Category — Smile

I’ve been having trouble finding time to write my episode guides so this comes a bit late.

In this episode, we see a bit more of Bito’s life while growing up. We also see more interaction between Bito and Hana, which was kinda cute. Matsujun is adorable when he gets shy.

I hope I could get a subbed copy of episode 3 soon so that I could go on with my episode guides. Meanwhile, here’s episode 2:

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As we wrote earlier, Matsumoto Jun stars as a half-Filipino in his new drama Smile now airing on TBS. Aside from the idea of Matsujun playing a half Pinoy character, what really made me watch this drama is its take on discrimination in the Japanese society. I haven’t been to Japan yet but from what I’ve read and some stories I’ve heard, foreigners, not only Filipinos, have a difficult time blending in. Discrimination is typical in all societies, not only in Japan, and I’m glad that the topic is deemed worthy to gain attention in a drama.

If the topic is not enough for you to watch Smile, then you may be interested to know that drama sees the reunion of some of the Hana Yori Dango crew. Aside from Matsujun of course who played the role of F4 leader Domyouji Tsukasa, my personal favorite Oguri Shun (Hanazawa Rui) also has a supporting role. I’m not sure though how minor Shun’s role is and how many episodes he’s going to appear in but I saw him in episode 1 and he also shows up in the preview for episode 2. Smile was written by Takayuki Takuma who also wrote the scripts for Hana Yori Dango (not to be confused for Yoko Kamio who is the original Hanadan manga writer/creator).

Without further ado, here’s my summary for episode 1:
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In the Japanese drama Smile, yes he is!

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