Ryusei no Kizuna (Meteor Ties)

I guess its my bad. I was the one who brought this up in the first place. Hontou ni sumimasen minna :bow: I'll promise not to put up more spoilers from the novel even ones with spoiler codes^^ Coz sometimes even our opinions about it which are out in the open, can spoil it ne x)

Yes, I've watched Maou, tofu. Although I enjoyed it (esp. Ohno's acting *v*), but I felt something's lacking in the plot... maybe it lacks heart-warming moments, most of it are intensed moments and sad moments. Naruse Ryo has no bond with anybody, and kept being denial abt Shiori deshou? For example, in Byakuyakou, even though the main leads (Yamada-Ayase's characters) done alot of scary stuff, but they did everything for each other, they have no one in this world except each other, and that's what moved me. I guess, I prefer mystery stories where the main leads has a strong bond, coz that's the beauty of all :mrgreen: Like Sleeping Forest, Kimura Takuya and Nakayama Miho's characters had a strange bond, and the drama was directed beautifully as well.

I'm hoping something like this for Ryusei no Kizuna, and the title itself contains 'bond', anyway. The intensed parts were only in the beginning I think and you've read those chapters. The later chapters are on the siblings' interaction, interesting fraud activities, and Yukinari-Shizuna's love story. So I've continued reading, btw :mrgreen: And somehow Yukinari-Shizuna reminded of Katori Shingo-Takeuchi Yuko's relationship in Bara no nai Hanaya =P I'm supporting Yukinari-Shizuna's relationship! :woot:

But... these are up to Chapter 20 only... I don't know what else awaiting ahead :mrgreen: *continue reading*

yanie_chan wrote:I guess its my bad. I was the one who brought this up in the first place. Hontou ni sumimasen minna :bow: I'll promise not to put up more spoilers from the novel even ones with spoiler codes^^ Coz sometimes even our opinions about it which are out in the open, can spoil it ne x)

Yes, I've watched Maou, tofu. Although I enjoyed it (esp. Ohno's acting *v*), but I felt something's lacking in the plot... maybe it lacks heart-warming moments, most of it are intensed moments and sad moments. Naruse Ryo has no bond with anybody, and kept being denial abt Shiori deshou? For example, in Byakuyakou, even though the main leads (Yamada-Ayase's characters) done alot of scary stuff, but they did everything for each other, they have no one in this world except each other, and that's what moved me. I guess, I prefer mystery stories where the main leads has a strong bond, coz that's the beauty of all :mrgreen: Like Sleeping Forest, Kimura Takuya and Nakayama Miho's characters had a strange bond, and the drama was directed beautifully as well.

I'm hoping something like this for Ryusei no Kizuna, and the title itself contains 'bond', anyway. The intensed parts were only in the beginning I think and you've read those chapters. The later chapters are on the siblings' interaction, interesting fraud activities, and Yukinari-Shizuna's love story. So I've continued reading, btw :mrgreen: And somehow Yukinari-Shizuna reminded of Katori Shingo-Takeuchi Yuko's relationship in Bara no nai Hanaya =P I'm supporting Yukinari-Shizuna's relationship! :woot:

But... these are up to Chapter 20 only... I don't know what else awaiting ahead :mrgreen: *continue reading*

that's ok yanie-chan. we were asking for it :bonk:
yup... less spoilers the better. those who wants them better search it for themselves or ask in pm. i love spoilers but just for little plots here and there. the spoiler box here is not that effective in concealing the words :sweat:

I love Sora Kara, Sleeping Forest, when the story gradually blooms at a normal pace, rather than the high speed impending doom in Maou. But I must say, I've never seen a dorama with that much intensity in EVERY episode unlike Maou. Not sure about Byakuyakou but I don't think its the same. There still the bond between characters in Maou and the chemistry was intense' (Shiori/Naruse/Naoto) but it definitely lacked warmth. What's missing is more backstory on the Manaka family bond to emphasize more on Manaka Tomoo deep love for his family.

eeehh.. the "intense" parts were just during their childhood days? huhuhu.. i think i need to read a whole lot of chapters at once for me to feel for the characters. i felt detached with the story/characters by reading them a chapter at a time... it kinda falls flat :sweat:.

Ganbatte with your reading and translating yanie-chan :woot:

So, I've finally finished the book :beaten: Yokatta... what I've been worried about, didn't happen!! *winked at others who also worried abt it* :woot: HOWEVER... I cannot guarantee what's gonna happen in the drama^^

Apparently, the ending is something that depend on the readers' own interpretation and imagination. It wasn't stated clearly this or that. But I can accept it^^

Still, there are things I'm not satisfied with, so I'm really welcoming all changes and additions proposed by Kudo Kankuro!!^v^ Bring it on, KudoKan!!

One of the apparent is additional character named Hayashi George, doesn't exist at all, and Koichi doesn't work in the curry store at all in the book.


Tofuuuuu:
You've asked before whether or not Koichi disguised as something too? The answer is yes, twice, in urgent situations. But he trusted the main roles to Taisuke, coz he has no confidence in his acting skill^^

As for the intensed moments. Yes, apparently there were intensed moments many times in the latter chapters that make me went "yabaaai...", "damee...", "no way!" :mrgreen: But don't expect it as "Maou" intensed moments, coz the Ariake siblings are not killers, they're swindlers.

All in all... omoshirokattaaaa~~~ ^-^

yanie_chan wrote:So, I've finally finished the book :beaten: Yokatta... what I've been worried about, didn't happen!! *winked at others who also worried abt it* :woot: HOWEVER... I cannot guarantee what's gonna happen in the drama^^

Apparently, the ending is something that depend on the readers' own interpretation and imagination. It wasn't stated clearly this or that. But I can accept it^^

Still, there are things I'm not satisfied with, so I'm really welcoming all changes and additions proposed by Kudo Kankuro!!^v^ Bring it on, KudoKan!!

One of the apparent is additional character named Hayashi George, doesn't exist at all, and Koichi doesn't work in the curry store at all in the book.


Tofuuuuu:
You've asked before whether or not Koichi disguised as something too? The answer is yes, twice, in urgent situations. But he trusted the main roles to Taisuke, coz he has no confidence in his acting skill^^

As for the intensed moments. Yes, apparently there were intensed moments many times in the latter chapters that make me went "yabaaai...", "damee...", "no way!" :mrgreen: But don't expect it as "Maou" intensed moments, coz the Ariake siblings are not killers, they're swindlers.

All in all... omoshirokattaaaa~~~ ^-^

wow you finished reading it!! aha so do you like the novel? xD

*heaves a sigh of relief regarding wink* xDD I'm confident the director wouldn't let the drama lapse into such an awful cliche (thinks SOS :bleh: )

and ahhh wonderful! can't wait to see nino in disguise too :):) lol i'm more confident of nino's acting skills than ryo's xD

Yeahh.... the readers in 2ch imagined too much :hehe: Yup! Loved the book!^^

btw, jess... do you have more scans? Coz I saw the magazine schedule for Nino and Ryusei, there should be more in TV Guide and TV Japan, and it has the relationship chart too. Also Nino's interview... pls share, if you can! :woot:

yanie_chan wrote:So, I've finally finished the book :beaten: Yokatta... what I've been worried about, didn't happen!! *winked at others who also worried abt it* :woot:

yay, felt soo relieved about that.. :woot: and i hope Kudokan would just leave it as it is.. :fingerscrossed:

You've asked before whether or not Koichi disguised as something too? The answer is yes, twice, in urgent situations. But he trusted the main roles to Taisuke, coz he has no confidence in his acting skill^^

huwaaa!! i can't wait to see Nino in a disguise!! XD
so Koichi isn't confident of his acting skills?? kinda ironic considering Nino would be portraying it.. :hehe:

yanie_chan wrote:
btw, jess... do you have more scans? Coz I saw the magazine schedule for Nino and Ryusei, there should be more in TV Guide and TV Japan, and it has the relationship chart too. Also Nino's interview... pls share, if you can! :woot:

err, i saw the scans from TVJapan already..but i don't think it's allowed to repost since they're from yuckie-chan at LJ.. :sweat: :beaten:
http://community.livejournal.com/arashi_yuuki/47928.html#cutid1

yanie_chan wrote:Yeahh.... the readers in 2ch imagined too much :hehe: Yup! Loved the book!^^

btw, jess... do you have more scans? Coz I saw the magazine schedule for Nino and Ryusei, there should be more in TV Guide and TV Japan, and it has the relationship chart too. Also Nino's interview... pls share, if you can! :woot:

hehe great!!! :D:D Looking forward to the drama xDD GOSH WHY CAN'T IT START AIRING SOONER!! :(:( *kicks*

HMM as for the scans, i'll go look for them in xq LOLLOL xD nothing's posted on baidu yet :(

Alright i just stalked xq and i can't find any scans, unfortunately. HOWEVER i bring you guys a rumour. Seems like the drama theme song is now rumoured to be sung by mika nakashima o.0 Aww no NEWS/k8/arashi.

jess wrote:
Alright i just stalked xq and i can't find any scans, unfortunately. HOWEVER i bring you guys a rumour. Seems like the drama theme song is now rumoured to be sung by mika nakashima o.0 Aww no NEWS/k8/arashi.

wow, mika's not a bad choice at all.. :mrgreen:

Eh? I've read that Nakashima Mika will be doing a drama theme song from her new single Orion, but not for Ryusei. I heard it's going to be for Innocent Love :headscratch:

atskv9 wrote:Eh? I've read that Nakashima Mika will be doing a drama theme song from her new single Orion, but not for Ryusei. I heard it's going to be for Innocent Love :headscratch:

Yuzu won't be doing the theme for Innocent Love?? but I want Yuzu to sing it...
I'm actually hoping they'll stick with David Bowie :hehe:

Thank you for clearing up on the ~possible plot thingy that i don't like~ yanie-chan :mrgreen: and hopefully Kudokan won't touch on that too. Those 2ch speculators... :grumble:

tofuuuuu wrote:
Yuzu won't be doing the theme for Innocent Love?? but I want Yuzu to sing it...
I'm actually hoping they'll stick with David Bowie :hehe:

Heh, apparently not. I mean it's all rumors but they say Yuzu will be doing the theme song for Salaryman Kintaro and if that's true, it would be highly unlikely that they would do one for Innocent Love as well. Anyways, I wouldn't mind having David Bowie since I do like Bowie a lot. The only thing I wonder is if it will fit the drama well as a theme song.

Yeah, I heard the rumor abt Nakashima Mika too, but the source said (saying that she's a TV-related person), she just SAW 'Nakashima Mika's name in the list related to Ryusei no Kizuna. So it could be anything, she could be the themesong singer, a guest in the drama, or maybe it was only a name similar to Nakashima Mika (maybe the child actress :hehe:).

Just like what atskv9 said, another rumor mentioned that Nakashima Mika will be singing Innocent Love's themesong instead. AND, Arashi will take Ryusei's themesong (I prefer Arashi, than a Nino-Ryo combi :mrgreen:). But still no confirmation abt this.

Someone also heard recently that its gonna be Utada Hikaru. I prefer post stuff about this when it's confirmed already :sweat:

Thank you for looking the scans, jess^^ And thank you for the yuckie-chan link, meoinkie^^

yanie_chan wrote:Yeah, I heard the rumor abt Nakashima Mika too, but the source said (saying that she's a TV-related person), she just SAW 'Nakashima Mika's name in the list related to Ryusei no Kizuna. So it could be anything, she could be the themesong singer, a guest in the drama, or maybe it was only a name similar to Nakashima Mika (maybe the child actress :hehe:).

Just like what atskv9 said, another rumor mentioned that Nakashima Mika will be singing Innocent Love's themesong instead. AND, Arashi will take Ryusei's themesong (I prefer Arashi, than a Nino-Ryo combi :mrgreen:). But still no confirmation abt this.

Someone also heard recently that its gonna be Utada Hikaru. I prefer post stuff about this when it's confirmed already :sweat:

Thank you for looking the scans, jess^^ And thank you for the yuckie-chan link, meoinkie^^

thankz everyone
so the theme song huh
it would be nice Utada would :mrgreen: :hehe:

im still hoping that Arashi would be making the theme song.. :hehe: :hehe:

meoinkie2 wrote:im still hoping that Arashi would be making the theme song.. :hehe: :hehe:

second! :woot: :hehe:
they can handle another single. yes they can~ (because the thought of NinoxRyo combination of voices scares me :sweat:)

tofuuuuu wrote:
second! :woot: :hehe:
they can handle another single. yes they can~ (because the thought of NinoxRyo combination of voices scares me :sweat:)

i know they can..just after hearing Truth for Maou, i know they'll be able to make it!! :victory: :mrgreen:

There were rumors that Koichi and Shizuna's child actor and actress were from the same ones in Yamada Taro Monogatari, but don't know which one!! xD Maybe Jiro, and the youngest girl? Hope its true! :woot:

In Taisuke child actor's webpage, it is written that he's a REGULAR in the drama. That make me assumed, the childhood flashback will appear in every episode. And I don't think the murder incident can be cut to several scenes for several episodes...?? So maybe there will be other childhood flashback other than the murder incident time? *hopeful* :fingerscrossed:

Btw, I remember abt something for Nino fans. Koichi did more of Mission Impossible thingies than disguising :mrgreen: To those who has read the Chapter 7 translation, remember the mountain-climbing tool he used to sneaked out of the orphanage? He'll use that again to accomplish their secret mission^^ Other than the mastermind, he's also the technician expert I guess, to sneak in and to sneak out quietly is his part^^

yanie_chan wrote:

Btw, I remember abt something for Nino fans. Koichi did more of Mission Impossible thingies than disguising :mrgreen: To those who has read the Chapter 7 translation, remember the mountain-climbing tool he used to sneaked out of the orphanage? He'll use that again to accomplish their secret mission^^ Other than the mastermind, he's also the technician expert I guess, to sneak in and to sneak out quietly is his part^^

*flails* :rolly:
Nino a pretty good climber too. He's like a monkey :mrgreen:

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read chapter 7.. they've already begun stealing since then (the bicycles). I guess they have gotten used to being petty thefts that they didn't feel guilty for swindling people

i love nino, but i cant get myself to watch this drama. MUST.... TRY!!! .... :shakehead: won't work.... i love arashi but i don't really like their videos/dramas. I like their pv's and I liked Maou and LOVED HYD though.... love arashi.... I think it's the cast in this drama.... MUST TRY!!! :ohcrap: will try