Category — Zettai Kareshi

Does anyone here know whether Japanese actor-model Hayami Mokomichi is really half-Filipino? DramaWiki says he has a Japanese father and a Filipina mom but I seriously doubt the veracity of this info. I checked out his official site but all I could get from his profile is that his favorite sport is basketball. Hehe, so much for my elementary Nihonggo.

Hayami-san reprises his role as robot lover Tenjo Night in the SP of Zettai Kareshi.

Here’s the second part of my summary:

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Zettai Kareshi returned with a two-hour SP last March. Despite the anticlimactic ending, overall I thought the SP was packed with all the stuff that I liked about this drama—Night’s extremely cheesy and hilarious antics, Soshi’s silent suffering and Namikiri-san’s unflinching loyalty to his robot. Of course, a Zettai Kareshi episode won’t be complete without the tearjerker scenes and life lessons. I’ve written a pretty long episode guide so I’ll be posting it in two parts.

The SP revolves around the inevitability of death and learning to move on after a loss. As Soshi’s father puts it:

“Humans inevitably die someday. Since we know death is imminent we do our best to live life to the fullest. When you’re about to die, you want to leave something behind for those around you. Even if you pass away, you want those you leave behind to live happily. I’m able to do my best to live because I thought this way.”

This reflection finally puts an end to Riiko’s dilemma as Night makes the difficult choice between life and death.

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Perhaps love by nature is a sorrowful thing. Do you agree? Well, that’s just one of the themes of Zettai Kareshi. This drama toys with the idea of finding the perfect lover or kareshi. What would happen if a robot solely dedicated to love is just within your reach? Will s/he really be the right one for you?

I wasn’t interested in watching a sci-fi Jdorama at first but since I wanted to venture into all types of Jdoramas, I tried this one, and despite the bittersweet ending, it was indeed a fun watch.

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