Good Luck!!

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Having achieved his life-long dream of being a pilot, Hajime is first officer on an international jetliner and is now working to become a captain. He can't seem to please Captain Koda, who has become an exacting taskmaster since an air incident many years ago. To complicate matters, he begins a relationship with stubborn and straight-talking mechanic, Ayumi, whose parents died many years ago in the plane crash for which Captain Koda feels he is responsible. What follows is a story of 21st century love, dreams, and passion.

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Kimura Takuya (Shinkai Hajime)
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Shibasaki Kou (Ogawa Ayumi)
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Kuroki Hitomi (Togashi Noriko)
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Kaname Jun (Abe Takayuki)
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Nakao Akiyoshi (Shinkai Makoto)
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Takenaka Naoto (Naitou Jane)
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Jan 7, 2012 10 of 10 episodes seen

Bladey
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- Overall 9
- Story 7
- Acting/Cast 8
- Music 7
- Rewatch Value 7
This drama was for me, in one word, interesting.

What I liked:

+Setting : it's an aviation drama, each episode has our main character, young pilot, facing a different situation which helps him to grow as a pilot
+determination is needed to achieve dreams
+responsibility is not about giving up for the sake of another, it is guiding another for his own betterment; learning from past mistakes is essential.
+ mentor-student and friendship relationships
+side story of a woman mechanic played by Kou Shibasaki
+side story related to Captain Koda of one of the chief of stewardesses
+ Good acting, Takuya Kimura in his element; he;s good at comic timing too, and Tsutumi Shinichi really interesting as a Captain Koda caught in the tragedy of past and pretty much troubled. He also learns a lot in the progress of the drama; other characters interesting too, and they make the show really fun to watch, everyone of them.

Tsutumi Shinichi received 36th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for this drama; Kimura was awarded 6th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (02-03) for Best Actor;

+some other pleasant side characters; glimpse into the world of pilots flying the airplanes that we fly
+it was simply interesting, it approached flying and airplanes from several angles and took some problems related to it.
+very touching at times, funny at others.
+everything really comes together, the side plots are highlighted and uncovered by the main character and he somehow manages to help piece them; it is one of thiose dramas that are more individual-centric.

Some issues I had:
-pretty standard construction: 8 episodes lead to a climax, 9 episode is a moment of suspension, episode 10 leads to a happy conclusion
-some scenarions I didn't think were very likely to happen, though they could perhaps.

overall very enjoyable and some interesting insights into airplanes; makes you realise that every time these people need to undertake a lot of not so easy decisions. It's the kind of drama were the actors are really able to work together to bring for us a very fun and interesting and also warm show. It kept me interested throughout.

It was one of the early dramas I watched and I really liked it.

The music served its purpose but is not really memorable. Nonetheless the drama did receive the 36th Drama Academy Awards for best Opening Theme and it fits the theme very well read more
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Take Care Of Us, Captain

They have the same aviation theme; Good luck focuses more on the development as a pilot and also on the mentor-student relationship and in general feels better done, offering a fuller range than Take Care of us captain. The focus i Good luck is more on that determination that drives one to strive for achieving the dream of flying, with everything else helping to make it more complete; in Take care romance is the sole focus, while everything else seems to serve just as a different background for what is otherwise a rather standard, though not entirely unpleasant, Korean romance drama.
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Farah 4 days ago
Loved this drama.
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sunflower63 Apr 15, 2012
for someone with the fear of flying like myself this drama was greatly inspiring and it taught me a lot. The acting of Kimutaku is brilliant as always and I have to say that I was particularly struck but the acting of Captain Koda who was just as fascinating.

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Bladey Mar 11, 2012
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- Farah 4 days ago
  Loved your review.Agree with everything you said.Some parts of the story were easily predictable,but it still is one of my favorite Japanese dramas.I loved the quirkiness of Kimura, cuteness of Shibasaki and the amazing chemistry between the two.I admire the way each character considered their own job important and estimable.Thnx for the nice review :)
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- Bladey 4 days ago
  Happy to hear you enjoyed it, Farah and thank you for your comment. There is smething relatable in thise characters, and what I fiund really interesting was the theme of shame and responsibility which privided a drive for them and for their reatioship. And one particular fragment when that question was said in the open, what actually is the way to be reponsible - not to quot but to work. It's like someone said when you have failed rejoive for you have been given a chance to raise again.
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Bladey Jan 5, 2012
I really enjoyed this one. It's a friendship and mentor-student driven story and also a story about clinging to your dreams and realising them in a very determined way and it is done in an unusual setting: passenger airplanes. Loved the idea Captain Koda, played by the great Tsutsumi Shinichi is really convincing. I liked this.

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- NinaJade82 Mar 10, 2012
  Bladey your recommendation has made want to watch Good Luck!! once more... I have watch twice already and I love it. My favorite drama from KimuTaku haha... I haven't seen Take Care Of Us, Captain, but I figured I wouldn't like it, and you have made me stick to my decision. Its not all about romance. ;)
  
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- Bladey Mar 10, 2012
  hahaha :D Well, I feel acomplished! thank you! :D Yes,...Take care of us captain takes some of the elements, clearly, from Good luck and changes them around majorly. Like there was an accident in the past The difference is the character is a woman pilot (who was very affected by that accident) and essentailly she falls in love with the young Captain figure (who participated in that accident) they both say they love flying but the drama really doesn't, to me, do it too well, there is some fying especially at the start but it gives way to the focus, which is romance and romantic trinagle, or rather square (two other characters: control tower person and a stewardess..)... in aviation setting and their somehat overdramatised backstories.
  
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- Bladey Mar 10, 2012
  Good luck I also watched at least three times by now, to be honest - I have to up my ratings a little- and I myself loved the Mizushima - KimuTaku's characters development/ friendship and the focus on growth as a pilot as well.
  
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- NinaJade82 Mar 10, 2012
  I loved the fact that they used a mechanic to represent flying as well... people always think of pilots and stewardess and so on, but mechanics are highly important, without them the plane wont fly properly, it can be dangerous so I really loved that about the drama. In fact, I think Japanese dramas for the most part focus in portraying humble professions like mechanics, office worker, factory worker, construction, craftsmanship, especially craftsmanship as it is one of the most basic professions.
  If you like that about the drama, there is a Kdrama that is not a comedy like this one, very melodramatic, but one of the best melodramas I have watched. Crazy For You, with Yoon Kye Sang. His character becomes a plane mechanic. :)
  
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- Bladey Mar 10, 2012
  So true, absolutely! Yes, I liked that too about the drama. And a woman mechanic too! You know, the thing I thought made TCoUC promising was the idea of a woman arliner pilot, there aren't many after all, either. That's why the development as a pilot would have been so important...and what I saw was not what I was hoping for. I liked Captain Koda's portrayal a lot too in Good luck,I loved Tsutumi Shinichi in that role, he made the perfect Koda. I will certainly give Crazy For you a try, I was actually thinking about it some time ago mostly because it reminds me so much about Crazy4You, the MDL user haha. But you just sealed my wish to watch it! ^^
  
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- NinaJade82 Mar 10, 2012
  Oh she would love to hear that since she also loved the drama. It is a nice story, mainly of love, and other things. The mechanic part is not really something huge about the drama, but its a connection for the two main leads. Hope you like it :)
  
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- Bladey Mar 11, 2012
  Well I do like romance dramas, that's why I am somewhat enjoying take care too - though there were really quite a few moments when I just rolled my eyes- it may seem different on the surface due to the very rare aviation setting but it;s really quite standard; it really has got nothing on good luck. I reported the earlier comment I made- since it's perhaps too spoilerific, but I still feel very accomplished that I'd encourage you to watch GL for the third time hahaha. ^_^ I'll let her know when I do watch it- I've seen her review now and I found myself nodding at when whe wrote that she started to watch it because of her usernmae lol.
  
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- NinaJade82 Mar 11, 2012
  Haha true... I happen to have met her years after I watched that drama, so whenever I would see her here I would think of that drama haha. Funny!! Let me know how you like it please :)
  
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