Asuko March!

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Takei plays Nao Yoshino, a girl who fails the entrance exams of her target high school. She winds up enrolling in a technical high school called Kenritsu Asuka Kougyou Koukou, also known by the nickname "Asukou." Out of the 148 entering freshmen, only three are girls, and Nao is the only one in her class. --Tokyograph

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Takei Emi (Yoshino Nao)
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Matsuzaka Tori (Yokoyama Yujin)
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Gouriki Ayame (Aizawa Momo)
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Furukawa Yuki (Kishi Tetsuro)
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Ishida Takuya (Satomi Hirose)
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Minami Keisuke (Wajima Tsuyoshi)
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Feb 4, 2012 9 of 9 episodes seen

vereelimee
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I'm a sucker for an underdog. The story focuses half on her fitting in and half on her love life.

The character building was wonderful as she realizes that she wants to be true to herself and be a female laborer. Her being at a nearly all male school adds the laughs, but it's more heartwarming than anything else. While this hit a sweet spot with me because I miss the days that I spent in machine shops building robots, there wasn't much technical info to absorb.
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Jan 16, 2012 9 of 9 episodes seen

rad_lisette
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The plot from Asuko March reminded me of a harem manga or anime. A girl (Takei Emi) who enters an all-boys technical high school. Even though there was the designated male lead and the secondary male character, I felt like Takei could have been paired up with any guy and it would have made some sort of sense.

In terms of plot, the drama is quite generic and predictable. Some unexpected twists and turns would have been appreciated.

Takei Emi, who plays the main character, is quite pretty. But her acting seems to be a bit lacking but I will forgive her since she is just a newbie at acting.

The male lead wasn't my cup of tea. Yes, he was charming and handsome but I wasn't interested. So by the end of the drama, I was a bit disgruntled that Kaku Kento (the secondary male) wasn't going to get much love. I was seriously rooting for his character throughout the entire drama. Sigh.

Overall, an okay drama. It is quite watchable but it is nothing brilliant or groundbreaking either. read more
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They both have the punk/yanki type boys with pipes. The main characters are both females. Same idea of one female among a full class of males. The female tries to aid the males. The males constantly try to show their manliness and often refuse help.
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Comments (13)

asliceofkate 21 days ago
Much more serious than I thought it would be before watching, but I liked it.

I'll rewatch it again at some point to see more of Kaku Kento. He was great.
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Moniisek Apr 9, 2012
This represents majority of my reasons for watching asian dramas! "wisdom in jokes" kinda stuff and plenty of eye-candy in such unreal world. But still, I thought Nao should've ended up with Tamaki. I found Aruto's behaviour annoying...too many times he was just using his good looks in order to win Nao's heart so that didn't convince me about a serious love. Even though it was kinda obvious it would end this way..I was a little bit disappointed. But apart from that, one of my favourite dramas!! Btw, Nao's grandpa is AWESOME!

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Bunnij Mar 30, 2012
At first i fell in love well mostly with Tori This drama was boring at times and the lead girl had no personality and the ending was lack luster though i didn't like this drama ill only thank it for showing tori lol
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smilexeffect Mar 2, 2012
this was totally cute to watch. i really like how it shed light on the topic for those with working families, and a girl's acceptance of this different lifestyle.
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yankumicho Jan 9, 2012
This drama is just LOVE! I really enjoyed it, and seriously got second male character syndrome (Kakukento is love).
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Hayley Jul 7, 2011
it was awesome.. hope there'll be a second season! :) <3
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Filo Jul 6, 2011
aw... this drama was great :3
really iteresting idea with this school.
I liked the characters
And the songs from Funky Monkey babys *.*

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Kadrama Jul 2, 2011
I really really like this. Wasn't what I was expecting for sure AND it's the first JDrama I can actually make sense off. Up till ep 5 or 6 I was Tamaki all the way but now I've defected to Aruto's side ;) Sorry girlies
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neko0o Jun 20, 2011
i can't wait the next ep <3 i like this drama ^^
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koi.no.michi Jun 14, 2011
i absolutely ADORE this drama~
i mean, you cant beat a drama with tori, kakuken, keisuke, and nagayama kento~
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Melwill28 Jun 11, 2011
This drama is soooo different from others I've watched concerning certain areas. I am totally interested and can't wait for more.
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xlovelight Jun 7, 2011
love it~ im having second lead syndrome though, i'm in love with tamaki!

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DoramaNoDaisuki<3 May 6, 2011
looovin' it already!!!!^^
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