What dramas are you currently watching?

Finished Kekkon Dekinai Otoko and Narita rikon during the weekend. Watching Konya Hitori no Beddo De.

I picked them at random. For some weird reason: 1st Marriage, 2nd divorce and 3rd cheating. The 1st two are with Abe Hiroshi and the last 2 with Seto Asaka. :dotdotdot: :headscratch:

rewatching the earlier Lunch Queen eps.. to refresh myself before watching the last 2 eps.

Tu_triky wrote:Kishidan Call!

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Shouldn't this be in the COSPLAY thread??? :beaten: :hehe: :hehe:

Freaky.

bmwracer wrote:
Shouldn't this be in the COSPLAY thread??? :beaten: :hehe: :hehe:

Freaky.

haha...it is freaky! it's a group called Kishidan...they were in Kisarazu Cat's Eye...the Japanese trip me out with some of their entertainers, man.

I literally just finished 'Cinderella ni Naritai' ... if that can be classed as a drama? It was short but sweet I really enjoyed it ^_^ It's the first thing I've seen Okura Tadayoshi act in and I wanna see more of him now he was so cute in it!

2 more epiodes until i finish Mukodono

IT'S DEFINITELY THE BEST J-DORAMA I'VE EVER SEEN SO FAR !!! :applaud:

but i haven't seen much anyway... :beaten:

i think every role was well acted

sugoiiiiiiii..... :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

Tu_triky wrote:haha...it is freaky! it's a group called Kishidan...they were in Kisarazu Cat's Eye...the Japanese trip me out with some of their entertainers, man.

It's like most of their entertainers, particularly the male ones, are spinoffs or dropouts from COSPLAY conventions. :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
It's like most of their entertainers, particularly the male ones, are spinoffs or dropouts from COSPLAY conventions. :bleh:

maybe i should go scout for future talent while gathering photographs for our favorite thread. :hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:maybe i should go scout for future talent while gathering photographs for our favorite thread. :hehe:

Tu-Triky Talento Agency? :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Tu-Triky Talento Agency? :victory:

hahah...i love the alliteration of that agency name...if only you could make money off such foolishness...

"hey you in the gundam suit...come over here...you're japan's next star."
:beaten:

Tu_triky wrote:if only you could make money off such foolishness...

It wouldn't be as fun.

bmwracer wrote:
It wouldn't be as fun.

that's true....because you wouldn't just walk around eating popcorn "enjoying the show." it'd become a job.

Just finished Mukodono!!!

awsome!!!

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i actually thought they were really gonna get divorced

the only thing that annoyed me was the

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crying over the toothbrush

thing. i thought it was kinda freaky.

9.5 /10

well, nothin dissapointing except that. thought i was gonna finish it in 1 day but i had physics stuff and need to prepare a drama for indonesian literature class...

great... totaly... i thought nagase was double-acting... got a bit carried away by the show too.. :beaten:

Revisiting my favourite Korean movie - "My Sassy Girl".

"Medaka"

I haven't seen all of it yet (as BMW mentioned, he's hard subbing it for me) but I did want to address a comment.

thtl You said:

Just finished "Medaka". It was a lot more fun than I imagined. Granted, it was no different from the likes of "GTO" and "Gokusen", replacing and ex-ganster (GTO), a current ganster (Gokusen), with a clueless ex-OL. In the same format as the others "Medaka" spelled out a student's problem in each of the episodes.

I agree with most of what you're saying. It's a format. A formula. The High School Teacher and his/her problem / under achieving / students.

But I think there are a couple of big differances. First, the teacher doesn't go around solving everyone's problems by getting into fist fights.

Second, the teacher isn't a born idealist who'd always dreamed of entering the noble teaching profession. She got into it the way most teachers get into teaching. She got fired from her real job.

And third, and most important, since it's set in a Night School, and the students are adults... the supporting cast isn't populated with a flock of androgynous little flavor of the month pop stars who couldn't get the lead in their High School play, and a pack of wanna-be bikini models. These students, along with the other teachers, are actual, real live, professional actors.

At least for me, that makes for a huge difference.

But I agree with you completely about Mimura. She does a terrific job in this show, and to be honest, that was the biggest surprise for me. I'd seen her before, in Beginners, and Fire Boys, and I thought she was dull as last night's dish water.

I've seen the first 4 episodes, and I'm really looking forward to seeing the rest.

Geezer wrote:Second, the teacher isn't a born idealist who'd always dreamed of entering the noble teaching profession. She got into it the way most teachers get into teaching. She got fired from her real job.

LOL, a "real job." :hehe:

And third, and most important, since it's set in a Night School, and the students are adults... the supporting cast isn't populated with a flock of androgynous little flavor of the month pop stars who couldn't get the lead in their High School play, and a pack of wanna-be bikini models. These students, along with the other teachers, are actual, real live, professional actors.

Yeah, I noticed that during the hardsubbing/encoding... A more realistic spin rather than that j-pop-star-wants-to-be-an-actor cliche.

Geezer wrote:"Medaka"

But I think there are a couple of big differances. First, the teacher doesn't go around solving everyone's problems by getting into fist fights.

Fist-fights were borne from the gangster background, which remained me I forgot to mention "Gachibaka", a lesser product of the same genre. The ex-OL angle makes for a more refreshing way of handling problems.

She got fired from her real job.

Forum members in the business of educating others may a problem with this statement. :mrgreen:

...the supporting cast isn't populated with a flock of androgynous little flavor of the month pop stars who couldn't get the lead in their High School play, and a pack of wanna-be bikini models. These students, along with the other teachers, are actual, real live, professional actors.

Better put on you fire-retarding suite - flames from the BDFG (Brain Dead Fan Girls) troupe will be coming any second now. :hehe:

At least for me, that makes for a huge difference.

I thought she was dull as last night's dish water.

Mimula's performance in "Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu" was a bit washed out. Now, thanks to you, I know it was washed out with 'last night's dishwater'. :P

Rewatching Good Luck

i'm watching tatta hitotsu no koi, 14 sai no haha, nodame cantabile, byakuyakou, busu hitomi ni koishiteru, long love letter... and just finished lunch queen. :hehe: maaaan i cant wait for HYD2 tho!!

currently watching Tokyo Friends