Review : Proposal Daikakusen

• Name : Proposal Daisakusen
• English Name : Operation Love ( or ProDai in short)
• Genre : Comedy and Romance (more to romance)
• Episodes : 11 and 1 Special Episode
• Actors : Yamahisa Tomohisa and Masami Nagasawa

This is my first J-drama that I ever watched and the drama that got me hooked on J-dramas. If it were not for this show, I wouldn't even be watching j-dramas now or even review them. I must say, this is a very good show. It starts off slow and boring, but after episode 1, the story keeps getting good and good. I finished the whole drama in one day and I really missed it after that. I watch this drama again sometimes when I am free, and it's just a very nice drama. It also has a special episode.

Discipline Teacher confiscate and drank his coffee milk. lol. cute

What It's About

It's about a pitiful guy called Ken Iwase who has a crush on a girl Yoshida Rei ( whom also feels the same for Ken). Throughout their time together, Ken never really appreciated Rei and confess his feelings for Rei. This goes on a few years, and one day Rei finally decides to ditch Ken and get married with another guy. Feel with regret and remorse Ken wishes to undo the mistakes he has done. A fairy appeared and granted Ken's wishes and let him travel back in time to undo his mistakes and change the future.

It has a special episode which is mainly about Eri and Tsuru. It also talk about Rei and Ken finally accepting each other after the awkward incident at the last episode.

Personal Thoughts

Ken is really an idiot. He couldn't even confess even after given a 2nd chance...and when all seems to be going really bad, he somehow makes it in time to correct the problems. Sadly, even after 10 episodes, he could never say or do something that could majorly change his future with Rei. Most of the time, the thing that changes are just Rei's complexion on the photo ( he time travels with the photo slideshow that was shown during Rei's wedding ). Like from sad to happy or crying to smiling. But despite his flaws, he is a very lovable character. Not because he is cute or because yamapi is good in his acting. But because he tries his best in all the episodes. Though he accomplishes little and even failed in some of the episodes, he gave it his best shot, and for that he earns my respect.

Photo of Rei and her fiancee. Guess who was looking while those 2 were enjoying themselves. :P

Ken Iwase.

To be honest it's not an easy task , imagine being dump by your girlfriend and then time travel back and end up having her dump you again. Imagine that you are trying to stop the another guy from proposing to your lover, but despite the best you could do the guy proposed to her IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN. There were a few times where he nearly gave up in his mission but in the end he didn't.

He also has tendecy of being just in time or last minute in everything he do. Near the end of the drama, he know he was running out of time and he was failing his missions one after another. He even repeated all his mistakes and went through everything he tried to prevent from happening. Desperate. He muster his bawlz (finally) and said the 3 words, but, it was too late. The girl rejected him, walked off and left him crying. :( That episode really moved me. I found him really pathethic but at the same time I really felt for him.

Missing subtitles. But he said "I still love Rei".

As for the girl, well she is good too. The actor acted really well. One look at her during the last episode and you know Rei was having lots of emotional turmoil in her. Rei habour feelings for Ken too for a very long time. Rei is also quite a stubborn girl. In the end, instead of blaming the main char for not being doing his best, she figures that she was also wrong too. She knows Ken is shy and is really dumb when it comes to stuff dealing with emotions. Despite everything the main char does for her, she still doesn't consider it a 'confesssion'. I mean, come on, a kiss and being asked out for a date. Isn't that already quite obvious he likes you ?

At the end of the episode, she realizes that it wasn't Ken fault that at all, but hers ( this was only true at the end of the drama, after all the time travel) , as she was the one who gave up Ken. Ken never gave up on her. Even a day before her wedding, Ken was still trying to make her his. Despite all he has done, she still rejects him. Up until now, the story gave us the impression it was Ken's fault that it turned out this way but now the table is turned.

Rei, after coming across the wedding ring Ken bought for her.

This show also talks a bit on friendship. It's fun to see how Eri, Ken, Rei, Mikio and Tsuru spends their time together. Their conversation and the friendship is funny and yet nolstalgic. Reminds people of their school days. It's really to see that they stay together from childhood till adulthood. Though I think their friendship is kinda far from reality. Most friends doesn't stay together forever. They get a girl friend, a job and finally a family. Each live their own lifes. Growing apart is just a matter of time. Soon you will so many stuffs to think about that you won't be thinking of your friends anymore. In a sense that I do envy the friendship those 5 share.

Conclusion

This is a really good show. Don't let other people tell you otherwise. The first few episodes might be boring, but it gets really good after that. It's a 20 out of 10 rating for me. It's that good. It's isn't all soppy ( incase you get the idea it is from my screenshots :P) , it has comedy in it. It's a funny show but it's the romance and Ken's determination that really makes the show worth watching. I can't remember how many times I strangle my LCD monitor, shaking it up and down, and screaming "OMG JUST SAY IT KEN ! JUST SAY IT !!! SAY IT!!!" on top of my lungs when I see how indecisive Ken can be. But as i said earlier this show is really good and the best episode, is the last episode. The screencaps for special episode is below. CONTAIN SPOILERS. so you can skip it if you are afraid of spoilers. ;)