What dramas are you currently watching?

bmwracer wrote:
There are many worse addictions you could be on. :victory:

So true!! :victory:

Well I ended up watching eps 8 and 9 of Suika.

I wasnt really in the mood. Or so I thought.
But after 5 mintues I was completely rehooked. :victory:

Eve wrote:THink Im going back to Dr. Koto now that I finished Monster PArent.

ALso considering Katagoshi No Koibito since Im on a Ryoko jag. :mrgreen:

You should! I liked Katagoshi no Koibito alot!

started watching buzzer beat!! yamapi is the best!! only seen the first episode so far, i'm not really into the story though. but i will continually watching for the sake of my favorite actor. :D

So, this weekend I started watching 4shimai tantei Dan (watched 4 episodes). Taking a little break while Trick Season 1 & 2 are being acquired.

Thanks for the recommendations, I just have to find these movies and dramas now...

-Dave

issy wrote:

after all, it's best to write about things that you like rather then things you don't like. (as was written in one of sigis :mrgreen: )
:victory:

Sorry for jumping into this conversation. Would like to say that i agree completely with your statement here, issy, regarding writing about things you like.

There are artistes out there who i really dislike and the way i deal with it is to try my best not to write about them AT ALL. I tell myself its just wasting my energy to bash and put down these artistes i dislike. So i would keep my hands clean by not typing their names as far as possible. :hehe:

On Topic: Just finished Tomorrow Episode 7

Apart from re watching eps 5-7 of The Quiz Show 2 today, I haven't watched any Jdrama :O I did hours of Japanese revision 'double :o' and I watched a couple of eps of Kdrama I am keeping up with... that's it.

Atsu-hime ep. 47 & 48 - and Lunch no Joou ep. 7. Morita Go makes his appearance in this episode, looking for all the world like an angry carrot with his stupid hair. At least YamaPlank has a rival for "Most Ridiculous Hair".

Other than that, i'm really enjoying it :)

Anime Dad wrote:Morita Go makes his appearance in this episode, looking for all the world like an angry carrot with his stupid hair.

LOL. :hehe:

He was amazingly tolerable in the Kuitan series.

Taira-Panku wrote:


You should! I liked Katagoshi no Koibito alot!

Really? Cool.

It is staying on my "to Watch" pile then. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
LOL. :hehe:

He was amazingly tolerable in the Kuitan series.

Yeah, this is a few years before Kuitan. He's too scrawny to make a believable bad guy, but he was perfect as Ryosuke-kun.

Haha, I didn't know "angry carrots" :rofl: were capable of beating the cr@pola out of two-and-a-half men (poor YamaPi! don't hurt YamaPi, Ryosuke! :beaten:) and trashing an entire restaurant--with that skinny li'l frame of his. Wasn't believable in the least. He should've been armed with at least a knife or a lead pipe or something. Then he singlehandedly makes minced meat of an entire biker gang. Whoopee. :usuck: Must've been those magical instant noodles he was grubbing on! *I'm Popeye the Sailor Man, toot! toot!*

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NOBUTA WO PRODUCE!!!!! I'm getting fonder and fonder of YamaPi and that spacey giggling of his... even Kame's guyliner and topknot/ponytail, hihihi... Eh, I dunno, but I'm liking this drama. A LOT. :mrgreen: It's funny and heartfelt and bittersweet... and it's so... HIGH SCHOOL, y'know? It gets what high school is all about, that different planet we've ALL been to, where the drama and the heightened emotions and the clique wars and the desire for validation and the puppy love and the tortured angsty ruminations matter more than they ever will when we've all turned into these Big Old Boring Grownups. And the YamaPi x Kame boylove is... cuuuuute. :tickle: They're perfect for each other, lol. :naughty:

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GALILEO Episode 2... Abandon ship! Abandon ship!!! I'm liking Shibasaki Kou enough here, but Fukuyama Masaharu is just... so... dull. :drooling: He's better off doodling physics formulae on the board. Oh wait, he IS doodling physics formulae on the board. :hehe: When I look at him I remember TIME's Richard Corliss describing Shia la Boeuf: "A talented actor without an ounce of charisma." :lol: But seriously, is every single episode going to be all about "Demolishing Superstitious Beliefs in Paranormal Phenomena with the Wrecking Ball of Hard, Empirical Science"? Booooring. :bleh:

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LAST FRIENDS Episode 1... Abandon ship! Abandon ship!!! The gender-bending seems interesting, but I just dunno if I can schlep through ten more episodes of Nishikido Ryo's soulless, robotic girlfriend-battering. It's as if some mad scientist holed up in his basement somewhere in Tokyo pushes a red button on schedule and suddenly Nishikido Ryo's eyes glow red and he drops whatever he's doing to go and beat Nagasawa Masami into a pulp. Domestic violence has never been so... predictable. :shakehead:

^ Too funny! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

*Edit* Ender's Girl, you write the longest reviews i've ever seen. They are highly entertaining, though. :hehe:

Ender's Girl wrote:*************
GALILEO Episode 2... Abandon ship! Abandon ship!!! I'm liking Shibasaki Kou enough here, but Fukuyama Masaharu is just... so... dull. :drooling: He's better off doodling physics formulae on the board. Oh wait, he IS doodling physics formulae on the board. :hehe: When I look at him I remember TIME's Richard Corliss describing Shia la Boeuf: "A talented actor without an ounce of charisma." :lol: But seriously, is every single episode going to be all about "Demolishing Superstitious Beliefs in Paranormal Phenomena with the Wrecking Ball of Hard, Empirical Science"? Booooring. :bleh:

I think you hit it on the head... :hehe:

Granted, I did enjoy the drama to a degree, but the redundant gimmick of the professor being "enlightened" in every episode got REALLY stale like a day-old bowl of saltines... :bleh:

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LAST FRIENDS Episode 1... Abandon ship! Abandon ship!!! The gender-bending seems interesting, but I just dunno if I can schlep through ten more episodes of Nishikido Ryo's soulless, robotic girlfriend-battering. It's as if some mad scientist holed up in his basement somewhere in Tokyo pushes a red button on schedule and suddenly Nishikido Ryo's eyes glow red and he drops whatever he's doing to go and beat Nagasawa Masami into a pulp. Domestic violence has never been so... predictable. :shakehead:

Oh God, don't get me started on Mr. Plywood: the scriptwriters sold their souls for ratings instead of character developement and quality... If anything, hit the fast forward button when Wood-Man shows up and just savor Ueno Juri's solid performance as Ruka... Eita does a fine job with his role as well, BTW.

Oh, great, witty reviews, BTW... You need to post here most often: you'll fit in perfectly with the rest of the regulars here. :victory:

I seem to have lost my copy of Ruri no Shima... :sweat:

So I'm starting Midnight Rain. It best be good.

Wynter wrote:I seem to have lost my copy of Ruri no Shima... :sweat:

So I'm starting Midnight Rain. It best be good.

I'll send you a copy when I send the movies.

trying to finish up Fireboys

Uchiyama Rina :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Since I have 48 of the 156 episodes piled up I figured I'd give Tsubasa a try.

http://jdorama.com/drama.1414.htm

I'm only two dozen of the itty-bitty episodes in, so it's way too soon to make any kind of judgment. 24 episodes is barely a start for an Asadora.

But I will say... this one is a bit more lively than the past few that I've seen. Of course it follows all of the Asadora rules, but it's far more theatrical, and a bit irreverent. At any given point a group of six foot tall Samba Dancers will appear and cap the happy ending of a scene with a dance. Or the radio that narrates the show will come to life in the person of a middle aged actor, and he and Tsubasa will have a chat about life.

24 episodes in, the stage is set, the characters have been introduced... and hopefully it's on with the show.

bmwracer wrote:
Oh God, don't get me started on Mr. Plywood: the scriptwriters sold their souls for ratings instead of character development and quality... If anything, hit the fast forward button when Wood-Man shows up and just savor Ueno Juri's solid performance as Ruka... Eita does a fine job with his role as well, BTW.

Lol @ all the timber-themed "honorifics" (or should I say, "horrorifics"?) for Nishikido Ryo... Mr. Plywood... Wood-Man... :rofl: But, c'mon... YamaPi = YamaPLANK???!??! Heyyy... is that really necessary? *winces* :say_ouch: Why'd you lump YamaPi together with that sadistic little golem, huh? Huh? :rant:

(Pull yourself together, Yamashita Tomohisa!!! Stop crying just because they're calling you a plank. What's the matter with you??? *gives YamaPi a savage shake* YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!!!!! *b*tch-slaps YamaPi, Don Corleone style* :smack:)

:lol:

Ahhh, yeeesss... Ueno Juri... Hmmm... *twirls nonexistent mustache* We-eell, I don't know if it'll be enough to reignite my flagging interest in this sad sack of a drama, but hey--I was pleasantly surprised by how credible (and compelling) her portrayal was (light years away from Nodame!). Maybe I wasn't really THAT surprised anymore, because my Ueno-Juri-can-act! epiphany came after watching her in ENGINE two months ago. :thumbsup: But here in LAST FRIENDS, this young lady chews up the scenery regardless of who else is in it. Best actress of her generation, SO FAR. :good: I would have liked to see where her character's arc would take her, and maybe I will, eventually... *strokes nonexistent beard* But it seems like I'll be using that fast forward button, A LOT. :rolleyes:

Eita... he also played that rocker dude with the Super Saiyan hair in NODAME CANTABILE? Wow... in LAST FRIENDS he's so... different. :applaud: I liked him here, too! So that makes Juri and Eita two among the main cast whose story arcs I can actually watch without throwing up in my mouth. :hehe:

Anime Dad wrote:
Ender's Girl, you write the longest reviews i've ever seen. They are highly entertaining, though. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Oh, great, witty reviews, BTW... You need to post here most often: you'll fit in perfectly with the rest of the regulars here. :victory:

Jiminy criminy! Fo' real? You actually read them!?!? :sweat: And... survived, lol. You're lucky if your eyes didn't sprout cataracts (and calluses), because I realized that reading anything longer than a 3-paragraph post here at Jdorama.com (all those white letters against the blue backdrop! argh!) causes severe ophthalmic distress. :google: (Sorry to the web designers, may you live forever! :nyah:) My own eyes would bleed when I used to proofread my reviews here. I'm just sorry that you had to slog through them, when they can also be found over at D-Addicts. Still, errr... thanks for the encouraging words. Much appreciated. ;)

Ender's Girl wrote:

bmwracer wrote:
Oh God, don't get me started on Mr. Plywood: the scriptwriters sold their souls for ratings instead of character development and quality... If anything, hit the fast forward button when Wood-Man shows up and just savor Ueno Juri's solid performance as Ruka... Eita does a fine job with his role as well, BTW.

Lol @ all the timber-themed "honorifics" (or should I say, "horrorifics"?) for Nishikido Ryo... Mr. Plywood... Wood-Man... :rofl: But, c'mon... YamaPi = YamaPLANK???!??! Heyyy... is that really necessary? *winces* :say_ouch: Why'd you lump YamaPi together with that sadistic little golem, huh? Huh? :rant:

(Pull yourself together, Yamashita Tomohisa!!! Stop crying just because they're calling you a plank. What's the matter with you??? *gives YamaPi a savage shake* YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!!!!! *b*tch-slaps YamaPi, Don Corleone style* :smack:)

:lol:

LOL... Give him a slap for me as well. :hehe:

Given the fact that those two are together in the drama, I'd guess one of the sponsors is the Japanese Wood Manufacturing and Production Association... :beaten:

Ahhh, yeeesss... Ueno Juri... Hmmm... *twirls nonexistent mustache* We-eell, I don't know if it'll be enough to reignite my flagging interest in this sad sack of a drama, but hey--I was pleasantly surprised by how credible (and compelling) her portrayal was (light years away from Nodame!). Maybe I wasn't really THAT surprised anymore, because my Ueno-Juri-can-act! epiphany came after watching her in ENGINE two months ago. :thumbsup: But here in LAST FRIENDS, this young lady chews up the scenery regardless of who else is in it.

Yup yup yup. :thumbsup:

Best actress of her generation, SO FAR. :good:

You are my friend for life. :mrgreen:

I would have liked to see where her character's arc would take her, and maybe I will, eventually... *strokes nonexistent beard*

The drama should've revolved around her and her struggles/successes... Her character's story was the most compelling and developed of the lot... If those gutless scriptwriters focused on that for the entire drama it could've been something really special instead of a ratings grab and a blueprint for stalkers and domestic violence wannabes. :bleh:

But it seems like I'll be using that fast forward button, A LOT. :rolleyes:

Don't wear out the fast forward logo on the button itself. :rofl:

Eita... he also played that rocker dude with the Super Saiyan hair in NODAME CANTABILE? Wow... in LAST FRIENDS he's so... different. :applaud: I liked him here, too! So that makes Juri and Eita two among the main cast whose story arcs I can actually watch without throwing up in my mouth. :hehe:

The guy's underrated: he's sort of an everyman-type actor who always does a fine job, but is always under the radar... Can't recall very many starring roles for him except in Summer Time Machine Blues and I thought he was very good in that film. :)

Anime Dad wrote:
Ender's Girl, you write the longest reviews i've ever seen. They are highly entertaining, though. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
Oh, great, witty reviews, BTW... You need to post here most often: you'll fit in perfectly with the rest of the regulars here. :victory:

Jiminy criminy! Fo' real? You actually read them!?!? :sweat: And... survived, lol. You're lucky if your eyes didn't sprout cataracts (and calluses), because I realized that reading anything longer than a 3-paragraph post here at Jdorama.com (all those white letters against the blue backdrop! argh!) causes severe ophthalmic distress. :google: (Sorry to the web designers, may you live forever! :nyah:) My own eyes would bleed when I used to proofread my reviews here. I'm just sorry that you had to slog through them, when they can also be found over at D-Addicts. Still, errr... thanks for the encouraging words. Much appreciated. ;)

Whoa, I just checked out your reviews... Dang. :sweat:

There aren't many dramas aside from the NHK Taigas that are that long. :beaten: But as long as you got it out of your system, cool... JDorama can be cathartic as well. :victory: :mrgreen: