After almost drowning in a sea of tears while watching Innocent Love I decided that the next Japanese drama I would check out after that would have to be more cheerful. Stand UP!! is a drama that is as cheerful as they come and with a plot synopsis that caught my attention I decided to give it a watch and I happy to report that I do not regret doing so.
Stand UP!! Plot Synopsis
Summer holidays are about to begin and a group of four friends who grew up together; all sixteen year old find themselves being the only virgins left in in High school and due to that are teased and ostracized by their peers. A female friend of theirs who they competed for as young boys suddenly return to the neighborhood and join in on their summertime adventures involving friendship, love, family, life and so many more experiences and lessons.
The main gang in Stand Up!!
Meet the Cast
The main character in Stand UP!! is ShÅhei who has an unhealthy crush on his teacher plus a hyperactive imagination, Kenken gives new meaning to the word train freak, Udayan is an aspiring musician who likes peeking under girls skirts, KÅji is a very good soccer player and quite possibly the coolest within the gang except when it comes to talking to girls and finally Chie, the female friend who reappears suddenly and is seeking to reproduce her experiences growing up with the boys while hiding a dark secret. Mix in their parents, teachers, schoolmates and others and you have a very lively and funny cast that all play their roles well over the course of the show.
This teacher is known to cause elevated hormone levels in teenage boys all over the world
The immature, upbeat and family friendly story of Stand UP!! makes if a very memorable experience. I’ve had great experiences watching comedy themed Japanese dramas like My Boss My Hero and Akihabara@DEEP. Stand UP!! is another enjoyable and hilarious one that I enjoyed that you should watch too if you haven’t done so already.
ShÅhei is the main character in Stand Up!!
ShÅhei and his overactive imagination
I never got tired of the “flashy” antics of these girls on screen
[embarassed]
Ah! I love this drama, it’s definitely one of my favorites that I’ve seen so far. It’s cool that this particular show was filmed a while back and people can still connect to it and appreciate it’s humor.
O yea, and thanks to your Nobuta Wa Produce blog– I actually ended up watching it within a day.. thanks for the review!
you are welcome, Nobuta Wa Produce was an awesome drama and one of the first I saw.
There’s a really good High School drama playing right now called Samurai High School. It’s really entertaining and funny. I think you’ll like it. Check it out!
Plot synopsis here: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Samurai_High_School
looks like a fun watch. I’ll wait until all the episodes are complete and give it a watch, maybe a review of t will eventually end up here.
Sounds interesting!!! Now all I have to do is learn Japanese.
no need to learn Japanese, just download the subtitled versions like me ^^
You should try and watch Kisarazu cat’s eye.
It has a few of the same actors and the writer Kudo Kankuro is great.
I laughed so hard watching it.
But this is a fun series too, I felt so sorry for the guys because they really
did not have that much luck with girls.
haven’t been watching jdorama for a while. the last one we downloaded was a drag. hehe. this one sounds cool. ^^
Where can I watch this? Please reply: clare.yemail@yahoo.com
hi, where can i watch this. ive looked everywhere for it! and one thats not a torrent if possible. thankyou
Nino is so damn cute heree! Yamapi too! And this is extremely hilarouss~ I wanna rewatch it TT