I think a lot of times dramas can be a hit or a miss for me because of the sucky relationship building in them. What drives me bonkers is when there's ALWAYS some sort of love triangle going on and they always seem to throw the two who do not go together with each other because it's ~*~FATE~*~. Ugh. Anyways, yep, I can definitely agree with what you said about the relationship Seiji had with his parents in Freeter, Ie wo Kau. I also thought his sister's relationship with both their parents was interesting. I think parent-child relationships can sometimes be a bit iffy in how they get portrayed in dramas. Like, sometimes they can be a bit too cliché or generic or something and not really explored and the parents' role gets shoved to the background. It definitely depends on the drama though too. Like in 1 Litre of Tears I loved both those parents. That whole drama was pretty family oriented though. I remember crying at the scene where Aya tried calling her mom and had trouble dialing the phone and her mom's mother instincts kicked in and she felt something was wrong and she drove to go see her :(

It's been a really long time since I've watched it so I can't remember if the relationship eventually turned into a romantic one, but I liked the relationship that developed in Kimi wa Petto. Granted I kind of thought the premise of their relationship was weird starting out, I liked how honest Momo and Sumiere could be with each other. He saw more to her than just that strong-willed, independent, cold person everyone else viewed her as and she was someone who pushed and encouraged him with his dancing. I also liked the friendships in jdramas like Nobuta wo Produce and Orange Days. The sibling relationship between Ryo's character and Erika's in Ryuusei no Kizuna was interesting too. There was a couple scenes where I was genuinely confused if he had feelings for her since she wasn't actually blood-related to him, but I think overall he viewed her as his sister and thank god nothing came of it. Aww I need to start watching more dramas again. I think the last one I saw was Boys on the Run in 2012 D:

I think besides just the male/female relationships it's interesting to look at same sex ones too when talking about non-romantic ones, because those kind of friendships and stuff can be just as important and have just as big of an influence on our lives as the romantic ones. Okay, so not a jdrama, but in Friends I love the friendships that all the guys have (especially Joey and Chandler) and all the girls have (Monica and Rachel). Like you can see just how SUPER close they are and how much they mean to each other and in some cases they're closer to them than they are their actual siblings and stuff. I also really love the sort of relationship that Sherlock and Watson have in Elementary and I will start smashing things if the show's writers ever decide to *spice things up* for ratings and try having them hook up.