Oh Well. Got that Big Bang Fever. It will pass.
Love Peg.

I laughed my ass off at this review! Probably the best review I’ve read of all time. I just about peed my pants when you started to talk about Coach Hyodo! Lmaooooo!

Definitely sticking around on here to look at your other reviews. Entirely epic and I thank you for the laughs and entertainment I got outta this one!

I had never seen cinematography like that on a TV show before. The editing of the scenes, the ticking sounds, the build up of tension in that first scene alone just made me think “WOW”. It was clever. Sometimes the filmic techniques make you wonder if the director was using different techniques just for the sake of experimenting, but because of the consistency of use those zoom-ins and what nots became as iconic as the soundtrack (and the orange jacket!).

I usually find characters like Amamiya overbearing, but she balanced Kuryu so well (and yes, the chemistry was undeniable!) that I came to find her oddly endearing. I also totally agree with you that it was obvious that the cast enjoyed working with each other. The easy, natural flow of this eclectic mix of personalities carried the show so well. It was sorely missed in the SP, so I was glad to see the cast back together for the movie.

Kimura Takuya was just, convincing. I have no idea how else to put it. I bought the character of Kuryu Kohei 100% though I find it hard to believe that there could be prosecutors like him out there.

Haha interestingly, after watching this I immediately decided to give Love Generation a second shot. I couldn’t watch past the first episode the first time around, but I got considerably further the second time (after episode 6 it started to drag though…I must say…). I found the fact that Teppei’s brother was a prosecutor too pretty tickling

On the issue of Japanese-Americans identification of Nationality, I thought the series covered it extremely well. In fact, I feel it did the exact opposite of what you claimed. Making it abundantly clear that particularly those born in America identified strongly as Americans first.
I’m not even sure where you got the idea about “fighting for America to uphold Japanese Honor” from ??? You seem to be projecting a lot of things into it that weren’t there.
That said, you also seem to be trying to make a rhetorical point. We know from history that some immigrants did have some loyalty or feeling to Japan. You seem to be taking a dogmatic stance of black and white, when there were many shades of gray — particularly given the circumstances once they were de facto non-citizens having all their property stolen and interred as prisoners.
I thought the drama covered this dilemma rather admirably. Particularly the episodes about the loyalty statements.

It’s not a “classic drama”, comparisons to Hallmark and History Channel are apt — though I don’t think the overall acting was nearly as bad as the History Channel.
It’s not one I will watch again, but it is one that I’m glad to have watched all the way through.

I’m kinda disappointed you didn’t mention the parade scene. That was the one that got me.

Oh, and I love Nakama Yukie — probably the same way the blogger here loves Kimutaku. Their relationship was understated and comfortable… it wasn’t passionate in a Jonnys sense I guess, but that would’ve been totally out of place for the tone of the drama.

Just asking, would it be possible to comment your opinion of what you know about idols and the music industry would be very helpful in this post:
http://nynyonlinex.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/a-fans-knowledge-of-japanese-idols-and-the-music-industry/