J-dramas?

[innovacious]

It seems like almost everyone on this board constantly talks about animes, dosnt anyone watch japanese dramas aswell?

If you do, post here, talk about what youve been watching 'n' whatnot.

Im pretty new to the scene but ive watched my fair share already.

Been watching Atashinchi no Danshi for a while now (epsiode 10 should finish being subbed today). If you are into j-dramas im sure youve atleast heard of it, its very popular at the moment, nearing the end though . David also showed a few of the episodes on japancast a while ago.

Blatantly stolen description: "These days, the term "homeless" has taken on new meaning. There are youths referred to as "net cafe refugees," who have neither a job nor a place to live, but who find themselves hopping around internet cafes. One such refugee is a 20-year-old girl named Chisato, who lost her mother at a young age due to sickness. She spent her youth trying to escape from the huge debt her father left her, and her battle with the repossessors unfolded every night. However, her life changed after meeting one man named Shinzo, changing her views on the meaning of "family." Shinzo comes from a rich family tracing back to the Edo period, and he adopted six good-looking sons with the hope of one becoming his successor, but all of them have strange personalities. Shinzo promises to free Chisato from her debt if she marries him and becomes the mother of his sons. However, a life with these six guys under one roof will not go smoothly"

So Chisato (Horkita Maki) basically becomes the mother of 6... I would say kids, but 4 of them are older than her! So, 6 males. Shes stuck there due to a contract she has to fullfil due to her fathers debts to fulfil it she has to reach 10 mothering goals. After a while she wants to live there looking after these people though, rather than just doing it for the contract. Nothing really works out at first, massive personality clashes n whatnot, slowly its all been coming together but massive plot twists every 2 mins (may be an exaguration) dont helping the matter. Each of the sons backstories are slowly explored throughout the series aswell, giving more plot twists! (japanese love their plot twists it seems).

Im not quite sure what is making me enjoy it so much, or the majority of j-dramas for that matter. The japanese are just write a good story i guess?

Aswell as that ive pretty much been watching alot of stuff with Horikita Maki in it, shes been my gateway into these dramas i guess. I even watched the 2 episodes of Cartoon KAT-TUN (sort of a japanese talk show) she was on

So, anyone else been watching this/other dramas?

[kcdusky]

The thing about Japanese dramas... some of them appeal to me, like Hana Kimi, Densha Otoko and Hana Yori Dango, but a lot of others are over the top. Mysterious Kiss/It started with a kiss was this way.

I am more into Taiwanese, Korean and other sort of Asian dramas. It takes a while to get used to their accents but once you do, it's pretty interesting and kind of nice to hear English spoken correctly and not in broken words. I really love Fated to Love You and Powerful Opponents. It started with a kiss is better than it's Japanese counterpart, which saddens me to say.

Densha Otoko is a pretty touching yet over the top hilarious romantic show about an otaku who saves a girl on the bus from a lecher. From that point on, he lurked on 2chan and nerds abound assembled for him to consult with. She didn't have her contacts on, I think, and she sent him tea cups and eventually they meet up. How will things turn out? Will she eventually find out he's an otaku? Will he give up being an otaku to be with this beautiful girl? What kind of girl is she? Find out for yourself.

[jackpotdante]

Well even though i don't watch so much J-drama, i enjoy it very much

[innovacious]

Jun 20, 2009 20:21:58 GMT -5 kcdusky said:

The thing about Japanese dramas... some of them appeal to me, like Hana Kimi, Densha Otoko and Hana Yori Dango, but a lot of others are over the top. Mysterious Kiss/It started with a kiss was this way.

I think the "over the top"ness is part of their charm. For some reason japan can get away with doing things over the top where most western shows would just be mocked for it. Kind of strange how you mention Hana Kimi as if it isnt over the top

[kcdusky]

Jun 21, 2009 9:24:18 GMT -5 innovacious said:

Jun 20, 2009 20:21:58 GMT -5 kcdusky said:

The thing about Japanese dramas... some of them appeal to me, like Hana Kimi, Densha Otoko and Hana Yori Dango, but a lot of others are over the top. Mysterious Kiss/It started with a kiss was this way.

I think the "over the top"ness is part of their charm. For some reason japan can get away with doing things over the top where most western shows would just be mocked for it. Kind of strange how you mention Hana Kimi as if it isnt over the top

hmmm now that I think of it, the minor characters were! But the main characters and plot weren't that much.

[sourkiss101]

I finished watching the Rookies! I got to see the movie and it was really really good. i almost cried my eyes out.

But now i'm watching Mr. Brain and it's really good in my opinion

[innovacious]

Well, this topic was kind of underwhelming, since david has shown jdramas on the japancast feed a few times and they seemed popular, i thought there would have been more people here that watched them

Maybe if i push on, more people will come!

Jun 25, 2009 3:52:51 GMT -5 sourkiss101 said:

I finished watching the Rookies! I got to see the movie and it was really really good. i almost cried my eyes out.

But now i'm watching Mr. Brain and it's really good in my opinion

Might give rookies a try, did pretty well at the 58th Television Drama Academy Awards. Not quite sure if sports dramas are really my thing though.

Just finised watching Kurosagi. About a swindler who swindles swindlers. You think swindler appeared too many times in that sentence? Swindler = 50% of the vocab in this thing! It was good though, enjoyed it alot.

Trying to watch the movie now but they shot it in a different style (different lighting/camera angles n whatnot) and the scriptwriting seems different aswell. So far, it hasnt got any of the charm the series had and isnt captivating me at all maybe it will pick up further in.