"The Countdown to the Future 10 Seconds" has a fantastic lineup. Kimura Takuya, Mitsushima Hikaru, Uchida Yuki... Whichever one pulls out is a reason to be tempted. Two weeks after the broadcast, Douban scored 8.2. Although the ratings in Japan barely reached double digits, although it is not low, compared with the previous performance of actors of this level of Kimura Takuya, it can only be regarded as mediocre.

"The Countdown to the Future 10 Seconds" poster

Check out the synopsis before the broadcast:
Shogo Kirisawa, played by Takuya Kimura, was a talented boxer who won four boxing championships in high school, but he suffered repeated bad luck after that. When he reached middle age, he became a decadent uncle. By chance, he had to replace Ashiya as the coach of the boxing club of his alma mater Matsabadai High School. However, the once brilliant boxing club is long gone. Not only is the strength weak, but the principal is also planning to find a reason to cancel the boxing club. And the students of the boxing club, with all kinds of inconspicuous reasons for practicing boxing and almost non-existent combat power, are full of enthusiasm and want to participate in the high school boxing competition that will be held in two months...
I have to say that this plot is really old-fashioned, and it is not easy for people to be interested as soon as they come up. Unfortunately, the epidemic is closed at home, and there are not so many new dramas to watch. Let's take a look. As a result, hey, it's actually quite fragrant.
The first episode of the plot seems to be a very neat framework, with all the characters appearing, leaving enough room for various possibilities in the future.

Takuya Kimura as Shogo Kirisawa

Kimura Takuya appeared on the stage as a mourner, holding a negative attitude towards life that he could die at any time, but under the heavy entrustment of his former teacher, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes. From a former genius boy to fleeing with boxing gloves, what did he experience when he gave up his love of boxing? He met the boxing boys again in middle age, and how would he redeem a life that was at the bottom? It is probably the character line of this uncle in the play.

"Another hopeless day begins"

All the members of the boxing club are on the stage, seniors who have only the last chance in their third year of high school, girls who have a strong obsession with becoming stronger, nerds who want to meet the parents' "multi-sport" requirements, half-way players who have been practicing karate since childhood, every student will definitely Has its own youthful mourning. Boxing will become an outlet, an opportunity to give your best, a reason to gain strength to move forward.
Unsuccessful but very individual teachers meet a group of students who seem to have no future. They are all losers, each with a sad past, but because of a reason that can inspire a passion, they finally warm each other and achieve success and move towards counterattack. The story paradigm of the hot-blooded ending is all too common. "Dead Poets Society", "Spring in the Cattle Class", "Coach Carter", "School of Rock"...

Screenshot of "Countdown 10 Seconds to the Future"

But since it can achieve so many classics, it shows that this type of cover is effective enough. Next, let's see how the show fills these flesh and blood.
Although the plot is outdated, the Douban score of 8.2 is also considered a high-scoring Japanese drama in this round of spring. In addition to the innate bonus given by the actor's halo, it is undeniable that "The Countdown to the Future 10 Seconds" is still very capable of grabbing the audience in the handling of rhythm.
Judging from the two episodes that have been broadcast so far, each episode is first to die and then to burn. The first episode is a rooftop takeaway "suicidal" teaching a small gangster, and the student forced the coach to take action, his ribs were broken, and he cried with tears in his eyes; In the second episode, a new skill was suddenly launched, so that the person who thought he was just a hot-blooded boxing coach could teach "kebab economics" more abundantly, and unexpectedly showed the extra edge of Uncle Chai, and slapped some enemies. The face of the stumbling block. The feedback to the audience is that each episode brings some reasonable and unexpected reversals, full of refreshment.

Kebab Economics

The current progress, Kimura Takuya's character design is that each episode will become more abundant, at first it was a down-and-out boxer, a pizza delivery boy, and after an episode joined the barbecue restaurant owner, 8 years of political economy teacher's character design, And the story of this person's experience has not yet been fully unfolded. According to this number, there may be more slash identities to join the middle-aged counterattack's open life.
As the female lead of the show, Hikaru Mandao currently seems to be an intermediary perspective that guides laymen into the world of boxing. Knowing nothing about boxing, she temporarily became a consultant to the club. In addition to being a divine assist by Kimura Takuya and helping to cover up with the principal, every coach in club training gave instructions to the students, and it was also through the mouth of this role. Ask questions, get answers.

Mitsushima Hikaru as Orihara Aoi

Such a character setting, presumably in the future more professional training and entering the competition stage, are a good perspective to drive the audience.

Hikaru Manshima's son has appeared

At present, the character story line of Mr. Orihara played by Hikaru Manjima has not yet been launched, but the son has already appeared, and there should be a foreshadowing of the character arc of single mother women growing up, otherwise, in terms of current functionality, it would be a bit of a waste. actor.
Boxing is a sport that is easy to shoot with blood, and high school is the time when the second year is hot. In recent years, Japanese film and television dramas such as "Ah! High-scoring films such as "Wildness", "A Hundred Yuan Love" and "A Serenade" are all filmed with boxers as the protagonists.
In the past, there was Sugata Masaki's eyes that were about to overflow the screen, and Ando Sakura's brows and eyes filled with the rebirth of a trapped beast. What kind of explosive power can this boxer played by Kimura Takuya show? It's quite impressive. expected.
Looking at the world, good movies with boxing themes are not uncommon. In addition to the sensory stimulation brought by the fighting itself, the colors given by the actors to the characters, in addition to the prescribed procedures, show the inner waves under the fierce dynamic, all of which have their own merits. So, a boxer might be a touchstone-level character type.

"Hundred Yuan Love" poster

As for the group of children, currently each has a simple "appearance setting", and the melancholy in their youth has not yet unfolded. But the "coach ~ I want to play basketball!" type of desire such as "Slam Dunk" has already emerged. Everyone has reasons for needing to become stronger. The intertext between youth hormones and sports elements, given the current director's ability to control the rhythm, is easy to make people feel good-looking.

Stills of "The Countdown to the Future 10 Seconds"

You see, at this point, this drama review is like a big prediction of the future plot development. It is really that the screenwriter teacher's opening setting is too neat, too much like a grid manuscript that can write standard answers. However, the routine is true, and it is also true to look good. If the plot progresses in the future, if there are more surprises on the basis of flesh and blood, this new drama by Uncle Kimura Takuya is even more worthy of chasing.