It is probably too late to put up a review of Legal High now, considering the drama aired more than one year ago. However the airing of the second season of Legal High prompted me to write a review. Plus I was unable to find a detailed review (good or bad) about Legal High.

To be completely honest, when Legal High aired last year, I had no intention of watching it. Something about the poster (and Sakai Masato's hairstyle) put me off. Seriously Aragaki Yui looks weird! I watched it for the sole reason that I had nothing else to watch. The japanese dramas of the last few seasons have not piqued my interest at all. I almost began to feel that the quality of Japanese dramas were declining off late.

Anyway, ramblings aside, let's get down to business. Legal High is about a money/women-loving, winning-obsessed, fast-talking, rude, extravagant and spend-thrift genius lawyer Komikado Kensuke (Sakai Masato) who, besides all these adjectives has peculiar quirks (fear of heights, tone-deaf, etc). Calling him rude is actually being polite. He has absolutely no qualms demanding exhorbitant payment for his services and always wins cases. Justice is the winner, according to him.
Of course, in such scenarios there always is a do-gooder, hardworking lawyer who believes in helping people get justice (or some such naive notion) and in Legal High that person is Mayuzumi Machiko (Aragaki Yui).

Surprisingly, Mayuzumi was not as annoying as I expected her to be and the arguments between her and Komikado are extremely hilarious. Each episode contains a case which Komikado defeats the opposing lawyer who is usually appointed by the Miki Law Firm headed by Miki Choichiro (Namase Katuhisa). Miki-sensei's aim in life is to defeat Komikado for some unknown/mysterious reason.

Although the writers have done an excellent job, the prize (for keeping me hooked to this drama) goes hands-down to Sakai Masato. He is absolutely brilliant as Komikado Kensuke (bizzare side-swept hairstyle and all). His dialogue delivery at break-neck speed, skipping and twirling about, exaggerated facial expressions are all hilariously done without seeming as over-acting. I have heard complaints about Aragkai Yui's acting before, but personally, in this drama I think she has done well and her character balances the weirdness of Komikado very well. Namase Katuhisa rocks the villain role as usual (even if his villainy is not so comical in this as it was in Gokusen). Even Taguchi Junnosuke performs well in the small role he has.

Sakai Masato may have become a hit in Hanzawa Naoki, but his acting in
Legal High cannot be discounted.

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