Crack Post: When J-dramas meet Greece
I knew I had to make this post someday but I kept forgetting it until I came across the last photo... Anyway, you guys will be surprised at how many Greek random elements can be found in J-dramas. Especially dramas that star guys from JE! I have watched over 100 dramas and heres some of the things I found extremely funny when watching mostly cause they are Greek!
No 1
Let's start with an old drama: Long Vacation
A 1996 Summer drama that starred Kimura Takuya and Yamaguchi Tomoko
The drama is a classic, everyone who says that he/she is a jdrama fan should have watched it already. Anyways, the heroes used to hang out in a club, where the heroine's brother (played by Takenouchi Yutaka) worked. That club's name was:...
Club Θέατρον! (Theatron) It's the greek name for theater. As you can see it's written in Greek! At some point the protagonist says: 'At that club with the greek letters outside'. Lol! Of course! He can't read Greek now can he? I wanna go to that club if it's not already torn down! The building looks old...
No2
More recent Summer 2007: Yamada Taro Monogatari
Starring Nino and Sho from Arashi! It's my favorite drama! It's so Arashified I can't help but love it!
Our hero, Yamada Taro is so poor he can't even feed his family properly. So he remembers smells from various foods and imagines them when he eats his poor-made rice. In the first episode he stops to smell the divine smell of...
The picture speaks for itself. For those who can't read katakana it says souvlaki (suburaki)! Our Greek specialty! With pork gyros! Lol! Notice the Greek flag on the sign? And Sho trying to hide? I guess this is the closest these guys will come to Greece! :( I wonder if Nino likes souvlaki! But God! It's so expensive in Japan! 500 yen (approx 3 Euros) ? In Greece you can get it with 1,50 Euros! I guess it's a delicacy there! Sushi is hella expensive here too!
No 3
A 2007 spring drama: Tokkyu Tanaka 3go
Starring Tanaka Koki (<3) and Kuriyama Chiaki
Our hero loves to wear jerseys from European teams. He once wore a Barcelona and an Ajax jersey. Two widely know teams. In the end of episode 4 however and at the start of episode 5 he wore this:
Roflmao! lol! lol! lol! AEK Athens! Lmao! Lol! I fell from my chair when I saw it! And kept laughing the whole time he wore it and couldn't focus at the story! Jeez! This is hilarious! AEK Athens? Was the team known in Japan? Where the hell did he find that jersey? Muwahahaha! My dad is an AEK fan! And my grandma too! And now Koki probably as well! ^^
No 4
A 2006 Special: Jitensha Shonenki
Starring Yasuda Shota and Maruyama Ryuhei (from Kanjani8)
Ok so our heroes love bicycles and on one of their excursions they meet an old man who owns a canteen and says he travelled across Europe on his bicycle! He even made some friends and they talk on Msn! These friends are:
Greek islanders! Rofl! (I won't resize the picture cause it's already bad quality!) The guys on the left are Cretan! I guess the picture was taken at a traditional dance festival or something cause Greeks don't tend to wander around wearing traditional clothing like the Japanese! lol! Notice the names on the msn chat widow? Kallas and Pita! Lmao! Extrememly ridiculous! But maybe that's what comes to the minds of the Japanese when they hear Greece! The English conversation is T_T. "How is bicycle?" Dear! Greeks learn English from kindergarten! Unless the Greek guy's name is Mitsaras and he lives in Ano Kolopeteinitsa, where surprisingly they have Internet! Opa!
No 5 (This is the best!!!)
A 2003 Winter drama: Good Luck!
Starring Kimura Takuya and Shibasaki Kou
It's a drama about a co-pilot and his relationship with his co-workers etc. It's a nice drama but what mad it nicer is something I noticed on the 2nd episode! Our hero wandered around his house in informal clothing. His blouse had some yellow letters that reminded me of something! I though "No way it can be that! Absolutely no way!" But then it came: a close-up! I died! IT WAS WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS! The great KimuTaku wore a blouse that wrote:
MALAKA!!!!!! In greek lettering!!! Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! *dies* Ok for an explanation to those who are not Greek. 'Malaka' is the most common and lowly curse word in Greek vocabulary. It's so widely used it came to mean 'buddy' (kinda like how black people call each other nigga) but it actually means masturbator. Boys mostly use it and their conversations are like this:
- Hi, malaka!
- Whoa! Malaka! Long time no see!
- How is your family malaka?
- Good! Malaka! And yours?
(Ugh! That's why I hate Greek boys nowadays! So lowly and ugly vocabulary! They even use it in front of girls)
BUT getting past that the fact that KimuTaku wears a blouse like this is purely amusing! Did the people who picked this out for him know it's meaning? If they did they are really cool!
(Και να μη αναφέρω το τρία από κάτω... Είναι σα να λέεϊ: Μαλάκα πάρε τρία! Κατάμουτρα στους θεατές!)
Lol! I love J-dramas! There are other dramas and movies too (all starring Johnny's) that have Greek references : namely Stand Up!!, Boku Dake no Madonna and Fantastipo. But I won't elaborate on that now. I wish I can find more references in the future!
No 1
Let's start with an old drama: Long Vacation
A 1996 Summer drama that starred Kimura Takuya and Yamaguchi Tomoko
The drama is a classic, everyone who says that he/she is a jdrama fan should have watched it already. Anyways, the heroes used to hang out in a club, where the heroine's brother (played by Takenouchi Yutaka) worked. That club's name was:...
Club Θέατρον! (Theatron) It's the greek name for theater. As you can see it's written in Greek! At some point the protagonist says: 'At that club with the greek letters outside'. Lol! Of course! He can't read Greek now can he? I wanna go to that club if it's not already torn down! The building looks old...
No2
More recent Summer 2007: Yamada Taro Monogatari
Starring Nino and Sho from Arashi! It's my favorite drama! It's so Arashified I can't help but love it!
Our hero, Yamada Taro is so poor he can't even feed his family properly. So he remembers smells from various foods and imagines them when he eats his poor-made rice. In the first episode he stops to smell the divine smell of...
The picture speaks for itself. For those who can't read katakana it says souvlaki (suburaki)! Our Greek specialty! With pork gyros! Lol! Notice the Greek flag on the sign? And Sho trying to hide? I guess this is the closest these guys will come to Greece! :( I wonder if Nino likes souvlaki! But God! It's so expensive in Japan! 500 yen (approx 3 Euros) ? In Greece you can get it with 1,50 Euros! I guess it's a delicacy there! Sushi is hella expensive here too!
No 3
A 2007 spring drama: Tokkyu Tanaka 3go
Starring Tanaka Koki (<3) and Kuriyama Chiaki
Our hero loves to wear jerseys from European teams. He once wore a Barcelona and an Ajax jersey. Two widely know teams. In the end of episode 4 however and at the start of episode 5 he wore this:
Roflmao! lol! lol! lol! AEK Athens! Lmao! Lol! I fell from my chair when I saw it! And kept laughing the whole time he wore it and couldn't focus at the story! Jeez! This is hilarious! AEK Athens? Was the team known in Japan? Where the hell did he find that jersey? Muwahahaha! My dad is an AEK fan! And my grandma too! And now Koki probably as well! ^^
No 4
A 2006 Special: Jitensha Shonenki
Starring Yasuda Shota and Maruyama Ryuhei (from Kanjani8)
Ok so our heroes love bicycles and on one of their excursions they meet an old man who owns a canteen and says he travelled across Europe on his bicycle! He even made some friends and they talk on Msn! These friends are:
Greek islanders! Rofl! (I won't resize the picture cause it's already bad quality!) The guys on the left are Cretan! I guess the picture was taken at a traditional dance festival or something cause Greeks don't tend to wander around wearing traditional clothing like the Japanese! lol! Notice the names on the msn chat widow? Kallas and Pita! Lmao! Extrememly ridiculous! But maybe that's what comes to the minds of the Japanese when they hear Greece! The English conversation is T_T. "How is bicycle?" Dear! Greeks learn English from kindergarten! Unless the Greek guy's name is Mitsaras and he lives in Ano Kolopeteinitsa, where surprisingly they have Internet! Opa!
No 5 (This is the best!!!)
A 2003 Winter drama: Good Luck!
Starring Kimura Takuya and Shibasaki Kou
It's a drama about a co-pilot and his relationship with his co-workers etc. It's a nice drama but what mad it nicer is something I noticed on the 2nd episode! Our hero wandered around his house in informal clothing. His blouse had some yellow letters that reminded me of something! I though "No way it can be that! Absolutely no way!" But then it came: a close-up! I died! IT WAS WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS! The great KimuTaku wore a blouse that wrote:
MALAKA!!!!!! In greek lettering!!! Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! *dies* Ok for an explanation to those who are not Greek. 'Malaka' is the most common and lowly curse word in Greek vocabulary. It's so widely used it came to mean 'buddy' (kinda like how black people call each other nigga) but it actually means masturbator. Boys mostly use it and their conversations are like this:
- Hi, malaka!
- Whoa! Malaka! Long time no see!
- How is your family malaka?
- Good! Malaka! And yours?
(Ugh! That's why I hate Greek boys nowadays! So lowly and ugly vocabulary! They even use it in front of girls)
BUT getting past that the fact that KimuTaku wears a blouse like this is purely amusing! Did the people who picked this out for him know it's meaning? If they did they are really cool!
(Και να μη αναφέρω το τρία από κάτω... Είναι σα να λέεϊ: Μαλάκα πάρε τρία! Κατάμουτρα στους θεατές!)
Lol! I love J-dramas! There are other dramas and movies too (all starring Johnny's) that have Greek references : namely Stand Up!!, Boku Dake no Madonna and Fantastipo. But I won't elaborate on that now. I wish I can find more references in the future!