Need more pastels

Honey and Clover 1! jdrama. Have to admit to being a little disappointed with this. The production was great, but the casting could have been better. I'm not totally convinced that Yamada, Hanamoto-sensei and Morita's characters are played by the best actors.
( there should have been more comedy )

Another drama I'm curious about now is Atsu-hime. I skipped over this because it was a Taiga drama, but look at the cast--Miyazaki Aoi, Horikita Maki, Matsuda Shota, Eita, Tamaki Hiroshi, Suzukaze Mayo (Rurouni Kenshin's seiyuu). The first episode already aired, but again, taiga dramas don't seem to be popular with the pirates drama crowd.