Director: Yasuharu Ishii, Yuki Ozawa, Ryutaro Kawashima
Writer: Eriko Shinozaki, Tomoko Hayakawa (manga)
Network: TBS
Episodes: 10
Release Date: January 15 - March 19, 2010
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
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Warning: Contains Spoilers
This was one of the few doramas I have watched back in 2011 and I re-watched it again this year so I decided to REVIEW it. I'm not a girl who watches many doramas or dramas, I get waaay too much drama in my life (if you know what I mean), everyday is something new and it´s very tiring sometimes, but oh well, you gotta live it.
Getting back on my review, this dorama surely lives up to the anime and kinda does too for the manga. I have seen the anime first and read a few chapters of the manga to say that it really stick to its name. The thrilling part is, of course, the characters are played by real people, duh! And what makes this dorama special is that they are pretty much animelized (meaning that the reactions and other actions made by the actors are seen in the anime) which some of the new doramas lack. I know they are people and you can´t have the exaggerated reactions anime have, but an actor has to give the public, the impression of his character, even if it means mimicking an animated being.
The Wallflower is a great live action of the anime and manga, the actors know how to interpret their characters; Aya Oomasa does an incredible job performing the role of Sunako, I was barely able to tell whether she was the Sunako from the anime or the Sunako in the live action, even their look are similar (not clothes); when the live-action-Sunako had to talk to her "friends" a skeleton named Josephine and two anatomic figures, Hiroshi and Akira, she was very creepy but so into character showing so much emotion and love for them, also when she had to come across Kyouhei (played by Kazuya Kamenashi) or any of the other "mabushii" creatures (Yukinojo played by Yuya Tegoshi, Takenaga played by Hiroki Uchi and Ranmaru played by Shuntarou Miyao) the "too bright" scene was greatly played; not only the main stars of the show were great but also the "minor" characters such as Hoshino Aki, who played Mari in this dorama, were simply awesome.
The main song of the dorama was performed by KAT-TUN, "Love Yourself" was not the original video, only the song was used, but it features the main characters dancing in a show stage while looking gorgeous and full of charisma.
I am not strictly comparing both manga and anime to the live action since the live action has the "living" material in it and it will differ in some aspects, such as ambiance, scenery and acting in specifically places (the first time the boys meet Sunako is outside in daylight while drinking tea and freakin´out about her... in the live action they meet her inside the house at night while panicking about her outline in the dark; that and so many other non-exact situations are not reviewed) making it rather hard to compare.
Overall, this dorama deserve to be watched. It has very little drama (you won´t cry...I guess??) , great acting level, good looking actors (if you like to fangirl), funny situations and a bit of the creepy factor.
The Wallflower is a great live action of the anime and manga, the actors know how to interpret their characters; Aya Oomasa does an incredible job performing the role of Sunako, I was barely able to tell whether she was the Sunako from the anime or the Sunako in the live action, even their look are similar (not clothes); when the live-action-Sunako had to talk to her "friends" a skeleton named Josephine and two anatomic figures, Hiroshi and Akira, she was very creepy but so into character showing so much emotion and love for them, also when she had to come across Kyouhei (played by Kazuya Kamenashi) or any of the other "mabushii" creatures (Yukinojo played by Yuya Tegoshi, Takenaga played by Hiroki Uchi and Ranmaru played by Shuntarou Miyao) the "too bright" scene was greatly played; not only the main stars of the show were great but also the "minor" characters such as Hoshino Aki, who played Mari in this dorama, were simply awesome.
The main song of the dorama was performed by KAT-TUN, "Love Yourself" was not the original video, only the song was used, but it features the main characters dancing in a show stage while looking gorgeous and full of charisma.
I am not strictly comparing both manga and anime to the live action since the live action has the "living" material in it and it will differ in some aspects, such as ambiance, scenery and acting in specifically places (the first time the boys meet Sunako is outside in daylight while drinking tea and freakin´out about her... in the live action they meet her inside the house at night while panicking about her outline in the dark; that and so many other non-exact situations are not reviewed) making it rather hard to compare.
Overall, this dorama deserve to be watched. It has very little drama (you won´t cry...I guess??) , great acting level, good looking actors (if you like to fangirl), funny situations and a bit of the creepy factor.
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