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It's not everyday
(or every season) that I'll find something that would fit my taste in jdrama.
Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo is a manga
adaptation from Yoshikawa
Miki's manga of
the same title. Yoshikawa-sensei is best known (I think. LOL) for her
earlier manga which also had a live-action adaptation namely Yankee-kun to Megane-chan. Since I've seen
YanMega, I expect Yamada-kun to have the same comedy-sensei and
I think that I wasn't mistaken on that part based on the first episode.
Shiraishi Urara (Nishiuchi Mariya) is the
top student of their school. Yamada Ryu (Yamamoto Yusuke) is the
school's delinquent and (probably) the most stupid guy in their school. In an
accidental kiss, they swapped bodies. Throughout the swap, Yamada gets to know
that Shiraishi was bullied but at the same time Miyamura Toranosuke (Ide Takuya) finds out about the
swap. Through Miyamura, Yamada and Shiraishi were invited to join the
Paranormal Phenomenon Club and together they found out about the 7 Witches. --
and that's basically what went on with the first episode.
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Anyway, as an
introductory episode I personally don't think that it has opened up enough
things about the story in general but the second episode had done pretty nice
job in continuing what has been started. The overall enjoyment of the first two episodes is definitely good most especially to those who likes comedy series. The comedy, which is its central genre (IMO), was done
quite well and is a good reminiscent of Yoshikawa-sensei's earlier
series, Yankee-kun to Megane-chan. SO if you're fan of YanMega, I'm thinking that
you'll enjoy this too.
Acting wise, both
Nishiuchi and Yamamoto perfectly fit their respective roles as well as
their swapped roles. I've never seen Nishiuchi before in any other dramas
(since I've never really seen a lot) but I'm definitely going to take my time
and watch a couple of her previous series (Switch
Girl!!). Her composed
character is nicely shown and her overly-delinquent attitude as Yamada-kun is
quite funny (most especially the bathroom scene. lol). Yamamoto, on the other
hand, has done a great job no less. I've seen him in both styles of characters,
Tamaki in Ouran High School Host Club and Kayashima
Taiki in Hana Kimi. HIs facial reactions are as priceless as ever :))
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Yamada-kun came in contrast with the other
jdrama I'm currently watching weekly - LIMIT. Yankee-kun
is generally something that works nicely to be adapted to live-action but I
believe that it would also work nicely for anime :3 But in an overall
impression on this drama, I'd say that it's worth the time particularly to
those who enjoys jdrama-comedy ('cause damn, episode2 is so much fun to watch.
soo much funny kissing moments. lol).
