4-Shimai Tanteidan(4 Sister detectives)

     This TV show starts out with the family's house being burnt to the ground when their father is away on a business trip. Later, they find a dead body was hidden in the house before it was burnt. From there the four sisters begin to get involved in different murder cases and play detective to solve the mysteries themselves. Although the police aren't a huge fan of them, they end up solving mysteries before the police. 

    To start things off, this show has a wonderful cast of people who can actually decently act. Also the story is based of a best seller by Jiro Akagawa who is famous for his murder mysteries. Personally, I really like the plot twists in this show because you can't tell what is going to happen or who is the culprit. Definitely one of the shows I would recommend to anyone because it is viewer friendly, unless you don't like murder... 

ラッキーセブン Lucky Seven

I am going to start doing this a bit differently and instead of every episode, I will start talking about a TV show at a time.

So this show is about a detective agency that has seven members sometimes solving little mysteries, like finding someone's cat, or sometimes solving complex mysteries, like murder. One man stumbles into the agency one day because he is actually the one being followed by one of the agents and he starts working there, and ever since he becomes to star of the company. Every agent has a little story behind why they are here, and the story begins to become complex when out of no where the agency is being searched and one of the agents suddenly quits the job.

Overall, this is an easy TV show to follow along and the Japanese is not very complex. The only really difficult vocabulary that you may need to know is that Sanjikan is a title in the police department so when they say that name, they are referring to a person. Anyways, hope you enjoy this wonderful and light comedy!

息も出来ない夏
Iki Mo Dekinai Natsu/Breathless Summer

Episode 9

*One must watch previous episodes to understand this episode/ approx. 45 minutes long*

     This TV show has an extremely interesting plot, it is about a girl that doesn't have what is called a "koseki" or family register. The main character does not have one because her mother got divorced with her husband right after she was born due to domestic violence. This TV show shows the struggle of life without a family register and also the road to getting one and how hard it may be.

     In this episode Rei starts to find the support she has from the people around her. At the same time, she begins to learn more and more about reality and more about Kiyama. She gets the consent from Ayukawa to have a DNA test done but Ayukawa doesn't show up because he faints. Rei and her family decide to stay in the area instead of moving but Rei's world becomes more and more complex and she starts to find that she has more to get away from. Will she find out whether or not she is related to Ayukawa? and what will happen between her and Kiyama?

Iki Mo Dekinai Natsu

息も出来ない夏
Iki Mo Dekinai Natsu/ Breathless Summer

Episode 8

*One must watch previous episodes to understand this episode/ approx. 45 minutes long*

     This TV show has an extremely interesting plot, it is about a girl that doesn't have what is called a "koseki" or family register. The main character does not have one because her mother got divorced with her husband right after she was born due to domestic violence. This TV show shows the struggle of life without a family register and also the road to getting one and how hard it may be.

     In this episode, the family has to face the reality that there was a stabbing in their house. Also with the article writing everything that had occurred, the family is bullied and attacked in many different ways. They all thought they were strong but turns out they weren't. They don't have anything left, and so finally make the decision to move. "Save me, Kiyama-san." are the last words by Rei in this episode. What will happen between now and until the family leaves?

Iki Mo Dekinai Natsu

息も出来ない夏
Iki Mo Dekinai Natsu/ Breathless Summer

Episode 7

*One must watch previous episodes to understand this episode/ approx. 45 minutes long*

     This TV show has an extremely interesting plot, it is about a girl that doesn't have what is called a "koseki" or family register. The main character does not have one because her mother got divorced with her husband right after she was born due to domestic violence. This TV show shows the struggle of life without a family register and also the road to getting one and how hard it may be.

     Man these episodes become more and more intense. In this episode, Rei is swamped by the fact that this horrible man could be her father. She can't decide whether to believe her father, or mother, or really who to believe in general. From the stabbing, she is forced to not go to work because of the drama that it occurs and she is attacked by strangers via phone and emails. At the end, she makes the decision to finally meet the man who raped her mother, and to figure out if she is actually her father. Will he cooperate? In the meantime with the newspaper article that is printed, what will happen to Rei's family?

息も出来ない夏
Iki mo dekinai natsu/Breathless Summer

Episode 6

*One must watch previous episodes to understand this episode/ approx. 45 minutes long*

     This TV show has an extremely interesting plot, it is about a girl that doesn't have what is called a "koseki" or family register. The main character does not have one because her mother got divorced with her husband right after she was born due to domestic violence. This TV show shows the struggle of life without a family register and also the road to getting one and how hard it may be. 

     In the previous episode, Rei finally makes the decision to try and make a family register without going into his father's register. But after a lot of talking with different people, Rei decides to just go for it and get her family register, especially because her mom's ex-husband is out of town. The ending is truly a shock, scary and suspenseful, Rei keeps on getting more confused about her past and about what happened. What will happen next? Perhaps a murder. 

ボーイズ・オン・ザ・ラン
Boys on the run

Episode 6

*Must watch previous episodes to understand/ approx. 45 minutes*

   This TV show quite unique in itself. When the show started, it was a typical 11 pm show full of sexual content and not recommended for children. But now? It's full of love and human drama and soon full of jealousy. The main character Tanishi starts the TV show off with his birthday, when he turns, 21(sorry, if I'm wrong...) when he realizes he's spent his entire life without a girlfriend or sex. After this birthday, he starts to meet new people and starts to slowly change and become a stronger person though dragging too many people into trouble as he goes.

   In this episode, Chiharu goes insane. Using the fact that Hana doesn't know much about Tanishi's life and can't speak, she sends him texts that seem as if he is cheating on Hana. Throughout the episode Hana and Tanishi aren't on great terms, but as Chiharu begins to bother them, they get better than worse then better than worse. What will happen to their relationship, and what else is Chiharu planning on doing? We'll see in the next episode.