Showing posts with label Uta no Onii-san. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Uta no Onii-san. Show all posts

09 January 2012

Mou Yuukai nante Shinai [Review]


Real-time (Jan/3)
Keyhole wasn't really nice that day :P. But I managed to watch until the end. I was sick... & I think I almost go to sleep in the middle :D. I didn't think it was that boring if you care to accept this from a biased Ohno fan :P. Honestly, I was expecting it to be a dorama SP that makes your New Year merrier... but I was wrong. It didn't help that this started straight away after VS Arashi ended (without ads between) :P. In my case, I was still a bit nervous/excited watching the final round of Rolling Coin Tower. Anyway... I think this is a dorama you're supposed to watch after all those New Year celebrations.. to like cool down. It has this calming effect on you so if you are one that thought it would be the merry kind, you'll be bored easily in the first 15 minutes. When the dorama reached its climax, I was wide awake...  because the dorama started taking on a quicker pace. I wasn't able to understand much (which means I have to self-study japanese language harder :P) except simple conversations, of course lol.. didn't get what Shotaro's senpai was speaking at all :P. I also like to see Shotaro & Erika's interactions (& sometimes with Komo-senpai).


LQ video (Jan/4-5)
Suffered watching LQ... because I couldn't see Ohno's expressions (which I really like to observe always) clearly. When I watched real-time, I couldn't follow the story properly because of video streaming issues.. anyway.. I just realised Shotaro loves superhero (tokusatsu?) merchandises. Is he counted as an otaku? Though maybe Ohno doesn't see the character that way because I'm not getting that vibe from him... anyway.. Like someone (or maybe most people) said, this dorama is star-studded.. I think I saw Takada Nobuhiko (wasn't listed in the cast list or correlation chart) in one of the scenes. I'm sure I saw more but can't recall anyone now. Kaname Jun didn't look like him at all...is it because of the hair? :P Erika's erm... family looks fun. I like how her father is portrayed as a fierce on the outside yet a fatherly mob leader. He looked sincerely worried when he got the call from Erika's "kidnappers".


Chinese-subbed (Jan/6)
SUBS! lol... Seeing this with subs (with limited chinese vocab :P) enlightened me a bit about the plot. Actually like 75-85% enlightenment :P.. anyway.. About Kaname, I think it was the moustache :P... And I may not be fond of Kanjiya's acting, but she seems comfortable with her role.. And I don't think this is comedy really.. sure there were some funny scenes here and there.. but I still think it's more to the mystery side.

Watching for the 3rd time, I started thinking how interesting it would be to see this as a renzoku dorama. I wish I knew the characters better (for a 2-hr dorama, not much characters development can be done) ... the atmosphere sure feels like I should have known them. But if it will be done as a full-length dorama, I wish it starts from the ending of the SP. Of course the title & plot had to change too lol, I don't think I can watch Shotaro saying "I shouldn't have done this kidnapping stuff" in every episode... I'm thinking of a plot similar to Mukodono..like Shotaro having to work for Hanazono family to get father's approval *oh lol.. Sorry, imagination running wild.. XD* (actually hoping for a more serious role in dorama for him this year *my wish every season*)..

I wish I can say I like Shotaro... but I can't... because I don't know this character well. I think he's likable though.. but I need more than 2hrs to really like him. In my opinion, Ohno's performance here falls in the same category with his character in Uta no Onii-san (characters that are similar to his personality). He played his character well... & that was it. There weren't really scenes that made me go "WOW. This person's acting skill is superb" like the feelings I get watching Maou's eps 7 where Naruse met her sister... or Kaibutsu-kun's eps 4's crying scene at the end.


HQ video + japanese subtitles (Jan/7)
Watching again for the fourth time :D.. Actually not till the end, I just want to check the video's quality. But the more I watch it the more I grow to love it. I also realised that the special appearances by some casts were for "Strawberry Night" (a subtle promo, perhaps?)...



HQ video + english subtitles (Jan/10)
English subs makes a big difference :D...


15 November 2011

Mou Yuukai nante Shinai


*cross-posting everything from my other sites XD*

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If you're interested, visit  the "Mou Yuukai nante Shinai" progress post  here :)
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New Year Dorama SP for SATOSHI next year!!!!! ON FUJI TV!!!
もう誘拐なんてしない」
Why not a full-length dorama?? NO, NO. I shouldn't be greedy...it's still something to really look forward to!!! XD 
& whoa!! the cast includes names like Sato Ryuta, Narimiya Hiroki, Kanjiya Shihori... Takahashi Katsumi & (WHOA) Kitaoji Kinya!!!... you know.. names/faces I'm familiar with :P  I do think it's a good experience for Ohno...& also for them to see Ohno's acting talents!!! *biased lol* UWAAAAA 
OH!! It's a dorama adaptation from a novel by Higashikawa Tokuya (NazoDi!)...!!!!!!!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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YAY *completely forgetting the group assignment & presentation that is due today* 
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Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi to star in Fuji TV’s new spring drama special
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That's not the only thing that made this day a GREAT day. In fact, it was already decided early on that it's a GREAT day when I read about the news of Ohno's New Year Dorama SP....!!!
『もう誘拐なんてしない』 [Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai] 
Yes. It's compulsory for me to blog about this not only on my LJ, but here and also my review blog XD.

It's not a full-length dorama... but these points here are enough to convince me that it will be a worthwhile dorama SP.
  • Adapted from a novel (2008) by the same bestselling author of "Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de", Higashikawa Tokuya
  • Renowned list of casts : Sato Ryuta, Narimiya Hiroki, Kanjiya Shihori, Takahashi Katsumi, Kitaoji Kinya (just typing back what's put in the article lol.. )
  • Ohno Satoshi. oh lol this is very obvious... but as I've been waiting for a new dorama (=character) of him for over a year, this is good enough for me already! It's time to leave the Kaibutsu-kun persona behind! (The character's description reminded me of UtaOni's Kenta-kun though...maybe a happier version of Yano Kenta?) 
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HAPPY~

13 November 2011

NazoDi, Kaseifu, HUNTER #3

Ratings :
FTV Tues 9pm || NazoDi #3 [16.4%]
NTV Wed 10pm || Kaseifu #3 [19.8%]
FTV Tues 10pm || HUNTER #3 [11.5%]

My Ratings : NazoDi 3.5/5 || Kaseifu 3.8/5 || Hunter 3/5

Nothing much to say about HUNTER's 3rd episode... except maybe it's nice to see how their bounty-hunting activities had started affecting their lives... at least Kazumi's marriage life.

Kaseifu no Mita...I'm starting to think what would happen if Mita isn't working with the Asuda family... I mean.. whoa. It's as if this family shouldn't have exist in the first place. In this episode more things were revealed about the father's extra-marital relationship & *SHOCK* something about the wife. The mother was the kind of person who would threaten her life to get what she wanted. *offtopic-ish* My biology teacher in secondary school was someone who got married to a person like this. She told the story casually though... that the man would go crazy (???/It sounded like a threat to me) if she doesn't marry him.

I personally don't think it's right to do things this way & also to give in to someone like that. This kind of explains why the father isn't so much like a father to them (since the 1st eps) because it was (really) against his will to start this family.. Anyway.. I can't help noticing the actress who plays Yui kind of have forced expressions during scenes she got mad at her father.. the change in character was kind of awkwardly shown (but understandable though). But she's really scary when she's mad! I have to remind myself that this isn't a horror movie. :P

Oh, yeah. It was fun watching the other siblings "stalking" Mita-san. Another side of Mita was shown... she went to an amusement park, ordered a 2-person set of food and just sat until it's closing time as if she's waiting for someone to come. What was that?

& OH Yui... Her anger made her *foolishly* order Mita to spread about the affair at father's office. This incident caused the father to be discharged from his current project (that ironically uses family as a theme).

NazoDi had a somewhat interesting case...  hmm... It seems like they have lessen the comic-like scenes I find annoying in the beginning episodes. The flow is actually better now without those erm... special effects(?). Kageyama continues to attract me (Sho always gets interesting characters! *whines-Where is my new Ohno dorama?????*). I mean... seriously.. tokusatsu heroine? lol.. but in the end I was completely deceived by that! I didn't realise it would serve as something important :P

At first I thought Kageyama might hate his mistress/or serving her.. but it seems it's not? He's sharp-tongued alright..but he's acting like a teenager who bullies the girl he likes :P




Ah. Another thing. It hurts my heart to listen to "Meikyuu" in the end 'cos I didn't get to purchase the LE version of the single. I'm feeling better now after I re-watched "Uta no Onii-san" again :P and also I found a place where I can buy it (I don't care if the price doubled/multiplied :P)...