SPEC Theories. Or, Pieces Has Lost The Plot

[piecesofalice]

Alright. It's time to come clean. I am obsessed with SPEC. I have not been so into a show since...Trick and Life. That's the scale we're on, people.

I've fanmixed it. I've vidded it. I'm Tumblring it. I've accumulated the magazine, the visual guide and the whatever-this-is ("Official Dismantling", with full-page, detailed photos of the sets and

Comments

[theonlytwin]

IDKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[piecesofalice]

I definitely think the Tsudas can take on other bodies - remember when Chii was at the Japanese chess guy's place and he switched from Chii to Tsuda? What if the Tsudas are the "official" face, but the others take on the faces of people out in the real world, like moles? That would make sense for the Chii!Tsuda, as he's a physics teacher

[theonlytwin]

yeah, see, compare the proposal flashback toma to the toma we see with youta and they just don't gel. i kind of think he fictionalised everything, which is so wrong. i can picture toma trying to parse her memories, questioning everything, rationalising it, finding the things that he might have altered to make her want to marry him. she would do it sensibly, but it would be unavoidably distressing.

nonomura seems to have some kind of intuition working in his favour, and i am terribly interested in his backstory and also all the girls called miyabi who seem to love him. is that a spec, getting all the girls called miyabi to love him? anyway, MIGHT HAVE TO WATCH THE ORIGINAL TO CHECK.

[piecesofalice]

(Sorry for the delay in replying, I've been away)

The more I think about it, I think he did manufacture his own version of Toma - she may have existed, but I think he must have put the ideas of dressing a certain way etc into her head? Maybe? But I think her overall personality was always there, because of the blank look she gives him when he proposes. And her police badge:

[firthgal]

Damn it, woman, stop tempting me into watching all these Japanese procedurals. Awhile back I tried watching Trick and just couldn't get into it, but I have a feeling that I'd love this one (I watched your vid and enjoyed it, which is what initially enticed me, but now I think I will actually sit down and watch this thing on my next day off).

[piecesofalice]

See, i'm learning very quickly that Trick is not for everyone. In fact, I think I maybe one of the few outside of Japan who really enjoyed it! It's not an easy show to watch.

BUT! I think you'd like SPEC, because it's kind of like Life? But more supernatural? They're Charlie and Dani for Japan, I reckon.

Here's some fanart to entice you:

[solesakuma]

They are the OTP of Impossible OTPness. Also - you're forgetting the comatose smack. If that's not love, what is?

And yes, Nonomura is definitely more than meets the eye.

Good observation about the hand :O You know, I hate that telling people 'SH'E SO BAMF THAT SHE SEWS HER HAND!!' is so spoilery.

I think the Tsuda question is the key question. I think it's a sort of hereditary power - and they may be able to steal other people's power. Maybe last Tsuda IS or WAS Ninomae. Or when he kills you, he gets your power. Given how his name is in brackets in the credits, he's unkillable.

And Touma may have figured out way more than us :P

BUT YOUR LAST QUESTIONS. GOD I WANT TO KNOW.

[piecesofalice]

(Sorry for the delay in reply, I"ve been away!)

The more I think about, the more I think they're the OTP OF OTPNESS. The two of them have great chemistry, but it's the first time in a long time (especially in k&jdramas) where I can see both the actors are on the same page in regards to their character's progressions and feelings towards the other. I really truly don't understand why there's no fic. Hell, I'd even read fluffy baby fic, that's how much I want some!

THIS re: the hand being so spoilery! That and Chii's creepiness actually having a reason other than being a jerk.

Have you watched the original Keizoku? I suspect the Tsuda question is tied up in that - it's a standard procedural for the most part, but there's a whole thing with swapped bodies and lots of questions about memory and the gates of the underworld and dead people being alive and geez. I need to reconcile the two, stat.

The worst thing is going to be waiting for the film to be released and subbed. FOREVER WAIT D:

[firthgal]

And now I've finished watching the series. SO GOOD, OMG. The first few eps intrigued me, but I didn't get hooked until ep 5, I think, which really delved into the characters and strengthened the bond between Sebumi and Toma. And I loved how the Chief went from this crazy, clueless, perverted old man to an admirable sempai, so much so that I was pretty much bawling when I thought that Ninomae had killed him. And gosh, everything with the Ninomae/Toma story was so well done. My heart was aching for her when she realized that she had just killed her own brother. And oh how I loved the fact that Sebumi refused to forget Toma. He forgot everything but Toma, and that's what Tsuda was specifically trying to make him forget. They were so the OTP of OTPness. Pretty much everything pointed to that halfway through the series. The most notable anvil, I think, was when his sempai told him to settle down with Toma because she suited him so well. Sebumi's just like, "Ugh, kill me now," but he seemed to look at her in a slightly different

[piecesofalice]

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU'D STARTED IT! I'm so, so glad you loved it - episode five is basically where it went from "I'm enjoying this, but. Y'know." to "HOLY SHIT OMG I CAN'T EVEN." <3

There's so much going on, especially with Toma and Sebumi. Her replies of "yes." to anything he asks of her (...you know what I mean, not in a creepy way, natch), instead of a verbose off-the-wall comment sums them up perfectly. I could watch the scene where they're looking over Tokyo together over and over - and the bit in the finale where she remembers him and the music swells and ugh.

The scene where his sempai tells him to settle down? There's basically the exact scene in the original scene. I love stuff like that, so hard. I can't believe there's not a fandom for it, or the original series. It's just bizarre. They're all such good characters, and the series' are both written so well.

I knew you'd see the Mirei/Sebumi thing. Even though he's 36 and she's 19, I just...there's something there. WHY ISN'T THERE FIC?!

[sainomadelaine]

HEY! Someone posted these magazine scans about the movies over at d-addicts:

http://imgur.com/vHZe7

[sainomadelaine]

By the way, holy crap!

http://warmboys.livejournal.com/52699.html

[piecesofalice]

I...Ohmigod.

DOES THIS MEAN THE FANDOM IS GROWING?!