Some reccs, a list of new music & a bit on jdramas

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I read two wonderful fanfics recently:

• Juunengo no Shiawase (Happiness Ten Years Later), is a really lovely Sapuri fic by nihongofrancais who is the biggest Sapuri fan I know. If you loved Sapuri, don't miss this fic.
  
  
• Untitled Kurosagi fic by ilanabean42. She says it's unfinished, but it reads like it is and it's wonderful.

A music recc: icajoleu introduced me to Scottish band

Comments

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And I was just mulling over why Ken would find it such a big deal to say that he wants to sit next to her and why he doesn't just bust out with his love confession. What's he waiting for?? After all he's got a dream come true; an opportunity to right whatever wrongs he perceived himself to have committed in his youth. Garrgh.

Exactly. It doesn't entirely make sense that he would be so stunted that he can't fix things.

I'm going to watch episode 4 of Liar Game tonight, as I saw that the subs came out today, yay! :) I really enjoy the episodes, but I blink and they're over! ;__;

If you click on my handle, there's a sticky post under the welcome post in which I've linked to the two sources of Bambino! subs of which I am aware. I think it's arashi_vox that has ep 2 subs.

I do love the father-daughter relationship, and maybe it's partly because I can see genuine affection between them - and he goes out of his way to do nice things for her and she knows it. He's not a mean guy; he's just a thoughtless, strict guy. See, I grew up with an uber-strict father who was far, far harsher than Uzaki-san, and part of the reason that I love Uzaki and Aiko is because Aiko can talk back to him, and even if she's over-ruled, she does argue with him all the time. That was never an option in my family...besides, Aiko could move out, especially now that she has a job - if she was truly unhappy, she could and probably (seeing how strong-minded she is) she would. She stays with her father because she really loves him and she wants to.

the Junno-Satomi relationship is sweet, and there was an "aww" moment when they were conversing on the phone and she looked up to find that he was right in front of her, waiting for her to reach home. Sweet ^^

I loved that moment, too! :) Adorable squared!

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Exactly. It doesn't entirely make sense that he would be so stunted that he can't fix things.

Or maybe we're meant to twig that this is exactly his character; someone who is such a wimp he just cannot carry out any of his intended actions. In which case, why are we watching him? ^^; This sort of thing infuriates me.

But srsly, I don't think we're meant to see him as a wimp so....... it's just bad scriptwriting imo.

I see you've seen Liar Game ep 4 ;] Wasn't it good?? I loved the S + M exchange XDD

Thank you for the Bambino subs tip. I shall watch ep 2 tonight =)

See, that's the thing, you probably have no problems watching the father-daughter relationship in Hanayome to Papa because of your uber-strict upbringing. Whereas on the other side of the coin, I left home for boarding school when I was 12 and have been relatively independent since that time. My parents have their rules and beliefs, and these are strong beliefs, but at the same time, they've always been very good at listening to my views and negotiating with me. So for me, Uzaki is unbearably unreasonable and overboard in the way he governs his daughter.

I see your point about Aiko being able to move out if she wants, but sometimes people get used to a certain way of life and just go along with it. It's like hating your job and bitching about it, but still turning up everyday and not switching jobs because change is difficult, and the job's just there. Plus, she's been taught since she was little that her father was supreme, so she probably believes it somewhat. What we're seeing now is probably her trying to fight him, and herself.

However, having said all that, I do, like you, think there is genuine affection between the two, which makes it slightly more palatable. Otherwise I'd have stopped watching 5 mins into ep 1 XD

What I don't understand is, he knows she's 20, she knows she's 20, everyone knows she has to get a bf and married one day, so why is he objecting to her having a relationship?? That part just creeps me out.

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I think he is afraid to loose her. He doesn't want to see that their relatiosnship has to change, needs to change and will change. He wants to keep her as a child. He kind of knows that things have to change, but he doesn't want to face that.