What are the best comedy or school Japanese dramas?

What Japanese dramas do you recommend?

• I am looking for some good Japanese dramas. I prefer serious ones (especially the really sad, bittersweet ones), and I'm not really interested in comedy or dramas about high school life... My favorite dramas so far are: Hoshi no Kinka Pure Tokyo Love Story Summer Snow Hitotsu Yane no Shita Beautiful Life Dare ni mo Ienai Can anyone recommend another Japanese drama like these?

• Answer:

  For some really sad Japanese dramas, you cant go wrong with these two: - Ichi Ritoru no Namida (１リットルの涙 / 1 Liter of Tears) Description: "Based on a true story. This story is about a girl named Aya who suffered from an incurable disease, but lived life to the fullest until her death at 25. The original story is based on the diary Aya kept writing until she could no longer hold a pen." - Sekai no chuushin de, ai wo sakebu (世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ/Crying out Love, in the Center of the World) Description: "Returning home to see his old high school for the last time before it is demolished, Saku confronts anew the loss of the love of his life, Aki, to leukemia 17 years ago. Now a medical researcher at graduate school, he has been living as if half of him died with her since then. Based on the bestselling novel that sold over 3 million copies, the past and present come together in this love story that is both pure and sad." Sekai no chuusin won many many awards. But be prepared to watch with a box of tissues, it's a tearjerker! For some great sites on Japanese dramas visit these sites: - http://jdorama.com (this site is great because they have a top 50 drama ranking list where you can get more recommendations!) - http://www.d-addicts.com (great site to discuss and download english subtitled dramas)