After reading about it on Scrumptious, I just had to give Miracle Train a whirl. My conclusion? A++ comedy, would watch again.
A generic-faced girl named Chinatsu loses her dog Kotaro, so she follows him into the train only to find out she’s on the CASH CAB Miracle Train. All of a sudden she’s surrounded by bishounen, and is puzzled. I would have been FREAKED THE FUCK OUT, personally. So as the men, excuse me, train stations introduce themselves, all I’m thinking is RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE.
The bishounen, sorry, train stations, say, “Miss, you look troubled, how may we help you?” (I THINK SHE LOST HER DOG.) So they go on a trek through like half of Tokyo to find said lost dog, when Conductor (creepy mask guy) says that her problem isn’t as simple as finding the dog. (I BEG TO DIFFER.) After going to high school Chinatsu lost all her friends so all she has is Kotaro, so losing him would be very distressing indeed. Otherwise known as fix the problem = find the dog.
Then you have a scene where Chinatsu tells Roppongi that she’s never been able to talk so freely with someone she just met. Roppongi says, “That’s probably because I’m…” He pauses for a moment, then the the most romantic thing EVER comes out of his mouth, “…a station.”
Yoshida: And he said, “…a station.” Yano: “REALLY?” Both and me: “AHAHAHAHHHAAAHAHA”
Well, they find Kotaro, back at Roppongi station. That’s a miracle of the Miracle Train for you! Takes half a day and who-knows-how-many-stops to miraculously find the dog where Chinatsu lost him.
I do believe I’ve found the show that is so bad it’s good — I was in stitches for half the episode.
