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infinite_miura

Bloody Monday 11 and Haruma's acting chops

Dec 20, 2008 20:59

Whew! I had a tough night trying to finish the Nanase Futatabi subtitles, thus, I spent the entire day with a headache. No worries. His Prettiness cured me .. just by being his magnificent self!

Bloody Monday 11 certainly whet my appetite for the inevitable movie and/or series II. I don't feel cheated though. In fact, I absolutely can't wait until ( Read more... )

bloody monday, acting chops

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yamada_taro December 21 2008, 01:54:10 UTC

I couldn't comment properly last night because I think I was still a little wired from watching it. My eyes were watery for some scenes but I never cried. My friend, on the other hand, weeped like there was no tomorrow, which I didn't understand lol! She just said she gets emotional like this when she feels attached to a character (especially Haruma, I suppose ( ... )

infinite_miura December 21 2008, 02:57:44 UTC

I'm sort of in a rush today, but I wanted to make some comments before I got tied down.

I think the only reason I didn't weep was because Haruma/Fujimaru had my brain in a creative tail spin. This always distracts me from painful things because even watching dying characters these days is torture for me. Not long ago, I lost someone I loved more than even *I* imagined. Nothing hurts worse than being right beside someone and seeing the life drain from their bodies and from your life. Thus, the only way I can protect myself emotionally is to pull away and that's what happened last night. Haruma is too good. He's too convincing and it just hurts too much when he's in the zone like that. When "Hiro" died in Koizora, I was literally shaking because my emotions were too raw. Everyone around me was crying, but I couldn't. I was afraid of what would have happened if I'd released my emotions. It's a lie, you know. Time doesn't heal all wounds. If you're lucky though, you'll forget, but that seldom happens when those feelings are real.

I was ( ... )

yamada_taro December 21 2008, 10:27:35 UTC

Yeah, it was after the initial watch, when I had my afterthoughts about it that I wanted to weep at Fujimaru's misfortunes. And also partly because I hate showing "weak" emotions to anyone, I tend to leave it when I'm by myself and then I let it all out. Not the same as your situation, but when I do cry and whatnot, it tends to go overboard and I'll be down for a few days. I absolutely hate that feeling. It took me this long to watch Koizora (I saw it a month ago) because it's so, so, so hard for me to watch someone die, and what made it worse was that Haruma was portraying Hiro ( ... )

infinite_miura December 21 2008, 11:55:10 UTC

And also partly because I hate showing "weak" emotions to anyone, I tend to leave it when I'm by myself and then I let it all out.

I'm very much the same. I'm sure many people regard me as cold-hearted. The Japanese I know cry at a drop of a hat, but I simply refuse to do so in public, thus, that causes quite a bit of irritation. However, Haruma just brings out all sorts of emotions in me and I'm quite pleased that I watched the finale alone.

Fujimaru helped everyone around him, but in turn he was the one who suffered the most. I suppose that's growing up for you, but I'm just so unsettled by that feeling. The poor boy. :(

Let me break this down. He got screwed...royally. If that ending wasn't a bitch-slap, nothing was and I think Haruma played up this emotion quite well with his very simple, "aa ( ... )

r_ofl December 21 2008, 11:37:59 UTC

My eyes were almost bleed after watching 6 episodes of Bloody Monday by using keyholeTV. It's kinda sad that I can't get to watch the series on proper television station. But yeah, the number of people watching BM on keyholeTV doubled last night-i was so freaked out. Usually almost 300++ people watching it, and last night it turned out to be 600++!

The plot accelerates so fast that I really wish for more. My instinct is trying to convince me that there will be a special for this series. And of course, I wish for more Fujimaru x Otoya relationship because it just so lovely to see the friendship between those two. Frankly speaking, I love drama that focus on friendship rather than boy x girl relationship.

p/s: i cried when Haruka said "Let's celebrate Christmas together".

infinite_miura December 23 2008, 14:28:12 UTC

My eyes were almost bleed after watching 6 episodes of Bloody Monday by using keyholeTV.

Ouch!! I'm glad though that you got to see it anyway. I'm thrilled the number of people doubled for Haruma's "last" ride as Falcon. The ratings went up here, too.

The plot accelerates so fast that I really wish for more.

I feel as if I never get a chance to catch my breath and absorb what I've seen before they're off and running again. When we're out for winter break in February and March, I'll watch the DVD version of this series.

My instinct is trying to convince me that there will be a special for this series.

There certainly has to be SP or a theatrical movie. There's just no way they can leave it like that. My guy agrees with everyone. He says the ending screams sequel.

Frankly speaking, I love drama that focus on friendship rather than boy x girl relationship. I also prefer friendships to relationships, especially if they showcase a relationship as "If you hurt me over and over again, then it's love." Although I wasn't expressly ( ... )