bmwracer wrote:

If that doesn't invalidate an award, nothing will.

^

Well, the award isn't invalidated if it's a poll-based popularity contest, which the Nikkan Sports Grand Prix apparently is. My beef is with the names of the categories: they ought to change the "Best" to "Favorite." That way, nobody can pretend that these awards are more about merit than they are about... the power of TEH FANGARLZZZ!!!!

I mean, you don't hear anyone complain when someone like Zac Efron or any of his fellow Disney Channel munchkins (spiritually akin to our very own Johnnies, ehh? ) sweep the Teen Choice or Kids' Choice Awards, ne? Nobody harbors any delusions about the credibility (or lack thereof) of these events, the Idols/dramas with the biggest voting bloc (lol) win, the fans go home happy, and democracy triumphs in the end. Yay yay yay.

If Nikkan Sports actually ditches all pretense to respectability and disambiguates the awards categories, we can expect more "populist" awards such as Favorite Kiss, or Choice Hottie (Male, Female, and... Johnny, lol). I'd LOVE that!

Well, whatev. Deserving or not, I still like YamaPi and I'm watching BUZZER BEAT once I'm done with my current stash of dramas.

Ender's Girl wrote:

Well, the award isn't invalidated if it's a poll-based popularity contest, which the Nikkan Sports Grand Prix apparently is. My beef is with the names of the categories: they ought to change the "Best" to "Favorite." That way, nobody can pretend that these awards are more about merit than they are about... the power of TEH FANGARLZZZ!!!!

Agreed.

We need to get a petition started.

Reall cheesy performace but watchable i guess...gets a bit repetitive fromaround the 7th ep.

i survived 6 episodes of this drama. i'm sorry but i don't like the idea of it turning into a love story after episode 2. didn't think yamapi's character won me over too.

and so i was rather shocked by the number of awards it won. =0

mrs_chiba wrote:

and so i was rather shocked by the number of awards it won. =0

As mentioned earlier, the Nikkan Sports Awards are popularity contest, nothing more.

mrs_chiba wrote:

i'm sorry but i don't like the idea of it turning into a love story after episode 2.

"Turning"??? It was marketed as a Romance. If you thought differently then you have been deceived.

Now I wonder if there are people who didn't even start with this because they thought it was a sports drama. The basketball is important, but it's not the focus.
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0xDEADBEEF wrote:

"Turning"??? It was marketed as a Romance. If you thought differently then you have been deceived. Now I wonder if there are people who didn't even start with this because they thought it was a sports drama. The basketball is important, but it's not the focus.

nonetheless, it still was overacted in areas and repetitive and yeah yama p`s character didnt win me over either....
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0xDEADBEEF wrote:

"Turning"??? It was marketed as a Romance. If you thought differently then you have been deceived. Now I wonder if there are people who didn't even start with this because they thought it was a sports drama. The basketball is important, but it's not the focus.

Agree although I didn't even finish this thing.
I'll probably be bored watching Pi trying to woo a normal girl.

tofuuuuu wrote:

Agree although I didn't even finish this thing. I'll probably be bored watching Pi trying to woo a normal girl.

hahahaha well said!!
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bmwracer wrote:

As mentioned earlier, the Nikkan Sports Awards are popularity contest, nothing more.

aww, makes me feel better somehow.

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"Turning"??? It was marketed as a Romance. If you thought differently then you have been deceived. Now I wonder if there are people who didn't even start with this because they thought it was a sports drama. The basketball is important, but it's not the focus.

i guess i have been deceived, given title of the drama and so on. =.=

I'm watching the first episode,,,so far I like the soundtrack...

I'm still enjoying the dorama...
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mrs_chiba wrote:

i guess i have been deceived, given title of the drama and so on. =.=

Do not worry. You aren't the only one deceived by its genre.

I'm expecting more of teh basketball scene. Oh well...
If there's something I love in this, is that this made me missed Yamapi and Aibu Saki and got made me watch jdramas again.

ocha4ever wrote:

I'm watching the first episode,,,so far I like the soundtrack... I'm still enjoying the dorama...

yeah i enjoyed the first few episdoes but it goes downhill in the latter episodes as it just gets repetitive and cringing in BITS
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KAZdoramma wrote:

yeah i enjoyed the first few episdoes but it goes downhill in the latter episodes as it just gets repetitive and cringing in BITS

hang on ........... it's worth the ride - imo tomohisa with his lonely eyes at his best...

kirasano wrote:

hang on ........... it's worth the ride - imo tomohisa with his lonely eyes at his best...

naah i didnt like he last few eps,,i perfer CODE BLUE,,if concering yam p`s acting..
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Now on episode 5.... still enjoyable for me but not because of yamapi.... lols I like yamapi but I think he's acting is hopeless I'm enjoying Aibu Saki's acting and Keiko's cuteness and I like the romance too though I really thought that it's a sports drama

I love the show!!! just finished it.... OMG best romance in my opinion.... it's been a while since the last time I saw romance drama and the chemistry is sooo great (at least in my eyes) my only issue here is the title it self... lols...

i found the drama actually better than i thouht it'd be ... i really liked kitagawa keiko during the first half of the drama, she made the whole show a bit special~ but yamashitas performance was just -NOT- good. he shouldn't play romantic dramas >_< everytime they kissed it looked like he had to force himself to do something really disgusting.

Yola wrote:

i found the drama actually better than i thouht it'd be ... i really liked kitagawa keiko during the first half of the drama, she made the whole show a bit special~ but yamashitas performance was just -NOT- good. he shouldn't play romantic dramas >_< everytime they kissed it looked like he had to force himself to do something really disgusting.

yeah he's not the best actor...
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KAZdoramma wrote:

yeah he's not the best actor...

exactly!!! but at least he's good to look at...
and now we have to look forward to seeing the "robot" aizawa.