JDrama Review: Love Shuffle

As I'm sure you know if your a JDrama fan that the actors of these shows get recycled and get paired up with the many different actors out there. For example actors from Gokusen could be paired up with actors from Hana Yori Dango to act in a totally new show. For this case you have actors/actresses from Bambino!, Hana Yori Dango and Nodame Cantible in one show. What's the show you ask? Well that would be Love Shuffle.

First off let me thank Queerbeet for subbing this show, and mass props to all the fansubbers out there. Support the fansubbers and not the streaming sites.

Now the whole premise of this show would not even be considered for American TV due to the fact of all the promiscuity going on. The show is about these 4 characters (3 guys and 1 girl), who all live in the same apartment complex. One day they get stuck in a elevator so they all introduce themselves and talk about their problems with their lovelives. Each has a problem with their current partner but are not really sure how to solve it. So what idea do the 4 come up with to solve their problem... exchange partners. Thats right, a total of 4 couples trade a partner for a week and do whatever they want. Now don't think its just them exchanging partners just to have sex all the time. On the contrary, this "Love Shuffle" is to see if their true loves were the first loves they started will. Will their faithfullness be tested, will bonds be broken? Anything can happen in the love shuffle.

Now what got me interested in checking out this Drama was seeing the commercial with all it's star power. I mean you got Chiaki from Nodame Cantible, one of the Members of the F4, and you have one of the chefs from Bambino. I really felt I had to see one episode. And I don't regret checking out this Drama. Watching this drama makes you realize how good Tamaki Hiroshi actually is. Because in Nodame Cantible, Tamiki plays as a really strong minded person. In Love Shuffle, he's more of a weakling. But when he plays his roles, he plays it to the tee.

The whole cast of characters is a interesting bunch, you have a really strong and straight forward woman, and weak minded businessman, a womanizing photographer, and a gentle psychiatrist. Now when watching this show, it will definitely not be straight forward. It won't be a exchange partners then choose type of story. Because they do add twist and turns to the show to make you really think, who will end up with who.

Normally I would gripe about how dramas being 11 episodes or less are too short. But for this one, I really think 10 episodes fit this series really well. The use of old school english love songs adds a extra touch to the show.

If you have enough time to watch 10 episodes and is a fan of any of the J-Actors mentioned above. I would recommend checking Love Shuffle out.