About JDrama: Risk no Kamisama/ God of Risk (2015)

We aren't Gods. We can't save everyone and everything
(Kagari Kaori)

Director: Junichi Ishikawa

Writer: Hiroshi Hashimoto

Stars: Toda Erika, Tsutsumi Shinichi, Morita Go, Furuta Arata, Shiga Kotaro

Episodes: 10

Broadcast network: Fuji TV

Aired Time: July 8 - September 16, 2015

Sinopsis: "The God of Risk" is a sensational social entertainment drama that revolves around Saigyoji Satoshi, a legendary expert in the field of crisis management who is known as "The God of Risk". Satoshi worked in crisis management for General Electric in the U.S. and for the Japanese government. Trusting in Satoshi's exceptional skills and professional talent, Sunrise, one of the largest general trading company in Japan, hires Satoshi to deal with the company's numerous problems and scandals. Meanwhile, the heroine Kagari Kaori is an intelligent, career-oriented woman who fluently speaks several foreign languages. After graduating from Tokyo University, Kaori has been working for Sunrise for 10 years. Despite her young age, Kaori earns an executive position of the new product development department. However, she soon faces a crisis: a recall on a next generation battery product. Now, Satoshi and Kaori must work together to deal with the company's recall nightmare (Fuji TV)

I'm a fan of work-drama ever since I watched Hanzawa Naoki several times ago and that's also why I have a bit higher expectation when I started to watch one. Actually, when I find out about this drama, I also have rather high expectation for it since the casts of this drama are the ones who always present me with stunning performance. Unfortunately, it turns out that this drama is pretty mediocre, almost doesn't leave me with impressive feeling. Well, in some points, this drama is quite entertaining but, I expect more than just 'quite' because of the casts. Quite disappointed here, but it's watchable

Nice performance, but oddly unimpressive. Can be better than this. The conflict in the drama is common. I mean, there is a hella drama with this kind of conflict, so if you're expecting something new in the drama. No, you can't find it, It's just the similar pattern of drama that you usually find the drama. Actually, I also find a bit of plothole in this drama. There's several things that are being left unexplained and that what makes some notions prepared in the pilot episode just disappear without any trace. The character of Kagari Kaori played by Toda Erika suffer this kind of trap. At the very first episode, her characteristics and life is well-built. But, it's failed to be explored further since the following episodes mostly talk about the life of the other hero, Saigyouji Satoshi. The drama is not that well-balanced and does not talk more about the importance of Kagari Kaori character in here and how she's ended up with the ambitious characteristic which later on make her cornered and have to face a shameful experience. I mean, there must be balanced proportion in portraying the life of the protagonists in here, Kagari Kaori needs to be explored more. This drama is lack of that thing.

About the plot, like I just said before, one by one episode is about the hero and heroine try to solve the problems around the company which eventually help them to find sole problem. AND like the other dramas, the perpetrator is not the one who looks like the good guy. Yeah, you'll know right away. It's up to you to decide if you want to watch this movie or not but, I'd hope you won't be have the similar feeling like me which this drama leaves me with a bitter taste.