When a series is intelligently made with a valid script, it immediately involves the viewer, leading him to literally devour the episodes, as he feels involved in the events. This is the case of “Dragon Sakura”, a series recently landed on Netflix which is apparently the sequel to the one released in 2005 but never arrived in Italy.
The work is taken from the manga by Norifusa Mita, in which an impetuous lawyer and former motorcyclist Kenji Sakuragi (Hiroshi Abe) is contacted by one of his former students, Kumiko (Yurina Hirate), to teach in a high school, in great financial difficulty , to help students enter the prestigious University of Tokyo and therefore gain good publicity to encourage enrollments.
A special section is therefore created, in which we try to recruit those students who have the desire to pass the various tests leading to University.
A very engaging live series, with a subplot that is linked to the first season (we hope that Netflix broadcasts it), with charismatic and funny characters, among all the lawyer Sakuragi who uses unconventional teachings and does not mince his words when addressing students.
A non-trivial plot, in which the emotion involves all round, between humorous and sentimental moments, as well as some twists that make the title a masterpiece.
“Dragon Sakura”, due to how it starts and its evolution, immediately brings to mind works such as “GTO” and “Assassination Classroom”: this teacher-student relationship that always starts with generational conflicts and then evolves and arrives at a unique harmony , in which students rely completely on the professor, learning to “walk” on their own with their own strength and decide about their own lives.
A live series that highlights the panorama of the student world inherent to the fearsome university entrance tests, in which not only students but also families are involved. A dramatic reality and perhaps difficult for a Westerner to understand, so much so that in certain episodes you have to mentally enter into their conception to learn the essence of these trials that the protagonists face.
On platforms that broadcast so many titles, it’s fantastic to find a series that manages to positively surprise us.