Beautiful Life: Go watch it! Now!
Wow.
WOW.
I get intrigued by dramas fairly often. And I get into them relatively often too. But the whole 'I am not going to bed' thing doesn't happen much. Neither does falling in love from the first frame.
Yet here it is. It's almost 2 am, I had a 14 hour work day, I have to work tomorrow, yet I cannot drag myself away, and am only typing this up because Mr. Mousie is entitled to TV time too.
The culprit? Kimura Takuya, who else? More specifically, his drama A Beautiful Life. winterspel, I think you were the one who recced it, and thank you thank you THANK YOU!
WOW.
Hey, smartylibrarian, I found another drama for you! The heroine of this one is Kyoko, a smart, independent, not-mincing-words librarian. And the hero, Shuji (played by Kimura Takuya) is a hairdresser at a very famous salon.
Why do I love it so? I am in love with the leads. Both are intelligent, strong-willed, quirky people who don't fit so well. Kyoko might be awesome but she is also in a wheelchair (OMG, this is going to end badly, isn't it? That is a jdrama sign of doom. Pleasepleaseplease no) and while she doesn't want to be treated any differently, she hates being singled out (in pity or dislike) because of her disability, and yet of course, her disability is, in many ways, a defining measure of her life for others (there is a wonderful scene early on where a 'volunteer' asks her to go to a handicapped people dance and she points out it's no fun spinning in a wheelchair). But while she might be a bit on the abrasive side (and I love that she doesn't mince words, is not all sweetness. She is a strong woman), she doesn't come across as shallow or unlikeable. There is something irresistably fun about her, something strong and intelligent. A lot of jdrama heroines drive me nuts, but I loved Kyoko from the first moment.
Shuji? I love him as well. (And no, not just because he is played by Kimura, who is arguably my favorite Asian actor. He reminds me of Shahrukh Khan in the fact that he is not classically good-looking but about two seconds in you cease to care because of the sheer level of his intensity and charisma). I knew I was going to love him from the moment he realized the reason Kyoko was telling him to move his motorcycle further was because she needed room for her wheelchair. That one quick, blink-and-you-miss-it look made me Shuji's fan for life. I love that he doesn't treat her any differently because of her handicap. He flirts, or talks, or snarks, exactly the same as if she wasn't disabled. And it's not a conscious 'must be nice' effort on his part. He honestly doesn't see the difference. She doesn't want to be defined by her disability, to be treated in a particular way because or despite it, and he doesn't. Maybe because he seems very uninterested in appearances in general (his boss at the salon points out that he might be really good at his job, but he has no pr skills at all).
This is wonderful. I am finishing it this weekend, hell or high water.
Credits:
And as a bonus, I bring you this cool Pride MV. Yes, it still is my favorite jdrama, and is second only to Mars in dorama list, period.
x-posted to my lj
WOW.
I get intrigued by dramas fairly often. And I get into them relatively often too. But the whole 'I am not going to bed' thing doesn't happen much. Neither does falling in love from the first frame.
Yet here it is. It's almost 2 am, I had a 14 hour work day, I have to work tomorrow, yet I cannot drag myself away, and am only typing this up because Mr. Mousie is entitled to TV time too.
The culprit? Kimura Takuya, who else? More specifically, his drama A Beautiful Life. winterspel, I think you were the one who recced it, and thank you thank you THANK YOU!
WOW.
Hey, smartylibrarian, I found another drama for you! The heroine of this one is Kyoko, a smart, independent, not-mincing-words librarian. And the hero, Shuji (played by Kimura Takuya) is a hairdresser at a very famous salon.
Why do I love it so? I am in love with the leads. Both are intelligent, strong-willed, quirky people who don't fit so well. Kyoko might be awesome but she is also in a wheelchair (OMG, this is going to end badly, isn't it? That is a jdrama sign of doom. Pleasepleaseplease no) and while she doesn't want to be treated any differently, she hates being singled out (in pity or dislike) because of her disability, and yet of course, her disability is, in many ways, a defining measure of her life for others (there is a wonderful scene early on where a 'volunteer' asks her to go to a handicapped people dance and she points out it's no fun spinning in a wheelchair). But while she might be a bit on the abrasive side (and I love that she doesn't mince words, is not all sweetness. She is a strong woman), she doesn't come across as shallow or unlikeable. There is something irresistably fun about her, something strong and intelligent. A lot of jdrama heroines drive me nuts, but I loved Kyoko from the first moment.
Shuji? I love him as well. (And no, not just because he is played by Kimura, who is arguably my favorite Asian actor. He reminds me of Shahrukh Khan in the fact that he is not classically good-looking but about two seconds in you cease to care because of the sheer level of his intensity and charisma). I knew I was going to love him from the moment he realized the reason Kyoko was telling him to move his motorcycle further was because she needed room for her wheelchair. That one quick, blink-and-you-miss-it look made me Shuji's fan for life. I love that he doesn't treat her any differently because of her handicap. He flirts, or talks, or snarks, exactly the same as if she wasn't disabled. And it's not a conscious 'must be nice' effort on his part. He honestly doesn't see the difference. She doesn't want to be defined by her disability, to be treated in a particular way because or despite it, and he doesn't. Maybe because he seems very uninterested in appearances in general (his boss at the salon points out that he might be really good at his job, but he has no pr skills at all).
This is wonderful. I am finishing it this weekend, hell or high water.
Credits:
And as a bonus, I bring you this cool Pride MV. Yes, it still is my favorite jdrama, and is second only to Mars in dorama list, period.
x-posted to my lj