
SYNOPSIS
Tsukumo Ryusuke is a quirky, yet brilliant neuroscientist working for
the National Research Institute of Police Science. Wielding a unique
perspective and psychology, Tsukumo tackles the nation's most baffling
crimes and scandals, going head-to-head with the most brilliant and
twisted criminal minds. But his eccentricities and poor social timing
can also aggravate people and circumstances, further complicating
matters. --TBS
CAST
Kimura Takuya as Tsukumo Ryusuke
Ayase Haruka as Yuri Kazune
Mizushima Hiro as Hayashida Toranosuke
Title: プロポーズ大作戦 (Proposal Daisakusen)
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 11
Theme song: Ashita Hareru Kana by Kuwata Keisuke
Insert song: Chiisana Koi no Uta by Mongol 800 (ep2, 8)
SYNOPSIS
Iwase Ken and Yoshida Rei have been friends since elementary school.
Ken, is obstinate and unskilled in love, but he fell long ago for the
lively and cheerful, Rei. But Rei is about to get married to another
man. While Ken and other friends from high-school attend the wedding
ceremony, a fairy appears and sends Ken back in time, giving him a
second chance to win the girl he loves.
CAST
Yamashita Tomohisa as Iwase Ken
Nagasawa Masami as Yoshida Rei
Fujiki Naohito as Tada Tetsuya
Eikura Nana as Oku Eri
Hiraoka Yuta as Enokido Mikio
Hamada Gaku as Tsurumi Hisashi
Mikami Hiroshi as the Yosei/Fairy
Title: 恋空 (Koizora)
Genre: Romance drama
Episodes: 6
Theme song: Ai no Uta by Fukui Mai
SYNOPSIS
Tahara Mika is an ordinary high school girl. One day, out of the
blue, one of her classmates kisses her. His name is Sakurai Hiroki also
known as Hiro. Hiro stands out because of his bleached hair and
piercing. Apparently he is also dating someone. Mika is shocked and hurt
that her first kiss had to happen this way. She desperately tries to
forget about it. Then, her friend tells her that she should find
somebody else and suggests Tatsuya, another boy in their class. However,
before she even realizes it, Mika is already in love...
CAST
Mizusawa Elena as Tahara Mika
Seto Koji as Sakurai Hiroki (Hiro)
Abe Tsuyoshi as Yu
Aoi as Aya
Miura Shohei as Nozomu
Haru as Saki
Title: ごくせん (Gokusen)
Episode 12 + 1 sp (season 1), 10 + 1 sp (season 2), 11 (season 3)
SYNOPSIS
The story of a young, idealistic teacher who enters Shirokin Gakuen
with hopes of making a difference in the students' lives. However,
Yamaguchi Kumiko (Nakama Yukie)
is in for a rude awakening when she finds that she will be the homeroom
teacher of 3-D, the hardest class to maintain in the school. The
students have multi-colored hair, sloppy uniforms, and show absolutely
no respect to her. The leader of the class, Sawada Shin is lazy but
bright and shows some interest in Yamaguchi when he notices that she is
very different from other teachers. The students try to bully her to
make her quit, but their attempts don't get them very far.
What the class and the rest of the school does not know is that
Yamaguchi Kumiko is actually the 4th generation heir to the Ooedo Group,
a notorious yakuza clan. Even though her family would like her to take
the title of Ojou when her grandfather dies, they have accepted the fact
that Yamaguchi would rather be a teacher.
Eventually, the students learn to respect their quirky teacher
because of her devotion to them, and even give her a nickname: Yankumi.
CAST
Season 1
Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi / Ojou / Kumicho) (Math Teacher/Class 3D adviser)
Matsumoto Jun as Sawada Shin
Oguri Shun as "Uchi" / Uchiyama Haruhiko
Season 2
Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi / Ojou / Kumicho) (Math Teacher)
Kamenashi Kazuya as Odagiri Ryu
Akanishi Jin as Yabuki Hayato
Mizushima Hiro as Misawa Hiro
Season 3
Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi / Ojou / Kumicho) (Math Teacher)
Title: メイちゃんの執事 (Mei-chan no Shitsuji)
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 10
Theme song: My SunShine by ROCK`A´TRENCH
SYNOPSIS
The story revolves around a young woman named Mei, who was rescued as
a young girl by someone calling himself her "butler." With only a vague
memory, though, the experience seems like just a dream. But one day,
after her parents' accidental death, he appears: Rihito comes from a
line of outstanding butlers, and he has been appointed to serve her! Now
her ordinary life has completely flipped, as she discovers that she's
actually the heiress to a fortune, and is forced to transfer to St.
Lucia Girls' Academy, where all the students have butlers! As a result,
her childhood friend Kento decides to enroll in a butler school so that
he can stay close to her.
CAST
Eikura Nana as Shinonome Mei
Mizushima Hiro as Shibata Rihito
Sato Takeru as Shibata Kento
Title: アタシんちの男子 (Atashinchi no Danshi)
Also known as: My Boys
Episodes: 11
Theme song: Infinity by GIRL NEXT DOOR
SYPNOSIS
These days, the term "homeless" has taken on new meaning. There are
youths referred to as "net cafe refugees," who have neither a job nor a
place to live, but who find themselves hopping around internet cafes.
One such refugee is a 20-year-old girl named Chisato, who lost her
mother at a young age due to sickness. She spent her youth trying to
escape from the huge debt her father left her, and her battle with the
repossessors unfolded every night. However, her life changed after
meeting one man named Shinzo, changing her views on the meaning of
"family." Shinzo comes from a rich family tracing back to the Edo
period, and he adopted six good-looking sons with the hope of one
becoming his successor, but all of them have strange personalities.
Shinzo promises to free Chisato from her debt if she marries him and
becomes the mother of his sons. However, a life with these six guys
under one roof will not go smoothly... --Tokyograph
CAST
Horikita Maki as Mineta Chisato

Title: ヤマトナデシコ七変化 (Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge)
Also known as: Perfect Girl Evolution
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 10
Music: Love yourself ~Kimi ga Kirai na Kimi ga Suki~ by KAT-TUN
SYNOPSIS
Blessed with good looks, Takano Kyohei, a college student, is always
suffering from the unreasonable behaviour of customers who want him and
the sexual harassment of his store manager. Because of his hot temper,
he loses his head on this occasion and is fired from his part-time job.
Then one day, the glamorous owner, Ms Nakahara proposes, "I'll give you
free board-and-lodging if you can turn my niece, Sunako, into a lady!"
Kyohei and Toyama Yukinojo, Oda Takenaga and Morii Ranmaru, the other
guys living together in the same boarding house, are enthusiastic, but
the person who appears before the four of them is a spooky girl whose
hair covers her face and who loves horror and vampires. And so, their
tumultuous communal life begins...
CAST
Kamenashi Kazuya as Takano Kyohei
Tegoshi Yuya as Toyama Yukinojo
Oomasa Aya as Nakahara Sunako
Uchi Hiroki as Oda Takenaga
Miyao Shuntaro as Morii Ranmaru

Season 1
SYPNOSIS
Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, the school
of the ridiculously rich and privileged that is ruled by Flower 4 or
F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families:
Domyoji Tsukasa, the leader and heir of the Domyoji World Finance Group;
Hanazawa Rui, the introverted son of a large company; Nishikado Sojiro,
a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school; and Mimasaka Akira, a
madam killer with ties to the underground. If a student gets on the
F4's bad side, he/she gets a red notice and is bullied and driven out of
school.
Makino hopes to pass her days quietly-- without drawing any attention
to herself-- but one day, she stands up to Domyoji in defense of her
friend. The next day, Makino gets the dreaded red notice. Even though
she is harassed, Makino decides to keep going to school because she is a
"tough weed". She declares war right back on the F4. Her resolve gets
the attention of her crush Hanazawa Rui and oddly enough, rouses
romantic feelings in her worst enemy, Domyoji Tsukasa.
Season 2
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 21.7 (Kanto)
Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-05 to 2007-Mar-16
Theme song:Love So Sweet by Arashi
Insert song:Flavor of Life by Utada Hikaru
SYNOPSIS
This second season of Hana Yori Dango picks up right after Domyoji
leaves for New York. After confessing to Domyoji, Makino has not spoken
to him for a year. Rui and the other members of F4 try and help Makino
meet Domyoji again by going to New York for the christmas holidays.
Though F4 and Makino meet Domyoji again, he has become a completely
different person, and so they leave for Japan.
Some time later, Domyoji's mother annouces that they will be
returning to Japan. There, they hold a giant super-rich and classy
birthday party for Domyoji and announce something very important.
Domyoji, like in the first season, is engaged to a rich girl and heir,
Shigeru. The only difference is that they are to be wed soon. What will
Makino do?
On the side, Rui begins to fall in love with Makino... will this become a love... square?
CAST
Title: 花ざかりの君たちへ (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)
Genre: school, romance, comedy
Episodes: 12
Theme songs:
Opening theme: Ikenai Taiyo by Orange Range
Insert songs: My Love by Kawashima Ai, Boom boom boom by Go Hiromi, Paradise Ginga by Hikaru Genji, Tomaranai Ha~Ha by Yazawa Eikichi, Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne
Related drama: Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 2011 (Fuji TV, 2011, Remake) , To the Beautiful You (SBS, 2012)
SYNOPSIS
B
ased on a popular comic, this hilarious comedy follows the chaos,
troubles and friendship at a boys' boarding school after a
girl-disguising-a-boy joins. Ashiya Mizuki has just come back to Japan
from California where she was raised. She fell in love with Sano Izumi, a
hopeful high jump hero, who has quit after an accident. As she wants
him to go back to the sport once again, she enters the same high school
as a boy! With a short hair, flattened chest and lowered voice, she
starts sharing the same room with Sano.
CAST
Horikita Maki as Ashiya Mizuki
Oguri Shun as Sano Izumi
Ikuta Toma as Nakatsu Shuichi
Well, itulah drama Jepang favorit saya sepanjang masa (part 1) :) Akan segera menyusul untuk part 2 dst yaa hehe Oia, nanti saya juga akan ulas satu persatu setiap dramanya.