Yukan Club

Watching "Yukan Club" now.
Dunno what else to watch... Don't want to watch Gokusen 3 cos Gokusen 2 is essentially the same as Gokusen 1 (Yankumi has a silly crush and she's fren with the English teacher who is her love rival and the students of class 3-D (again?) are delinquents who will gradually soften up to her, the students will rant about how they don't trust teachers, they will get beaten up and Yankumi will come to their rescue, the bad guy will ask "Who are you?" and she will answer "I'm their homeroom teacher"...and there's this rich guy in the class(shin and ryu)doesn't it sound familiar?), except there isn't sawada shin :(

And when I watch shows i like to watch those with familiar faces...

Yamapi--I've watched almost all of his recent works: Proposal Daisakusen, Kurosagi, Nobuta wo Produce, Dragon Zakura...code blue doesn't sound very interesting...

Oguri Shun--Hana Kimi, Hana Yori Dango..he's the reason why I wanted to watched HYD..initially anyway... I tried Bimbo Danshi last break but gave up..:P

Matsumoto Jun--HYD and the charity show. Think I'll keep him with Inoue Mao together and not watch any other shows... Domyoji and Makino!!!

Kame--Nobuta wo Produce and Gokusen2... Not sure

Akanishi Jin--I first noticed him in Gokusen 2. He's in "Yukan Club" also. I noticed he resembles Nicholas Tse in yukan club...hahaha

hyd again...

this person wrote quite well... good analysis of the show and comparison of the drama and manga
http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/03/hana-yori-dango/

http://www.spcnet.tv/Japanese-TV-Series/Hana-Yori-Dango-review-r1242.html
Quote:
"First of all, I believed Matsumoto Jun depicted Domyouji’s character more consistently than Jerry Yan. In "Meteor Garden", Dao Ming Si in the beginning of the drama is a totally different person from Dao Ming Si in the end. I understand that Shan Cai did change Dao Ming Si’s character and made him gentler. However, that does not mean Dao Ming Si totally morphed into another person. In Hana Yori Dango, you could see Domyouji changed by Tsukushi. However, instead of changing into a different person, he still maintains his stubbornness, his pride, his impatience, his fights with Tsukushi, etc. What changed was he no longer seems like the cold, heartless dictator of Eitoku. You sympathize with him when he tries his hardest to be patient with Tsukushi, and that is what moves you—when he is still Domyouji, but this time, a Domyouji who is trying to love."

Myu no Anyo Papa ni Ageru

Myu no Anyo Papa ni Ageru (Myu will Give Daddy Her Legs )
Starring Matsumoto Jun as Yamaguchi Hayato (25), a young man who has contracted a rare disease called CIDP which affects the nervous system. It is based on a true story. This show is part of NTV's 24Hour Television charity show (SPEED also participated!). I think the little girl acting as Myu was Rei in "At Home Dad" cos she has the same cute voice =)
It is sad watching this kind of show, and especially sad to know it is real. Why does it have to happen to a young man with a bright future ahead, a family to provide happiness for? Sigh. I cried thrice watching, first when Myu (Yamaguchi's 4-year-old daughter) suggested to Aya (wife) giving half of her legs to Papa so that he can walk again (half because it will hurt...child's innocence); when the family was returning to the hospital after not getting to the mountain top that held special memories (it was where Yamaguchi confessed to Aya) and Myu suddenly stopped in her tracks and stared at a man holding her daughter up high. It was so impactful, that scene...; and there's this festival ( i forgot the name, tadama sth, Tanabata [Altair - Star of the Cowherd-meets Vega - Weaver Girl], where they write their wishes down and tie them to a tree). Myu's wish was to give daddy her legs. Yamaguchi wanted to hold his daughter up high. How can I not cry...

Hana yori dango again...

it's so cool! Domyoji said "According to the horoscope we both belong to Saturn". It's true! It was mentioned in season two that his birthday is in January, and in Hana yori Dango Final the news reported Makino's birthday as (i think) 26December1988. (which kind of doesn't make sense cos later she says she is 22) anyway the astrological sign Capricorn (Dec22 - Jan 21) has a Domicile of SATURN!!! goodness! so cool!

花より男子

finished watching hana yori dango 1, 2 and final. it's really nice, better than the chinese version i would say. the final's ending is great! everything is resolved..everyone came back for the wedding (at ebitsu garden place!) can't help smiling...
watched many videos of jun and mao on youtube... they really make a nice couple =)

how can a person be so damn annoying? and irritating and gross and makes your blood absolutely boil and makes you want to strangle the person and rattle the neck?
why do i have to face that person everyday?
hate to have any connection with her. hate to use her things, hate to play her game. that's why last week i'd rather use my old bag than to use hers cos we all know how it will end up when things turn ugly.
she will dig out all the dirt under the carpet, anything she can think of. this belongs to me, return it to me, she demands. even if that item has been not in use for centuries. she won't be needing it. doing this just to spite me. i hate myself for having to creep timidly around her.
i have dignity. i have my pride. sometimes i can't stand it and i choose to walk away. she won't have it that way. she'll scream and if i ignore her she'll bug me.
it's ok for her to turn the volume super loud, like she's doing now, but not so for other people.
what she likes is the best, what i like is shit.
talk about self-centredness.
why do i have to give in to her?
wish one day i can give her one tight slap.
who the hell does she think she is, anyway?

Galileo がりリオ

very nice show..only 10 episodes though; sad that it's over... fukuyama masaharu is so charming as the physics genius Yukawa Manabu who helps Utsumi Kaoru investigate cases that are seemingly paranormal... he is super logical and says a lot of funny things ("What the hell, I should have watched more anime"). The cases are really interesting..the poltergeist one and the hanging woman one were kinda sad (hmm actually all of them are quite sad. the man who killed himself for insurance money for his family, the boy who made up the tale about visions to go on TV shows because his father was poor, the brilliant scientist who disappointed Yukawa by his obsession with weapon tech, the woman who thought she saw her sister's ghost because she wanted to believe that, a woman who killed her lover because she wanted to keep her daughter..whoa that's like every episode!), but my favourite was the first (hmm and maybe the last case too)one. I liked the twist. Initially I felt sad that the kind Kanamori who volunteered to record stories for the blind made the mistake of comitting murder, but it was then revealed (SPOILER) that it was a planned murder that only succeeded on the 43rd attempt. How chilling...

the soundtrack is AWESOME too!!! very rich and mysterious and grand... esp love track number 7! dunno how to upload it onto this page though...