[Drama] Orthros no Inu

Summer 2009

Episodes: 9

Starring: Takizawa Hideaki, Nishikido Ryo, Mizukawa Asami, Yaotome Hikaru, Harada Natsuki, Oshinari Shugo, Sasaki Kuranosuke...

The drama started out as the story of two man who seemed to be polar opposites. Ryuzaki Shinji is a man whose hands have an amazing healing power. With those hands, he is able to heal any injury or sickness that he wishes to heal.

On the down side, though, he seemed to be a cold, cruel murderer who has little interest in using his power for the good. His only interest was to play his game with the world, using his abilities to drive the people mad.

Aoi Ryosuke seemed to be a caring highschool teacher with a heart of gold. Little did the people around him know that he harbours a dark power of his own. His hands could suck the life out of people effortlessly.

Hasebe Nagisa is a detective who is caught in between these two men with unimaginable powers. When she discovered the powers, somewhere in her pea brain, she decided that it would be a good idea to let them meet.

On the other hand, a plotting politician, Sakaki who was healed by Shinji's powers planned to manipulate the two for her own political gain in hopes of catapulting herself to the status of Prime Minister of the country.

And blah, blah blah, insert some seemingly witty question to induce suspense. Totally useless since everyone's watched this except for me cos my life is miserable and fuck my job.

*****

I think this drama had a lot of interesting elements going on for it. And it was up to the screenwriter to make good use of it and make it into something brilliant. That didn't happen. It became a snoozefest. And since I never read the original work, I can't say if it was because they stuck to the story which was originally boring or it was because the screenwriter ruined it.

When I first heard the synopsis, I was really, really interested. So, I was watching this drama was it aired. But I lost interest and doubted if this was actually worth my time. Turns out, it wasn't really.

The whole idea of what an evil man with the power to help people and a good man with the power to harm would do is very enticing. There's infinite possibilities to how the story would progress, you can hardly predict the ending. Well, that is if the characters are as so. However, it seemed that Takki ain't got enough balls to play a baddie. If Ryuzaki was evil to the end, without conscience, cold, cruel, there'd be something more interesting to that.

This is one of the times when I really don't give a shit if the characters are many faceted. I just want an evil dude with the power to heal. No? I can't even have that. And his voice on the theme song is very annoying. The song sucked too. Takki ain't no singer. When he turned out to be good, my interest was gone. GONE! Like poof.

I took a liking to the character of Aoi Ryosuke from the beginning. And I will try to deny that it was because Nishikido Ryo played him. It is not because of that. It is because he was playing the damn character with that damn haircut which I so so like on him. Plus I have a thing for sad, tortured people who have a self-loathing tendency.

And the puppy eyes.

O~kay was that weird? I'll stop then.

Am I the only one who finds Nagisa annoying. I like Mizukawa Asami and her crack laughter. I usually like her characters cos they're all whee and stuff. When people play doting mothers I find them more rawr than whee.

Sawamura is bleh, and his perm is annoying. I don't get why men do perms. I mean, unless you're Domyoji, you can't pull that off. I can think of precious few who can. MatsuJun, Heechul and that's about it.

Ryo is so handsome in there. I can't help but say it. He is. And I usually would say I like men with some height. But I keep preferring the shorties, so I am going to stop making these things called standards. They're short, they're fat, they smell like sausages, it comes in a package, people. And Ryo is handsome here. The haircut is perfect.

My Johnny boys are so handsome. T_T I am moved to tears.

=D Decent ending, I guess. What's with the need for vague endings, I don't get. I don't like it when people leave things to the imagination. I just want them to tell me what it is and get over with it.

Also, the minor characters' sudden enlightenment after the death of Sawamura was too abrupt and made no sense at all.

Reitings: 3/5

[Drama] Majo no Jouken

[Moved from my old blog.]

1999

Episodes: 11

Starring: Matsushima Nanako, Takizawa Hideaki (Tackey), Kuroki Hitomi and a bunch of others

Matsushima Nanako as Hirose Michi, The pervy student fancier

Tackey as Kurosawa Hikaru, the student who got his teacher preggers. Way to go!

Ah stories of forbidden love. From "Romeo and Juliet" to "Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru", to "Majo no Jouken". Why is it that people like to watch other people being in deep trouble?

Why is it that people like to watch people cry and suffer? Well, if I have the answer to that, I wouldn't be addicted to watching Majo no Jouken now would I? This drama is so extremely, very, very watchable. People should watch this drama, and watch it, and watch it and watch it.

Okay, I think I got my point across.

Aww...

People in dramas are so judgmental. People in reality are so judgmental. You are so judgmental. I am so judgmental.

It is human nature. Imagine this. If your teacher were to date a classmate of yours, what would your reaction be? Would you judge them along with the crowd, pointing at their out of the ordinary actions and then tell them how inappropriate it is?

Or would you give them the benefit of the doubt that it is indeed love that they have between them and feel that there is nothing embarrassing about it?

This was the case for Hirose Michi, a high school teacher who initially minded a lot about what people think of her, about how people would judge her and her actions. She has a loving fiancee and demanding parents. On the other hand, Kurosawa Hikaru, a high school student who was newly transferred to the school Michi teaches in. He is the heir to a hospital and his mom loves him unconditionally. The teacher and student finds themselves having a lot in common as both are submitted to a lot of pressure and lost themselves while trying to satisfy others.

This was how it began. The love story between a teacher and a student.

Tackey's old nose is, like, way cuter than his new nose... I heard that he went under the knife cos he broke his nose... whatever.

Truth is, in reality, we would all disapprove of it. It is odd, it is weird, it is wrong. BUT, when people portray it oh so romantically in dramas, we would judge the people who are judging them and then side with the star crossed lovers.

Anyways, that was what happened with me when I watch the drama.

And no, I won't tell you how it ends.

They sacrificed everything for each other by the 6th episode.

Matsushima was 26 when she was filming this drama, Tackey was 17.

Ah love, the excessively glorified human feeling. Dramas like these grow impulsive feelings in people.

The progression of the drama is too fast, too unexpected, too dramatic.

I like.

And the kissing scenes were totally, totally fake... no tongue.

Another important thing about this drama and why it was so great is that the theme song is… yes, that song. The most famous Japanese song of our time – ‘First Love’ by Utada Hikaru. People who don’t speak Japanese know it by heart, people who don’t give a crap about Japanese pop know it. They all know it.

And oh what is that? Tackey is so great? Oh yes he is. xD

Anyways, people should not be inspired by dramas to do freaky stuff. One day, they'll look back and regret it.

But awww.... T_T The drama is T_T

17... I am 20. He is now 25. But he was 17 here. I shouldn't be... I shouldn't!

Ini memang salah

I tell you, its all in the dramas. In dramas, pretty boys play characters that are either WAH or totally idiotic. Both of which are extremely lovable. Thus, fangirls are attracted. Unrealistic? Definitely. But if we want realistic stuff, just bring a stool and sit on the streets la… surely we’ll get some realistic dramatic happenings.

It is the dramas.

Now Tackey is WAH.

Right, just what I need, another Johnny's for me to collect PVs, performances and stuff. Not that my Tackey & Tsubasa collection is small prior to this. Now it just has to get bigger...

Cos Tackey is WAH.

Awww... Tackey!

My totally unfair rating?

4/5

xD It is good... I finished it so fast...