[Jdrama] Detective Conan Drama episode 9

[sennetari]

Yes, I'm a year late in watching Detective Conan drama series.

Comments

[denshi_no_ultra]

I have not watched the anime or read the manga, so I'm not really motivated to give live action a try either... Especially if you say it's not exactly awesome.

[sennetari]

Ah, reading this entry over, I kind of regret my choices of words. But despite the entry's negative tone, you commented, so I'm glad and thankful for it

[denshi_no_ultra]

Lol, is this some sort of Asian thing about being shy to express negative thoughts or is it just your personal attitude? XD

It's ok not to like things, and it's ok to write bad reviews about things, you know ;D And nobody would blame you if they tried and didn't like it.

I personally will not try it also because I have lost interest about things with 3D people in them, anime and manga are so much more interesting XD

[sennetari]

I'm not entirely sure. In real life (at least at where I live), whether someone can be free to express negative thoughts or not pretty much depends on the situation and the person(s) they talk to. But, in general, I usually try to avoid saying negative things in public (and/or saying something outside of the norm -- I don't want to be seen as difficult/non-conforming), so I suppose that gets carried over to my writing on LJ

[denshi_no_ultra]

Well, I guess if it's something you usually do, then you don't really notice it, but it really seems to me that you are trying too hard to be positive XD But if writing about negative things depresses you, I guess it makes sense not to :)

I don't know, somehow anime characters seem more realistic than live-action characters to me... Maybe it's because acting conventions are different in Japanese traditions, or maybe I'm just used to anime more. But anyhow, as long as there is something interesting, be it anime or live-action, life is good :)

[sennetari]

I think I'm more trying to be polite than positive, actually. But, yes, basically it is me not being too comfortable with talking about negative things...

Sometimes, I feel like shouting that (almost) no one in real life talks or acts in the exaggerated way some characters do, even though I believe that's probably how they do things in Japan. To be fair, though, there are limits to what live-action series can do (something are simply physically impossible to film in real life), and, yes, those limits include how they deal with the characters. On the other hand, anime can do anything the artists can draw, so it doesn't seem as fake to me (even though anime is not real -- not sure if this makes sense). And, for some reason, I enjoy most of the voices I hear in anime (not having a pressure to also act might be one of the reasons voice actors (usually) can give excellent performances).

[denshi_no_ultra]

Whatever works for you, I guess :)

I think that's a very good point - anime has no limits, and that's why it is believable, everything that happens in the anime makes sense in-universe. But with live-action, they can't do absolutely everything, and it's exactly those things that they can't do that attract attention, stand out and look fake, making a bad impression.