tentative dorama listing.

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This isn't the intro post I mentioned earlier, more like trying to map out how all the doramas I've watched rate against each other. With pictures! So I suppose it could also work as something to make y'all curious about these

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Hey, a lot of the kpop bands are weird too!
True, true. I take all Asian pop with several grains of salt because they're just as if not more produced than those 90's boybands/girlbands here in the West. You know, with their own created images, one is the "sporty" one, "the sweet one" etc. It's ridiculous. But amusing, too. Something about the costumes on jpop bands hurts my eyes, though. I think Fahrenheit and S.H.E look ridiculous in their videos, often, too, but at least I can bear watching them. (Plus S.H.E are just teh cutest ever omg.)

I know a place where I can watch it, if I want to, thanks. :)

Well you can check the first ep on youtube. It's pretty exaggerated but semi-cute. I'm bit of an elitist with dramas - if it's "just" okay, I don't have the patience. It has to be good or something.

Yeah, Jiro and Wu Zun (Quan on Hana Kimi and if your name memory fails you, high jumper guy ;D!) are in the same ubercommercialized boyband. They're sort of second tier as far as actual skills in music/dancing/etc goes but I like some songs more than healthy and god, I'm just a popfiend. Here's an MV of the boyband (featuring Hebe from the band Ella's in, S.H.E - yeah, welcome to Asian pop where everybody is in everybody's videos): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pVMvxjq__Q

ISWAK should be on youtube and crunchyroll. Also silentregrets.com probably has download links.

Lainemma to SUBlimes guide:
Reixi = Rui Xi
Siu Yi = Xiu Yi
Jian = Quan
EK = Ying Kai (school name)
Mei Tien = Mei Tian

Hmmm I think those are the most important differences. Then there are some fairly understandable small changes like the ghost boy is Da Shou but also romanized as Da Sho or something. I think senior Nan is the same in both.

Yay picspam! Hahahaha, he had to wash the other sweater. Or get rid of the evidence after talking to a girl who proceeds to immediately get pregnant.

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Hahaha, the costumes are pretty insane. I was watching an Arashi music video thing yesterday where they're wearing shiny silver suits and dancing in a line under a rainbow.... D: I've never been hugely interested in music videos in general, but the Asian ones are sort of cracktastically captivating.

That video!! I love the emoticon bubbles. *___* Will totally have to check out more from them.

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Asian MV's can be really neat. Have you checked out the two Hana Kimi related ones? I love them both, the opening song is just ridiculously adorable and the ending song is equally so, but more dramatic. Many Asian MV's have incredible concepts and actual stories and awesome cinematography and yeah, *love*.
Opening song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heSIGnAYIDQ
Ending song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x53IYl8WFoU

It's such a cute vid, especially with the emotican bubbles, yeah. I also like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTar6MA-4Ps&mode=related&search=