J-Drama Review: Zettai Kareshi (2008)

Hello everyone~ A while ago I re-watch the Japanese live action drama of "Zettai Kareshi" and it's so amusing =)) FYI, Zettai Kareshi was aired in Japan in 2008 and it's based on manga with same title by Watese Yuu (my favorite mangaka!)

About Zettai Kareshi:

Also known as	Absolute Boyfriend
Genre	Romance, comedy
Directed by	Hijikata Masato (土方政人) (Episodes 1-2,5,8,11), Sato Genta (佐藤源太) (Episodes 3-4,7,10), Kitagawa Manabu (北川学) (Episodes 6,9)
Starring	Mokomichi Hayami Saki Aibu Hiro Mizushima
Ending theme	Okaeri by Ayaka
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	12

Plot:

Riiko Izawa is an office lady in search of a boyfriend, and she ends up in possession of a "robot" known as Night Tenjo, who is programmed to be the perfect boyfriend. However, this creates a love triangle with a distinguished young man at her company who also has feelings for her. Riiko is played by Saki Aibu, Night is played by Mokomichi Hayami, and Soshi Asamoto is played by Hiro Mizushima.

Cast:

• Mokomichi Hayami as Tenjo Night
• Hiro Mizushima as Asamoto Soshi
• Saki Aibu as Izawa Riiko
• Eisuke Sasai as Shirasagi Yuki
• Natsuhi Ueno as Ito Mika
• Kenta Satoi as Hirata Hajime
• Tsubaki Nekoze as Adachi Kyoko
• Maki Komoto as Sato Nozomi
• Masaki Kaji as Tanaka Yoichiro
• Meikyo Yamada as Asamoto Shiro
• Rie Minemura as Yoshioka Tetsuko
• Erena as Ono Chiho
• Ryosuke Sakuragi as Morikawa Yasushi
• Shoichi Watanuki as Dei Takeru
• Jingi Irie as Hayashi Kota
• Kei Yamamoto as Asamoto Kazushi
• Shunsuke Nakamura as Asamoto Masashi
• Kuranosuke Sasaki as Namikiri Gaku
• Miki Maya as Wakabayashi Fujiko

To be honest, this dorama has completely different storyline, compared to its manga. In manga, Riiko is a regular high school girl and Soushi is her childhood friend; while in dorama Riiko is an employee in a pastry company named ASAMOTO and Soushi is her boss. For hardcore fans of Zettai Kareshi manga, they probably can't accept the differences but it's fine for me. Instead, I could enjoy the whole different story and how each characters of Zettai Kareshi drama were being well developed :)

The hilarious Night: "Riiko... ore sexy?" ROTFL =))

The over-romantic Night: every time he confess his affection to Riiko shamelessly, Riiko would always cringes. LOL.

My Thoughts about this Drama:

This drama is totally amusing! These casts could portrayed their roles really well =)) Especially Night, he's hilarious and such a trouble maker. LOL. For some reason I also don't want to have a robot lover to be part of my life, because it's confusing and too surreal :p

Rating: 7,5 / 10