Gakeppuchi Hotel (2018)

The Great Reversal!

This is one of the few times where I have been extremely invested in a story of any kind. It was really wonderful to watch a "behind the scenes" look at how a hotel is always thinking of their guests with consideration! A type of story rarely seen recently, I think, the "behind the scenes" one; but it was amazing to watch how everyone worked very hard to muster up all their courage, pride, motivation, and excitement to create the greatest hotel reversal.


The heartfelt charm and magical skills of each staff member was fantasy like, as if they really went through hotel staff training for their roles. It was really enthralling and exciting to watch them make beds, diligently work hard in their respective area(s), and power through the difficult moments. If you're looking for political or bureaucratic then this is not the story for you.... This is the story of a phoenix of sorts.


The music really added to the charm of the story, creating intimate moments and even suspenseful ones. There was some mystery within this story; episodes 6 and 7 had me on the edge of my seat, and episode 8 was really special! The atmosphere and the sharp attention to detail within this hotel were so amazing to watch as the staff cared for each guest, the hotel itself, and their ally's and coworkers was so sincere and full of respect, admiration, and genuine care that it was almost tangible through the screen!


This story is full of hope, wonder, and magic~ definitely not one to be missed on story alone; I laughed, cried, got mad, worried, and had almost had anxiety a couple of episodes. This story is full of the unimaginable and yet somehow is the most real, unique, and straightforwardly genuine group of people who truly care about their work, their friends, and their guests

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I appreciate this drama so much. I first started it expecting it to be a sad and very serious story! but what I found was a lighthearted, funny, full of lessons drama. Such a banger!!

I liked the story line, all the characters and how they were built up, the story is not that original but how they executed is was what made me appreciate the effort. Even the last episode how things unfolded was not expected, I expected a more dramatic full of problems ending but it was actually funny and emotional in a different scale.

I deducted minus points for acting bc I didn't like the front desk guy's face + acting, sometimes Iwata's acting also bc he always had the same expression when things were emotional lol

Overall, I like this drama, I like Nakamura Tomoya's character the best

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Heartwarming romantic drama

Lovely heartwarming drama set in beautiful hotel and surroundings with eccentric quirky characters and nice stories： any romantic like me will like this〜after first few episodes about revival of the hotel there mainly very good episodes on individual themes which worked quite well and enough variety to maintain interest but I think it was the characters and their development which provided the main interest 〜〜where is this hotel I would really like to stay there I must reserach！theme music by American singer only thing I don't like but give 5 for other waltz music〜

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..A HOTEL IS A PLACE TO CREATE MEMORIES AND TO MEET PEOPLE..

..this is a story of a hotel that going to sink due to its unpleasing status where the staffs itself are the reasons - they work individually in a sense that it's makes them comfortable and that's who they are..
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..we may all relate on this not only on a hotel but from anywhere..
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..where a specific person visit on it, hence, the name of the hotel - the grand reversal happens..
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..at first, I do love the lineup of casts, they are all familiar to me plus the plot of the story..
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..each episode, a certain character is involve to turn an event, an exchange of heart - realizing one's self, the weaknesses, the strengths..
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..each episode always made me cry, when a certain glance of happiness is involve, when a guest encounter their satisfaction of the place, indeed, it creates memories to remember and to treasure..
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..the ending is just right and acceptable - I am not expecting on it since I watch another series with this kind of a decision of the ML (Yosuke Eguchi's Dinner - a restaurant drama)..
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..the staffs, the guests, they are all part of a family - to be treated well, to respect, and to love..
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..this series is another masterpiece to me - all the persons involved on this, you are all magnificent..

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Holy smokes, I bawled at the end. I bawled so hard. This drama hit so many right spots for me. The whole found family thing with the hotel staff was the best, the way they overcame so many difficulties, the way the learned to stick together and trust each other... and in the middle of it all, Iwata Takanori's Ukai, their quirky good fairy, so to speak.

I think that one of my favorite moments happened in ep 9, when the news crew visited the hotel and started spreading rumors about Ukai and so he decided to tell them the truth about what happened to him in the previous hotel where he had worked, how he was sabotaged there - and then they all closed their ranks around him, they were all there for him the way he had been there for them before. And it was simply wonderful.

And then the ending. Like I said, it made me bawl, because it was so good but also so very bittersweet that my heart ached. Because Ukai came to love them all so much... but! He was someone who couldn't live without a dream and since they all helped him fulfill his, he felt... empty all of a sudden. So he asked the general manager and then all of them to, please, let him go so that he could find a new dream... Gosh, that hurt. But it was also so touching and wonderful because, yeah, they would all miss him terribly but most of all, they wanted him to be happy, even if it meant he would leave. And I think that's the definition of a true affection.

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Good lord, the overacting in this. I would say that Toda Erika was the only sane person in this show except that she somehow agreed to be in it.

The overacting was acutely cringeworthy, far surpassing that seen in the likes of Tamiou or Keibuho Yabe Kenzô. And it’s unfortunate, because episode 2 centered on one of those deeply human moments that made seasons 1 and 2 of Code Blue so compelling. Regrettably, the brick-to-the-face acting of everyone but Erika made this unwatchable.

I have friends (heck, family members) who won’t watch Asian dramas because of the Japanese reputation for overacting. I have never had much of a problem with what on reflection I suppose some Americans would see as overacting—Nodame Cantabile, Gokusen, good ol’ Moriyama-sensei from DOCTORS—but this show crossed the line for me and my spouse; in fact it stepped so far beyond it that had we watched any longer it would have retroactively sullied Ryo’s spellbinding performance in Code Blue.

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