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Now watching Rebound. I didn’t plan to, but JIN 2 is serious (ly great) and BOSS 2 is verging on mediocre, so I’d thought to balance it out with something. This is such a cute show! The end of the second episode made me laugh because, uwah— KARMA! Regardless, it’s one of those shows whose endings I can see from a mile away, but that’s perfectly alright.
(I feel like a cheat. This is an all new screencapture, I didn’t color it or anything, but it’s almost the same exact one I used when I first posted about JIN in December 09! Parallels…)
I wasn’t even sure that this series could get any better, but it did. The political intrigue is ten times more interesting than it was last time. I remember getting bored during the second half of the very first episode of JIN, but at the time of typing this, I was about an hour into it and wondering when it would end because clearly such greatness cannot last!
That’s all I’ll say about it for now, too busy with wrapping up the semester to elaborate anymore. Mad excited about the next episode, though. If you’re not watching this already (the whole series!), GET TO IT.
The Keizoku series is just…
It starts off innocently enough, with (predictable) murder mysteries, but towards the very end of the series —and I mean INTO THE EIGHTH EPISODE, OF ELEVEN— it gets real! I know I overuse that expression a lot, but the you-know-what probably hits the fan like a billion times throughout. Really.
Mayama and Shibata (omg) are nothing like Sebumi and Touma. For starters, Sebumi is not an asshole, hahahahah. And it’s probably because Nakatani Miki is the better actress, but Shibata’s “quirks” were ten times better than Touma’s. So lulzy.
I think I did enjoy SPEC a little more, but this one made me gasp a lot plus there was actual romance between the leads (you guys, my heart). AND IT WAS AMAZING.
Phew.
Finished SPEC. The “twist” in the final episode…. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT
Oh man. Takano Seiichi and Hotaru are cute. The dynamic in Hotaru no Hikari 2 is a little different this time around since they’re on the road to something much more (marriage), and there are so many choice moments!
I cannot begin to describe to you how awkward Himitsu can be. Shit summary: the family consists of Heisuke (dad), Naoko (mom) and Monami (daughter). Monami and Naoko take a bus to go visit their in-laws when they’re involved in a terrible accident. Monami survives but her soul has left her. As a result, Naoko’s soul is in her body.
DISTRESS. AWKWARDNESS. EXTREME DISCOMFORT. My friend, who is quite a few episodes ahead of me (I guess being Japanese and stuff gives her an advantage, lol…) told me that it gets even crazier.
ok
so
if Monami aka Naoko reaching her damn hand into Heisuke’s shirt while he was sleeping not bad enough…
JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL
(You’re probably asking, why am I still watching this drama? Well, I can’t help that I like the two leads and the original creator of the story — wait for it… it’s Keigo Higashino! — so I have no choice but to go on. It’s not like the drama is BAD, it’s just that the story makes me wtf with my entire body and soul that I really need to see how it all plays out. Really.)
Well, I’m halfway through Guilty [Akuma to Keiyakushita Onna], and what better way to celebrate the fact than with some old fashioned tl;dr?
Kyoko Odagiri is known as a showy, charismatic and popular psychic, though in reality she has no special powers. Instead, the unusual heroine gathers information through her own effort, then plays up the role of the psychic, willing to create any kind of lie if it will help save someone. Shosuke Tanihara (38) will play the mysterious Ichiro Taniguchi, who becomes Kyoko’s accomplice. (tokyograph)
The fall season has officially begun! Yessss!
Meiko Nogami (Miho Kanno) was a popular pet beauty expert, but at the age of 19 she was imprisoned falsely for the murders of her brother-in-law and nephew. 12 years later she is finally released from prison.
Meiko Nogami now brings unhappiness to those around her as she searches for the truth behind the murders. She reveals false accusations, shakes the foundations of their minds and eventually brings them to commit suicide as Meiko seeks out revenge.
A former detective (Hiroshi Tamaki), who had a bright future before accidentally causing the death of a fellow detective, crosses paths with Meiko. He senses something dangerous about the woman but also feels an attraction to her…
