...what are you watching...

Tokkan 1! jdrama...possibly the most depressing drama to make in this economy. So you have a naive tax collector (played by Hana Yori Dango's Mao Inoue) paired up with a hardass tax collector. Well, they are in the special division where they can seize property if the citizen cannot or refuses to pay their taxes. In this episode the naive tax collector stops an old couple from killing themselves to escape from their money problems. Throw in a song from Mr. Children and you've got yourself a heart-warming drama? eh, not quite.
Rich Man, Poor Woman 1! jdrama! Oguri Shun plays an arrogant, genius billionaire, Hyuga something, president of an IT company in search of his mother who abandoned him. A Todai student, Sawaki Chihiro, whose timid personality keeps her from getting any job offers applies for a position at his company. She gets a job due to the fact that she has the same name as his mother...ah, right. Hyuga suffers from the affliction that prevents him from remembering people's names and faces. Chihiro can memorize anything. It's a match made in drama heaven.

GTO 2012 2! Onizuka helps a student who creates trouble for her father, the police captain. One by one, Onizuka befriends his students...nice, but a fairly predictable.

Sword Art Online 1! another RPG-oriented anime

+ Ok production
- Nothing new

Quick impression~ Introverted boy starts playing a new RPG along with thousands of others. The game master soon tells the players that the only way to log off of the game is to beat the 100 levels. Blah, blah. I have no idea why this is one of the most anticipated new shows based on episode 1 alone.

Hunter x Hunter 2012 38! Thought it was amusing that the initial physical impression of Gon's dad is different from what he looks like when he is actually in the manga. Gon and Killua head to York Shin in search for the Greed Island game.

GTO 2012 1! jdrama. I don't remember any specific details from the original jdrama, but as far as jdramas go, this one was ok. Outside of the actor playing Onizuka, the cast was full of familiar faces (Yamamoto Yusuke is in everything nowadays, and the girl who was Haruhi in Ouran is a bad girl in this). Episode 1 was about a young boy who was being bullied by a group of girls. Onizuka was a gardener at the school before being recruited by the school to teach. The sledgehammer to the wall scene was the only familiar part of the episode that I could remember from the anime or original drama.

Big 9-10! Yoon-jae's mother reveals Yoon-jae and Kyung-joon's connection. More filler with the side characters...they really are not as funny as they try to be. Da-ran is slowly falling for Kyung-joon. It's a good thing he's ages about 2 years in 10 episodes. Wasn't he in the same grade as Ma-ri or Da-ran's brother? Very sleepy episodes. I may wait until the show ends before marathoning the rest.