The Days

I was drawn into the seriousness of the situation that the series present. Many people say it is too long and boring, but for me, if you look to see what really happened on that day and see it from the eyes of those who had to deal with the situation, it is absolutely worth watching. I don't feel that the characters are wooden, it's just the way Japanese people are when they have to deal with such urgency. They obey the commands promptly. I think the cast did great job.

By the way, you don't have to watch the series all at once. So it's not going to be too long if you are interested to know the detail of what happened. For me, the series blew me away. I didn't even know that such an event happened and so many people had to come together to stop it from escalating to the worst. It's an interesting true story that we can learn from.

In the first place don't compare it to Chernobyl.

It wrong to compare it.

Chernobyl has it accident, but Fukushima suufers a huge nature disaster, a historic earthquake of magnitude 9 accompanied by Tsunamis that came not only once but countless times destroying cities...

I completely agree when they say that HBO's Chernobyl is fantastic, that's in doubt. But it is a mistake to say that they completely the same stories and try to compare them.

I think they could have introduced more tsunami scenes around the Power Plant and in Fukushima. Maybe that would have removed this comparison between Chernobyl and THE DAYS.

Anyway, in my opinion, I LOVED IT.

People always expect a production with a Hollywood vision, but you have to remember that not all stories need to follow the same style.

They are different styles an its. It works

Anyway, great story and congratulations to the heroes who gave their lives to try to minimize the damage caused by so many factors in the Nuclear plant, even having lost their families, homes and city.

There are many good moments in this series, capturing the panic, sacrifices and deliberations that followed the Fukushima disaster. The heroic actions of the team is in plain view, along with the emotional impact on each character.

But that's also part of the problem. By episode six, I was becoming distracted because it seemed that every conversation, every event, every calamity is burdened by long periods of the characters thinking and ruminating.

I see the point of depicting the life or death decisions resulting in an almost shock but the overuse of silences becomes an irritant.

Otherwise, worth a look.

Yes, it had to have the inept advisors like all the shows of this type.

And it had the questionable politicians and business leaders. That's a given.

But it stays the course and delivers an enjoyable ride of technical expertise and problem-solving. This is NOT the Japanese version of the show Chernobyl. That show was much more focused on government ineptitude. If I had to compare it to another show, I would compare it to the Tom Hanks movie Apollo 13. Lots of "make it work with what we have" and grit and determination.

Sure, the end is a bit soft and a tad anticlimactic. But that's a good thing. A climactic finish to a movie about a nuclear reactor would be...umm...bad. And a BANG!

Could be a bit tighter, but the comparisons to HBOs Chernobyl are a bit unfair.

This mini series takes a more documentary/historically accurate approach, with drama being secondary. Nothing wrong with that approach, with this series I felt like i was in the control room and on the ground with the responders. Sure there were times it dragged and at times they did not need to show ALL the failed attempts and ALL the repetative discussions, but it added to the authenticity.

It wasn't a clean/typical, "found the issue, ok we solved it, day is saved" story, it goes through the numerous theories/trials/surprises/let downs that would naturally occur in a situation such as this.

If it is taken as a hybrid documentary/drama, it works well. Take it as a drama or documentary by itself and it becomes either dry or too drawn out.

Solid 7/10.