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Haha, I woke up this morning and tragically counted the hours till Recomen was going to be on in Japan. XD In between I went to see the Simpsons movie with vanillafire, which was very decent, if not what I would describe as side-splittingly funny.
And then I came home and yay, It's My Soul had indeed been collected from the radio and shared, so I fell over myself downloading it! My first reaction was definitely that it's nice to hear them doing a normal-sounding song, after ZOM, although that's not because I don't like the crazier songs, because I love ZOM and it will always have a special place in my heart; it's more because I didn't want them just to keep getting shoved into the crazy slot! Though, as I said to someone else, I don't think anyone could stop them doing the crazy thing even if they tried! ^^' People on the comm were instantly drawing Arashi comparisons, and the thought struck me too, especially at the chorus. Though luckily it doesn't have an annoying rap in the middle. XD I've listened to it quite a few times now, and I actually think it's a nice, perky, bouncy song that I greatly look forward to seeing them perform! ☆
'Twas a day of great bounty, for the eagerly-awaited subs for the last ep of Yamada Tarou were out too! That was a really lovely series - Nino was excellent, though my one quibble with it would be that Tarou was just too supernaturally nice the whole way through - he never once got annoyed or tired or frustrated. I think it would've made for a deeper drama if it hadn't been so harmonious the whole way through. He was so clueless about Takako too; of course, in a drama like that you don't expect any couplings, but it would've been nice to actual develop their relationship a bit more, and make Takako's development a bit more explicit. Mimura's character was handled nice and subtly though, and his little speech to Tarou towards the end made me "Awww". I expected more resolution regarding Sugiura and the other girl whose name I've forgotten; after that ep at the temple, they kind of forgot about them a bit, which was a shame. Oh, and the teacher and Nagahara suddenly getting married was a bit irksome - I wouldn't've minded if he'd made any effort to redeem himself at all, but he never once did anything nice for her at all. He was a git from start to finish, and there was never any explanation given for why she liked him. Which doesn't sit easily with me, as someone who doesn't know why girls are attracted to bastards!
Haha, that came out sounding so critical, but I actually really enjoyed the series! Many moments of sheer comedy gay gold. :D And like I say, Nino was really excellent in it. The performances really made the series.
Finally got around to dl'ing HanaKimi subbed yesterday - for some reason I didn't keep up with it when I came back from Japan, so I'll be doing that at some point soon I'm sure!
And then I came home and yay, It's My Soul had indeed been collected from the radio and shared, so I fell over myself downloading it! My first reaction was definitely that it's nice to hear them doing a normal-sounding song, after ZOM, although that's not because I don't like the crazier songs, because I love ZOM and it will always have a special place in my heart; it's more because I didn't want them just to keep getting shoved into the crazy slot! Though, as I said to someone else, I don't think anyone could stop them doing the crazy thing even if they tried! ^^' People on the comm were instantly drawing Arashi comparisons, and the thought struck me too, especially at the chorus. Though luckily it doesn't have an annoying rap in the middle. XD I've listened to it quite a few times now, and I actually think it's a nice, perky, bouncy song that I greatly look forward to seeing them perform! ☆
'Twas a day of great bounty, for the eagerly-awaited subs for the last ep of Yamada Tarou were out too! That was a really lovely series - Nino was excellent, though my one quibble with it would be that Tarou was just too supernaturally nice the whole way through - he never once got annoyed or tired or frustrated. I think it would've made for a deeper drama if it hadn't been so harmonious the whole way through. He was so clueless about Takako too; of course, in a drama like that you don't expect any couplings, but it would've been nice to actual develop their relationship a bit more, and make Takako's development a bit more explicit. Mimura's character was handled nice and subtly though, and his little speech to Tarou towards the end made me "Awww". I expected more resolution regarding Sugiura and the other girl whose name I've forgotten; after that ep at the temple, they kind of forgot about them a bit, which was a shame. Oh, and the teacher and Nagahara suddenly getting married was a bit irksome - I wouldn't've minded if he'd made any effort to redeem himself at all, but he never once did anything nice for her at all. He was a git from start to finish, and there was never any explanation given for why she liked him. Which doesn't sit easily with me, as someone who doesn't know why girls are attracted to bastards!
Haha, that came out sounding so critical, but I actually really enjoyed the series! Many moments of sheer comedy gay gold. :D And like I say, Nino was really excellent in it. The performances really made the series.
Finally got around to dl'ing HanaKimi subbed yesterday - for some reason I didn't keep up with it when I came back from Japan, so I'll be doing that at some point soon I'm sure!