3-nen A-gumi: Ima kara Minna-san wa, Hitojichi desu (2019)

Pretty good and intriguing for a binge watch

Story : The story was intresting andsomething you would look forwad to. Starting was done well, the development was good but there are times you would think things doesn't make sense cause it doesn't
Cast : the main cast was good , but acting of many supporting characters was poor.
Moral : I did like the whole how media and internet is toxic and how we , us as the users have so much impact on somebody's life and it was handled pretty well , we could see the intention since the beginning,
The things that I dont like about this series is the acting by some casts feels off sometimes, and this show kind of feels edgy and I couldn't emotionally connect with it, like there would be some emotional scene and i would be like whatever.The development of some characters didn't make sense like they were only driven by one objective .

Overall , it is pretty good and i would like to recommend it to everyone who is interested in little bit of suspense and it's short too so you can watch it in 1 or 2 sitting. But its nothing too crazy so have less expectations while watching it.

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A MUST WATCH!!!

Social media/news/network we all love it but as someone rightly said "Everything that has a boon has a curse." This web series shows that side of the internet as well as the education system. As youth we believe and trust internet more than the people we have known for ages. The comments we post, the words we say and the action we act all affects people and ourselves one way or the other and this couldn't have been portrayed any better than in Mr.Hiiragi's Classroom. I loved how from having a one sided hate on the teacher I ended up having immense respect for him and how he taught kids what and how the world works. No stupid romance or extended drama it's just a rat race between kids and one day the race is put to a stop and now these kids need to learn what life and living means. And most importantly how to live.

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SO IN LOVE, WILL WATCH AGAIN.

SO FAR THE BEST DRAMA surrounding high school students and touching on the subject of mental health and how words CAN hurt. I started this drama believing the teacher was a nutjob and he had some kind of dark and twisted love for his student and he wanted revenge but later grew to love him and admire him (yes, he took it to the extreme but still.) for the lessons he gave the students. This drama really touched my heart and i was ugly crying through most of it! each actor really ate their roles up tbh and I will def watch again. I love love love LOVE how they incorporated the sides effects of someone struggling with their mental health such as hallucinations as that HAPPENS in real life. The whole group learned a valuable lesson and i found that beautiful. I think the message the teacher fought so hard to get across is a lesson we could all listen to, well should i say, LESSONS. all around a BOMB drama(haha get it?) and i will def recommend to all of my friends. kind of sad I finished it but damn was it good.

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it was nice that they give most of the students a backstory, though I felt like they were weak.. but the overall performance, plus that last message were really perfect...
I especially liked the "realness" of how the students reacted and the psychological aspects, they didn't just hate or like him, they had real raw emotions? their anger and desperation were so amazing, I don't think I've seen anything like that in dramaworld...

I keep changing the rating between 9 and 9.5, if I rate the overall process and plot it'd be 8, but then if it was just the last ep, and those emotions I'd rate it a 10..


my rewatch values are either a 1 or a 10 ;)

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A mask we wear

This drama has taught me more in 10 episodes than I will ever learn in real life
Dramas have tried to integrate with social issues yet this one has hit the spot. Don't judge a book by its cover as they will be wearing a mask to try to thrive in a deadly environment where only a few can survive
We were shown what happens when you can't reach those expectations from key students from losing a friend to wanting to die as you think it is easy
Everyone needs to watch this masterpiece
A small stone won't do much damage but when it is multiple stones a significant impact can occur

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Bagus banget sebagai sebuah drama Jepang

Hiiragi Ibuki, adalah seorang guru yang mengajar suatu kelas yang di dalamnya berisi siswa-dan siswi yang punya kekuasaan, licik, jahat, dan manipulatif. Akankah guru ini bisa menghadapi murid-muridnya? apakah guru ini bisa menyadarkan dan membawa cahaya bagi mereka? saksikan seriesnya!. Dari segi dialog, walaupun punya tokoh yang banyak (semua murid kelas) namun menurut saya series ini mudah difahami ya. Latar cerita series ini kebanyakan maju mundur, namun hal itu bukan masalah karena series ini menampilkannya secara sistematis sehingga mudah difahami, dari segi romansa - menegangkan dan keren banget sih terutama si guru yang satu ini. Perwatakan para tokoh dengan latar kehidupannya masing-masing sangat berkesan dan bagus banget, bisa disebut realistis juga. Resolusi yang ditampilkan di series ini sangat bagus ya menurutku, kaya akan life meaning dan sangat berkesan, bagus banget pokonya! hanya satu yang kurang mungkin dari beberapa scene yang menurutku agak terlalu berlebihan seperti ledakan, beberapa teknologi yang cenderung terlalu canggih, dan lain sebagainya, ya walaupun seperti itu saya masih dapat menikmatinya. Series ini sangat enjoy-able dan membuat kita penasaran akan episode-episode, sangat rekomendasi sih dari aku.

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Hands down one of the best shows.

One of the best show's, hands down it really teaches the audience that your actions have consequences either online or in real life I really like how each episode tells a different story of the main students and tells them how to repent or change for the better good so they don't screw them selves over later on in life with the best advice being "Stop, Think, and the answer will appear" best advice and motivation for anyone in life going through a hard time no doubt you might shead tears watching it, if not then you might have already learned a lot of the advice given in the show.

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This was a really really good drama, which was to me very successful, until I became increasingly more aware of how fast it had aged in such little time. It doesn’t ruin it for me, but it’s a very important thing to discuss, so I decided to write a review, even if maybe it’ll go unnoticed, considering how late I am to this.

Since this is a thriller-suspense in part, every episode has its plot twists and reveals, so I’m going to keep it as spoiler-free as possible, but even though I’ll remain vague to specifics, know that there’s little you can do spoiler-wise with this one if you want to have a fully-fleshed review.

I like to refer to this drama jokingly as “Gokusen with explosions”. Still, it actually blends three genres of drama, which don’t tend to mix well, and does so very seamlessly: high school drama, thriller and tokusatsu.

The entire plot is set on the thriller, it has a really good grasp of its narrative and it really immerses you in from episode one. Some reveals aren’t too unexpected, but that doesn’t really ruin the watching experience, since they’re thought through and well-written, for the most part.

The high school drama is a genre that I don’t tend to gravitate much towards unless there’s some catch, and this one has that. The development of the students and their issues is more into the realms of something like 12 Suicidal Children (albeit here it’s better written) than something like Dragon Zakura or Gokusen. Not every issue is developed as much as it could, but this drama takes its issues more seriously and with much more intensity than your typical high school drama would.

The tokusatsu aspect is used here as a sort of allegorical parallel that works super well. You end up finding out how it works and why it’s there as you go along with the plot, and to me it was a really fantastic addition. I am a sucker for well used archetypes and this drama really knew what it was doing.

Related to that, there are few actors that could have taken the lead as well as Suda Masaki did. I was initially reticent because I would have thought his character older, but he has the right experience in all the genres this drama is made out of (thriller? check, high school dramas with a twist? check, tokusatsu? double check) and it absolutely shows in his performance.

I have smaller nitpicks here and there with how some of the characters were handled and how some tropes were used but my biggest qualm with the drama is, like I said, that it sadly aged immensely in the past year since it’s been out.

Here I'll be delving into some mild spoilers, I wont specify how this comes into play but a subject matter present in the drama will be discussed.

One of the many things portrayed in this drama is related to cyber-bullying, social media and suicide. In the last months we’ve had more than one case of this happening in the Japanese media industry. More than one. Not an isolated event, this is a huge problem.

The drama uses that to bring across a discourse of responsibility and taking accountability for your actions, which is really good, and it does a good job using the theme of empathy and change. It does base its premise in maturing and learning while putting ourselves in the other person’s shoes. It has a good aim and a realistic approach in which solutions could be found in small personal changes.

However.

There is something that is mentioned, used and described in the drama that gets zero attention when it should be paramount in this sort of premise: mental health.

The drama uses mental illness in different important ways for the plot, and even though it showcases it and sets it as something important, it does not develop the lack of proper care of it and the lack of conversation about it as one of the key parts of society’s failure towards the subject matter discussed.

I know that in jdramas that doesn’t tend to be expected and that I have to put myself in the place of the social environment these dramas come from, but some things are not culturally specific, some things are universal, and mental health care should be.

Maybe last year, when the world was in a different place, it was easier for the regular audience to dismiss it and move along and just stay with the sometimes really shallow rant of “people+social media=bad”. Sadly, we should know better now, and this drama has aged faster than anyone expected.

If the drama had not mentioned it, had not even included it, I would have thought it an overlooked element but not been as disappointed, but it is a very important part of its plot for more than one character, and I can’t help thinking that it reflects the missing conversations that society should be having on the subject of mental health care and the neglect, shame and overall silence these themes are seen by in regular media.

The lack of proper attention to these subject matters and the absolute lack of accessibility to proper mental health care, not only out of money and means but out of a social stigma that prevents people from reaching out to professional help when needed, is a key element of this storyline and it is sadly not there.

As of September of 2020, in the Japanese industry, it has become more glaringly obvious than ever.

Overall, the drama is very very good and I recommend it highly for those seeking a good thriller and a very emotional and deep type of drama about learning and growing up. It’s sad that the subject matter is so painfully relevant that reality has surpassed its premise with heartbreaking impact.

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REALLY GOOD!!

So recently I’ve started watching Japanese dramas and by far this is the best one!!! It’s so thrilling and plot twisting, and it also has a meaningful message as well. I’m really glad I watched this but now I’m feeling empty, cause I was so hooked onto this that I watched it the second time right away with my niece. She already had watched it but only up to the 4 eps and I forced her to rewatch it with me and she’s now obsessed with it too LOL. Mainly because the teacher is hot which I agree too??.

I definitely recommend watching this if you’re into thrilling, plot twisting and meaningful type of things. Cause it’s really worth watching!!

(My niece and I are only 3 years apart btw)

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