Dai Ni Gakusho ep.1

Dai ni Gakusho, japanese drama review of the first episode.

Synopsis (From DramaWiki):

Shirase Mari and Endo Natsumi are violinists in the same orchestra. They both work hard, but Natsumi becomes pregnant and quits playing the violin. She soon marries the cellist in the orchestra. Meanwhile, Mari is chosen to become a solo violinist and becomes popular. 17 years later, Mari and Natsumi meet again by chance. Mari finds her being envying Natsumi's life, while Natsumi finds herself feeling the same about Mari's life.

 Cast:

• Hada Michiko as Shirase Mari
• Itaya Yuka as Endo Natsumi
• Tanihara Shosuke as Endo
• Tanaka Kei
• Kadowaki Mugi 門脇麦
• Kuze Seika 久世星佳
• Ohgo Suzuka

My impressions :

What kind of drama is Dai ni Gakusho? It is a drama about music with lots of drama (haha). Dai ni Gakusho shows the bittersweet reunion of two old time friends after 20 years. We learn about them, and their past such as why did they stop seeing each other? The two who were best friends have gone separate ways in life.
This has lots of music elements into. The main character all play a musical instruments and are/were part of an orchestra. It had nice classical music and orchestra scenes. Playing music and relationship between music players seemed like a big focus.Other than that, we mainly learn about relationship and friendship between the characters. It is very slow, full of emotions and I even became teary. I was able to feel emotions felt by the main actress, Hada Machiko.

The story did not leave enough incentive to watch the next episode. It was not bad in itself, but I do not feel interested enough. I did not really care about what is going to happen after the reunion or to know more of the secrets of their separation. It did not make me curious.

I would say that this drama is geared more towards a mature audience. The main actresses are in their 40s and I think it tackles life happenings of that age. If you are looking for a new Japanese drama that is slow-paced, mature, about relationship , I think you can try this one.

Sadly, I won't keep watching this due to lack of interest.