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So what about them summer dramas eh?

So friends and fangirls, the summer season is upon us! and So with that here's what I will be considering for the summer season and also how I'm faring with the dramas from last spring so far.

So for spring, I dropped Hokaben and completed Zettai Kareshi and Last friends so far.

Last friends: I think the less I say the better. I dont want this to become a big angry ranting post. I think most of us who stuck with the drama till the end felt some level of disappointment and I know a few people who felt betrayed even by the ending. For me it was really like a slap in the face. and that's all say about LF now or ever again. I will say though Juri and Eita were amazing in this from start to finish and it was almost worth suffering through this drama to see them in it. Almost.

Zettai Kareshi: It started out with so much promise. It had a really strong start and I was so sure it would be enjoyable from beginning to end and wrap up itself nicely. Later in the season it started losing it's spark and I was beginning to worry for how it would end...and sure enough the ending was immensely disappointing. It did follow the drama's ending to an extent. but honestly I just found the whole thing a big waste in the end. I do know people who were moved by the end and didnt see it as bad so much as a bit shocking. I just saw it as a letdown and fairly predictable since as Maya Miki's chara said, you cant have a relationship with a ROBOT. I also still feel sad that nerdy scientist and hot bartending lady didnt hook up ;_;

So far I'm still watching Osen and Rookies. I just recently dled eps 6-7 for Rookies and 5-6 for Osen.

Osen: So far I am very much enjoying Osen and I dont really have many complaints about it at all. I just really love the character interactions and everyone is defined and distinct despite being support charas in uniform who could easily blend into the background and become nobodies but I distinctly remember every character and even the parts of their personality. I really love that one waitress who looks gaijin. she's kind of hotheaded which i find really cute. I hope she hooks with osamu's character before the end. Uchi is seriously A+++ in this drama. I dont care what anyone says IMO he's a way better actor than ryo was, is or ever will be. I love how Uchi's character becomes like a friend for Sen, it's clear that everyone kind of idol worhips her in a way except for Uchi's chara who sees her as a normal girl. It's very cute.

As for Rookies I'm having fun watching it. It's a very melodramatic drama but I appreciate it's heart. and also it's many scenes of Ichihara Hayato looking DEAD SEXY. I also find it hilarious that big bad Shinjo (shirota yuu's character) cries as often and randomly as a hormonal pregnant woman.

As for summer dramas I have my eye on. I'm going to definitly watch Maou and Yasuko to Kenji. I also really have my heart set on seeing Monster Parent but it not be subbed which sometimes isnt a big deal but with this kind of serious drama knowing everything that's going on is important. Also dramas I'm considering watching are: Cat Street (apparently from the lady who wrote HYD) Shibatora (koike teppei the chibi cop <3) Koizora (I HATED the movie but eh maybe the drama will be better?)

I actually watched episode 1 of Code blue cause it was already subbed and I have a morbid curiosity. I totally watched it just to make fun of it XD. Me and my friends had a field day making grey's anatomy referances and picking out funny nicknames for all the characters. Yamapi's known as McOshiri sensei XD. I might repost that convo if I decide to keep up with code blue. Which I probably wont, it was just very dull to me. It doesnt help that as a rule I dislike medical dramas. and I dislike yamapi even more. Somehow the combination hardly screams WINNAR to me.

Before I wrap up this post I would like take a moment to flail about my most recent Jdrama obsession. TIGER AND DRAGON!!!!! My god words cannot describe how much i adore this drama and I've decided rather than making this post any more obscenely long I'd rather just give it it's own post. BECAUSE YES IT IS THAT AWESOME. It also will give me a chance to flail about the newfound fascination i have with rakugo thanks to this show. as if I need more obscure geeky obsessions -_-*
Speaking of newfound obsessions. whoever told me capsule was a fucking awesome band deserves a pat on the back now because THEY ARE AN FUCKING AWESOME BAND er duo I dunno wtf they are but it's awesome. I love bizzaro retro/mod thing they have going. the songs delightfully surreal too. I'll be making another post for that as well. SO MANY GREAT SONGS EEE <3

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I totally agree with this post xDDDDDD I dropped watching Last Friends in the 4th chapter >.> It began to scream "bad ending ahead" from the second one, no joke. I still read all the spoilers and everything, seriously they had an "original" plot and characters you wouldn't see usually in japanese dramas. (I wasn't totally expecting a character like Ruka anytime soon, and the whole DV thing is quite "recent"). But yeah.... they fucked it up.

On the other hand I saw Zettai Kareshi hoping the ending was good.... but, it's such a forced end, really >.>
I also still feel sad that nerdy scientist and hot bartending lady didnt hook up Ah! I thought I was the only one seeing something there xDDD

Osen ♥ Uchi ♥ really~~~ I need more chapss

Ah such foresight, if only I had been able to see the bleak ending ahead myself ;_;

DUDE NERDY SCIENTIST AND MAYA MIKI THE BARTENDER WERE LIKE MY OTP OK? I want fic now ;_;

Hee Uchi/Osen is like my girlfriends OTP. cause i picture them going shopping and dishing about guys before actually ever dating XD

is okay xD I can't even complain because I haven't seen it so yeah I could get killed by fans xD

shjdjfdf ♥ also, I love Maya Miki ♥

hahaha so right xD

Well for a drama like Osen which doesn't have a plot per say, it relies a lot on characters and their interactions. And I just love when Yocchan and Tomekichi have a fight XD

I hated Koizora too. I don't get when people say they cried their eyes out and why didn't she jump in the river and be with him forever?! and shit. The other guy was waaay better for her. The only time I felt sad was when he cried after they broke up. He was such a nice guy. ;_; He fixed her fucking family! Geex...

Hee osen DOES have a plot it involves Uchi pouting and whining alot! and osen getting drunk very often XD
I think the point of osen was seeing Uchi's character grow up from being a whiny spoiled brat to a mature skilled chef. I'm just guessing here though lol

oh thank GOD it's not just me. almost everyone I know who saw it liked it. It was totally melodramatic shit. and wtf that guy was STALKING her. HOW IS THAT ROMANTIC? WTF MAN

LOL. But yeah the maturity thing is probably the point of it. And of course, being eito, it has to come through experiences with food. XD

Every bad thing that could possibly happen to a human being happened to her in like two years. =_=' Rape, break up, stalking, heartbreak, family crisis, teen pregnancy, miscarriage, death....Augh. And there's a drama for it coming out this summer.

Add me on that wagon of people dissapointed with LF final it started pretty well but the latest episodes I felt that everything was around Sousuke and Michiru and they lef without consistent explications the past of other characters. I still wonder what happened with Ruka's desire to have a gender change? Why Takeru's sister acted that way? Will Takeru be able now to keep a healthy relationship with females with sex being involved? Why Sousuke came to be that way? Yeah they sort of explained but everything for him went too easy at the end.

Zettai Kareshi I felt that it took to many time for Riko to finally like Niaito and when she did man we already were on the finale.
Also I agree qith you why the only 2 interesting characters didn't end on a relationship at the end? Aka the bartender and the scientist. I felt that Maya Miki was there for nothing an insult for her awesome comic skills.

Rookies is awesome so far I watched until peisode 7 I dunno if I will finish it but this was one of the mest cast ensembles of the season because there's now a lot of talents we didnt notived before like Sato Takeru.

LOL remember the names?
McOshiri Sensei, IzzieToda Sensei, MeriGaki Sensei and Kawaii-sou Megane-kun Sensei xDDDDD I think this dram it's either for people who likes medical dramas or have a spot for them or are interested in Yamapi if not I think is not worth watch it.
I can't wait for Cat Street. Obviously Maou and Yasuko to Kenji are a must.

You know what?
Concerning Last Friends, since the beginning i had the feeling i had already seen Juri somewhere, i felt i so remembered her face...
And two days ago, PAAAAAAAAAAN!!!I understood!!!!
In fact, i totally didn't know her, but with her boyish haircut, she was the spitting image of Hotaru Akane - a porn actress - in a futanari movie she starred in:

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Time to say fuck to DV and yeah to AV...

I actually watched episode 1 of Code blue cause it was already subbed and I have a morbid curiosity.
Yeah, "morbid", that's the word...
And i say WATCH IRYU!!!!You won't dislike medical drama anymore!!!!
HOT DOCTORS ARE <3

OH GOD it's like her TWIN. horrifying o_o

Hey man I had fun watching Code blue and making fun of yamapi's hair and pointless existence with mari and vero. and making up those nicknames was so fun it was almost fun suffering through 2 seasons of grey's anatomy to do it. although at least GA wasnt boring.
Hee wolfie keeps telling me to watch it too! i will watch it for hot evil kazuki <3...eventually XD I have alot of dramas I havent gotten around to yet.

OH GOD it's like her TWIN. horrifying o_o
Her twin, but with something more...
Here, Akane is the proud owner of what Ruka is pining for - and i'm not talking about a brand new motorbike...
Ruka would be so jealous ^^

Want the movie? ^^

You should immediately skip the ugly Yamapi to watch Iryu...
Doctor Asada will give you an irrepressible urge to be savagely shoved on his desk.

......SHE HAS A DICK? O_O

If I say yes would tell my mommy on me? ;_;
LOL

I think that's just you babe but if it;'s kitamura I'll be sure to be drooling. even if he is an ossan~

SHE HAS A DICK? O_O
A fake plastic one, but yes.That's what the futanari genre is, girls with "something more"...Tough if i remember well, here she was just acting as a 100% boy.
By the way, she's a Kansaijin - but now that she's a big shot, that traitor only speaks in formal japanese, she ditched Kansai-ben...

HA HA HA, i never thought you'd simply CONSIDER to maybe say "yes" ^^ It's been a long time that i deleted that movie...
Gomen ;__;
But if you want to peek at the world of plastic-enhanced girls, i'll surely be able to find you something...
And no, mommy won't know.

No, i swear, REALLY watch Iryu, even hotness apart, and in all seriousness, it's really an excellent drama.

LOOOL you watch the weirdest shit girl. WTF TRAITOROUS BITCH. FORGETTIN HER HERITAGE.

LOL well it sounded it omoroi XD it's not like i never saw porn before but most of it was really fail so I havent seen any in a while. there was this french one i saw once though. that one wasnt so bad. your people know to make a decent porn movie i'll give you that.
It's cool though you dont need to look for anything XDDD
And suddenly I just rembered this was a public entry *eyes screen comment button*

I SAID WILL WATCH IT..EVENTUALLY! I need to work myself up to it first! XD

I've watched Code Blue, Maou and Tomorrow and I actually prefer Tomorrow, maybe it's cos I have a thing for Yukata Takenouchi and Kanno Miho. Code Blue just seems full of cliches to me, like the characters fit into a mold and everything.

Like u said, LF was a disappointment. They had all the themes that're worth discussing in depth and in the end, they just left it hanging becos the scriptwriters knew DV was the way to attract higher ratings. Rookies is melodramatic but I love all the pple acting in it, even the bit characters. Osen is a very pleasant drama actually, I like that it's light-hearted and doesn't try too hard. Hmm, as for Uchi being a better actor, I think it's really hard to compare considering how the roles given to Ryo hadn't been of a great variety at all.

Code blue is boring and basically just a bunch of pretty people in surgical scrubs.
Tomorrow actually sounds interesting but I'm not a medical drama fan so i might wait to check that one out until i hear good stuff about it.

I alot people say that to me when I say i prefer Uchi or dont care much for ryo's acting. I like ry alot and I'm happy for him getting drama roles but I will say this now and again no matter what anyone says to the contrary I just am not impressed with ryo as an actor. he just has zero charisma on screen IMHO. I dont feel compelled to watch him nor is he every commanding. he was commanding in LF but i felt that was only because the whole drama centered on his DV character. Uchi for me radiates charisma and life when he's on screen and ryo does not. I've never really been able to see a character in a drama ryo played and think that's SO AND SO i always just see Ryo. If that's the case I'd rather watch ryo be goofy with K8 then be all serious and cool in dramas cause it's just boring like that. He wasnt boring in LF but i felt like his character lacked depth. it's not entirely his fault though by a long shot. but the fact remains he could have done better. I know everyone was freaking out about how good he was but I honestly just thought he was OK. as in he did good but nothing that was worth flailing about. but I"ll admit I have high standards sometimes.

I think a lot of us were pretty disappointed with Last Friends :\ Ueno Juri and Eita stole the show from Masami. And as much as I love Asami, Eri wasn't a strong character ;_______;

What can I say about Osen? I lvoe everything about it xD From the cast to the OST...♥

I haven't seen the new season dramas yet, so I don't have comments on it :P

It's like -_- is the fandom's collective feeling about the LF drama

Osen is &hearts

I hope they are good. I CANT TAKE ANYMORE DISAPPOINTMENT. ;_;

LF-i have not yet watched. i wanted to wait for all eps to be subbed first, but like you, many are complaining about the ending. so i am having second thoughts. its on to do list for now.
ZK-the ending was vague.actually i wanted her to end up with soshi, but they have gone into more details.
Osen is ok, but i wanted a love story somewhere in there but don't think that gonna happen.
I was thiking of watching rookies, heard lots good stuff about it.

With Last Friends, I felt that stories of the other characters were put aside and could have allowed for further development of all the other characters. Likewise, I could say a lot about how this drama ended.

Oh man, I want to watch Tiger and Dragon! The Nagase and Okada combination must be amazing!!!!!! That's another drama I want to touch on before I leave!

yeah that was pretty much it in a nutshell. the whole thing was a massive waste of time in the end. -_-

DO IT DO IT DO IT. It's such a good drama! It went right to the top of my favorites list. right up there with IWGP and Dragon Zakura and Kimi wa petto. (I dunno why I liked that drama so much I just..did XD)

whoever told me capsule was a fucking awesome band deserves a pat on the back now
i did! i did! *wants a pat on the back* XDD

i think you and pretty much everyone who's watched it has said how LF is a disappointment given the potential it had. it is a tiring drama to watch and a tiring drama to discuss. so that's that.

i was only attracted to ZK because of the cast but even before the drama started and just by reading the synopsis, i knew it wasn't my kind of drama. so the fact that it wasn't all that great wasn't surprising.

i'm only at ep3 for osen but i loove it already. the cast is cool, the wardrobe is gorgeous, the theme songs are amazing and there's foood! uchi's character in itself is likable so when uchi adds his own whiny personality to it, it makes it the more interesting. however, i don't know about him being the better actor. ryo's just not as lucky as uchi in terms of the roles they get. sousuke is a character people just don't like no matter who plays it.

and yes! to tiger & dragon. such a brilliant drama with a brilliant set of cast. nagase and okada are the few good actors out of JE. you know they'll make it big with or without JE behind them, that's how good they are.

Oh yeah it was you! *pats* LOL I really love them! So far my favorites are idol fancy, retro memory, sakura, plastic girl (LOVE that one), tokyo smiling and jelly (that ones my MOST favorite of all) so many good songs ;_; I really love the retro mod thign they have going. it's very unique and distinctive. Also that nakata guy HOT *__* did not know he was such a young hottie. I find it funny he's always in the vids being all stoic and pretty while the girl sings and makes cute faces XD

Osen is wonderful <3 I was so worried I'd find it boring but I really love it and feel emotionally invested in everyone. ^_^
Tiger and Dragon is basically an A++++ drama but pretty much all Kudo Kankuro dramas are like that. *points to IWGP and Utahime*

For me it was really like a slap in the face. and that's all say about LF now or ever again. I will say though Juri and Eita were amazing in this from start to finish and it was almost worth suffering through this drama to see them in it. Almost.

you know how I feel, so I'll just rest my case...

EH??? how could you forget not to watch Dots' 33-pun Tantei??

OMG TSUYO MY BELOVED. I FORGOT YOUR DRAMA. HOW COULD IIIII? I MUST CARVE E'S INTO MY ARMS TO REPENT. ;___;

thanks fro the reminder! I never memorized the name of his drama so if forgot all about it! I MUST PUT IT ON MY WATCH LIST ASAP! I hope someone subs it ;_;

*ninja-es* I was totally thinking "hey she didn't add Tsuyo's drama" xDDD

I hope someone subs it too ;_; I've been searching for his dramas but no luck...

You can find Summer Snow on mysoju.com and you can find him in bokura no yuuki alongside koki at crunchyroll. both are subbed ^^ I've never seen Summer snow but it sounds boring. bokura though is awesome. WATCH IT

well kinki is established enough that I think someone will sub his drama eventually but probably not right away. shame ;_;

I totally missed these two~~ and I even have an account at crunchy xD shame on me.... thank you!!
I just found a subbing team for Home drama which sounds good to me.

I know ;_; I'm surprised tho xD because I found quite a lot of subbed things these days, more than what I'd expected anyway.

P.S: I didn't notice that part in your post but Capsule is/are great xDDD (I've only heard their songs so I know nothing about them) yay

About LF. It disappointed me too that's why I didn't say anything anymore. Haha. Is it true that they're planning on a movie or sth? (O__o)

I like watching Osen. OSEN. I enjoy the food. XD And I find Yocchan and Osen cute too. I mean in the 6th episode, awwww. I want them to develop some kind of relationship but I guess that's not going to happen.

I LIKED WATCHING TIGER AND DRAGON ARGH. Some episodes were just as touching. It's kind of awesome how Nagase's character actually incorporates things that happen in his life to the rakugo he's about to tell.

I'm trying out Rookies in the future. :D Maybe this weekend I'd watch a couple of episodes and see about it.

MY MSN SHUT OFF ITSELF. VERY NICE.

I'M SORRY I TOOK OFF. I WAS TYPING SOMETHING WHEN I LOGGED OUT AND I CAN'T LOG IN NOW. IDK WHY IT DOESN'T WANT ME TO.

JUST SO YOU KNOW. DAMN. MAYBE I HAD KARMA ABOUT YAMAPI. XD NONONONO.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR SUMMER TOO. I NEED TO CLEAN UP MY HD. SUMMER IS JOHNNYTASTIC. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YASUKO TO KENJI AND I'M WAITING FOR MAOH HARDSUBS NOW. XD GREATTTT.

LOVE, YORI.

DAMN MSN. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I'M TYPING ON ALL CAPS.

Yeah that;s what I loved about toraji's stories. how he took real life events and used them to put a new spin on the old classics. often making them more relatable to modern audiences.
I got a bit of a crush on Okada's chara though XD I dont know why. But I found his outbursts really cute <3 and I liked his passionate nature.

LOOOL IT'S OK! I figured you had a net problem. Thank you for clarifying though! Hee and YAY SUMMER DRAMAS! Every season I say I'm only gonna watch two but then i end up getting suckered into watching 5-6 -_-; I only ever watch 2-3 all the way through though.

LOL I HAD A CRUSH ON OKADA'S CHARACTER TOO. XD Everytime he gets hit or gets sad I wanted to hug him. In a way. XD

:) AHAHAHA. Me, I always say that I want to keep up with the dramas, but in the end I wait until the season is over so that I can watch it without stopping. Last season was an exception, though. I don't watch all the dramas because sometimes I lose interest in the middle, too bad~ :PPP

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