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rikayla in dorama_chat

First Kiss, Hana Kimi & Ushi ni Negai no Love & Farm

Jul 13, 2007 20:58

Okay, my turn. Three dramas this time. See if you can handle it. ;)

First Kiss featuring Mao Inoue, Hideaki Ito and Yuta Hiraoka

In this romantic comedy, Inoue Mao stars as a selfish girl named Fukunaga Mio. Because of a serious illness, she lives in the U.S. for medical treatment. Before undergoing an important operation, she returns to Japan, where ( Read more... )

- jdrama, . taiwan:dorama:hana kimi, actor:inoue mao, . japan:dorama:hana kimi, first kiss

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boycottbananas July 14 2007, 01:42:27 UTC

Ahhh, your comment on HK: IP made me happy. ^^;;
Taiwanese Hana-Kimi FTW. >_>;; [And I know most people will disagree. :P]

I'm glad that you think First Kiss is good; I haven't watched it yet, but I read another person's comment on it, and they said that it wasn't really good, so...yeah.

I was pondering if I should watch Ushi ni Negai no Love & Farm. I might check it out. :]

rikayla July 14 2007, 04:47:16 UTC

I'm glad that you think First Kiss is good; I haven't watched it yet, but I read another person's comment on it, and they said that it wasn't really good, so...yeah.

Yeah, I think it might turn out to be a hit-or-miss sort of drama, but I also think that generally people should judge before subs come out because episode 1 has A LOT of talking, and I couldn't understand a word of Mao's speeches (usually I comprehend a word here and there that whizzes by) because she talked SO quickly (as a part of her spunky character). Plus, there's quite a bit of medical vocabulary and stuff too. ^^

Love & Farm is quite good if you're looking for something different to watch after all the humour in Hana Kimi or Yamada Taro... Something that's simple-looking but has great acting to balance it off.

scottishlass July 14 2007, 02:27:03 UTC

Again, banking on "idol" rather than "drama".
Only if they had done so we would have had much better looking guys. The only idol in this series is actually Toma. Oguri Shun is not seen as an idol as he is only an actor. Same with the other actors. The only real idol is actually Toma, who is a Johnny.
Anyway, I agree with you. The Taiwnese version was much better as it not only stuck to the original plot of the manga (with a few changes for better live action dramatisation) it was also more fun.

rikayla July 14 2007, 04:41:41 UTC

Hmmm. I don't mean "idol" just as Johnny's, but also with other boys because most of the boys acting as supporting cast are winners of boy idol competitions like D-Boys and stuff. You know what I mean? And I don't know, I kind of think Shun is sort of idol-ish because of his HYD roles... But very little of course since he's taken a lot of VERY non-idol roles too. XDD

carviangli July 14 2007, 03:36:03 UTC

Ehhh!!^_^

I was waiting for someone to review First Kiss because I just watched it and loved it!! Wow...Inoue Mao completely blew me away...she just transformed!!

As an actress-she is completely impressing me:P I love her spunky and obviously icy nature and the fact that(as per dorama conventions) Yuuta's character will break down her cold exterior and fall in love with her!!Sqeee!!

Oh, that brings me to my next point-Yuuta!! I was soo happy when I found out he was going to be in this with Mao!! Yay...that is like, the best thing I could possibly imagine.And again he too is completely different from his character in ProDai. In Prodai he was sort of sure of himself and content but here is all(adorable) cute and scared but obviously infatuated by Mio^_^ I love the part when he kept saying "sumimasen" and Mio is like "you're too polite!!"...they are so opposite but so cute:P

And gosh Inoue Mao looks absolutely stunning in this drama. Her fashion is cutesy and all but in HYD she was obviously pretty but very boring fashion and looks- ( ... )

dr_crgirl July 14 2007, 07:41:35 UTC

"Jiro Wang? Wu Zun? Danson? Ethan? There were plenty!!(and frankly they look much better than there anorexic Japanese counterparts...)"

-yes, yes, I agree, most would...but I'm just...not into these boys...I'm into...slim boys, but Nanba should go eat something!!! Although I'm sure if I would have heard Wu Zun speak more english, I'd still be in love with him right now (just a quirk, it's soo cool and weird hearing them speak english, now if they spoke spanish...I'd be gone! LOL)

carviangli July 15 2007, 05:13:22 UTC

Wu Zun's english must be really good...he is used to study in Melbourn(where I live:P:P) and OMG I think almost all the guys in the Japanese cast should go eat something (umm...Nanba and Toma)...I prefer the taiwanese cast lookswise because I didn't cringe at how unhealthily skinny they were:P

rikayla July 14 2007, 22:46:21 UTC

And ehhh...how can you say there were no hot guys in the taiwanese version. Jiro Wang? Wu Zun? Danson? Ethan? There were plenty!

Yeah, there were plenty, but not as much as the Japanese version. And the supporting cast on the Taiwanese version (like the two mischievous characters/friends) weren't very good-looking...

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fivil July 14 2007, 06:04:34 UTC

I'm in full agreement with you re: Hana Kimi JPN. I'm actually quite sad, I really wanted to like this but ehhh, they're just making such weird changes. I don't understand the POINT to half of those changes, except yeah, idol drama indeed, "hot guys all around", all you can eat fanservice.. But it's like, it's not enough for me if I don't get the cutesy adorable love story of Mizuki-Sano which is one of those things they seem to have semi-butchered so far. (I like Shun, I like Maki but I don't feel the chemistry between them - WTH!)

I do like Toma a lot, though, especially in the 2nd episode. Maybe I just like the character of Nakatsu in general. And the fact they got the Nakatsu plot back on track in episode 2 was very nice, as well.

dr_crgirl July 14 2007, 07:37:47 UTC

"Yes, I don't like the Japanese version. It's focusing too much on "idol" rather than "drama". I liked the Taiwanese version because it was able to split it evenly between "idol" and "drama", you know ( ... )

rikayla July 14 2007, 22:51:55 UTC

No, you didn't offend me. :)

Yes, I agree, the Taiwanese version, Sano absolutely could not act. I actually liked the Taiwanese version's "stretchy" exaggerated expressions, you know? They were able to balance the funniness with the seriousness (with rape etc). And how can you say Ella cannot act? Yes, she did a lot of exaggerated expressions, but whenever there were emotional scenes, she pulled them off really well. And IMO, I think it's more difficult to be a hilarious actress than a dramatic actress.

Yes, somebody is subbing FK. He's 75% into the first episode. :)

Hmmm, Love & Farm really isn't very angsty like K-dramas; in fact, it has a more realistic aspect to it more like...

dr_crgirl July 15 2007, 08:22:17 UTC

Yes, saying Ella couldn't act was obviously going to far, sorry, that's what happens when I rant, Gomen. But I just didn't think she really did enough with the character, I mean she should have given Mizuki more dimension, but I also blame the writers. It is harder to be funny, I just think...she tried a bit too much...I know. And you know what I realized, if Jiro would play a role in which he wasn't a dumb silly guy, I think I'd like him more than Oguri, just cause I wish I could see more of him! And Quan, ugh, I mean it's one thing to put dumb crap like the f4 but to actually have the main male be a horrible actor for the reason that was hot, come on!! Although I liked how him and Ella were, but aside from that, there was no justification in it. Although he has obviously gotten better from Tokyo Juliet, I think (but I only saw a few of those episodes ( ... )