I am a masochist so I've been rewatching Smile, in small dozes. All the prejudice makes me horribly angry and it's not really a fluffy sweet drama by any stretch of the imagination, but I just love Vito and Hana so much - they are both 'defective' in society's eyes due to their heritage through no fault of their own (his ethnic, hers due to her ( Read more... )

1. Watched eps 2-4 of Love Shuffle with filmi_girl, and honestly, such a perfect drama. One of the few I rewatch regularly. For some reason, on this rewatch, it's Yuki that's getting to me the most. I just want to adopt and cuddle him (I am shocked that this is the only drama DAIGO has done other than a couple of cameos - he's excellent in the role and I ( Read more... )

I have watched the first ep of Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, the 2009 version. It was gorgeous but made no sense - I am totally lost as to what is going on or who these people are. I am going to stick with it for a few eps because Return of the Condor Heroes 2006, made by the same people, had the same problem - first couple eps were odd and left ( Read more... )

So, year 2009 has been very good for me OTP-wise, providing many a drama OTP for me to swoon over.

But let's see how I did in the "happy ending for the OTP" stakes - do I go for the tragic ones that break my heart or fluffiness?

( Here - obviously spoilers for endings of dramas in my tags )

Even if I haven't seen the eight eps in-between (I plan to marathon the eps of Smile I haven't seen), at least I know it will be OK.


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1. Say what you will about Taiwanese dramas, they certainly deliver on the kissing front:


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I have finished ep 5 of Orthros No Inu and it was total love. Last year was a wash for me, jdrama-speaking - I cannot think of a single one I liked. This year is shaping lovely though - I am obsessed with OnI, I adored what I have watched of Smile (must complete now the subs are done), Otomen is very cute, and filmi-girl just introduced me to the ( Read more... )

I haven't been watching any jdramas lately, but am about to do 4 at a time.

In addition to catching up with subbed eps of Otomen and Smile, I have decided to check out Buzzer Beat as it seems sweet and has Yamapi:

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I haven't had much time for dramas in the last few days but on the plus note, Baby Mousie is now trying to shape consonants with her mouth, really really hard - I think she is trying to say the letter "p". Her babble now sounds a bit more like talking.

1. I did catch up on ep 12 of Black and White which was (big shock, here) awesome. The ( Read more... )