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 i'm being unrealistically ambitious. all the shows i've watched so far for the spring drama season are surprisingly enjoyable. after adding 'voice', tat makes like 6 dramas i intend to follow. ちょっと無理かな。。。

- ヴォイス ～命なき者の声～: i leave dark3princess to introduce the awesomeness tat is this drama bt forensic medicine.  and also, eita and TOMA who is forever forever DROOLWORTHY.  but the show is definitely more than tat, it strikes a wonderful balance betwn the sobriety and humour, and the cast is very well-assembled.  looks to be the one to leave the greatest impression for me :)

- メイちゃんの執事: this was originally not on my to-watch list, but then i saw the HORDES of イケメン in the promo pic, and 佐藤健 is in it, so... :p it's so unbelievably 梦幻 and SPARKLY and the guy who was nanba-senpai is so unbelievably dreamy ♥♥♥  shows like these are so mindlessly enjoyable ^___^

- 神の雫: this was gonna be loyalty-watching cuz it's a show starring a member of kat-tun.  but kame is surprisingly adorable in the drama, and i get to learn a little more bt wine & wine-related stuff, despite the rather unrealistic plot, and 雫 is written very much like my name, so i'm partial to it, lolz.

- 必殺仕事人2009: mabo. higashiyama.  OHKURA.  i rest my case XDDD  tho after 2 sp's and episode 1, i still have NO IDEA how ohkura's weapon can kill something, it's okay, as long as he looks cool doing it :p

- 歌のお兄さん: rite, at 1st, i wanted to watch it cuz, u noe, OHNO.  plus the whole concept kinda reminds me of 'school of rock'.  and then the credits came on and i realised tat the person in the dog suit next to ohno is RYUHEI!!!!  kyaaaaa~~~~~!!!!!  lolz.  omg both maru's have dramas this season!!  ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

- RESCUE～特別高度救助隊: okay, this is one is definitely NOT loyalty-watching.  it's nakamassu!  SO VERY VERY excited.  and i love these rescue dramas.  not coming soon enuff.

'last friends' is officially the BEST drama of the year.  so wat if the year hasn't even passed its halfway mark yet, i'm 99% certain tat there will be no other show tat can come close to it for the next couple years.  a gem like this only comes once in a while.  the last time i felt so strongly for a drama was 'nobuta wo produce' and 'anego' - and even then, it was mitigated by the akamepi presence.  here all we have is ryo being the sorta anti-hero, and the ot3 to end all ot3's.

to pimp it even further... the show started out with fair ratings (around 13-15%) but shot up and the final episode hit 22.4% ratings in japan, which is pretty incredible imo for a non-gokusen type show tat features alternative r/ships and has a rather morbid and depressing side.  there's a special set to air next week, announced even b4 the show ends - tat's how good it is.

watch it.

episode 9 of 'last friends' ended on the worst fucking cliffhanger EVER!!!!!  this is why i tend to avoid watching shows tat are still airing - the instant-gratification part of me jus can't stand it!  urgh!  thank god there's only a couple more days till the final episode airs, and tat i delayed watching this recent episode until todae.  imagine how pissed i'd be if i'd watched it last fri.

another aspect which makes me like this drama is also the way it plays up the 'observer' perspective.  the 5 main characters have, at one time or another, adopted this role, in which they look at their frens or counterparts from the 'outside' - so when u see the other characters thru them, not only do u see the events unfold, but also their perception and reaction to them, coloured by the underlying complexity of their own emotions.  there's a certain degree of 表里不一 here tat i reckon is very characteristic of life and human nature.

ryo continues to be uber-scary as the psychotic sousuke, while takeru and ruka continue being my ideal and woman respectively.  even michiru is bucking up and gaining a backbone.  the final episode is still TOO. DAMN. FAR. AWAY 

ryo continues to stun me in the recent-est episode of last friends.  having refused to watch [１リットルの涙], noeing tat it would make me horribly depressed, i've only read of - but not actually witnessed - ryo's acting prowess.  he probably had like 10 minutes (?) of air time in this episode, but damn, he was the one tat left the greatest impact. 

今日は忙しいの一日でした。まず、午前１０時半にオーチャードに診察がありました。でも、最近短い睡眠時間に慣れたので、８時１５分も起きた。超残念だった>_< 

診察が終わってから、友達のうちに行って、昼ごはんを食べた。彼女の子供はめっちゃ可愛いすね！後で、３月中に日本へ旅行した友達が来ました。彼女が北海道できれいな写真を撮った。今北海道へすごく行きたい！！

それで、５時から８時まで日本語のレッスンがあったから、オーチャードに第二回行きました。普通で水曜日にレッスンがあるけど、仕事は超忙しかったので、今週の水曜日に行けなかった。今日のレッスンは置き換えでした。でも、水曜日の先生より今日の先生の方が良いと思います。この先生は教え方が分かり易いし、だんだん水曜日も不便になっていたし、土曜日にレッスンを変更すればいいかなと思います。

うちへ帰ったとき、今週のcartoon KAT-TUNを見ました。超面白かった！！今週の考案は未定から、メンバーがどこか遊び自分で考えるので、彼らのもっと自然の顔が見えました。やっぱりKAT-TUNが大好きですね！！

で、シャワーを浴びてから、「ホカベン」を見ようと思います。シゲも大好き！！

call it timing, call it getting to a certain age, call it being an incurable romantic, the brilliant script, the fantastic (and very very gorgeous) cast (read yamapi & masami somethingorother), but プロポーズ大作戦 (求婚大作战） is the only show that really really makes me wanna get married.  to qualify, there have been various other shows tat inspire me to want to be in a r/ship (and they are all prob j-doramas as well :p) but this is really the only one where i go, 'damn, getting married is the greatest thing ever!' 

maybe it's cuz it's characters are at a stage of life tat is very close to where i am now, so i can relate to the issues tat they r struggling with, plus the actors truly portray them well.  (on a side note, i finally understand tat i am a SUCKER when it comes to yamapi acting - i can totally overlook him when he's singing or dancing, but hot!damn, give me a close-up of him emoting or attempting to emote on a tv screen, and i jus... crumble...)

so for once, i will PIMP THIS SHOW.  i'm sure there are low-quality copies of it floating around on youtube or veoh or tudou or crunchyroll.  u can most likely d/l it via emule with mandarin subs.  if u're in singapore or jb, the dvd and vcd versions are out, but maybe not the drama special yet. 

it is THE BEST THING EVER.  watch it.

he's always so unexpectedly explosive.  altho his voice isn't as powerful as subaru's or as appealing to me as jin's, i always end up having his solos on endless repeat...

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