I have watched the last three episodes of the Japanese drama Iki mo Dekinai Natsu and all I can say is: what a waste! For a show that started off with a unique premises and lots of promise it went nowhere. The great romance? Didn't happen. The mother had more secrets than you can shake a stick at, something which made her hard to understand. At the ( Read more... )

Everything was more or less closed today because of Issac. It didn't really hit my area all that hard, but most places took it as an excuse to close. Which meant it could have been a boring day. But, it wasn't! Why? Because I took the day to catch up with the two Japanese dramas I'm watching: Rich Man, Poor Woman and Iki Mo Dekinai Natsu. Each has ( Read more... )

Iki mo Dekinai Natsu is a currently airing Japanese drama that tells the story of nineteen year old Tanizaki Rei, a girl without a family registry. Having no family registry basically means she doesn't exist: she has no health insurance, no way of getting a passport, cannot marry, and cannot get a full-time job. She's a non citizen in her own ( Read more... )

Five episodes in, and Soredemo Ikite Yuku continues to be the best drama you aren't watching. It is by far one of the best Japanese series I've seen in a while; true human drama at its best ( Read more... )

I had planned to watch more shows than I'm actually watching; however, this season has been so good and filled with such brilliance that I had to cut some out. And, I'm still behind! I just thought I'd discuss what I'm watching and why I'm watching it.

( More shows from Japan )

Ikemen desu ne is the Japanese remake of the Korean rom-com, You're Beautiful. The story is unusual to say the least - a novice nun impersonates her twin brother for three months in order for him to keep his place in the hottest band in Asia, A.N.JELL. Where is her brother? Why, he's in America, recuperating from a nose job! It makes. . .very ( Read more... )

Though I had much misgivings about the live action version of this manga/anime, I decide to give the first episode of the live action series a chance. Before I begin, I just want to say that the only actor I knew going into this was Yusuke Yamamoto (playing Tamaki). I knew him from several dramas: Hana-Kimi, Puzzle, Atashinchi no Danshi, and Taiyou ( Read more... )

Soredemo, Ikite Yuku is a Japanese drama. Hiroki Fukami (Eita) is a man haunted by the death of his younger sister. Futaba Toyama (Hikari Mitsushima) is the younger sister of the man that murdered Hiroki's little sister fifteen years ago. The two should never meet, but they do - fifteen years after the murder. The drama is unique in that it shows ( Read more... )

The trailer for the live action Ouran High School Host Club came out today. The trailer is more of a teaser, lasting only sixteen seconds. It's more of a quick character introduction with a voice over telling us, the viewer, what "types" of boys are in the club ( Read more... )

What am I thinking of watching this summer? Well, aside from my guilty pleasure, True Blood, I'm watching several Asian dramas. . .

( This summer season is all about cross dressers and crazy family situations )