I feel so embarrassed right now.

I don’t think I’ve ever been this embarrassed until now!

Okay, so here’s the story.

So, it’s after lunch and I have Hypermedia class (Day B). When I went inside, my teacher seemed happy to see me. I went to log in to my computer and he comes up to me and says, “Oh yeah, Haley, I saw your blog.”.

First thing that came out was, “Eh? What do you mean?”

He was then all like, “Oh yesterday I was searching pictures of kanji characters on Google Images (his brother has studied in Japan before) and for some odd reason, there was a picture of you and it led me to your blog!”

Next thing that came out from me was, “Oh god! Are you serious!?”

He was indeed serious. He said it was pretty cool that I have been doing it for 2 years and I just felt totally embarrassed the whole time.

Now I feel weird that my teacher knows I write a blog. I wonder if he’ll still read it? Because if he’s reading it right now, he might tell me next class I meet him… xDDD;;

So, now that I’ve told you this story, I can tell you this story.

I started to watch Hana Kimi during the Thanksgiving break!

It’s pretty funny! Kind of like Ouran in a way! ;D

Plus Otsuka Ai’s “PEACH” is the ending theme!! <333

And while I was watching…it seems that…

I’ve fallen in love (again)! With an actor from the drama!

It was…

Yamamoto Yusuke, the role of Kayashima Taiki!

Kyaaaa!! Yusuke-kun’s so handsome!

His adorable smile captured my heart!

Super cute, desho??

I also found out that…

He like Winnie the Pooh! Heck, he even collects Pooh goods!

OMG, cute, cute, cute, CUUUUUTE!!!!

Now it makes me love Pooh even more! <333

I love boys that have cute sides this!

Now you might ask, “Hey, Rika, what about your extreme Kei-chan obsession? Are you over him?”. Actually, I’m not! I still LOOOOOVE Kei-chan to bits! And a love like that just can’t be broken, ne? :3

It’s finally December! Yaaaay!

Wow, ‘09 is almost over already? That was fast!

It’s almost been a year since I became a JE fan! *claps*

And now that it’s December, Christmas is coming!! Only 24 days to go!

I’m definitely gonna be extra, extra good for Santa this year! x3

Plus I got an advent calendar like I do each year from my aunt and uncle so I can count off the days!

And now, the Kei-chan Picture of the Day revives~

Ooh! He’s got a big bag there! I wonder what’s inside?

Maybe there’s something in there for me! x3

Just kidding, just kidding~ xDDD

Ciao!! ;D

I really had a good time reading it, it’s a really good piece of work, so I wanted to introduce it so you can also enjoy it =)

Aka: Hanazakari no Kimitachi he, For You in Full Blossom, 偷偷爱着你, 花ざかりの君たちへ.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life, Sports.

Author: Nakajo Hisaya

Illustrator: Nakajo Hisaya

Year: September 1996 – August 2004

Serialized in: Hana to Yume

Licensed by: Viz Media

Site: Hana to Yume

Read Online: Mangafox, Mangahelpers

Notes: It has a Drama CD and a Taiwanese and Japanese TV adaptation

Summary: Love can move mountains and a perfect example of that is our protagonist Mizuki Ashiya. Half american, half japanese, Mizuki succeeded enrolling in the same school her beloved idol attends, the high-jumper Izumi Sano, leaving America and making her departure to Japan. She even managed to be his roommate, this can just be fate!

The only problem is… it’s an all-boys school! Even though Mizuki cut her hair, will the now prettiest boy in school be able to keep his disguise?

×××

At first, I just went to gave it a check because the summary looked interesting but after a few 10 pages overview I changed to other because I wasn’t very excited about the art (because you know appearances do count, after all the art is part of the work). Well… I must say a big mistake of mine because just after a while I went to continue reading it and surprise, surprise, Iru got seriously addicted. I say, it was probably due to the first chapter’s initial content (well… I could say even the first chapter is not very exciting). The 100% dreamy shoujo summary plus a protagonist that 100% carefree and being “rejected” by the guy she idolizes… I mean… Well here’s Iru’s mind theater:  shoujo + carefree girl = Omg not the low I.Q type + arrogant idol = fail

Actually, it was Nakatsu that caught my interest to continue reading and I’m glad I did because it was a surprise by how wonderful the story development turns out to be.

Reasons to read it:

• it has an enthralling plot  with a lot of fresh situations that keep it away from monotony in spite of the school life patterned setting
• the characters as the story development are very natural and realistic (the 2 TV adaptions are a proof)
• it has great comedy with insanely funny moments (Nakatsu lol) and adorable romantic moments

It was definitely worth reading and I highly recommend reading it if your looking for a realistic plot with a school life setting where  comedy is queen, some drama happens and romance gently blooms.

Previews (taken from Mangafox):

Graphics (free personal use):

• Episodes: 12 + Special
• Original Broadcast: 2007-Jul-03 to 2007-Sep-18

Hana Kimi is a drama based on a manga by Nakajo Hisaya

It tells the story of a girl, Ashiya Mizuki, played by Horikita Maki, who disguises herself as a boy to enroll in an all boy boarding school, and all of the misadventures that happen. Her main reason to travel to Japan all the way from California where she was raised was because of the guilt she feels over Sano Izumi’s accident that caused him to leave the high jump.

She pretends to be a boy as she shares a room with Sano, and mixed feelings come out as she is befriended by everyone there and treated as one of the boys. Some start to question their sexuality as feeling for her grow, as they believe she is a guy.

The different dorms are hilarious. One is filled by students who love the arts, running around in capes, the other is for the buff karate kids, and the last one, with Sano and Ayisha, is the sports loving dorm. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud at some of the antics and contests between the dorms and how they react to one another.

To me, who stole the show were Nakatsu Shuichi, played by Ikuta Toma, as Sano’s best friend and who falls in love with Ashiya while thinking she’s a boy, and Kayashima Taiki, played by Yamamoto Yusuke, just for being the strange aura seeing student.

This is one of the best dramas I’ve watched. EVER. Okay I admit I say that everytime I start watching a new drama but… *cough* This one’s just awesooome. Really really really! If I had to compare it to another drama I’d say; Mmhm probably the Jdrama, Hana Kimi. That was one goooood drama too! (That reminds me; I’m def watching it again during the holidays ) I mean the scenario is kinda similar. A girl dresses as a boy then goes to live with boys who aren’t supposed to know he’s a girl but actually know he’s a girl and blablabla x] You know how it goes kekee. But seriously this one drama is just pure looove. Even though I’m in the middle of my O Levels, I still look forward to watching them every Wednesdays and Thursdays. Yep the drama is still airing in Korea so it’s FRESH :p

Watch it online at Viikii! Best subbing site for dramas, in my opinion (:

VIIKII – You’re Beautiful

WATCH IT! There’s Hot guys Plus F.T Island’s Lee Hong Ki is SUPER SUPER HELLA KYUUUTE in there. I mean SUPER. He’s that kind of cute that actually kinda pisses you off lmao. I swear. And his name’s Jeremy. Aww he makes that name sound so cute. If I have a son later on, I’m def gonna call him Jeremy keke.

It’s 11:26pm and I have an Economics paper tomorrow morning at 8. FML D:

Loveee as always,

Jay Park’s Baby Cupcake~

Ps; You have tumblr? Follow meee; SHAWTYBABE83 AKA BABY CUPCAKE’s TUMBLR

Let’s face it Yim, you are totally white washed. Quick! Top 5 things that define me as Asian!

1. Love white rice

2. Love Faye Wong

3. Love Domo-kun

4. Love Chinatown

5. Was born into a family restaurant where I was forced to sell pseudo Chinese food to the White Man everyday, whilst being whipped by my overtly Asian Mom Boss Creature, whilst struggling to beg for mercy using my level 96 Chinglish vocabulary, whilst I battled with my half blindness due to the upward slant of my eyes which prohibited the use of my peripheral vision and me being able to look up and down without moving my entire head.

Whilst.

So in order to balance out the whitey in me, I was looking for a good Asian drama. Chinese, Korean, Japanese, didn’t really matter. Just something easy to watch without me having to devote too much brain power to follow.

Fooouund iiiiiit: Hana Kimi.

In short, it’s about a girl who impersonates a boy in order to attend an all boys boarding school so she can persuade a certain boy who is her high jump idol to continue doing high jumps after he quit because of an injury. I know, edgy right? Okay the concept seemed kind of silly to me, but I gave it a chance because it happened to be one of the more popular dramas listed. Am I glad I did!

Hilarious. All 12 episodes are total slapstick humor. The characters are a riot. But the ultimate reason as to why I completely loved watching Hana Kimi?

Ikuta Toma. Aside from being a total cutie pie, his comedic timing is just so on. Here are just a handful of my favorite scenes (spoiler alert; also these are links to the actual episodes that you can watch on Youtube, but the clips should start at the Ikuta scenes.) Enjoy!

Class is not over

Going steady

Water intake

Love beyond gender

Also known as Hanazakari no Kimitachi e or English translation For You In Full Blossom

This drama is another filmatization on a manga, the main setting is a high school and in the leading role we get to see the talented Horikita Maki as Ashiya Mizuki. The main plott is friendship and forbidden love. Let’s just say that Ashiya Mizuki is a wolf in sheep clothes.  Sano Izumi is the item for Ashiya Muzuki’s unusual and complicated feelings.

If you like High School drama, comedies, and manga series I really recommend this drama to you.

Thanks to  xSilverScooter for the clip on youtube.

And as of now this drama will end my reviews on Japanese drama. Instead I will next focus on Korean drama.

you bored with text?
so U can imagination somethink with picture?

Hana-kimi atau for You in Full Blossom adalah shojo manga karya Nakajo Hisaya. Mungkin in judul lama ya, tapi dorama sama komiknya bagus banget. Kalo belom baca komiknya sama nonton doramanya mendingan nnton aja gak rugi!

Ceritanya tentang,
Mizuki menyukai Izumi Sano (atlit lompat tinggi). Karena (sangat) menyukai Sano, Mizuki masuk Osaka High School yang dimana itu adalah asrama khusus cowok. Karena Sano sekolah disna.
Awalnya mizuki dikira Gay (lama kelamaan rumor ttg gay it hilang) oleh teman”nya, tapi masih ada titik cerah untuk mizuki. Dia beruntung karena sekamr dengan Sano.
Di sekolahnya yang sekarang mizuki bertemu dengan Pak Umeda, guru yang cool dan sadis adalah dokter sekolah. Pak umed langsung mengetahui kalo mizuki it cewek sebab itlah mizuki sering curhat sama si Umeda (jangan lupa kalo pak umeda it adalah penyuka sesama jenis).

Dan satu lagi, ia bertemu dengan Nakatsu, teman sekelas mizuki. Nakatsu menyukai mizuki dan nakatsu sendiri tidak tahu kalau mizuki adalah cewek

Mizuki menggangap sano it tidak tahu tentang jti dirinya yng sebenarnya. tetapi, sano diam” menyukai Mizuki dan ia juga tahu mizuki adalah cewek sejak pertama x masuk asrama (sano merahasiakan persaannya dan jati diri mizuki)

Bagaimana akhirnya mendingan baca komiknya atau nonton doramanya.
23 vol komik
gendre: love comedy

Fan fan fan. Hejdå sommaren. Idag frös jag för första gången sedan tidigt i våras. Ni vet, så där mycket så att det gör ont i fingrarna och man böjer sig framåt för att man vill veckla in sig i sig själv och försvinna. Dessutom påstod någon att det var snöblandat regn inatt. Tch.

En sista toast till sommaren! Fyfan vad fin den är alltså.

(Den här låten gör mig alltid glad. Den är så löjlig och somrig.)

It Started With a Kiss

Hana Kimi

Soulmate

What do these three things have in common you ask? Well, they happen to be the stimulants that got me hooked on the wonderful world of dramas.

It all started with Started With a Kiss.   Well, actually, I can trace it back a bit further than that.

Around May 2008, a friend of mine was addicted to some Japanese drama (that I now know was Tantei Gakuen Q) and was raving over it at lunch. She wanted to see the next episode really badly, so I offered to watch it with her. And that was my first glimpse of a drama. We watched it on crunchyroll.com (which then actually had videos for all the dramas on its site).

April 5, 2008 was the date I joined crunchyroll. That night I was bored and browsed some of the forums searching for a good/popular drama to watch. The one I chose to try was It Started With a Kiss, and it became the first drama I ever saw all the way through. Something in its innocence and shortness (Short compared to multiple seasons of American television) hooked me, and made me look forward to each episode.

The second drama I finished was also my first Japanese drama. My friend recommended that I try Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (also known as Hana Kimi). If ‘try’ means marathon and finish in a night and a day, then I ‘tried’ the heck out of that drama. It was just too good to leave for later.

After Hana Kimi, I watched a few more Taiwanese dramas before realizing that I preferred the Japanese style. I even watched Full House to try to broaden my horizons into the kdrama spectrum, but I wasn’t all that impressed with what I saw several people declaring the best drama ever. I was addicted to jdramas and jdramas alone. They’re funny and short and sweet. No overdone drama, no dragging episodes. This was the stuff meant for me, and I was sure nothing else could be quite as captivating.

Then, I happened upon the kdrama Soulmate. Only 12 episodes, and each one equally amazing. (ok, well, maybe not the last one) The suspense was to die for, and the plot had me enchanted. From then on, I was more willing to give kdramas a try, and I ended up seeing great shows because of it.

I don’t re-watch dramas often, but I’ve seen both Hana Kimi and Soulmate twice. The second time I watched Hana Kimi was with my brother, and, as much as he makes fun of dramas, he was just as eager as me to finish the show. Afterwords, he even had me trying to find another one for him to watch. Granted, we were on a 9 hour car ride and there wasn’t much else to do. The second time I watched Soulmate was with another friend, who was introduced to dramas about the same time as me.

From my experience, It Started with a Kiss, Hana Kimi, and Soulmate are all great dramas to recommend to first-time drama watchers. They got me hooked and entertained the people I watched them with. What are the dramas that captured your heart?

Okay, I have this weird idiosyncrasy where I have a lot of interests in a lot of different things, and because there are so many, it’s hard to keep updated with all of them. Therefore, I go through cycles. Right now, I am remembering my love for Asian Drama (said with a heavy accent).

Which dramas you ask? Well, normally I start off with one and if I like it or the stars in it, then I watch more drams with those actors. And then it spins off from there. So, start off watching the Taiwanese version of Hana-Kimi, go to the Japanese version, watch shows with Ikuta Toma and Shun Oguri, watch shows with Fei Lun Hai, namely K.O. One, the X Family, toGETher, It Started With a Kiss, They Kiss Again, Hot Shots, and whatever else. Progress from there. And there you have it – a somewhat expansive knowledge of that genre of entertainment.

Why do I love them so much? I can’t exactly pinpoint it, but I think the sense of humor has something to do with it. You just don’t find that kind of slapstick on American television anymore. For example, they have the animations that fly across the screen whenever a character feels a certain emotion, such as the awkward bird that flies around on the top of the screen. And to top it all off, I think the men are handsome as shit. That was a little crude, but true. What else do I love about them? Well, personally I think that the quality and depth of the plotlines are a lot better than most American shows. We have some that are extremely well thought out, but they are few and far between. I just like these better.

I just thought I’d post a little something-something about that on here since I remembered how obsessed I am. Hence the Obsession of the Moment category.

Photos: Circulated Online

Synopsis:

After watching a high jump competition on TV, Lu Rui Xi was so inspired by a jumper named Zuo Yi Quan that she decides to transfer to his school, which happened to be an all-boys school; therefore, she disguises herself as a boy to get accepted. At the school, Rui Xi befriends Jin Xiu Yi. One day during a friendly soccer match, Rui Xi is knocked unconscious by Xiu Yi. Quan carries her to the infirmary and realizes that Rui Xi is in fact a girl! However, Quan keeps her identity a secret. At the same time, Xiu Yi starts to question his own sexual orientation when he finds himself having feelings towards Rui Xi.

Main Cast Profiles:

Name:Ella Chen Chinese
Name: Chen Jia Hua
Also Known As: Ah Hua, Chen Ai La, Jia Hua, MaoMao, HanBao, BaoBei, Ah Fa Fa
Profession: Singer and actress
Birth date: 1981-June-18
Birthplace: Pingtung, Taiwan
Height: 163cm
Weight: 48kg
Blood type: A
Family: Grandparents, parents, two older sisters, and a younger brother

About Ella
Ella was born in June 1981, making her the oldest member of the Chinese pop group S.H.E In 2007, she was voted by online fans as Taiwan’s most unpretentious artist. The name Ella was chosen by her record company following a personality test of the singer.
In 2002, Ella started to participate in the acting industry, starting with the drama Magical Love. She showed that she can not only sing, but she can even act as well. In 2003, Ella was chosen as the female lead character in The Rose. Her band mates, Selina Ren and Hebe Tian were also involved in the drama as supporting characters. After a successful year of releasing albums and concerts all over the country, S.H.E rose up again with the drama Reaching for the Stars. All three of the band members were the three main female characters.

Name: Wu Chun (Wu Zun)
Real name: /Goh Kiat Chun
Profession: Actor, singer, and model
Birth date: 1979-Oct-10
Birthplace: Brunei
Height: 181cm
Weight: 73kg
Star sign: Libra
Blood type: O
Family members: Dad, older sister, older brother
Music group: Fahrenheit
Talent agency: Comic International Productions Co., Ltd.

About Wu Chun
Wu Chun, real name Goh Kiat Chun, was born in Brunei of Chinese descent. He was discovered when he traveled to Taiwan and was asked to become a main character (despite his then-lack of Mandarin fluency) in the Taiwanese drama Tokyo Juliet, with which he shot to fame. Later, he also joined the popular Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit. Prior to entering showbiz, he was a model and fitness instructor. He graduated from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and later opened his own gym Fitness Zone back in Brunei. In 2006, he starred in Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu which was one of the top rating dramas and has seen his popularity soaring Asia-wide. –written by YT 05:55, 16 Apr 2007 (CDT)

Name: Wang Dong Cheng
English name: Jiro Wang
Also known as: Da Dong
Profession: Actor, singer, and model
Birth date: 1981-Aug-24
Birthplace: Taiwan
Height: 180cm
Weight: 67kg
Star sign: Virgo
Blood type: O
Music group: Fahrenheit / Dong Cheng Wei
Talent agency: Comic International Productions Co., Ltd.

About Jiro
Jiro Wang is a Taiwanese actor and singer for the famous band Fahrenheit. He is widely known for his role as the male lead in the Taiwanese idol dramas KO One , as Ah Jin in It Started With A Kiss and its sequel, and as Xiu Yi in the live-action Taiwanese drama, Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu
Jiro was born August 24, 1981 in Taiwan. He graduated at Fu Shin Trade and Arts College with a degree in Advertising Design. After his graduation he dedicated his life toward the entertainment business. He was first asked to join the entertainment business because of his good looks and singing talent that he showed at a singing competition. BMG, the label that signed him, planned to package him with Jay Chou and Jordan Chan to form a boy band called 3J, but because of 9/11, BMG’s stocks crashed and the 3J plan was scrapped. Wang Dong Cheng then decided to continue his career in the industry by working backstage, mainly in charge of fashion designing and other designing necessities, as well as commercial modeling. He was approached again around 2004, when his acting career began.
He speaks fluent Hokkien and Mandarin, and understands conversational Cantonese and English.
He used to play in an underground band named Karma as lead singer. They have performed a song called 人間逃亡記, lyrics composed by Wang. After that, the band changed the name to Dong Cheng Wei. However, the member in the band remains the same.
Jiro Wang was the first member to join Fahrenheit. He is the baritenor vocalist of the group. His publicized temperature is that of hot summer, at 95 degrees. He also represents “Hot”. His fellow members include Wu Chun, Aaron Yan, and Calvin Chen.

Sources: wikipedia.org
Photos:Circulated Online

Nuevamente la trivia, así que la pregunta está nuevamente dada; ¿Cuánto sabes de dramas?…  no te preocupes, que si no le atinas con la imagen mostrada te daré unas pistas… así que… antes de entrar y saber la respuesta danos tu posible respuesta.

PISTAS:

1.- El drama se desarrolla inicialmente en una escuela.

2.- El protagonista se ve forzado a convertirse en un gigoló.

3.- El primer amor del protagonista, luego pasa a ser su maestra.

4.- El protagonista tiene una niña, que luego resulta y no es suya.

5.- Este drama marca el debut oficial como actor de una estrella importante de Korea.

Bueno… aquí les va la respuesta, se trata nada más y nada menos que de….

Sang Doo Let’s Go To School.

Es el drama con el que Rain debutó oficialmente en los dramas.

SINOPSIS:

Creciendo como los mejores amigos en un pueblo alejado de la capital de Seúl, Sang Doo (Bi Rain), y Chae Eun Hwan(Gong Hyo Jin), hicieron muchísimos recuerdos memorables durante su corta vida escolar. Cuando la familia de Eun Hwan entra en bancarrota los adeudados irrumpen en su casa cogiendo todas las pertenencias de su familia como moneda de cambio. Cuando uno de ellos se lleva el viejo tocadiscos de su padre, uno que ella quería con todo su corazón, Sang Doo lo persigue para devolvérselo. En una reñida pelea el hombre cae del puente y entra en coma. Eun Hwan, sin conocimiento de lo sucedido se va del pueblo. Sang Doo va como consecuencia a la cárcel, y a su salida descubre que su familia y Eun Hwan han abandonado el pueblo. Años más tarde, Sang Doo se convierte en gigoló (junto a su tío), para poder pagar las cuentas del hospital donde esta ingresada su hija enferma, Bori de la que Se Ra (Hong So Hyun), es su madre. Eventualmente, Sang Doo vuelve a encontrarse con su primer amor perdido Eun Hwan convertida en profesora de matemáticas de instituto. En un esfuerzo para no volver a perderla, Sang Doo regresa a la vida de Eun Hwan como un nuevo estudiante del instituto, para finalizar la secundaria que nunca llegó a acabar, y le asignan la plaza en el aula de Eun Hwan. En diversos momentos divertidos pero también muy emocionales Sang Doo acaba jurando no volver a ser un gigoló nunca más. Sin embargo debido a sus últimos delitos, la policía acaba atrapándolo nuevamente. El novio de Eun Hwan, Min Suk (Lee Dong Gun), tampoco quiere dejarla ir.

título: ¿lógico?
autora: jicalazuxil
fandom: hana-kimi
género: drabble
pareja: sano x mizuki; nakatsu x mizuki
disclaimer: erm. bueno, no es mío, ya lo sabemos.
nota: esto está situado antes de que Nakatsu descubra que Mizuki es una chica…

un pequeño drabble que se me ocurrió, sin mucha cohesión ni tema ni nada, no muy elaborado pero que me gusta, porque nakatsu manda a la mierda la lógica ^^

¿lógico?

Quizá el estar consciente de ese hecho lo debería haber obligado a dejar a un lado sus extraños sentimientos por el otro chico. Seguramente, sería lo lógico. Pero, ¿cuándo había hecho él algo lógico? No era lógico el enamorarse de un chico, y menos de su mejor amigo. No era lógico dejar que una chica se hiciera ideas con él, si estaba enamorado de otra… otro. No era lógico cuestionar su… orientación sexual. No era lógico que un chico americano que no conocía de nada se entrometiera en su vida de tal manera que… lo volviera todo patas arriba.

A la mierda la lógica. Su vida no era lógica. Su compañero de habitación veía fantasmas, sus amigos estaban medio chiflados, el instituto al que iba estaba más centrado en que se la pasaran bien a que aprendieran algo realmente útil. No, la lógica ciertamente no reinaba en su mundo extraño. Como si esa conclusión le ayudara a descifrar lo ilógico que rodeaba a Mizuki y a Sano y todo ese revoltijo de sentimientos encontrados que lo atosigaban cuando los veía.

Quizá… quizá lo único que tenía que hacer era dejarse llevar. Olvidar lo ilógico de todo. Aceptarlo, por decirlo así. La idea lo hacía sonreír. Pues vale, lo aceptaba. No era lógico, pero a la mierda eso. ¿Lógico? ¿A quién le importaba la lógica?

fin

After many months of proposing to sit and introduce my friends to the wonder that is Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, I finally had the required two days free and invited K and C over. It was, of course, great times with good people and I got major joy out of initiating a few non-Japan-o-phile friends to the phenomenon. They found the story humrous and were emotionally connected to the characters. I have to say it was flippin’ hilarious when C saw the titles start rolling on the end of the last episode and was like, “Aw hell no. It canNOT end like this. I will be furious.” ROFL. Good show, good peeps, good times.

We then progressed to trying to see Wu Chun shirtless in the taiwanese version. The man is a god among men and C was all for the abs. K was asleep by this time (around 1 in the morning) after having suggested that we pull an all-nighter. Yeah, alright, K. We watched a little of the gorgeous, gorgeous Gackt and then hit the hay after half an hour of talk. (K was awake for that part.) It ended up that they both had to get up at somewhere around 8:30 the next morning, so they got 4 hours of sleep. I saw them off and went back to bed to sleep until 1:45. That’s right folks. I did get my nine hours of sleep, thank you very little. I just wish now that I had watched the taiwanese version more often. I didn’t realize how much I missed it. On a side note: the ending for the Japanese version is a total cliffhanger. Will they be together?! IDK! But it leaves much less to the imagination. She knows that he knows that she’s a girl, they both have made their declarations and all should be well eventually, even though she’s heading off to America. I heard somewhere that a sequel was projected. Now whether that was the special or not, I can’t say. I do know, however, that the taiwanese version was even less developed. Not a word to either of those points crossed either Quan’s or Rui Xi’s lips. We know that he knows and that she doesn’t know that he knows. There’s no big reveal, NOTHING. And yet this version is the one with a definite NO SEQUEL quote from some of the actors and the director, I believe. Upsetting to say the least. Go read the manga if you want satisfaction,my friends. Whatever it was still a good show, but I just wanted to comment on how aggravating I found that.

In other news, I have finally caved and am going to start reading the bloody Sookie Stackhouse novels. PS that name makes me cringe. When I saw that they made a tv show, and then it was advertised everywhere, I was thinking, “No. I already have a ton of paranormal series, I’m not going to start a new one. Plus the cover art bothers me.” But subconsciously, I knew what was doing; I could not escape. Truthfully, it was the box set that did me in. I’m hard pressed to resist box sets. So, with a semi-heavy heart I have decided that sometime in the future I will put down my pride and pick up a stupid “Southern Vampire” book. Have I mentioned I don’t like the way people in the south talk? I swear if I find improper grammar or an overusage of the non-word “y’all,” it’s over. (More likely that’s a lie, but I’ll probably fume about it some.)

OH yes – Toma Ikuta, Shun Oguri, and Hiro Mizushima are hotties. Wu Chun and Gackt also. God, I love my asians.

Untuk lebih memudahkan teman-teman semuanya, saya bikin review list dan diberi rating skala 1-10 pada tiap drama yang udah saya tonton. Tapi nggak semua pendapat saya sama dengan kalian, karena itu, akan lebih baik kalau temen-temen juga nyari referensi lain. Sekali lagi, ini pendapat pribadi loch ya… jangan ada yang tersinggung. Hehehe.

Judul	Review	Rating (1-10)
14 Sai no Haha	I don’t think Shida Mirai & Miura Haruma make a good pairing in here, tapi cerita yang disediakan bener-bener worth it utk ditonton. Cerita tentang perempuan umur 14 tahun yang harus menjadi ‘mama’ akibat hamil di luar pernikahan.	8.5
33pun Tantei	Kocak abis! Detektif ngaco yang memanjangkan suatu kasus mudah agar ngepas waktunya 33 menit *waktu airing drama tsb* Karena fansubber nge-drop drama ini, terpaksa berhenti nontonnya.	–
A Million Stars Falling from the Sky	Kimutaku bermain sbg cowok playboy yang sering mendapat keuntungan dengan cara memacari para cewek. Ending yang mungkin agak ketebak (mungkin jg nggak) sebenernya agak mengecewakan. Agak draggy dan lambat banget. Not one of my faves of kimutaku.	4
Abarenbo Mama	Aya Ueto jadi mama dadakan karena anak suaminya tiba-tiba muncul. Cukup menghibur cuma nggak nonton sampai selesai karena fansubber nge-drop project ini..	–
Akai Ito	Definitely worth to watch! Perpaduan alur drama yang smooth, suasana sekolah yang hangat, konflik remaja yang khas, dan masalah-masalah yang sering dihadapi remaja bikin drama ini jadi highly recommended. Nggak cheesy sama sekali, (semua dalam batas wajar, nggak lebay). Dan banyak banget pesan moral yang diambil dari sini.	9
Akihabara@Deep	Kalau yang nggak terlalu suka sama dunia otaku (geeky yang terlalu nge-fans sama sesuatu. Biasanya diindikasikan sebagai orang aneh yang agak freak), mendingan jangan ditonton. Tapi sumpah ini drama kocak abis! Cerita tentang 5 (ato 6?? Lupa. Hehe) orang yang terbuang dari masyarakat, ditemukan oleh suatu situs. Akhirnya mereka membentuk grup Akihabara@Deep karena banyak kejadian aneh menimpa Akihabara. Tugas mereka untuk melindungi Akihabara dari orang jahat. Kasusnya menarik, dan yang paling penting kocak banget.	7.5
At Home Dad	Belum selesai nonton, tapi episode pertama cukup menarik. Cerita tentang Kepala Keluarga (Ayah) yang harus tinggal di rumah, sedangkan Ibu bekerja di luar rumah. Satu lagi dari Hirose Abe&Shinohara Ryoko yang kayaknya rekomen untuk ditonton	–
Atashinci no Danshi	Agak cheesy, untuk ukuran drama jepang. Akting Horikita cukup meningkat, tapi yang cukup mengganggu a/ akting Mukai Osamu. Entah ada yang kurang. Cukup kocak, tapi entah kenapa kurang puas, dan segalanya kurang maksimal. IMO sih, tapi banyak yang suka sama drama ini, jadi ya… boleh dicoba. Siapa tau berbeda pendapatnya. J	6
Attention Please!	Dramanya agak episodik, tapi cukup menarik untuk ditonton, mengisahkan kehidupan pramugari. Aya berperan sebagai wanita yang memutuskan jadi pramugari hanya karena orang yang disukainya bilang bahwa ia suka wanita yang pakai seragam pramugari. Walaupun seorang yang tomboy dan vokalis band rock, Aya mencoba untuk mendaftar di perusahaan penerbangan dan tidak disangka diterima! Kehidupan yang sulit pun dimulai…	7.5
Bambino	Cukup menarik, matsujun sebagai seorang koki dari kota kecil di Jepang, dan mengadu peruntungan di Tokyo. Tapi agak klise dan ngebosenin.	5.5
Bloody Monday	Outstanding! Bagi yang suka drama action, polisi, juga hacker, patut dicoba. Alurnya bikin darah mendidih dan cukup addict untuk terus nonton episode selanjutnya. Definitely worth to watch!	9
BOSS	Satu-satunya drama yang menarik perhatian di tahun 2009 ini. Alur, cast, cerita, akting, semuanya nearly perfect! Suka sama joke-joke komedi di sela-sela penyelidikan. Bercerita tentang Boss di kepolisian divisi tindak-balasan yang baru pulang training dr Amerika. Dijanjikan anak buah yang oke dan elit, tapi yang ada malah yang agak aneh dan low-level. Menarik melihat boss yang perfeksionis + anak buah biasa aja bekerja sama. Drama action yang rekomen banget!	10
Celeb to Binbo Taro	Bisa dibilang ini drama paling stereotip tahun ini. Semuanya bisa ditebak, alur cerita yang banyak ditemuin di drama lain, ending yang agak mustahil, Adegan kocak yang dipaksain, dan akting Ueto Aya yang nggak maksimal, bikin drama ini jadi nomor kesekian untuk diselesain. Yang spesial cuma setting dan kostum Aya yang lucu-lucu.	4
Change	Kimutaku jadi presiden! Bagi yang suka politik, patut dan (sangat) disarankan untuk nonton dorama ini! Dan malah sangat disarankan buat politikus yang tukang korup dan kerja setengah-setengah.	8.5
Cat Street	Tanimura kurang pas jadi Aoyama Keito, aktris cilik super cantik&berbakat yang menghilang dari peredaran dan menjadi shut-in person selama 7 tahun karena dikhianati teman baiknya. Cuma cukup worth it buat ditonton.	6
Code Blue	My fave of Yamapi! Setting, cast, alur, soundtrack semuanya hampir sempurna, kecuali Aragaki Yui yang terlihat terlalu muda untuk ukuran dokter umur 26 tahun (not to mention her flawful acting). Agak mirip Grey Anatomy, tapi gw suka cara Jepang mengemas drama kedokteran ini. Cukup memacu semangat untuk nonton. Walau episodik, tiap kasus pasien cukup asik buat ditonton	9
Dance Drill	Oh no! Semuanya salah, kecuali dance yang cukup keren. Amat ngebosenin, karena klimaks dance keren itu ada di episode terakhir, sedangkan konflik yang ada di drama ini nggak terlalu worth it untuk ditonton. But give a big hand for its soundtrack! Uverworld really made a great job.	3
Densha Otoko	Gua cinta dorama ini!! Haha…. Keren banget-nget!! Buat yang suka komedi romantis, rekomen banget nih buat ditonton. Komedinya nggak setengah-setengah. 4 thumbs up!	9.5
Detektif Conan Live Action	Selain cast-nya yang agak-agak ngaco, semuanya cukup asik buat ditonton. Kasusnya juga nggak ada di komik, dan yang penting Shinichinya ganteng dahsyat. Ehehe…..	6
Dragon Zakura	Hiroshi Abe lagi-lagi menggebrak. Banyak cara-cara unik yang diterapkan agar murid didiknya (dari sekolah yang terkenal bego) bisa lulus ujian masuk Todai (Universitas Tokyo). Rekomen nih buat yang mau Snmptn. Hehe….	7.5
Engine	Aneh banget ngeliat Koyuki & Kimutaku ada di satu screen. Cerita tentang si bengal Kimutaku yang sama sekali nggak suka anak kecil. Sejak ia pulang dari Spanyol (ceritanya dia racer), dia agak kaget karena rumahnya tiba-tiba dijadikan panti asuhan oleh Ayahnya (dia nggak suka anak kecil). Tiap episode menarik, selalu nggak sabar ngeliat kelanjutannya, dan akting Kimutaku keren!	8
Galileo Episode Zero	Cerita tentang pertama kalinya Yukawa-sensei bertemu dengan teman lamanya. Kasusnya keren banget. Buat yang suka fisika nggak rugi nih nonton. Tapi yang nggak suka juga cukup enak ditonton, karena penjelasannya jelas banget, nggak kayak guru di sekolah. Hehe…	10
Galileo	Penggemar fisika siap-siap nih! Setiap kasus pembunuhan yang terjadi bisa dijelaskan dengan ilmu fisika dengan ciamiknya oleh Yukawa-sensei. Penjelasannya sangat jelas karena ada percobaannya. Semua kasus menarik karena aneh dan kejahatan tingkat tinggi.	10
GodHand Teru	Tangan tuhan yang nggak pernah gagal dalam satu operasi pun. Sebenernya biasa aja sih untuk ukuran drama kedokteran.	5
Gokusen 1	Ini pengalaman pertama nonton Gokusen. Hahaa…. Berkesan sekali, walau cukup monoton karena tipikal drama yang ‘teratur’. Konflik memuncak, lalu reda di ending setiap episodenya.Yang belum  nonton gokusen, mending nonton yang pertama aja, karena keren dan lebih menyentuh dari yang gokusen 2&3.	7.5
Gokusen 2	Bahkan gw males nyelesainnya.	1.5
Gokusen 3	Masih dengan cerita dan alur yang hampir sama dengan yang 1 & 2. Gw takjub kenapa dorama ini dapet rating tinggi lagi di Jepang. Cukup menarik tapi, karena ada Haruma. Hehe. I’m biassed.	6
Good Luck	Suka sekali sama drama inii! Kimutaku masih fresh dan Shibasaki Kou cantik sekali *walaupun jutek*. Dan yang lebih menarik lagi, bisa tau tentang dunia perpilotan.	8
GTO	Bagi gw ini rajanya dorama sekolah. Haha…. Mungkin tingkat interest-nya sama kayak nonton Jyoou no Kyoushitsu, tapi GTO ini beda aja. Bikin ketagihan dan sekali nonton nggak bisa berhenti. Buat yang belum nonton, cepet nonton karena dijamin nggak bakal nyesel.	10
Hana Kimi Ikemen Paradise	Hiyaaaa…. Ini drama bocor abis! Keren! Semua joke-nya gw suka!! Belum lagi banyak orang ganteng di sini.. Dijamin puas nontonnyaaa! Emang pas adegan yang ada Sano-nya agak lambat, Cuma ketutup lah sama komedinya. Super highly recommended.	9
Hana Yori Dango 1&2	Salah satu drama yang agak overrated. Terlalu melodrama dan klise. Tipikal drama yang terlalu memberi impian pada penonton, Cuma lumayan bagus lah. Dari segi cerita, cast, dan karakter, gw lebih refer nonton ini ketimbang Meteor Garden dan Boys Before Flower *no offense*. Aura jahat ibunya kerasa dan karakternya melekat banget di setiap castnya. Japanese is the best of Hana Yori Dango amongst three versions.	7
Hotaru no Hikari	Aaaaaa! Drama ini bener-bener menarik perhatian sekali! Perpaduan Hotaru yang agak-agak bego dalam urusan cinta dan buchou (manajer) yang super ganteng dan serius-tapi-bisa-juga-bercanda sangat-sangat-sangat sayang dilewatkan. Banyak yang menyayangkan sedikitnya adegan romantis, tapi gestur tubuh dan gerak-gerik mereka berdua cukup untuk menggambarkan chemistry di antara mereka berdua.	10
Hanayome to Papa	Nggak bisa mungkir kalau Satomi Ishihara emang jago akting. Jadi anak umur 20 tahun yang masih digelayuti Bapaknya kemana-mana emang susah, ya. Apalagi Satomi udah kerja! Nah lho!	7
Innocent Love	Cinta antara Kanon dan Junya bener-bener innocent. Akting Horikita agak maksa di sini, apalagi Junya. Cuma ceritanya bagus dan mengharukan, cukup catch your interest, walau cenderung agak lambat. Eternally-nya Utada Hikaru pas banget jadi theme song drama ini.	6.5
Iryu (Team Medical Dragon)	Drama kedokteran yang paling keren yang pernah ada! Bagi yang kuliah di jurusan kedokteran sangat disarankan nonton ini. Semuanya, nearly flawless.	9
Jikou Keisatsu	Belum selesai nontonnya… Ugh agak ngebosenin but still fighting on it.	–
Kanojo to no Tadashi Asobikata	Pantes banget memenangkan kontes menulis skenario, karena alurnya rapi dan cerita yang ditampilkan pun unik. Chemistry Hiro dan — pas banget dan sukaaa banget hiro memperlakukan Hime dengan respect dan manis. <3	10
Kiina	Kanno Miho ciamik banget berperan sebagai detektif wanita yang penampilan luarnya sama sekali nggak keliatan kalo dia detektif. Kiina cenderung ‘selenge’an’, tapi penyelesaiannya semua jitu. Kasus yang terjadi berdasarkan kejanggalan2 yang terjadi di seluruh dunia.	9
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo	Semua Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo kereeen! Dari season 1, 2, 3, sampe semua SP-nya. Biar udah ganti pemeran sampe 3 kali, kasusnya tetep outstanding bagi gw.	9.5
Koshonin	Di kepolisian Jepang ada divisi khusus untuk bernegosiasi dengan penjahat. Biasa ditujukan untuk penjahat yang memegang sandera atau penjahat yang membahayakan orang lain. Divisi ini disebut Koshonin. Walau awal episode alurnya agak lambat, tapi selanjutnya memicu adrenalin dengan kasus-kasus keren, dan endingnya apalagi. Mantab!	9
Kurosagi	Banyak yang suka drama ini, tapi entah kenapa gw nggak terlalu suka. Kurosagi ini adalah penipu ulung yang biasa menipu untuk mengambil kembali uang yang dicurangi oleh koruptor (koruptor dalam arti luas lho, nggak Cuma politikus aja. Orang yang makan uang kotor lah).Cuma nggak ada yang spesial somehow. Pairing Yamaki kayaknya terlalu overrated menurut gw. Kalau berharap drama yang lebih seru dan menantang, lebih baik jangan nonton yang ini karena agak ngebosenin dan episodik. Again, this is my personal opinion, you might like it.	5
Last Friend	Waaa! Bikin emosi! Itu kesan gw waktu nonton ini. Maksudnya akting pemain dan jalan cerita bener-bener mencampuradukkan emosi gw. Michiru yang polos-polos annoying, Ruka yang selallu menyimpan masalah sendiri, Eri yang ceria, Takeru yg baik hati, Ogurin si pembangkit suasana, dan Sosuke yang selalu minta ditabok membuat drama ini jadi penuh konflik dan warna. Ending bukan ending unpredictable yang biasa diharapkan oleh banyak penonton, tapi cukup memuaskan. Bener-bener nggak nyesel nonton drama ini.	8
Liar Game	Aargh, nggak ada yang lebih irritating daripada ngeliat orang yang gampang ketipu walau udah berkali-kali ditipu. Heroine-nya agak bodoh di sini, tapi ketolong sama pemeran utama cowoknya yang pinter nipu juga dan aktingnya keren. Selepas dari itu, alur drama ini cukup cepet dan bikin emosi, karena banyak karakter yang ngeselin. Tapi highly recommended kok, karena idenya yang unik.	8
Life	Baru kali ini gw tahan sama drama bullying. Biasanya drama berbau gini bener-bener gw hindari, tapi pendapat gw berubah ngeliat LIFE. Life bener-bener mengocok emosi, karena melihat penindasan yang terjadi di sekolah tapi semua orang dan guru pun seolah tutup mata melihat ini semua. Alurnya juga cepet nggak bertele-tele, jadi membuat kita terus ‘siaga’ ngeliat adegan bully apa selanjutnya. Nice closing though. Sangat direkomendasikan.	9.5
Love Shuffle	Cerita tentang orang yang bosen sama pasangannya dan mencetuskan ide gila untuk bertukar pasangan seminggu sekali. Cukup menarik, dan nggak bisa ditebak.	9q
Majo saiban	Awalnya menurut gw agak aneh dan maksa, tapi lama-lama cukup enjoy. Belum selesai jadi belum bisa ngasih rating	–
Maou	Terlalu dramatis. Haha. Tapi gw suka alurnya. Aktingnya biasa aja, nggak ada yang spesial. Oh, tapi gw lbh suka sama akting Toma-kun daripada Ohno-kun. Entah kenapa. I’m biassed, perhaps. Hehe.	7
Mei-chan no Shitsuji	Ada yang bilang bagus, ada yang bilang jelek. Menurut gw cukup menghibur. Mizushima Hiro ganteng dahhhsyaaat di sini. Akting nggak usah ditanya. Bisa dibilang Hiro cukup berbakat. Tapi what annoys me most was Eikura Nana. Oh, she should do something abour her acting skills. Aktingnya kebanting sama Hiro. Yah… ni drama average lah., karena adegan lucunya boleh juga. J	7.5
Mr Brain	Aaaah, kereeen! Kimutaku is really something! Tiap ada dia artis pendukungnya nggak tanggung-tanggung!! Ada Gackt, Sato Takeru, Nakama Yukie, dll. Selain itu dorama ini membahas banyak tentang otak, dan sudah pasti menarik banget. A must watching list!	10
My Boss My Hero	Ketawa terus ngeliat dorama ini. Nagase Tomoya udah nggak diraguin lagi kalau masalah akting.	8.5
Nodame Cantabile	Chiaki Senpaaaaai!!! Ganteng dahsyat! Komedi yang rada slapstick, tapi gw betah dan suka banget ngeliat joke-joke ala animenya. Bagi beberapa orang mungkin ngeliat drama ini aneh, tapi nggak ada salahnya dicoba, karena drama ini lucu banget!	9.5
Nobuta wo Produce	Selain alurnya yang bikin ngantuk, gw suka ngeliat persahabatan tak-terlihatnya Shuji, Akira, dan Nobuta. Walau banyak yang bilang drama ini the best of yamapi, gw malah jadi ilfil ngeliat dia di sini. Tapi drama yang menyabet 7 penghargaan ini boleh juga dimasukin waiting list.	7
Orange Day	Keren! Kehidupan sehari-hari banget dan banyak nilai moral yang diambil. Suka ngeliat komunikasi Sae dan Kai dengan bahasa isyarat….	9
Oh My Girl	Drama keluarga yang sarat akan pesan moral. Akting si Ann, aktris ciliknya bagus. Cuma mungkin kalau ditonton sekaligus agak bosen.	5.5
Papa to Musume no Nanokakan	Gimana rasanya kalau tukeran tubuh sama papa? Koume dan Papanya nggak begitu akrab, karena itu mereka kelabakan pas tau tubuh mereka ketuker. Papanya, walau agak lebay tapi aktingnya oke jadi cewek remaja. Dan Aragaki Yui… hmmm no comment lah. Entah kenapa gw selalu kecewa sama performa dia.	6.5
Proposal Daisakusen	This is my favorite! Walau gw bukan penggemar Yamapi, tapi boleh dibilang this is the best of him. Aktingnya cukup bagus dibanding drama lainnya. Dan yang paling penting ceritanya yang menyentuh hati dan ending yang bikin penasaran. Jgn lupa nonton Spesialnya untuk tau ending dari kisah Kenzo dan Rei.	8.8
Q.E.D	Mengecewakan : alur lambat, cast kana nggak pas. Lumayan : untung gw penggemar manganya, jadi selamet ditonton sampe akhir dan kasusnya lumayan bagus.	4.5
The Quiz Show	Karena gw belum nonton yang pertama, menurut gw yang ini boleh juga ditonton. Sinopsis bisa dilihat di sini. Sho did a great job!	7
Ryokiteki na Kanojo	Suatu kesalahan My sassy girl diadaptasi jadi drama. Pemeran pendukungnya nggak banget! Dan si Sassy Girl-nya sendiri juga kurang jutek. Agak maksa. Nggak rekomen deh.	3
Rookies	Keren! Keren! Semuanya keren! Cerita tentang sekelompok murid yang merasa terbuang karena mereka nggak bisa main baseball lagi karena suatu kasus. Pihak sekolah pun nggak bersusah payah untuk memperjuangkan hak klub baseball, karena itu mereka jadi anak yang bengal dan kasar. Sampai seorang guru datang….	8
Ryusei no Kizuna	Bilangnya suspense dan action drama, dan gw nunggu sampai episode kesekian dan nggak lebih dari drama keluarga biasa. Dari awal gw mengharap adegan action yang bikin semangat dan deg-degan, tapi nggak gw temuin sampe akhir episode. Karena ekspektasi gw nggak terpenuhi, jadinya gw menganggap drama ini mengecewakan. Tapi, kalau boleh ditilik ulang, dari segi penulisan skenario dan alur, serta akting para pemain, drama ini nggak jelek, bahkan berhasil menerima beberapa penghargaan. Kalau dilihat lagi, memang drama ini bagus dan cukup komedi, tapi gw kecewa karena suspense dan action nggak dibuktikan di situ. Oh… tapi endingnya nggak ketebak. J	5 (based on personal opinion)
Sailor Fuku to Kikanju	Gw suka! Full of violence, karena ini bercerita tentang dunia Yakuza. Yakuza yang disini ini Yakuza yang baik, tapi dalam dunia ini pasti juga ada yang jahat. Ikatan yang terbentuk antara Boss yakuza baru yang masih SMA (diperankan oleh masami nagasawa) dan para yakuza-cukup-baik-hati bener-bener bikin terharu! Gw nangis nonton ini. Hehe…	8
Sappuri	Belum selesai ,,, nggak bisa ngasih komen.	–
Scandal	Seperti yang udah gw ulas, ceritanya bikin ketagihan, dan nggak ketebak! Ending yang bagus, selain itu bikin kita penasaran sama episode selanjutnya. Persahabatan para ibu muda ini benar-benar bikin terharu!	8
Scrap Teacher	Cheesy sekaliii! Kalau Gokusen : Guru yang menyadarkan murid, Scrap teacher : murid yang menyadarkan guru yang nggak kompeten. Terlalu episodik dan bikin bosen.	3
Security Police	Drama polisi yang bikin deg-degan! Hehe! Keren sekali! Pokoknya rekomen banget deh! Oh iya, biar udah tua, Tsutsumi Shinichi ganteng juga ya. Hehe. Not to mention si Inoue Kaoru… hehe	8.5
Seigi no Mikata	Di tengah episode gw sempet mikir, ini goalnya apa? Kenapa si Makiko masih aja wicked dan licik kayak gini? Tapi setelah gw nonton episode terakhir gw jadi ngerti. And I couldn’t help but laughed. Kocak! Sangat kocak! Adek yang nggak bisa nolak permintaan kakaknya dan menderita banget, dan kakak yang nggak sekalipun mau ngalah, perpaduan yang kocak abis! A total hilarious..! Yamada Yuu knows how to look wicked without make herself detestable.	8.5
Shibatora	A Chibi Police. Koike Teppei adalah detektif muda yang ukuran badannya kecil. Cukup menarik, tapi setiap karakter kurang mengeksplore kemampuan akting setiap pemainnya, karena nggak ada karakter yang benar-benar menantang. Untuk kasus, cukup menarik untuk disimak, karena Jepang selalu punya seambrek kasus detektif yang sayang untuk dilewatin.	7.5
Taiyou no Umi no Kyoshitsu	Dorama sekolah yang menarik. Banyak membahas masalah-masalah remaja yang sering sekali muncul di benak kita.	7.9
Tantei Gakuen Q	Lagi-lagi masalah cast. Nggak ada masalah dengan kasusnya. Yang suka baca detektif Q nggak ada salahnya nonton.. J	6
Teppan Shoujo Akane	Nggak tahan nonton saking bosennnya dan berhenti di episode 3. Di sini gw kasih rating untuk memberi gambaran betapa gw kecewanya dengan acara ini.	2
Triangle	Suspense yang cukup menarik. Nggak terlalu banyak adegan action, tapi endingnya diluar dugaan sekali! Salah satu kendala Cuma alurnya yang agak lambat. Boleh juga dimasukin ke watching list.	6.5
Unfair	Mulai nge-fans sama Shinohara Ryoko karena nonton Unfair. Hehe….kereen! Suka sama semuanya. Walau jalan cerita agak mbelibet, nggak mengurangi kekerenannya.	8.5
Voice	Penggemar CSI boleh juga nonton ini. Cerita tentang mahasiswa dari fakultas kedokteran jurusan forensik cukup menarik untuk disimak. Jadi tahu bagaimana cara mereka mengotopsi. Kasus kematian bukan sama sekali kasus pembunuhan, Cuma kasus kematian aneh yang menimbulkan banyak pertanyaan di benak setiap orang. Kaji Daiki, salah satu mahasiswa mampu mengungkap rahasia dibalik kematian individu bahkan jauh lebih dalam dari yang seharusnya ia ungkap. Mengharukan…! T-T	9
Watashitachi no Kyokaso	Dorama yang membahas penindasan (bullying) di Jepang. Setelah nonton ini, gw jadi tertarik untuk mencari info tentang ijime (bahasa jepangnya bullying), apakah separah yang seperti di dorama ini atau nggak. Ternyata memang kasus seperti ini banyak sekali terjadi di Jepang. Terlepas dari itu semua, ternyata maksud yang ingin disampaikan penulis lebih dari ekspektasi gw, dan drama ini jadi turn out really really really good! Nice ending, and I was tearjerker while watching this dorama. T-T Warning : Alur agak lambat. Hehe. Tapi worth it untuk ditonton	8.5
Yamada Taro Monogatari	Nggak terlalu lucu, nggak seperti di manganya. Tapi cukup menghibur. Dari drama ini gw jadi salah satu fan-nya sho sakurai. Huhuhu…. Agak-agak lebay adegannya, tapi gw cukup seneng sih ngeliat drama ini.	6
Yasuko to Kenji	Jenis komedinya hampir sama kayak Yamada Taro, lebay, Cuma gw seneng ngeliatnya… haha…. Cerita tentang adik yang risih karena diawasin terus sama kakaknya, karena mereka tinggal berdua aja. Saat sang adik jatuh cinta, kakaknya malah semakin ngebayang-bayangin sang adik. Cukup menghibur	6.5
Yukan Club	Gw mencoba bertahan nonton drama ini, tapi ini the worst drama I’ve ever seen! Cuma bertahan sampe episode 2, dan nggak berniat ngelanjutin lagi.	1
Zettai Kareshi	Sedikit cheesy dan agak jayuz. Nggak sesuai ekspektasi.	4
Zeni Geba	Nonton ini jadi agak frustasi. Ken’chi proved his brilliance in this drama, karena dia bisa memerankan orang yang begitu setengah matinya mencari uang dan bertekad untuk tidak dikalahkan dengan uang. Di sisi lain dia menderita karena jahat, namun ada sisi angel dalam dirinya yang membuat dia kadang nggak tega untuk berbuat jahat. Miris banget ngeliat endingnya…. Agak ironis. Reccomended!	8

Wow! August already? July went by so fast I lost track of time. I’m about halfway done with Unbound—that’s the current title of my next book—and my muse is demanding fresh fuel to keep the writing flames stoked.

So lately I’ve been reading manga. The medium is different enough from novels that I hope it will stimulate my muse. What sort of titles? My tastes run the gamut from high school stories like Hana-Kimi (I now have the complete series plus the art book) and Boku ni Natta Watashi, to medical drama like Team Medical Dragon, to sports like Ice Revolution, and paranormal like Bound Beauty and 07 Ghost.

Manga isn’t exactly a new interest since my copies of Crying Freeman, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, Nausicaa, Rayearth, Fushigi Yuugi are more than ten years’ old. However, it’s been a while since I’ve added to my collection. I’m looking forward to more!

Now back to Unbound…

Ikuta Toma, more popularly known in the Philippines as Nakatsu for his role in Hana Kimi which was aired here two years ago, was in the Philippines last Sunday. According to my fangirl friend, he went to Cebu for some diving escapades. He went here in a low profile manner, so I was shocked to find out about it just now.

Will update with more details later.

Today’s Cuteness Deluxe Special is an♥ther MV. This is “Zen Me Ba” (What should I do?) off the “Hana Kimi” Drama OST by Taiwanese girl group S.H.E
For Eng Subs & Sing a long version
EnJoYnEsS MuCh!!♥~*♥~*♥~*♥