Boku to Star no 99 Nichi was a drama I was looking forward to since I first heard about it. A beautiful star falls in love with her average joe bodyguard? Hell yeah! I love these kind of uninspired plot lines, if done well, and will never get tired of them. I finally got around watching to it and while I can’t say this drama is anything amazing, I still love it. I like that its just a cheesy, cliche riddled, predictable little rom com and its not trying to do anything more. It doesn’t take itself too seriously and its not ridiculously angsty,  and I hope it stays that way. Thus far, it’s a fun series to kill time with. The acting is overall OK, the music is gorgeous, and its pretty to look at. Plus it doesn’t seem to be dragging plot wise which is always appreciated.

What really makes this drama though are the wonderful characters. I admit to loving fried tofu quite a lot. I’ve only ever seen Sasaki Kuranosuke in the serious role of Hancho, and I admit I’m finding it hilarious to see him as Takanabe. What a nutcase, but he’s so harmless you can’t help but love him. I love his friendship with Kouhei (although its probably not a good thing they seem to have more chemistry together sometimes than either of them do with kim tae hee…). I love Kim Tae Hee here too. Not only is she looking gorgeous, but I find her character adorable, and I really admire her for obviously putting in so much effort to speak Japanese. I also like the way they work in the cultural differences- her cooking and making the food too hot, or not understanding certain words sometimes. I think they’ve handled it well. I find some of the side characters a bit of a plot device (the kids mostly) and wish that they didn’t spend so much time on them but its OK.

I could really ramble about this drama for a long time. I’m enjoying it, cliche’s and ridiculousness and all.