Bloody Monday 2

Being a huge fan of Bloody Monday, I was very excited about Bloody Monday 2. However, it left me very disappointed. The cast was great as usual, especially Haruma Mirura, he really was amazing as a young budding actor. Narimiya Hiroki also never failed to leave a great impression for the show. They were the reason why i continued on with the show. It would have been REALLY dull without both of them.

Seriously, season 2 of Japanese seasons really sucks. They should have just stopped at season 1.

Here's the sypnosis,

After a biological terrorist attack kills off the population of a Russian town; Japan's Public Safety Special Third unit, code name THIRD-i, believes that the terrorist organization responsible plans to unleash the same virus known as Bloody X into Tokyo. Subsequently, THIRD-i recruits the help of genius hacker Takagi Fujimaru to find out what happened in the Russia. However, as Fujimaru becomes involved, he soon finds out that he is in over his head and that the terrorist groups influence reaches not only his school but even the police. Fujimaru must now rely on his skill as a hacker to unravel the organizations sinister plot and find out the truth behind "Bloody Monday."


Really weak terrorist plan, the hacking wasn't exciting anymore. The ultimate bad guy was super random (just like the first season). There wasn't a single exciting episode as compared to Season 1, which I mentioned that every episode was more exciting than a blockbuster movie.


Ratings: 5/10. Blah, still watchable. but nothing that jolted me off my seat.

Gokusen The Movie

I'm over and done with Gokusen. Forever and ever. I love the cast but hate the repetitive storyline, same music whenever Yankumi comes out to fight(must have been the 50th time)- its looks cheesier than a power ranger fight.

How can something this cheesy survive for 3 seasons and 1 movie? Only one thing- the cast. The cute johnny boys. and nothing else. I'm not going to bother about the storyline, because its all the same.

But, here's the yummy people who appeared in the movie.

Firstly, its KAME. the main reason why i'm keen.

Kazuya Kamenashi as Ryu Odagiri. (He was soooo hot!! not much acting required though. aish.)

and the rest from SEASON 2

• Teppei Koike as Keita Takeda (used to think he was really cute.. but didnt feel anything for him)
  
• Mokomichi Hayami as Hikaru Tsuchiya (robot main guy in absolute bf)
  
• Keisuke Koide as Kosuke Hyuga (handsome dude from rookies, some robot movie)

SEASON 3

• Yuya Takaki as Yamato Ogata (a johnny boy from say hey. darn cute- reminds me of jin!)
  
• Haruma Miura as Ren Kazama ( u'll definately know him. the amazing rising young star- bloody monday)

SEASON 1 (really brief)

• Shun Oguri (小栗 旬) as "Uchi" / Haruhiko Uchiyama (yea, u'll kno him)
  
• Hiroki Narimiya as Takeshi Noda (AIGOO! I SCREAMED WHEN I SAW HIM! I HAD NO IDEA HE WAS IN SEASON 1!!!!!)

And u can't forget there's going to be a new class 3D right?

too bad there was only 1 cute one.

Yuta Tamamori
pardon the wiki photo. he looked like a bad-ass yamapi in the movie. and, expectedly, he's a johnny boy.

Ratings: 6.5/10 surprisingly watchable. Though fastforward rate was 5/10.

Tokyo Dogs

I was hesitant to begin this drama because Tokyo Dogs is about police detective blah blah.. boring. I hate police detective stories. The plot is weak, each episode is pretty stale. But because Shun Oguri and Hiro Mizushima is working together again, I thought I had to watch this. And for the first time, I'm actually disappointed with Shun Oguri. he never failed to impress me everytime I watch his shows, but for Tokyo Dogs, I was thoroughly disappointed.

As for Hiro, he did okay but still not impressive yet again. His comedic acts were supposed to make people laugh, but his facial hair and jokes did not impressed me.

Summary from wiki
Takakura So witnessed his father's murder at a young age. Pledging to catch the killer, he grows up to become an elite cop in New York City, where the criminal lives. His character is cool-headed and disciplined, yet adapts well. Because of major drug dealings, he gets sent to Tokyo to conduct a joint investigation with the Japanese police. There, he gets teamed up with, Kudo Maruo, a detective from a special investigative division. Kudo is a hot-blooded fighting expert due to his earlier days as a delinquent, but he makes a strong impression with his stylish appearance and is always interested in going on group dates. His personality, interests, and investigation methods are completely mismatched with Takakura's, but the two somehow work together to crack the case they've been given.

Nevertheless, I made through this drama within 2 days and the best part was the really random bickering between the both of them during the weirdest timings.

Ratings: 5/10. BORING. the romance was sucky!

(ps). on the side note: Narimiya Hiroki did a cameo for like a couple of minutes until he killed himself. The moment he died, i felt like crying. He did such a short appearance!!!

Honey and Clover

I never finished this and I don't think I will ever try to. I love two guys in the cast. I was really surprised when I realised it was the two of them! The reason why I watched this because I've always thought Honey and Clover was a popular manga/anime because I've always known the title but had no idea what it was about. I'm into episode 5, and I still have no idea what it is about.

Sypnosis(from dramawiki)
Honey and Clover follows the lives of five college students and their love triangles.


sami's note: zzzzzzzzzzzz. shortest sypnosis ever.



Cast
Ikuta Toma (Hana Kimi 2nd male lead)
*Mukai Osamu (Mei-chan no Shitsuji, Atashinchi no Danshi)
*Narimiya Hiroki (Bloody Monday, Innocent Love)
Narumi Riko (One Litre of Tears- younger sister)

Ratings: 2/10. It was really quite bad. I forced myself to watch till episode 5 because of the two guys.

i just found out there was a taiwanese version. just what is nice about the story?

Bloody Monday

My luck had been running really well. The past few dramas which I've caught were excellent! Nodame and now Bloody Monday. It's one of the best, if not the best Japanese drama ever. Think along MR BRAIN, but now the police seemed so darn stupid.

The cast seemed rather boring, but now I understand why they did not require a star-studded cast. It is because the storyline is terrific! For 11 episodes, it felt like every episode was an action-packed movie filled with intense suspense and drama. There was absolutely not a single dull moment but really good enough not to give me serious heartattack for each episode.

Bloody monday is damn bloody nice that I'm even downloading the manga now.

To think I was still rather reluctant to start because of the cast, sigh. I did not know what I missed out for that year, deprived of such a good drama.

Sypnosis:
After a biological terrorist attack kills off the population of a Russian town; Japan's Public Safety Special Third unit, code name THIRD-i, believes that the terrorist organization responsible plans to unleash the same virus known as Bloody X into Tokyo. Subsequently, THIRD-i recruits the help of genius hacker Takagi Fujimaru to find out what happened in the Russia. However, as Fujimaru becomes involved, he soon finds out that he is in over his head and that the terrorist groups influence reaches not only his school but even the police. Fujimaru must now rely on his skill as a hacker to unravel the organizations sinister plot and find out the truth behind "Bloody Monday."


Here's the sypnosis, I'm not a fan of these kind of storyline, but the first minute the show started, i was HOOKED.


Ratings: 100/10. YOU JUST ABSOLUTELY CANNOT MISS THIS.

p.s the evil guy is Narimiya Hiroki, who looked so hot that i absolutely could not bring myself to hate him a single ounce.

NANA 1 & 2

NANA 1

Loved everything about this movie, from the clothes Mika Nakashima wore, the music they played, the cast was pretty awesome too. The guy from L was actually a bassist and he looked really good. Back then, I guess he was still a nobody which was why I think few years after he got popular, he was not in NANA 2. And of course Narmiya Hiroki, the guitarist had a total different image from the one in Innocent Love.

Ratings: 9/10


NANA 2

The change of cast was a total put-off. There weren't much development in the storyline, they managed to get their fame but since there were too much changes in the cast, I kind of hated this.


Ratings: 5/10

Innocent Love

I have absolutely no idea what made me started this drama and what was it that I was able to finish it. This is one of the worst Japanese drama ever.

It should have been Maki Horikita show which made me start to download this series. Thinking that she had ALWAYS acted with cute/hot guys, i presumed that Innocent Love might have a cute guy. Okay, the cute guy existed, but no the main lead.

The only kind of cute guy in this drama was Narimiya Hiroki as Segawa Subaru. And he's gay.. zzzzzz. Nevertheless, he was the main factor that made me started watching NANA. He was amazing in there! (will post NANA in the next post)

The title of the series titled Innocent Love is nowhere near innocent love. Which is why I couldn't quite understand from the start almost to the end.

Sypnosis from dramawiki
An arson took it all away from Akiyama Kanon seven years ago. Her parents died in that fire, her brother was arrested as the prime suspect and her carefree life disappeared from that instant. She was shunned by the town as the sister of a murderer, yet she believes in her brother's innocence and often pays him visits with words of encouragement. As life gets harder when nobody is willing to give her a job, Kanon decides to try her luck in the city and there she meets the man of her destiny...


Ratings: 4/10. waste of time. waste of time. waste of time.