5 ji kara 9 ji made ~ Watashi ni koi shita ikemen sugiru obôsan

Actually ended up enoying this drama once given a chance. This short 10 episode Japanese Romantic Love Story Drama is a little different than most of the ones I have seen. This story lacks any true sexy scenes - it has more innocent scenes with only 1 actual kiss at the end of the story. The first 2 episodes might offend some feminists as the conservative Monk Priest locks the girl that "he" decides should be his wife (it has to be her - as he describes it), in a room and won't let her out, in an attempt to get her to be submissive to his wishes.

The series is a balance between the different realm of extreme conservative values of the Priest vs. The more liberal values of the English teacher he wants for his wife who has a dream of going to New York and also side BL story lines weaved through the drama.

The main lead Tomohisa Yamashita who played the role of the Monk Priest. Takane Hoshikawa does an excellent job - serious persona and never has smiled until he finally falls in love. There is a funny humorous element to his naivety because of his sheltered upbringing but that is what give him his charms. First time in a long time that the FL in a J-Drama I have seen seemed like a nice match for the ML in both maturity and physically. One criticism I have is that even though it is a happy ending I think they should have just ended it at the kiss and could have left off the last dorky part at the end about New York. They took a perfect love story ending and added one little extra scene that just didn't need to be there.