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On November 4, Kansai Television announced that a sequel to the medical drama “Unmet: A Brain Surgeon’s Diary,” starring Hana Sugisaki, will air on the Fuji TV network starting this January. The show is a live-action adaptation of a manga written by a former brain surgeon, and since the first season had already reached a tidy conclusion, the sequel announcement sparked mixed reactions on 5ch — some mourning that “it ended so cleanly” and others eager for “a drama beyond imagination.” Discussion also drifted beyond the show itself, touching on Sugisaki’s past roles and the fact that the two leads, who become a couple in the story, ended up dating in real life as well.
Sequel to Hana Sugisaki’s “Unmet” Confirmed — Picking Up “That Day” from Season One, Aiming to “Deliver a Drama Beyond Imagination” [Comments Included]
On the 4th, Kansai Television announced that a sequel to “Unmet: A Brain Surgeon’s Diary,” starring Hana Sugisaki, will air starting this January as the new Monday 10pm drama on the Kantele/Fuji TV network.
The live-action drama is based on the manga of the same name, written by former brain surgeon Yuzuru Koshika with art by Kanjin Otsuki.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
The live-action Ikura-chan (the baby from Sazae-san — 'ikura' means salmon roe, so the salmon joke continues).
but rewatching season one just to catch up sounds like a hassle too.
'Meoto' ended up doing worse than its first season too.
Both this one and 'Meoto' got decent buzz from their first seasons, so a sequel isn't that strange.
Though 'Meoto' got way too lovey-dovey compared to season one — kind of creepy now.
Sugisaki Hana is cute, sure, but the premise is way too far-fetched.
Feels like every drama Sugisaki Hana headlines flops.
I remember the story being mediocre last time too — dropped it after episode one.
The kind of 'success' that's basically just in your head.
The Battleship Island drama had great acting from Sugisaki and a great recreation of the island, but
the script was so bad I was irritated the whole way through.
Great material, completely wasted.
Wasn't Fuji TV supposed to be finished after that Jiro Sato drama?
It's not a Fuji TV in-house production —
it's made by Kansai Television.
she's really grown into a beauty 🙃
but I'll watch it anyway.
and I remember losing track of which manga I was even reading.
I think Morning was running like three doctor manga at once back then.
It ended so cleanly that I'm happy about the sequel but also a bit nervous.
Her dad's 'Shake' (salmon), so he went by 'Salmon Kogure.'
Actually it's the other way around — apparently she asked to have her real-life boyfriend cast as her co-star.
Unlike dramas made directly by Fuji TV, Kansai TV productions are often actually worth watching.
Light makeup, playing a country girl — but that's exactly what makes it work.
The confession scene in that drama was the best I've seen in recent years.
The drama as a whole was mediocre, though.
I bet it's popular less as a 'doctor drama' and more in the 'terminal illness drama' lineage.
It's written by a former brain surgeon who wants people to understand brain disorders, so
the patient portrayals are detailed and realistic, while the medical side is pretty sloppy — or rather, exaggerated for dramatic effect.
Honestly I might want that one more.
But the video rental shop from that show has probably gone out of business by now.
Background and Key Points
“Unmet” is a manga written by former brain surgeon Yuzuru Koshika with art by Kanjin Otsuki, depicting brain surgery and the disorders patients live with. The drama adaptation had already reached a tidy ending with its first season, so the thread held both calls to “leave it alone since it ended so cleanly” and real anticipation for the sequel. Several posts also noted that the production company is Kansai Television, not Fuji TV itself — a network-affiliate-versus-production-company distinction that’s easy for viewers to misread. Sugisaki Hana, meanwhile, has appeared in buzzy titles like “Diamonds Sleeping in the Sea” and the “Battleship Island” drama, where the writing is often more divisive than her performance — the same split between “excitement for her acting” and “worry about the script” showed up again here around the sequel.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary of the 5ch (Entertainment & Sports News+) thread “[TV] Sequel to Hana Sugisaki’s ‘Unmet’ Confirmed! Picking Up ‘That Day’ from Season One, Aiming to ‘Deliver a Drama Beyond Imagination’ — Starts This January.”
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