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On hold with Fumou Chitai @ epi 11.

Ender's Girl wrote:

Hey A.D., Yamapuppet here got sumthin' he wanted t' say...

(Pretend his hair's a little darker. And curlier.)
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Will you take me home, kind sir? I promise not to operate on you while you're sleeping. :liar:
- XOXO YamaPi

That totally MADE my day!

OT: Magerarenai onna episode 4 - my favourite drama this season but it has a certain weakness I canLt lay my finger on.

Samurai High School

Series 2 of Liar Game (watched it all over the last week) Can't WAIT for the movie love that show a lot. You get so frustrated but then they win and you feel all smug with them XD

Watched ep 4 of Yamato Nadeshiko the other week will prolly watch ep 5 tonight... need to get my sakabun done first though GAH! I wish we didn't have such a stupid topic to write on in Japanese, I can't even think of anything to put in English let alone Japanese >><<

bmwracer wrote:^ The likeness is stunning, eh Evie? :rofl:

Truly remarkable. :hehe:

Eve wrote:Truly remarkable. :hehe:

Maybe it should go into Madame Tussaud's celebrity museum. :rofl:

I've just watched the last episode of Ninkyo Helper. The basic premise is dumb (a group of Yakuza work in an old folks' home) but it turned out to be one of the most involving and in sometimes intelligent and realistic doramas I've seen. It is at its best when it deals with the consequences of old age and dementia on people and their friends and family. This is done in a considered and thankfully non-overly sentimental way. Also, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi and Natsukawa Yui (as ever) are both excellent and their (and her son's) problems and relationships where handled expertly.

The Yakuza part of the show was just silly. This isn't helped by the fact that most of them where played by non-acting interchangeable pretty-boys (and one non-acting pretty-girl). I've never seen a bigger bunch of wimps in my life. There's no way they could survive a fight with a rival gang, in fact some of them would be lucky to survive a particularly strenuous bowel movement.

The good by far outweighs the bad, however. Recommended.

Cerebus wrote:I've just watched the last episode of Ninkyo Helper. The basic premise is dumb (a group of Yakuza work in an old folks' home) but it turned out to be one of the most involving and in sometimes intelligent and realistic doramas I've seen. It is at its best when it deals with the consequences of old age and dementia on people and their friends and family. This is done in a considered and thankfully non-overly sentimental way. Also, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi and Natsukawa Yui (as ever) are both excellent and their (and her son's) problems and relationships where handled expertly.

The Yakuza part of the show was just silly. This isn't helped by the fact that most of them where played by non-acting interchangeable pretty-boys (and one non-acting pretty-girl). I've never seen a bigger bunch of wimps in my life. There's no way they could survive a fight with a rival gang, in fact some of them would be lucky to survive a particularly strenuous bowel movement.

The good by far outweighs the bad, however. Recommended.

Yeah, I pretty much thought the same...

And what can you say about Natsukawa Yui that hasn't been said? :victory:

Going to finish Code Blue along with the Special later tonight. I'll try to keep a straight face after the Yamapuppet comments when he comes on screen :hehe:.

Starting on Untouchable & Jin

Bloody Monday season 2. I know what to expect: brainless fastpaced entertainment.

bmwracer wrote:The likeness is stunning, eh Evie? :rofl:

Actually, I thought the puppet looked more alive. :mrgreen:

hypnosurf22 wrote:
Code Blue 1 was so so but there were some memorable moments. I think Code Blue 2 has so far been more enjoyable. As far as Yamapi goes I don't know why he gets dissed so much. He does a good job in his roles. I've pretty much enjoyed all his dramas. Btw, Yoroshiku Anime Dad :)

Good for you, that you're liking CB2 more. :victory: Oh don't mind the dissing, it's all done out of love. (Okay, maybe not by everyone here. :hehe:) I just think YamaPi's earlier work (NwP, Stand UP!, even Lunch no Joou) was lots more enjoyable than his more recent stuff. ;)

OT:

NINKYO HELPER Ep. 4

@ Cerebus - Yeah, it's a dumb premise all right. :mrgreen: But I'm also liking the realism in tackling the aging issues. (The Ep. 2 arc had me in tears. My fave episode so far.) I'm just finding the resolution of each episode a little too pat.

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The Senior Citizen du jour gets conveniently disposed of at the end of each episode--i.e. we don't need the obasan anymore, so let's make the relatives move to another town! the ojiisan's story is finished, so let's make him start a fight and get expelled! The episode endings feel too expedient, is all. I keep comparing the setup to ENGINE, where the kids were part of the foster home for the entire run, and only the story's focus shifted from one kid to the next every episode. But the interactions between the kids and the teachers/Jiro were what kept the story engaging, start to finish. I'm not seeing the same thing in NINKYO HELPER. Instead it's, goodbye old person! We learned a valuable life lesson from you! Now on to the next!

This drama feels like a procedural, with old folks' dilemmas in place of medical/legal cases. Anyway, I'm not halfway done, so maybe it'll get better later. :sweat:

Kusanagi Tsuyoshi = I don't see the mild-mannered, soft-spoken, sweet, sweet-tempered SMAP dude anywhere! He totally disappeared into his character! :applaud: (I keep wishing his character on this drama would go beat up the SMAP dudes *cough* KimuTaku *cough* who always pick on the real Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, lolz. :twisted:)

qnuy wrote:
he's a great actor, but most people underestimate him because of his look :hehe:

:rofl: True that! But I think his weird face (lol) is a plus for him. If he were too cute or too hot, it'd be distraaaacting. :beaten: :beaten: :beaten:

Ender's Girl wrote:Actually, I thought the puppet looked more alive.

Entirely possible. :hehe:

I've started Untouchable

http://jdorama.com/drama.1465.htm

Geezer wrote:I've started Untouchable

http://jdorama.com/drama.1465.htm

And.....?

And... I haven't finished it yet.

Nakama fans will love it. Sei Ashina fans will say, "geez-oh, she's hot!".

But I need to see where they go with it.

Nakama has pretty much perfected her "comic but determined" character, and since I like the character it's fun to watch her work. But this one seems to want me to pay attention to the plot, and so far the plotting seems a bit thin.

Geezer wrote:And... I haven't finished it yet.

Nakama fans will love it. Sei Ashina fans will say, "geez-oh, she's hot!".

But I need to see where they go with it.

Nakama has pretty much perfected her "comic but determined" character, and since I like the character it's fun to watch her work. But this one seems to want me to pay attention to the plot, and so far the plotting seems a bit thin.

I hope this is better than Joshi Deka!... Man, that drama really tested my patience... And fast-forward button.

She's been in some mediocre dramas of late... Gokusen sequel curse, maybe?

bmwracer wrote:
Maybe it should go into Madame Tussaud's celebrity museum. :rofl:

I thought he already was.... :hehe:

Eve wrote:I thought he already was.... :hehe:

Ah, an escapee, eh? :hehe:

Today, I watched the first 3 episodes of Tokujo Kabachi - a show that tries to educate itLs viewers on certain legal rights, itLs pleasant but totally average.

They allowed Horikita Maki to play a smart adult, perhaps her management realised that all this blandness canLt continue ...