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dictionarysaysNemureru Mori? FUUUUU
I even went so far as to upload my Tsuyoshi-bawling-in-one-of-the-most-beautiful-films-ever-made icon for this post. :*
☆ FIRST AND FOREMOST: I did not appreciate Naoki's afterthought death in like, what? The last minute or so? Don't get me wrong; I was invested and had grown to love him and thus very biased but if there had at least been some sort of BUILD UP then maybe I would've understood. Or at least been like 'sure okay fine I can deal I get it I mean there were hints being dropped along the way what're you gonna do?' but noooooooo, none of that. And if someone tries to tell me his headaches, which there were like two of after the Santa Claus beating, and him slowing down here and there were sufficient enough? Uhhhhh. No. If I didn't know any better, I would think they were just playing with our heartstrings - I was already in a very volatile position before episode 12, I thought we were over and done with the bs but nope. Unnecessary melodramatica had to strike again. NGEL. I wanted to go all yakuza on my computer's butt by the time the credits started rolling and It Wasn't Even My Acer's Fault. ;AAA; Just Wondering: How many of you actually thought he was dead and not, idk, unconscious? Did any of you... expect it?!
★ I wasn't crazy about Kiichiro going crazy (yeah, I went there). Well, it doesn't bother me that much, but I guess I was sort of hoping he'd go on and do his best impression of a normal life while going crazy with paranoia but not literally for the rest of his days. I liked the idea of that and could sort of picture it in my head, so I wasn't expecting the psych ward-thing and I guess in the end, Kokubu still got his way.
☆ SPEAKING OF WHICH. What was the point of Kiichiro's mom? I was srsly misled by her in the beginning, thinking that maybe she had a hand in the murder, which, well, I guess she was sorta-kind of involved. BUT SRSLY. What was with that whole I won't forgive the woman who deceives your heart? Maybe I'm just not reading into it deep enough? I figured it had smth to do with Minako but even still, I don't know how to apply it. :/ IDEK. I just really wanted to fast-forward any scenes she was in (although I never did |D) by the 9th episode, and a shame too because I love Harada Mieko.
★ So exactly how many forbidden/incest-love dramas has Kimura done? Lol. As soon as he found the locket I was pretty sure it was an Ito, but still. I wanted to wish it wasn't because I was betting on a kiss-scene between the two because yes, by the end of episode 5 I was shipping them instead and firm in my belief that Kiichiro was the killer indeed. Kind of a shame too because I'd really loved their relationship (Minako's and Kiichiro's) in the beginning, especially the first scene in the first episode with the phonecall morning and siiiiiigh. It was fun while it lasted.
But you know, in general, overlooking those little things above except for Naoki's death - I'm never overlooking that I really liked this drama. There was even a few points in the show where I thought it might usurp Karei Naru which is my favourite drama ever and probably always will be unless Kitaoji Kinya works with Tsuyopon :DD but in the end it didn't. Kim' was Pretty Great in it though, creeper!Kim is slowly becoming one of the best things in this world and if only they had stuck with that a little bit longer, even just another episode or two. I've gotta admit, I wasn't pleased when the end of ep 5 brought about the death of creeper!Kim and introduced sympathy. It's refreshing to hate a lead like Kim once in a while and he played whackjob so well too - props for that gorgeous scene in ep 4? where Naoki gets all crazy-eyed on us and unleashes the beast and the transition happens physically/figuratively through a red light filter and uggggggh, prop-placement was beautiful. My ultimate favourite acting of his though is the him and Keita on the rooftop scene; emotions were literally being wrenched from his throat and rolling off his skin and just, dude, for that scene alone and the screaming after his friend I would rec' this drama.
I will always frown at the cut of his tank top though; I LOVE THAT HIS ARMS WERE CLOTHES FREE AND THE LINES OF HIS BODY WERE ALWAYS IN REACH but I just didn't like the way the tank top looked. Smth about the way it was cut on the sides and how it rounded around his chest and how any minute now there could've been a nip-slip. IDK. This means nothing but it bugged me enough that I've got to mention it again, ahaha. The hair-flipping-pushing-playing was very pretty and I loved the way he'd push it up and out of his face (I'm a sucker for shit like that), but I did wonder: how much of that was Naoki and how much of that was just habit-nerves? ♥
Omg, how could I forget? YURI. THE VERY BANE OF MY EXISTENCE AND THE MOST ANNOYING CHARACTER I'VE WATCHED THIS YEAR. DD8 I just couldn't for the life of me learn to love her, not even when Naoki was being a dick and she was crying and then she would try to assert herself... nothing could sway me to care. Okay, that's a lie, I did feel bad and cried when she died But She Was Stupid. Who goes after Santa Claus? ALONE? And then to make it worse it was Keita all along! I liked him and yeah, it probably had mostly to do with the fact it was Yusuke because I love me some Yusuke but still. He was cute sometimes and I liked his acting at parts. The look on his face when he saw Naoki and Yuri get back together though was just tragic. Also: Scene where Naoki and Keita are wearing the giant heads and confessing their Yuri-feelings was really sweet in this baaaaaw-the-boys-are-saying-shit-they-wouldn't-usually-say-if-they-weren't-disguised sort of way.
I guess I should talk about Minako, huh? She was good. idk, it's not that she was bad or anything but there were scenes (particularly big arse more truth is being revealed scenes) where I thought she could've given more. Admittedly though, I can ignore that because Miho is just so beautiful, every time she was on screen I was just all *__* for the first few seconds. And despite how not-excited I sound about the entire thing, I wouldn't have wanted the role to be played by anyone else. I liked her best when you could see her feelings toward Naoki change throughout the entire thing, just from the little subtle ways she'd look at him, the things she'd say - they were key.
Hmmm, I feel like there's more but at the same time I really just think I wanted to get the four bullet points out of my system, lol. I was raging really hard afterwards and needed to find the time to write these out so a few hours later, here I am. 8D;;
IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS
Rage/rant/flail/fuss/squee/anything under this as much as you want.
I neeeeeeeeeeeed more people to talk to about this. ಥ⌣ಥ
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Re: apparently so did i
Date: 2011-10-16 01:12 am (UTC)actually, I would've liked the papers if I wasn't always putting them off till last minute, ending up writing the whole 5 or 8 pages the night before the deadline. I don't think you can physically write 100 pages in one night, though, so yeah, I'm totally with you there. :/ lol, I just realised this is exactly why I can't get back into any of the shows I used to watch/start on new ones that people are recommending: I look at all the episodes/seasons and am like ...I think I'll pass. :| I got into Game of Thrones during the holidays because the 1st season had 10 eps, but then the end made me go WHUT how does it end here, I'm supposed to wait for the 2nd season now WTF. I always wonder if I'd choose to get into all this fandom shit again if I knew what it was going to do to me, but... I probably would anyway. XD /there's never too much screwed?
srsly, Bara made me believe in jdramas again 'cause all I had been watching was sort of meh and then Bara came and blew my mind. but really, he did say that? not sure how I feel about it, it is cute, but I was feeling sorry for Eiji so much. ._. lol, Nemureru Mori who? I think I don't have a heart anymore, broken is all that is left, but I didn't necessarily wanted it to end like that, I was just prepared for the possibility. XD of course I didn't watch it, my short attention span didn't let me remember about it for long enough to seriously consider watching it. :P
but now that you mention...IA, I really thought Shiawase was going to be great judging from first ep or two. I don't think you get many dramas with such blatant cliche script. and Idk, I love to make fun of TsukiKoi, but I don't personally think it was as bad as they say. the main problem imho was that the plot wasn't properly developed and you couldn't really understand the characters and their motivations and consequentially it was hard to get attached to them. as for sexual tension, the Kimu/Lin Chiling "I want you" scene will be forever in my top10 and there's a couple of more nice ones I guess. confusion was still the prevalent feeling for me, though. Nankyoku is definitely not a drama to look for romance [and unless it's gay romance, I don't think I'd be much interested; I mean, so many men in the cast and one alien being, i.e. Ayase Haruka, what kind of romance could it be? I don't hate on her, btw, she's just, eh, special.] it would be the day jdramas changed forever, but, ah! I suddenly remembered about that promise they had with Sanma that Sanma will make a movie starring Kimu when Kimu isn't so popular anymore. if worse comes to worst, that'd be still epic?
I suppose that being in Arashi is +10 to sexiness, apparently? I adore Jun, but not in that way. although I think I can see how people find him sexy, much more WTF-worthy in that poll was Yamapi. that's like, one step away from necrophilia. /ugh, actually recently fandom in general makes me want to be so bitchy, I have to keep away as much as I can not to explode. js, I don't hate these guys etc. etc.re-watched 2 eps, then my eyes went all wrong and red and hurting and I couldn't watch much for a couple of days. D: it absolutely isn't emotionally destructive, I'd say quite the opposite, it's even building? XD nope, I never watched Korean stuff, although you are kind of baiting me now with the dramatic bit. :D but I know exactly what you mean, my to-watch lists are like that too, and with constant distractions, [and re-watches! why do we re-watch stuff? totally wanting to go TsukiKoi next, kill me now.] it's not getting anywhere really. I mean, not to even mention real life, seriously, I wasn't asking for one but it somehow attached itself to me and follows me everywhere and I don't know what I'm supposed to do with it? >.>'
oh yeah, I remembered that LV actually has a nice OST too. another reason, hah. :D
ugh tumblr and school are distracting me
Date: 2011-10-25 12:57 am (UTC)Oh man, totally. I'd probably like papers more if I didn't procrastinate so much on top of having to take classes I had absolutely no interest in like the history of global economics and then writing papers on equations and the science behind them. BORING. Although theses are cool in that you get to come up with your own topics and study them for like a year, but alas. I was tired with uni a long time ago, lol. Even though I'm totally not prepared for the real world either. /so conflicting
jdramas spoil us! I have some srs catching up to do in terms of my non-asian things but seasons are like nearly 30 episodes long and idk if I can do that anymore. ;AAA; And even kdramas average a minimum of 20 eps so all signs point to sticking with jdramas for now, ahaha. But ooh, GoT! That's a show I've been wanting to watch for a while now, I like those sorts of series, just haven't found
sparedthe time for it yet. How'd you like it? I generally hear pretty good things about it and ppl are always spamming it on tumblr so I've probably had a few plot lines spoiled by now, lol. Omg, totally. Once you go jdramas you never go back-ama?and I have no regrets. But I DO wonder how long I'll keep this up, like, I can't imagine being in my 30s and maybe married and maybe with kidspfftand still watching these for some weird reason. Probably coz that feels like a different world still and it's not impossible, there are plenty of grown ppl in fandom or who still stick with it. So yeah. /where was i going with this? |D;;Bara is pretty much flaw-free in every single way. I have yet to come across a person who's seen Bara and had bad things to say about it. Despite how impossible-ish it was, or at least certain parts like Yuko's role in the drama, you still wanted everything to go well and that ending was just So Satisfying and perfect and ugggh, I could watch the last episode all over again just for Eiji to sweep her off her feet again and siiiiigh. <33 I totally get what you mean, Eiji is ridiculously adorable and sweet but so many things didn't want to go well for him ;AAA; I'll take every little piece of info the boys want to give us about their real selves, especially someone like Shingo who's all BWAAAH on tv, but then you find out he's actually a lot more toned down irl and is shy and doesn't like giving out his number and all those other tiny little things that you get to piece together about them all to make up these really intricate people who might sometimes be even more interesting outside of their work and lolol, why am I running on about this? You know what I mean. xDD But srsly, it's probably good you didn't watch it again, you'd endanger any of the broken bits of your heart you had left, but gdi, at the same time, why is it always the disgustingly depressing dramas that gut us the hardest? It's the dramas' fault in the first place for leaving us with such an impression. P:
I figure I can ask you since I'm not planning on finishing it, did the ending for Shiawase wrap up all the other characters' stories too? Like, what ended up happening between Shingo's and Kuroki's mom and dad? They get together? Or was it actually not romantic at all? I was shipping those two which in turn meant I was against Shingo/Meisa, lol. Ooh, and did Shingo's best friend and Riisa (as you can see I don't can't remember anybody's character name) ever get together too? idk, they always fought but at the same time~ /LOL YOU CAN CHOOSE TO IGNORE THIS ENTIRE BLOCK I WOULDN'T BLAME YOU But whoawhoa. The "I want you" scene, huh? I'm pretty curious, because, yanno, Kim knows how to work sexual tension like it's no one's biznass. I can't wait for subbed Nankyoku to be released, I nearly watched it raw but then I was just like, no. It's hard for me to watch things again subbed after watching it raw, so I'll just be patient for now. But I'm really happy about the ratings too, ep 2 got 19.0, so I'm hoping for a relatively high average overall. :Db
i am just exceeding all over the place today
Date: 2011-10-25 12:58 am (UTC)Yeah, being in Uhrashee and considering their popularity, that has to add some points somewhere. I guess in the case of Jun, I find his physical features to be more pretty or beautiful than sexy, although when he decides to turn it on, he can certainly be, but my general image of him isn't that and at the end of the day, sexgod biased is sexgod biased. UGH. DEAD FISH EYES. Srsly, a little more emotion can go a long way, I mean, the dood has looks, but it's what he's doing with 'em that's the problem. /pahaha, honestly, I know exactly where you're coming from, there's days where I just want to spew out terrible things on my journal just to get it out or under a post in arama or smth but I don't want to be a shit-stirrer either 8|Lol, LV's building? Well, that seems promising at the very least. Dramas like that are hard to come by or more like, I avoid them and go straight for the heart-wrenching shit. :3 No, srsly, think of the most dramatic jdrama you've watched, bajillion-quadruple that and you've got the average amount of drama you'll find in the korean ones. (re-watching stuff is one of the most fun things you can do and idgi either; esp. the ones that made me cry like a baby, i like re-watching those when i want to go through a rollercoaster of emotions) That's exactly how to-watch lists go! Other shit gets in the way don't even get me started on RL that decides to actually exist once you think you're getting somewhere and before you know it, you're re-watching things and watching dramas that weren't even on your list to start with and it just never ends. DD:
Ooh, yay. I don't think I've come across a jdrama that had a bad ost yet, but I only dl the ones that stick with me anyway
you don't say
Date: 2011-10-25 08:33 pm (UTC)history of global economics sounds... well, it's the same sound as when my brain breaks. i definitely wouldn't manage it. i'm lucky enough to have mostly classes that i find interesting and that aren't so hard except for all the reading they require, but i can't even get excited about them this year. ouch, ouch, why does this topic follow me everywhere i go? i mean, about not being prepared for the real world, 'cause i feel the same way and i have no idea what i'm gonna dooooooo. :|
they totally spoil us, it's a conspiracy! jdramas taking over the world, one brainwashed fangirl at a time. [are you behind this, Johnny? 'cause you're behind every evil conspiracy.] oh, so that's one minus point for kdramas then, and i'm back to feeling indifferent about them. GoT is good, it has blood, sex, violence, death, badass women and sexy men with sexy accents, basically everything a girl could want. ;D I've even had a brief and lurk-y romance with the fandom, or at least the gay incest porn part of the fandom, because they've had lovely angst fic. can see myself watching the 2nd season too when it's out, and I rarely stay for the 2nd seasons, if that says anything. so, definitely recommending. lol, I think I know what you mean. maybe it's because jdramas are our means of distraction/escape from the real world for a moment, so it seems that when we decide to live in full mode, and I suppose that's what getting married and having kids would demand from you, there won't be much place for jdramas? I know that the person I want to be works seriously and is quite busy and fandom doesn't really fit in her life. not saying that serious and busy people can't be in the fandom, just that I can't do both because I have no self-restraint with fandom and it makes me lazy. this is all base-less speculation, though. :P
srsly, I don't know what it is about Bara. I told my friend the whole plot and she was dying over how ridiculous it was, but at the same time when you watch it and not think about the lack of realism, it's so gorgeous. mhm, I know exactly what you mean, I love picking out all the small details about their real selves from the things they say and do, even though we'll never know the whole truth, it's interesting to see more and more new angles every time. [btw. srsly. tell me what I should think about Tsuyopon saying he's a virgin, 'cause I don't know. he couldn't possibly be serious? :o] I HATE it that most of my favourite dramas are depressing in one way or another, because I LOVE it when they turn us inside out, but I CAN'T mentally afford being turned inside out again and again. D:
ugh, you can ask me about Shiawase, but the truth is I can't remember. I think I didn't invest enough attention into it to have any bits of plot left in my memory, apart from those that pissed me off. I think that no one got together and it was left open, but don't quote me on this, I really can't remember anything from the last ep. XD btw, I think I might be taking back most of the it-wasn't-so-bad stuff I said about TsukiKoi, because I tried watching it again and I couldn't with a straight face, I was cringing and laughing and WTF?-ing all the time and despite all the pretty, I couldn't get past two episodes. I see it now that it doesn't make any sense. at all. also waiting for the subbed Nankyoku, although I noticed I am not dying to watch it all that much. will probably get excited when I watch it, but it's not the OMG I NEED IT NOW EVEN RAW feeling [that I had with yamato for example]. but yay for the ratings, I'm happy for everyone who worked hard to make it happen, it's such an epic project. <3
will this even be readable?
Date: 2011-10-25 08:33 pm (UTC)I used to think Jun isn't very pretty, and only when I started to like him, I gave his face some credit, so I don't know. and I watched him in dramas more than I did in other shows, so his roles influence my view of him too to some extent. basically, I don't know what it is about Arashi that they're all around 30, but they still look like boys to me. BAHAHA, Yamapi the poor fucker, I'm starting to like him more now that everyone hates him, mostly because I feel sorry for him. I mean, how can you hate him, does he look like someone who actually knows what he's doing? don't they just put the batteries in every morning and have him work all day and then put him back into his box? /yeah, exactly. I was a shit-stirrer once, I think I'm too old for it now and I wouldn't like myself for it either. or that's what I tell myself every time fandom makes me want to crack my head against a wall. D:YESS, I watched it again and it was very building. :DDD and pretty and adorable and heart-warming and all kinds of amazing. /meltmelt I'm not sure if I've seen any other dramas like this, everything is usually full of ridiculously dramatic shit or just light-hearted comedy, although I'm not saying no to ridiculously dramatic shit. uh, you're making it hard for me, kdramas, I don't know if I want to watch you or not. [the ones that made me cry like a baby, i like re-watching those when i want to go through a rollercoaster of emotions THIS, THIS. I'm like, hmmm, I wouldn't mind bawling my eyes out, how about a jdrama? XD and because with the ones we've seen we already know that they make us bawl our eyes out, a re-watch it is. or at least I guess that's how it works.] hah, now my to-watch list is weirdly empty, or I just don't know what I want to watch next. actually, I don't even feel like watching any new drama, I'd be happy with re-watching. first signs of brain death. :/
even when I do dowload them, I almost never listen to them. I don't know, guess I'm not too big on OSTs.