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With the drama “Legal High” now streaming on Fuji TV’s “FOD” service, discussion on 5ch’s Geinou/Sports News+ board turned to praise for the show itself, starring Masato Sakai and Yui Aragaki, as well as the discovery that popular actress Ai Yoshikawa had appeared as a child actor. Yoshikawa went on to appear in acclaimed works like “Gonzo,” “Antarctica: A Chef’s Tale,” and “Suzuki Sensei,” before later breaking through as the lead in an NHK morning drama. The thread drew a wide range of reactions looking back on the show, including comments from people who signed up for the ¥100 first-month campaign, complaints about the FOD app running slowly, and regret that a sequel was never made.
September 1, 2026
“It’s streaming now so I watched it again for the first time in a while — genuinely still great.”
“Nice one, Fuji TV!”
Source: news.livedoor.com / Original article here
What people said
Same, Netflix would've worked too
Is it because Taguchi was in it?
That role was really great, wasn't it
She was basically the definition of a child prodigy actor
It was ¥100 last month
I was in it for Galileo, but once they recast the partner role it got kind of meh
Wonder if that was before or after Antarctica: A Chef's Tale
Also, in order:
Gonzo (2008)
Antarctica: A Chef's Tale (2009)
Suzuki Sensei (2011)
Legal High Special (2013)
That's the sequence, and besides those she's kept appearing in pretty famous dramas and movies every year since her child-actor debut
Oh, the kid from 'Is There Love There?'
Oh, that's her all grown up
I've seen every episode but never noticed
Guess I'll rewatch
You could've told me sooner
That movie got re-released recently and she made a surprise appearance at an event for it
That brings back memories — I watched Antarctica: A Chef's Tale on opening day at a Shinjuku theater hosting an event, right after pulling an all-nighter for work
Couldn't catch the stage greeting though
Wasn't expecting much, but the movie was so good I ended up wishing I'd seen the event afterward
Glad I got to see footage of it recently lol
On top of that, it just spins and spins at night and won't play at all
No other service does this
This is exactly why Fuji TV gets mocked
U-NEXT buffers a lot too
Wonder if my player still works
You should just convert them all to mp4
And it was ¥100 just a few days ago
But that's how we got Confidence Man JP instead
You could say they made money off the box office and by selling the overseas remake rights
And it let them make the anime Great Pretender too
The chemical plant episode was the best
The part where he rile up the old man, I could watch that on repeat
All the specials are up too
Background and Discussion Points
FOD often runs limited-time campaigns, such as a ¥100 first month, when it begins streaming existing titles, and it seems many people in this thread signed up specifically because of that. The main focus wasn’t so much the show’s content as the discovery that Ai Yoshikawa had appeared in it as a child actor — replies went on to trace her subsequent roles in acclaimed works like “Gonzo,” “Antarctica: A Chef’s Tale,” and “Suzuki Sensei,” turning the thread into a rediscovery of her career before she broke through in an NHK morning drama. At the same time, several commenters flagged the FOD app’s sluggish performance, making complaints about the viewing experience more prominent than complaints about the show itself — a notable feature of the thread. There were also plenty of comments looking back on the series itself, including reassessments of Masato Sakai and Yui Aragaki’s performances at the time and speculation on why a sequel was never made, giving the thread more depth than a simple nostalgia trip.
※This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Drama “Legal High” Starts Streaming on Fuji TV’s “FOD” — The Popular Morning-Drama Heroine Who Actually Appeared as a ‘Junior High Student’ Before Her Breakthrough.”
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