Picspam: 'Deka Wanko' (or: an excuse to post awesome dresses & teeny tiny hats)

[piecesofalice]

I can't sleep, so I was going through my caps folder (a task that may suggest I'm a masochist) and noticed I'd never done a full post about the jdrama Deka Wanko. Which is a crime unto its self, for reasons you're about to discover.

Deka Wanko first crossed my path after we saw these bizarrely ambiguous posters around Tokyo - was it about a frilly

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[bookelfe]

j;slkdfjd;lsI MUST SEE THIS SHOW

(new costume poll candidate?)

[piecesofalice]

COUGHhttp://ourhour.livejournal.com/tag/deka%20wankoCOUGH (apparently I didn't look too hard for raws. Good job, PIeces)

(Oh, definitely. Teal tights! Vaguely Victorian bodice dresses! Pink leather jacket!)

[genarti]

WHAT IS THIS SHOW EVEN. *___________*

(I am now convinced that she's secretly a Haninozuka transported from Ouran High School Host Club's universe. Without even having seen the show at all. How else could she afford all those outfits on a detective's salary?)

[piecesofalice]

Embrace the Wanko.

...that sounds odd. Now! Ouran High School Host Club! The question is: should I watch it?

[genarti]

Um! Well, I love it, and as a general rule I heartily recommend it. (The anime, I mean, and also the manga. There's a new jdrama, which is only a few episodes in; I find the couple of episodes I've seen ALSO UTTERLY HILARIOUS, but I have no idea how it'd work for someone who hadn't already seen the anime, because that has so utterly shaped my view. I came into the jdrama prepared to find everything endearing

[piecesofalice]

So you'd recommend the anime/manga first? This is where I hang my head and admit I have never watched an anime in my life, so tips/hints/slaps to the head are much appreciated.

And is a secret martial arts master pretty much had me at "secret". And "high powered motor to cackle at people" and "gender wtf" and, oh, "HOST CLUB". THEY HAVE A HOST CLUB AT HIGH SCHOOL!? And, and...I think you sold me.

(HOST CLUB)

(JAPAN I LOVE YOU)

[nixwilliams]

ok, that was a pretty amazing array of dresses and hats! :D

[piecesofalice]

They are all so teeny-tiny! And inappropriate for work!

[nixwilliams]

IDK, i would wear them to work if i could get away with it! :D

[piecesofalice]

I'm tempted to try. I bet when you're in the UK they won't even look twice. YOU COULD WEAR A MONOCLE TOO

[firthgal]

Great. Great. GREAT. Now I'm downloading this lolita detective show. And plan on watching it tomorrow during my lunch break. GREAT.

[piecesofalice]

*nods sagely*

You better be on the Ichiko/Older Colleague train with me, just sayin'.)

(I MISSED YOU FIRTHY <3)

[firthgal]

Okay, so, two episodes in and I am already shipping them like crazy. It's probably mostly your influence, but they pretty much had me when Ichiko complained that no one ever remembers her name, and then Older Colleague said that he always remembers. Also, he was the first (and only) one to call her a detective. He was the only one who had respect for her right off the bat, and I can't resist that. And then in the second ep he was worrying about her. And she kind of seems to idolize him a little bit. So... yeah, they've got me. It also helps that Older Colleague is super handsome.

[firthgal]

Aaaaaand now I am in complete love. Just saw the ep where she helps him interrogate the suspects. She totally has a crush on him by the end of that ep. She even got jealous when her friend switched her crush from the mustache guy to him! And then the restaurant scene, with them sitting so adorably close, and him telling her cryptic things involving a bed, and them being sexy and adorable together at the same time. HOW DO PEOPLE NOT AUTOMATICALLY SHIP THIS? I mean, I get that the show is kind of pushing Ichiko/Boy Band Kid, but no matter how often they pretend to be newlyweds or people ask them if they're a couple, I just don't see any romantic feelings there. At all.