Filed under: Anime, Asian Celebs, Japanese Drama, Updates/Spoilers | Tags: Hachimitsu & Kurobaa, Harada Natsuki, Honey & Clover, Ikuta Toma, Jdorama, live action, Mukai Osamu, Narimiya Hiroki, Narumi Riko
And just like that, I’m in a new Honey & Clover craze. This show is soooo amazing, it’s not even funny. It follows the anime way more than the movie did but still twisted it into something new. I love all the characters.
Mayama was the hot stuff I’ve always imagined he was in the anime.
As expected, Takemoto, played by Ikuta Toma, was brilliant.
Hagu, played by Narumi Riko, was fine. She was pretty good actually but Aoi Yuu is still the best Hagu ever, maybe even better than the anime cause anime Hagu was just made too kiddie looking. Oh, and back to the live action drama, I found it weird how they made Hagu smile at Takemoto when they first met. It’s not like her. She’s like, afraid of people. I think she was more likely to run away when she saw him.
Yamada was perfect, especially with her kicking scenes and her “pathetic-but-you-still-feel-for-her” love for Mayama. The way she was wiping her tears while she was doing the pottery, heartwrenching.
I didn’t expect much from Morita but he has me now. He’s cute rin pala. He was great at being weird and funny without trying too hard. And oh my god, the best thing for me here is the Yamada/Morita friendship. I thought they wouldn’t even bother with it because romance sells, right? But yes, they do show their closeness like in the anime, maybe even more.
I was smiling throughout the entire episode because I couldn’t believe how nice it turned out. And with the scoring and everything. But of course, I was almost crying during the saddest moments, like when Takemoto heard Hagu say she liked Morita’s piece and when Yamada was crying over Mayama. The next episode looks even better. I think I saw all the best scenes from the anime in the preview for ep 2. The part when Mayama was carrying Yamada and she kept repeating she liked him… for me, that was the saddest/heaviest but most memorable moment when I watched the anime. It just had this strong effect on me.
Oh well, I’ll probably be hungover for the next few weeks.
(disclaimer: image stolen from d-addicts forum, Honey & Clover Jdrama thread)
Filed under: Anime, Asian Celebs, Japanese Drama, Movies, News/Rumors/Chismis, Updates/Spoilers | Tags: Change the World, Death Note, English Subs, Erika Toda, Kenichi Matsuyama, L, live action, Narumi Riko, Sequel, Shindo, Spin Off, The Last Name, Trailers
Finally, the official trailers are out. Only the second one has English subs apparently. At first, I thought it was a prequel, as in before the WHOLE Kira case but no, it’s about the last 23 days of L after he solved the Kira case. I think it was mentioned somewhere that he was looking for a successor. He’s trying to finish this last case before he dies since he wrote his own name in the deathnote and was supposed to die in 23(?) days. This basically picks up where Deathnote: The Last Name left off. Oh, I saw Erika Toda/Misa Amane in the trailer too. I really don’t know what she’s doing there but I’m glad she is since I like her character. So I’m guessing there are L/Misa moments? Hehehe! I like them in fanfiction (I have a thing for non-canon pairings). Ryuk also makes an appearance, yay!
The movie comes out in Japan on February 9, 2008. For now, I will get my fix of Kenichi Matsuyama hotness by watching Shindo, his movie with Narumi Riko (Honey & Clover Live Action Drama, One Litre of Tears), which is now uploaded in crunchyroll.com with English subtitles. Kenichi Matsuyama plays a 19 yr. old pianist who’s very passinate about playing the piano but apparently is not as good as the 13 yr. old girl who hates playing piano, she is played by Narumi Riko.
Here are the trailers of L Change the World.
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