So, in my efforts to trudge ever forward toward being prepared for the JLPT N2 exam in December, I now have a new study tactic…well, it’s an old study tactic that I’m gleefully reviving, really: good old binge-watching Japanese dramas!
I worked my way through Antique Cake Shop, something I watched in college with a friend, usually after going to the market and buying massive amounts of cake to accompany the episodes.
And now I’m onto something new (to me, though I think it was made while I was still in high school): Dr. Coto’s Clinic. I feel like I’ve found the Japanese version of Northern Exposure (the best TV show ever made, of course). Lot’s of medical and relationship drama-rama, without that thing that drives me absolutely bonkers about most contemporary Japanese dramas. I’m not sure exactly how to describe what it is- a type of contrivedness, absurdism, something- that I can’t stand. But this show is simple and sweet and if it’s at times a little ridiculous, well, so maybe I’m indulging the cheese lover inside while getting some good language practice. Nothing wrong with that, right?
Westering 