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(Another One of) Sacchan's GTO (2014) Rant
I wouldn't say regular, per se...
But I do post about GTO a lot, the 2014 series ufufu.
MY GOD FUMA YOU'RE KILLING ME. I SHIP KUZUKI AND AYUNA SO MUCH IT KILLS ME.
AHHHH I don't want this drama to end <3 It just makes me all tingly and warm inside... It's also fast-paced so I don't get bored of it, except when I'm waiting for the next episode LOL
Also, because I watch GTO, I somehow fell in love with GENERATIONS, which led to falling in love with EXILE TRIBE pfffff... I really shouldn't get into anymore fandoms...
They're amazing. I love them. So much.
OOOOH. Sub updates. It's taking a while... Cause I really have a ton of shiz to do this week. Might finish later than I did last time. *Sacchan ganbaree~!*
See ya!
But I do post about GTO a lot, the 2014 series ufufu.
MY GOD FUMA YOU'RE KILLING ME. I SHIP KUZUKI AND AYUNA SO MUCH IT KILLS ME.
AHHHH I don't want this drama to end <3 It just makes me all tingly and warm inside... It's also fast-paced so I don't get bored of it, except when I'm waiting for the next episode LOL
Also, because I watch GTO, I somehow fell in love with GENERATIONS, which led to falling in love with EXILE TRIBE pfffff... I really shouldn't get into anymore fandoms...
In case you don't know the ikemen guy looking all cynical(?) is Katayose Ryota <3
And he's Reo Sano kukuku
They're amazing. I love them. So much.
OOOOH. Sub updates. It's taking a while... Cause I really have a ton of shiz to do this week. Might finish later than I did last time. *Sacchan ganbaree~!*
See ya!
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Perhaps you will also like "Kinkyori renai Season Zero" - with moody Abe Aran and cute-eyed Kishi Yuta? Arisu subs is subbing this dorama.
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I watched the first episode! Solely because of Kishi Yuta and Abe Aran kukuku I'm a huge fan of them kyaa they're the cutest <3 But then it seemed to be about complicated love and stuff so I didn't continue u.u Can't really stand them when they're still on-going... Maybe I'll watch when it's finished XD
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It really got interesting with EP 02 and Sao Reno´s intriguing performance. Oh, there were quite a few really adorable guys in the course of that dorama. I also like Katayose Ryota a lot. Hm, I also noticed Okamoto Kauan in the dorama and wondered why he wasn´t featured more prominently since he also is cute and seems to be an interesting person - BUT maybe he still get his episode? I have watched up to EP 08 by now.
Oh, you really managed to stop after EP 01 of KINKYORI RENAI SEASON ZERO? I perfectly understand your desire to watch a dorama only if it is complete (and for me that also means the subs have to be completed - and that`s another story, since some will never be completed, as for example in NAZO NO TENKOSAI - Hongo Kanata, another of my fav actors). I haven´t started Tokyo 23 for exact that reason, since you said it would take another while until the third episode will get subbed - and since I don´t like too long breaks between episodes I mostly start only when either all subs are out, or at least there is a certain buffer I could use when the subber needs longer for another episode - and that can always happen when real life buts in ^-^.
I enjoy that luxury when someone recommends an older dorama that already is complete (as I for example so much enjoyed SUMMER NUDE this summer and was happy I could watch another episode whenever I was in that mood and didn´t have to wait for another EP or subs). But with new doramas and actors that I love it´s a constant battle with myself, if I manage to wait...or loose.
In the case of KINKYORI RENAI S. ZERO I bravely waited until 3 episodes were subbed - but then Arisu didn´t release new subs for quite a while after EP 04 due to RL and I was so thrilled by this dorama (and had vacation) so I simply couldn´t stop watching - and here I go waiting for the next sub-release in anticipation again ^-^.
I did watch Abe Aran in SHARK 2 and was kind of amazed how different he appeared in KINKYORI RENAI. The longer hair looks so much better on him than the short and this kind of moody character totally fits him. He is a perfect choice for the role. But so are the other two lead-actresses and so much Kishi Yuta. He is my discovery in this dorama and mainly the reason I couldn´t stop watching it. He plays such a lovely person here and looks so sweet, a guy you really would love to have as a friend (or more). And I LOVE his eyes - would he look at me with those beepers he most probably could get anything from me ^-^.
So, I couldn´t wait with this one. Or SUIKYUU YANKEE - too many of my faves like Chiba Yudai, Yoshizawa Ryo (also great in LOST DAYS) or Yamazaki Kento.
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I don't think Kauan's getting a GTO eps :c The next episode is the last and it's not about him *sobs* I agree, Reo Sano's episode was one of the best <3
I fell in love at first sight with Kishi Yuta kukuku he's SO ADORABLE RIGHTTT OMG. His eyessss. His birthday is the same as mine, too LOL. Ooh... I think I might give SHARK a go... Is the first shark and the second related? Or can you just watch SHARK 2 directly?
Yamazaki Kento is GREAT hahaha XD I love him, too. But I don't like Suikyuu Yankees for some reason, meh. I liked him in Yowakutemo Katemasu hehe, Fukushi Sota's in it, too, and Nakajima Yuto, and Ninomiya Kazunari. I really want to watch L-DK and Sukitte Ii na Yo (the live action) but I still can't seem to find them (Yamazaki Kento's in L-DK, Fukushi Sota in Sukitte Ii na Yo and also the girl that plays Abe Aran's half sister in Kinkyori Renai Season Zero).
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I loved that movie and looked what else was available English subbed and discovered "Honey and Clover" - Sakurai Sho. This lead me to Arashi and so I discovered Kazunari Ninomiya which I rank amongst the best Japanese actors up until today!
Thus I came to J-Doramas and I was really surprised how MANY really handsome AND talented actors Japan has to offer. Contrary to you I never was much of an Anime-buff, although I also love the really good ones, like those by Shinkai Makoto ("5 cm per second" is my favorite but also some Ghiblies like "Whisper of the heart" and "From up on poppy hill" - and I also love "Brave world").
It´s really too bad Kauan doesn´t get an episode in GTO now - which somehow means the series has to be continued until he get´s one - so let´s vote for another season!!!
Ah, Fukushi Sota is also a real cutie and he seems to be quite ambitious as an actor (he will be in an Takeshi Miike-movie soon). I also enjoyed him in YOWAKUTEMO KATEMASU (Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamazaki Kento and Hongo Kanata as well, of course!), but I LOVED his movie ENOSHIMA PRISM - have you watched that? If not and you like Sota, you MUST watch that. As for "Sukitte Ii na Yo" - I haven´t found that English subbed and in good quality yet anywhere. If you have a source that`ll be highly welcome.
L-DK seems to be a cinematic movie and not yet out anywhere subbed!? I watched the trailer right now and yes, that would most probably a movie I´d like to watch - and Yamazaki Kento with even longer hair looks really cute as well. Hm, you don´t like SUIKYUU YANKEE? Why? I think Kento looks better in it as in YOWAKUTEMO and his character is more interesting. And as I said, I love Yoshizawa Ryo and Chiba Yudai ^-^. That Baka-trio is gorgeous!
But yeah, Kishi Yutas eyes are a phenomenon. As I said, he could get anything from me, throwing those eyes… Ah, so your birthday comes up in 12 days? ^-^.
I really hope he´ll be in more doramas to come ^-^.
Do you still watch Doramas only randomly , or do you think this will increase from now on?
By the way - could you grant me access to your LJ community - yesterday I tried a link for some reason (I guess checking the subs, as I regularly do) - and access was denied. I certainly follow your rules, don´t worry!
Regarding your question about SHARK: I would recommend to watch season 1 first and season 2 only after you´ve seen season 1. Basically both seasons tell a different story about two different bands, but a few characters appear in both seasons and their story is better understood if you watch them in the correct order. And both seasons are worthwhile watching. The first has a weaker story but lives from a really strong performance of Hirano Sho - he is really some character! ^-^. The second season has basically the better story and the actors do a good job as well (though not on the same level as Hirano´s), but the script would have needed more speed and climaxes - one could have made that season even better, if the script would have been better.
Another dorama I really liked was "49" - also subbed by Arisu-sub. Highly entertaining as well. And if you like police stories with occasional comedy in it, you absolutely should watch BITTER BLOOD from the spring season 2014. Sato Takeru was gorgeous in it, such an adorable character, constantly bickering with his father, he had to work with surprisingly. I really enjoyed that!
And if you like something thrilling, wicked and excellent performances, you should watch KAZOKU GAME. Sakurai Sho´s doramas are often a little boring, but not this one - he gives the performance of his live and his opponent is the ever excellent Kamiki Ryonosuke - they fight to the bones here. Excellent performances!
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Ooh yeah, Hachimitsu to Clover... I don't really like dramas with complicated love relationships, heck I don't like ANYTHING with love triangles much, be it a book, movie, manga, just anything in general really, that's why I try to steer away as much as possible from them pft. 5 Centimeters per Second was pretty nice though, though the ending leaves me wanting more, just a tiny little bit hehe.
Yeah! Another season with Kauan! A lot of people actually don't like the fact that there's too many GTOs haha... But I actually like all of them. Now that I think about it, a little like spin-off would be nice, telling the stories and love relations of the GTO characters hahaha... That'd be a treat. (yeahrightkeepdreaming).
Ah! I've been wanting to watch Enoshima Prism for a while... Yeaaaah I've been waiting for Sukitte Ii na Yo and L-DK since forever, I'll definitely tell you when I find a source lol
UWAHHH now I really want to watch SHARK, too :c HIRANO SHO'S IN IT?! I like him so so so so very much >< and his raspy voice is just hnggggg <3 One of my favorite Johnny's Jrs, together with Kishi Yuta and Fukka and a whole bunch of others XD
Man, now I have a lot on my download-and-watch list, thanks for the recommends and advices! ><
Ooh, sorry about the friend thing, the links won't work unless it's a mutual friendship thing hehe. I added you though so they should work fine now :) Yoroshiku ne~ It's super fun talking to you, but maybe a little intro is overdue? kukuku
I'm Sacchan and as you already know I'm into a lot of things Japanese, mostly good looking guys and cool music groups, but ya know hehe. Mangas and animes are a huge chunk of my life too. And TV series like Supernatural, Sherlock, all the likes ufufu. Yoroshiku!
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7 years later I recently fell in love again - of course another failure - but that´s probably not a story for an open post.
Ah, you like Haruki Murakami as well? I have read "Norwegian wood", "1Q84" and recently "The colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his years of pilgramage", but most I liked "Kafka on the shore".
"Hachimitsu no clover" - I didn´t mean the dorama, but the movie. If I am not mistaken Sho Sakurai was not in the dorama-version ^-^.
I have an idea why you steer away from stories with a love triangle. I don´t like this either and in real live this of course mean that one person get´s extremely hurt - i have experienced that myself. in my concept love should only occur two-sided - and then always successfully! ^-^.
Yeah, but life isn´t that way. But for doramas and movies, love still is the best inspiration!
And I have to warn you, in SHARK 2 there is also a love-triangle-component buildt in!
Okay - if you love Sho Hirano THAT much, Shark 1 is a MUST!!! He really dominates that dorama and he plays a strange but wonderful character - a guy you want to shake or slap in the face (to wake up to reality) and hug at the same time - you´ll know what I mean once you´ve seen this!
He played gorgeous! Honestly I hope he´ll be back in more doramas! And yes, his voice really is unique!
With Sinkai Makotos animes it´s mostly that the end leaves you with the desire for more. His recent work GARDEN OF WORDS ( a little short in running time for my taste) also ends in a ways that you kind of see a "TO BE CONTINUED" in your imagination - and wonder if it will ever come.
Really? People complain that there is too much GTO? I have seen the first season and liked it - and I really LOVE this new 2014 season - as I said, extremely strong stories and performances. And many cute Japanese guys!
Haha, sorry for blowing up your "download and to watch-list" ^-^. And yeah, Kishi Yuta... I hope to be still awake enough to watch EP 05 of KINKYORI RENAI SEASON ZERO after I finished this message. How can you manage NOT to watch him now???? ^-^. Those eyes are soooo amazing. And he play that kind of character I totally would fall in love with...so cute and considerate. *SIGH*
And yes, you should watch ENOSHIMA PRISM very soon. It´s that kind of movie you love to watch when you calm down from a stressful week, maybe on a friday evening, and just want something nice an relaxing and beautiful...it works magic that way!
And thanks for thinking of me when you find something reagrding L-DK and Sukitte Ii na Yo. Of course I´ll do the same for you. And also thanks for adding me to your friends list! ^-^.
Thanks for your introduction. I´ve already told a lot about myself. I also like a lot of Japanese things, from food, the landscape, the people to movies (way too underrated in the western world!) and doramas, music and - yes to be honest - mostly the young Japanese men. Japan has so many good looking young actors that I am always kind of amazed - I have found hardly anything alike in our western culture. I guess would I be living in Japan I would be endangered to fall in love twice a day - while here...years without ever :-(.
I already talked about movies and doramas - regarding music it started with Arashi, but their recent releases are not as thrilling as they used to be in earlier years. I like the voice of Kikuchi Fuma, and hence listen to SEXY ZONE, discovered YUZU recently in Japan night 2014 - but the group that I really fell in love with and admire as artist is SEKAI NO OWARI. They are true artists who live their music. And other than most Johnny´s groups SEKAOWA plays REALLY live - the whole concert through and not just for 10%. Very creative, write their own songs - beautiful arrangements and I love the voice of Fukase!
Running out of space here- since only 4300 letters are allowed!
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When it comes to western movies, I love the old ones with Doris Day, John Wayne, Dean Martin and such, a british series called THE AVENGERS from the mid-sixties is simply terrific and music-wise the above artis as well, but on the top unmatched Caterina Valente - she is the most talented person I ever saw. Retired by now, but THE European artist of the 50´s and 60´s and known worldwide.
I also like to listen to Jazz, Elvis and other old-time Rock`n Roll. Connie Francis, Cliff Richard, Rick Nelson.
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Hmmmmm if love-triangles are present then it might take me a while till I watch SHARK 2 :| I'm downloading SHARK right now though kukuku Can't wait to watch <3
Arashi's been really quiet ne... *sigh* I ended up liking GENERATIONS FROM EXILE TRIBE after watching GTO cause of the Arashi-quietness heheh.
Oh my that's a lot of actors XD I liked Yoshizawa Ryo in Akihabara@DEEP (the 2006 drama), he played this like kansai computer genius, his dialect was adorable haha. And OOOH! Yamamoto Yusuke <3 He's an amazing actor IMO, he was wonderful in Yamada-kun to Shichinin no Majo hahaha... He has such beautiful jaws (I have a creepy fetish thing with jaws, don't mind me pft). I'm not a big fan of Hokuto, maybe cause I didn't like his character in Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou? IDK... I love Jesse though hehe <3
Oh wow I'm not that into western culture since I live nowhere near, so I don't know half the things you're saying X'D I know Elvis though, obviously, and Cliff Richard I think is the person who sang Summer Holiday? Or was that a different guy.. pft
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Yes, I´d say that most probably ARASHI got a different status in Johnny´s after their tenth anniversary. They have been Johnny best source of income over the first ten year (and they still sell like crazy, even with lesser activities) – and they kind of earned a “semi-retired” status. The pace they were going for a really long time, of course is not healthy and when you get a little older you have to slow down a bit if you don´t want to damage body and soul ^-^. But I also think Arashi´s style of music changed considerably and I simply liked the old stuff better.
Akihabara@deep was always on my list of doramas I would love to see, but I never found decent quality files with subs. Wasn´t Toma Ikuta in it? But Yoshizawa would be another huge reason to watch that. Have you watched LOST DAYS? I really loved him in that one. And Seto Koji also is one of my all-time fave actors – he had the lead in LOST DAYS.
YAMADA-KUN with Yamamoto Yusuke is another of those doramas on my list – I already have that, but didn´t watch it yet. Too little time, always too little time for the good things in life . And indeed Yusuke has a wonderful jaw ^-^. Regretably he had very little big roles in doramas or movies lately.
I am watching HOMEROOM ON THE BEACHSIDE right now – Yusuke is in it and he looks absolutely gorgeous in this one – it´s from 2008, he was in his prime then ^-^. And it´s the last time Nakamura Yuichi appeared in a dorama – I also adore him - he had an excellent episode 4 for himself.
Hm, I really liked Hokuto in SHIRITSU BAKALEYA, I have to say. I didn´t like the character he played in PIN TO KONA (he was a kind of jealous jerk there) and I didn´t like his haircut in SHARK – you´ll know what I mean when you see it!
And yes, Cliff Richard was the guy who sang “Summer holiday” among other hits over a period of more than 50 years ^-^.
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Well, I haven't been a fan for that long, so I don't know... I think I got really into them around the time Lucky Seven was airing? When Wild At Heart was released...
Maybe because @DEEP's pretty old? The one I torrented also had a so-so quality, but I'd say it was pretty high quality considering it was pretty old. Yes! Ikuta Toma's in it and he played wonderfully~ He's an amazing actor ufufu
Ooh, maybe I'll watch those you mentioned after I finish SHARK~ ^.^
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Ah, If you are not that long an Arashi-fan und you haven´t watched my favourite two Kazunari Ninomiya-doramas you should checke them out. One is YASASHII YIKAN - this is a more serious dorama, that plays deep in winter in Hokkaido - it´s perfect for watching around Christmas because of that special mood and scenery. Nino father owns a coffe shop and each time he brew fresh coffe (and he didi that a lot) I was getting so thirsty for a good cup of coffee...
The other one is a cute comedy also featunring Sho Sakurai, called YAMADA TARO MONOGATARI. Nino plays a poor guy tahtis taking care of a lot of sibblings and is truely someone you would love to cuddle throughout this dorama ^-^.
I guess I have to search again for @Deep. I don´t do torrent (to dangerous here), and so far I haven´t foudn a decent source, which is regretable, since I really love both Yoshizawa ryo and Ikuta Toma!
Sppeaking of Ikuta Toma - if you can stand an unbeleivable good "true love"-movie, Ikuta Toma´s HANAMIZUKI is a movie not to be missed - it´s so beautiful. I also liked his WE WERE THERE: FIRST LOVE (Bokura ga ita Zenpen (2012)), but HANAMIZUKI is excellent.
And regarding Doramas I enjoyed Ikuta very much in "Osozaki no Himawari" (Late blooming sunflowers - my life renewed) (Fuji TV / 2012) - very nice dorama.
So I guess you have enough recommendations to keep you busy for a while. Ahhh no...one more you ABSOLUTELY have to watch - that dorama was heavily underrated, but it´s highly entertaining. I´m speaking about TUMBLING, starring our Yamamoto Yusuke as a soft-hearted Yankee who collides with well-mannered Seto Koji. Yamamoto and Seto have worked together quite often a couple of years ago, but this is my favourite collaboration of those two fabulous actors. It´s a MUST-SEE-dorama. And recently - after a couple of years - the subtitles were completed.
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I've watched SHARK up to episode four kukuku... Iwamoto Hikaru's character (the drummer) is such a perfect fit for him XD Though Hokuto's character gives off a girly vibe to me pft. The drama is packed with Johnny's WEST members XD Although they were still juniors at the time, and Fujii Ryusei definitely looked much better in SHARK compared to how he looked in Again!!
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Oh my god...sorry..I´m shaking from laughing - I didn´t even notice that this guy in SHARK was Fuyii Ryusei - I really had to search which character he played ^-^. I`m only at Episode 3 in AGAIN!! now - but when I watched the first episode I thought "this guys looks strange - especially the haircut!". But I wouldn´t say he looked better in SHARK - there he looked tooo "cool" for my taste (but that´s of course a matter of personal taste - I simply don´t like guys that seem to be full of themselves). And I don´t like it when guys look like fashion victims. Seto Koji for example sometimes gets dolled up a lot - and I don´t like it. That guy looks so unbelievably cute and best in just casual jeans and a T-Shirt or a Jeans-shirt. Same goes for Chiba Yudai.
But then again Fuyii had something that kept me watching. AGAIN!! might not be my favourite dorama, but I will watch it until the end.
Hm,...and yes, now that you mention it - Hokuto really had a strangely soft, nearly feminine aura in SHARK. He seemed so different in SHIRITSU BAKALEYA, had much more presence, appeared stronger, quite mature. I really think he has potential as an actor, but those roles he got in PIN TO KONA and SHARK were not the best suited for him.
Yeah, SHARK is full of Johnny´s WEST members and this continues with SHARK 2 (Shigeoka Daiki, who did a good job there. I very much liked his sensitive, vulnerable character).
Right now I´m waiting in anticipation for the subs to KINKYORI RENAI EP 06. I saw EP 05 late this week and Kishi Yuta was so so so cute again. I loved it how he moved, kind of threw his head after Mirei told him that she confessed to Haruka and Haruka came towards them (he doeas have a very unique body language I very much like) - and the way he started singing when a situation became awkward (he just sang a few bars, but I loved his voice - sounded really traditional). And again THOSE eyes ^-^. God, I´d be helpless...
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Hokuto has like this segment on the variety show Gamushara called "Hoku Hoku Hokuto" where he goes around restaurants eating scalding hot food, going hoku hoku (it's an onomatopoeia, like omnom, but for hot food). It's pretty pointlessly entertaining pft.
AH! I just remembered I haven't watched Bad Boys J the movie... I think Shigeoka's in that right? Ah~ Maybe I'll watch that first since I already have it ufufu.
It's gonna be Kishi's birthday sooooooon ~ kyahaha
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You already have "Bad Boys J the movie"? I haven´t found a file, let alone subs, yet :-(.
Hope I´ll manage to watch a new episode of SEIJO and SUKIYUU YANKEE today - but still some chores on my list first...