This is a follow up to a previous post of mine about a Japanese drama I’ve been watching.

I finished watching “Anna-san no Omame” the other day, and in general thought it was ok. The show has a very exaggerated comedic style, and can’t really be taken very seriously, but is fun for what it is. I didn’t like the ending much; an absurd setup to keep Lilly living with Kyousuke and Anna.

There were some memorable episodes. The “lighting strike switches Lilly and Kyosuke’s bodies” was memorable, if horribly cliched. There was another episode where Lilly faced down some Yakuza people, saving Kyosuke from them, of course in a situation that she forced him (inadvertently) into in the first place. The final wedding episode was sort of annoying. I was working while I had it playing in the background, but overall it seems like the entire thing was a charade set up by Lilly’s father to see if Kyousuke would come to try to stop the wedding. Ridiculous and not even in a funny way.

Still, Lilly’s catchphrases and mannerisms are amusing, and I enjoyed that, despite going into things thinking they would just wear on me. Eventually you really start to wonder how she will mis-interpret things, and look forward to that. Strange.

Next up on my J-drama list is “Sailor-fuku to Kikanjyuu” or “The school girl and the Machine Gun” – a kind of comedy (I think?) about a school girl that becomes the head of her families Yakuza clan.

By the way, if you don’t know about it already, d-addicts.com is an excellent place to go for your Japanese (or Korean or Chinese) Television downloading needs. I usually grab the Japanese language releases, which are up the day after airing and then watch a complete run after they have all aired. Often, the fans there will subtitle series that they like. It is a very useful site for people interested in learning, or at least listening to, Japanese.