This was supposed to be an Innocent Love post but it derailed into a Kitagawa Yujin fangirling post
First of all, I have a confession - a new celebrity crush. It's that rare rare thing - a crush on a Japanese celebrity (because let's face it - much as I love jdramas, most jdrama guys leave me cold sex-appeal-wise).
The crush in question? Kitagawa Yujin. I am loving him in Innocent Love and was totally shocked that here was a rare jdrama actor who I found good-looking. So I went to see what he was in which was...basically nothing. Because he is mainly a musician. It would have all ended there but then I looked up what type of music he was into (expecting Johnny's or perhaps rock) and found it was folk! He's a member of a j-folk group Yuzu, apparently. Japanese folk music? Now this I must investigate. Which I did and discovered this:
And I am sorry but I am smitten. Totally smitten! I like the music, I like the fact that they actually play instruments, I like the fact that I do not see glitter or scary sequins anywhere.
They look like a normal band! Good God! And kinda adorably dorky. Plus, he is married and I approve of married Asian celebrities on principle - they need all the encouragement they can get :P And to cap it off, he has the most amazing smile! I am a total goner.
Off to troll ebay for CDs... Found concert dvds - hooray! The only other Japanese music dvd/cds I own are Glay.
And with that little verbose intro, we are onto episode 2 of Innocent Love - I should perhaps call it 'psychologically messed-up love' myself but it doesn't roll off the tongue...
Sleeping by the bed of comatose girlfriend. That can't be good for his back!
He really is ridiculously good-looking:
Kanon's little present brightens a pretty sucky day - Christmas all alone with coma chick can't be fun.
The Secondary Girl keeps giving off creepy vibes!
I don't particularly care about anything but OTP in this one (who killed Kanon's parents and why is not particularly interesting to me) but I am amused that her older brother's rationale for setting their house on fire was so Kanon wouldn't be upset seeing their parents' dead bodies. WTF. See a shrink, sisterluster! And no, I don't think Jesus approves.
Who can hate such a cute stalker? It actually makes sense to me both that Kanon gloms onto him (she has so little kindness and warmth in her life that Junya's act with the photograph is a huge thing) and that she goes around dealing with it in a weird way (she is so used to rejection and lacking self-worth).
The doc tells Junya he's doing a good job and I wonder - how much of it is love and how much believing it's love out of necessity - they had a rocky relationship from what we can tell but Junya is a lovely, selfless guy - if she had nobody, there is no way he could have ditched her. So he sort of has to believe he loves her because he's stuck with her.
Gay friend is pretty hot, I admit:
And we find out Kyoka was kinda a bitch. Hmmm. Also, Subaru, how catty!
Told you, crazy!
For complicated reasons, Subaru and Junya catch Kanon in his house.
Poor Kanon is devastated for being (temporarily) suspected:
But since Kiyoka smiled, Junya, who clings to any sign of progress, decides it could have been because of Kanon's presence and hires her as the cleaning lady. Adorableness ensues. Also, I bet it's the first time he came home to something there for him!
Meanwhile, Subaru is fomenting things - getting this close to removing Kyoka's life-support, lying to Kanon that Junya is "available" and casting longing looks at the pic of himself with Junya and Kyoka after blocking out the latter.
Junya is rather heart-breaking. And rather gorgeous.
And that is how Kanon discovers the existence of a woman in Junya's life. But of course she can't see the comatose thing.
In conclusion - Kitagawa Yujin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The crush in question? Kitagawa Yujin. I am loving him in Innocent Love and was totally shocked that here was a rare jdrama actor who I found good-looking. So I went to see what he was in which was...basically nothing. Because he is mainly a musician. It would have all ended there but then I looked up what type of music he was into (expecting Johnny's or perhaps rock) and found it was folk! He's a member of a j-folk group Yuzu, apparently. Japanese folk music? Now this I must investigate. Which I did and discovered this:
Click to viewAnd I am sorry but I am smitten. Totally smitten! I like the music, I like the fact that they actually play instruments, I like the fact that I do not see glitter or scary sequins anywhere.
They look like a normal band! Good God! And kinda adorably dorky. Plus, he is married and I approve of married Asian celebrities on principle - they need all the encouragement they can get :P And to cap it off, he has the most amazing smile! I am a total goner.
Off to troll ebay for CDs... Found concert dvds - hooray! The only other Japanese music dvd/cds I own are Glay.
And with that little verbose intro, we are onto episode 2 of Innocent Love - I should perhaps call it 'psychologically messed-up love' myself but it doesn't roll off the tongue...
Sleeping by the bed of comatose girlfriend. That can't be good for his back!
He really is ridiculously good-looking:
Kanon's little present brightens a pretty sucky day - Christmas all alone with coma chick can't be fun.
The Secondary Girl keeps giving off creepy vibes!
I don't particularly care about anything but OTP in this one (who killed Kanon's parents and why is not particularly interesting to me) but I am amused that her older brother's rationale for setting their house on fire was so Kanon wouldn't be upset seeing their parents' dead bodies. WTF. See a shrink, sisterluster! And no, I don't think Jesus approves.
Who can hate such a cute stalker? It actually makes sense to me both that Kanon gloms onto him (she has so little kindness and warmth in her life that Junya's act with the photograph is a huge thing) and that she goes around dealing with it in a weird way (she is so used to rejection and lacking self-worth).
The doc tells Junya he's doing a good job and I wonder - how much of it is love and how much believing it's love out of necessity - they had a rocky relationship from what we can tell but Junya is a lovely, selfless guy - if she had nobody, there is no way he could have ditched her. So he sort of has to believe he loves her because he's stuck with her.
Gay friend is pretty hot, I admit:
And we find out Kyoka was kinda a bitch. Hmmm. Also, Subaru, how catty!
Told you, crazy!
For complicated reasons, Subaru and Junya catch Kanon in his house.
Poor Kanon is devastated for being (temporarily) suspected:
But since Kiyoka smiled, Junya, who clings to any sign of progress, decides it could have been because of Kanon's presence and hires her as the cleaning lady. Adorableness ensues. Also, I bet it's the first time he came home to something there for him!
Meanwhile, Subaru is fomenting things - getting this close to removing Kyoka's life-support, lying to Kanon that Junya is "available" and casting longing looks at the pic of himself with Junya and Kyoka after blocking out the latter.
Junya is rather heart-breaking. And rather gorgeous.
And that is how Kanon discovers the existence of a woman in Junya's life. But of course she can't see the comatose thing.
In conclusion - Kitagawa Yujin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!