Nobuta wo Produce

Cast:
Kamenashi Kazuya – Kiritani Shuji
Yamashita Tomohisa - Kusano Akira
Horikita Maki - Kotani Nobuko
Toda Erika - Uehara Mariko

Akira

Shuji

Nobuta

Mariko

Synopsis:
This is story about a highschool boy name Shuji and his school days. He’s a popular boy that always nice to everyone, but inside he actually despised them. He regards his friends as waste of time and dealing on mundane things. He acts nice just to be popular.

Nobuta/Nobuka is a new student in the school where Shuji went. She’s become a bullying target straight away when she start school because of her weird attitude. She’s a very very closed and timid person. Shuji feel sorry but he can not defend her infront of his friend because he will lose his popularity by being too kind or righteous. together with Akira, Shuji came up with an idea to change Nobuta, so she will be more presentable and make her popular. They reckon if she’s popular, she will be bully anymore.

Then the journey of changes will happens, but Nobuta still Nobuta, and interestingly she also change them in a way. Will this project of producing Nobuta be success?

Review: (spoiler warning)
When I first watch the series, I thought this is a silly story, with even sillier people, especially Akira. When Akira walk on the stairs, he would flapping his hand like a bird or he would rested his chin on Shuji shoulder when he’s talking. Seems to me he look like a person that high because of drug or something. But turn out to be that’s the way he is, of course he is exaggerating it. But I grow liking his character more than Shuji. What really capture my attention from this series is the view that Nobuta has by being a bully victim for almost of her school life. I though, ok, let’s give this a try and see if I like it. Turn out to be, this is one of the best drama I ever watched! Seriously! I like this kind of story, light but has a meaningful story. Shuji’s character also pretty interesting, he has to walk in two face live because he thought that pleasing other people is the best thing to do. His dad even comment that Shuji never complain whatever happen around him.

Shuji was played by a jpop idol known also as Kat-tun. For some reason he’s pretty popular, and me personally find his shaped eyebrow is really really really annoying. Making him so girly. But I notice that it’s not something unusual for japanese boy. As for Yamashita, I kinda like him more than Shuji’s character because he seems like a nice boy. I also like him better look-wise because he seems more natural with his normal eyebrow

For some reason I can imagine those scenes in the series that actually happen in real life. One person that hypocrite, one is indicisive and the other is always a victim of school bulliers. Although it’s probably to exaggerate, but to some extent, I believe these does happen in real life.

The ending song is very nice too, I like the song before I saw the series. The title Seishun Amigo literally means Teenage Buddies. I read in one forum that this song is about friend you has when you growing up, you know how they change a lot depending on where and who you close with at that moment.

Gathering of the three planning the next move to make Nobuta popular...