What dramas are you currently watching?

monta wrote:

are you a boy or a girl?
if you're a girl you'll probably like Brother Beat eventho it's doesn't have a strong plot
if you're a guy, i suggest antique. nice cakes :hehe:

Ore wa otoko desu..
Right on, I'll try watching antique tonight, btw there's food there??is the food like kuitan? wow really I enjoy food drama :hehe: :hehe:

Shindou wrote:watched eps 3-6 of unfair today, can't wait til the rest of the subs come out - great mystery thriller

Now there's a genre I haven't seen in a drama yet...

Wynter wrote:

Now there's a genre I haven't seen in a drama yet...

there's actually a number of good ones in this genre

keizoku, midnight rain, sleeping forest. trick seasons 1-3 (to an extent) to mention a couple

krim wrote:started oosama no restaurant last night.

bmwracer wrote:Nodame Cantabile, Episode 1. :victory:

u guys making me wanna watch those all over again, lol :mrgreen:

Shindou wrote:u guys making me wanna watch those all over again, lol :mrgreen:

Go for it. :victory:

Jaegal_Maut wrote:

Ore wa otoko desu..
Right on, I'll try watching antique tonight, btw there's food there??is the food like kuitan? wow really I enjoy food drama :hehe: :hehe:

as far as i know, just cakes.

on topic: half way through Okusama wa Majou...

i'm gonna get Nodame after this. definitely. but i dunno why i'm not that excited... i've read the manga until book 16 so far

Shindou wrote:

there's actually a number of good ones in this genre

keizoku, midnight rain, sleeping forest. trick seasons 1-3 (to an extent) to mention a couple

All three Trick's are on my list. I'll add the others as well and hopefully stumble across them in my hunting. Thank you! :bow:

Currently on epi 9 of LV. I plan to finish this one today.

Wynter

You're starting to skip down my favorite road.

Long Vacation still sits in the top slot in terms of the best dramas I've seen so far.

And Trick... well "Trick" is another in a long line of really terrific shows put together by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.

Along with dozens of others, he's the goof-ball behind;

Keizoku

Trick

Stand Up!

H2

2LDK

The Jam Films

So far, I've never seen one of his series or movies that I didn't think was fantastic.

shindou

How do you put "Midnight Rain" and "Sleeping Forest" in the same genre with "Trick" and "Keizoku"?

True, there's a mystery to be solved at the end of each (though Trick focuses on a series of mysteries rather than one grand puzzle to be sloved) but "Midnight Rain" is a long slow, melo-drama, and "Midnight Rain" is a straight mystery. While "Keizoku" and "Trick" are both amusument park rides.

Wynter wrote:All three Trick's are on my list.

I've seen and have all three... And they're all really good. :victory:

Despite having two sequels, the Trick series doesn't seem to go stale like Gokusen 2 did... The lack of girly men probably helped. :beaten:

Geezer wrote:Wynter

You're starting to skip down my favorite road.

Long Vacation still sits in the top slot in terms of the best dramas I've seen so far.

I think it might be up there for me as well! I've just finished epi 9 and I'm trying very hard not to rush into the next, since I'm at work and in dire need to be productive.

And Trick... well "Trick" is another in a long line of really terrific shows put together by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.

Along with dozens of others, he's the goof-ball behind;

Keizoku

Trick

Stand Up!

H2

2LDK

The Jam Films

So far, I've never seen one of his series or movies that I didn't think was fantastic.

Sugoi! Well, I've seen H2 and I loved it. It'll always be in the top 10, or even top 5, list. B-san actually got me hooked on the idea of watching the Trick trilogy from way back. Knowing that you enjoyed the series as well confirms its ability to please. Thanks! :bow:

bmwracer wrote:
The lack of girly men probably helped. :beaten:

LOL! I bet it did. I'm trying to steer away from the girly-boy dramas for now. :thumbsup:

Wynter wrote:LOL! I bet it did. I'm trying to steer away from the girly-boy dramas for now. :thumbsup:

I'd make it a life decision. :beaten:

Geezer wrote:
How do you put "Midnight Rain" and "Sleeping Forest" in the same genre with "Trick" and "Keizoku"?

True, there's a mystery to be solved at the end of each (though Trick focuses on a series of mysteries rather than one grand puzzle to be sloved) but "Midnight Rain" is a long slow, melo-drama, and "Midnight Rain" is a straight mystery. While "Keizoku" and "Trick" are both amusument park rides.

hmm, i guess i was tying them all together as having a mystery element in it. Midnight Rain and Sleeping Forest were both more like mysteries that was slowly unravelled with each episode. Midnight Rain did progress as more of a drama with a mystery element in it than a straight mystery as you point out; i always seem to mainly remember yasuko and yuji's character trying to rediscover their past when i think of Midnight Rain. The categorization of jdramas are somewhat less well-defined for me i guess - hence the grouping under the mystery banner

finished IWGP eps 8-10 and now awaiting the last episode.

monta wrote:

as far as i know, just cakes.

on topic: half way through Okusama wa Majou...

i'm gonna get Nodame after this. definitely. but i dunno why i'm not that excited... i've read the manga until book 16 so far

Watched antique ep1 last night, with a very poor quality of pic, strived on but finally met a dead end when trying to copy ep2 from dvd-r to hard disk. Looked at the back of the dvd just realized there were scratches all the way.. :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry:
Now planning to watch Trick 1 tonight.. :woot: :woot:

There's a manga about Nodame?? is it funny??

Jaegal_Maut wrote:
There's a manga about Nodame?? is it funny??

The drama is actually an adaptation of the manga. The anime has also been released, currently at episode 3.

thtl wrote:

The drama is actually an adaptation of the manga. The anime has also been released, currently at episode 3.

naruhodo ne, planing to get nodame after trick then.. :victory:

thtl wrote:

The drama is actually an adaptation of the manga. The anime has also been released, currently at episode 3.

yup. like thtl said jeagal_maut.

is it just my eyes but seems like they turn into 3D in piano playing parts?
my friend says it's b/c hand animation is expensive so they used 3D

jeagal_maut,
it's funny, i can finish a book quicker than eating instant ramen, but the thing is that it doesn't have music :sweat:

and funnier, you live in Jakarta but you don't know that there's a legal Nodame Cantabile manga in Indonesia? :shocked: it's already up to book 16 you know...

so many characters :nut:

monta wrote:
jeagal_maut,
it's funny, i can finish a book quicker than eating instant ramen, but the thing is that it doesn't have music :sweat:
so many characters :nut:

As soon as I know the drama is going to be aired, I went off to buy all 16 volumes (Chinese version). You are right, of course, the manga is good but I just can't 'visualize' the music. The drama, on the other hand, made it much easier to appreciate the moods of the characters. Now when I go back to the manga I can put myself into the atmosphere a lot easier.

i've started watching too many dramas at once. especially too many with matsuoka masahiro in them :beatyou: not that i mind because he's one of my favorite actors but i have too many plots and characters going through my head currently lol.

currently i'm watching:
psychometrer Eiji 1(rewatching)
tengoku ni ichiban chikai otoko 1 and 2
manhattan love story
akechi kogoro vs kindaichi kousuke
gift (rewatching)

oh yeah speaking of kindaichi, i just watched goro chan's kindaichi special for this year and it was pretty good.

I finished Long Vacation! >>squeal<<

That was amazing. I mean, that last scene was just... awesome. So touching!

I'm gonna go write a review now before starting another drama. I wonder what's next on the list... :headscratch: