Sunday, October 2, 2011

Don Quixote [ep 11 End]


The show has finally come to an end. A quite satisfying end I’d say. The show’s been pretty consistent in delivering, at least I find it very humorous and jokes aside, there are things to learn from it too. But at least the moral values aren’t slapped on your faces like some shows do when they keep on preaching toward the end every episode. Instead, they took the unconventional way to deliver it to viewers, mixed with comedy that’ll send you laughing non-stop.

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In the last episode, Sabashima finds himself torn between a case involving a hygene-freak mother whose child has never left home except to the hospital for medical checkup and also the upcoming Gangster Card Game to determine the next President. Since Shirota doesn’t really play cards, Sabashima provides support by counselling them before the big day. On the same day too, Sabashima is put in charge of the back-up plan because they plan to ‘kidnap’ the poor kid from the mother during their hospital visit. I was thinking that shouldn’t the action itself amount to kidnapping? I don’t know but the way they try to snatch the kid away from the mother right there is a bit forceful, though I understand that’s the only chance when the kid’s separated from the mother. 

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Meanwhile, during the Card game…okay, seriously…CARD GAME? I was thinking the ‘sealed thing’ will be something more scary? I mean, they’re yakuza! I’m thinking between the lines of swords and say..guns? lolz…but it’s okay because at the end, they did serve us with those. Because when yakuza is involved, you cannot end the show without any swordfight or guns! xDD

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When both sides reach a tie, Sabashima (in Shirota’s body) is chosen as the 6th representative, and him being him, he lost because of a false start sighhh… but either way, I don’t mind even if he didn’t actually win. After the current President announces that he'll decide the winner at another time, one of Ajisawa's followers hires an assassin to Sabashima's turf to kill him. Hyodo rocks with the sword!!! Even if the part how he blocks each and every one of the flying bullets with the sword is too good to be true. Finally we get to see some yakuza fighting.

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As for Sabashima, despite losing at the Cards Game, he successfully saves the kiddo with a bicycle lol. I like the bicycle part a lot actually. The little stroll around town, stopping by and watching whatever other people is doing. It’s really cute to watch them both on a bicycle and him talking to a kid. As rough as he is, he has his own soft side, and that’s what I like about Sabashima.

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Case is solved when the kid tells the mother how she loves the outside world and gets to see a lot of stuffs. Well of course you get to see different things when you're trapped in a four sided walls with enclosed shutters and the only smell you know is the anti-bacterial spray. 

Since the show's ending, there should be some closure to the characters. Sachiko finally gets her first key. I like how it resembles something very important and sweet to her considering the fact that she doesn't have a home. But the Chief gives her a duplicate of her house key with the excuse that she can stay over to study.

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Sachiko finally has a place she can call home...


And the finale, especially when Yakuza is involved cannot just end blissfully right? At least, not without something huge...or rather, like what Sabashima would say "Pwak dong bang!" Whatever that is. We get another wave of attack toward Sabashima (in Shirota's body) and how convenient for the kids to cross at the same time the attack happens. But I sure love how Sabashima rushes to cover a kid left behind in the chaos. It's the instinct that I respect him for. It's like a reflex already for him to protect kiddos when before, I don't think he'd even dare to go anywhere near the shooter. However, I find it odd that the shooter aims at him instead of Sabashima's body! That's weird! Unless the shooter is a lousy aim.

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A little dramatic scene before the end

The whole time I was watching him lying there, in pain, I can't help but laugh! Because I knew there's no way he'd die like this. And with the nature of the show, it will be a happy ending. So it didn't come as a surprise when suddenly, the familiar dark clouds come again, just like the first episode, and their souls change back to their original bodies. 

So they get their original bodies. Though there'll only be two possibilities, one is they go on living each other's lives, another is to have their bodies returned. Either way, it doesn't matter to me actually. A bit cliche no doubt to have their bodies back, but the final scene is amusing. We get to see Hyodo and Nishi-yan with the exact same condition as they are back in ep1. 

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Overall thought:
This has been a good show. The premise is simple but with the funny plot and of course, both Shota and Takahashi really makes it all the more amusing to watch. I haven't been that much interested in the previous dramas Shota was in because he didn't stand out there, but this has got to be my favorite of his. I feel like the show's tailor - made for him and Takahashi. Of course, a lot of exaggeration are used because that's the whole point of the show. There are certain shows where exaggeration fails miserably but in cases like Don Quixote and the likes of Nodame Cantabile, the more is better. And it works perfectly with a balance of morale in between. There are serious times and there are times when humor is at its max.

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All in all, I truly enjoy this. I wonder if there'll be another season, but kinda unlikely since they're both back in respective bodies. But I won't mind watching another season of this. xD 

Overall Rating: 8.5/10

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