Balancing act

Tried to balance equal amounts of lecture time with fun this weekend.

Honey & Clover live-action jmovie! (fyi: I saw that the dvd straight rip was out, but it was impossibly too large, then it popped up at the jdrama com which led me to a great clubbox hunt, so I wouldn't have to put up with MU...in case you were wondering.) This movie is expectedly a slice-of-life film featuring college art students on the verge of adulthood.



( Short summary and impression )

Himitsu no Hanazono 2! features a day-in-the-life of 4 brothers who create shoujo manga. For some reason I thought the otaku brother was the eldest; my bad, he's not. Anyway, it was a cute episode as they tease their new editor/magazine rep(?) some more. The actors play stereotypes (otaku, serious-type, hot-type, angsty teen), but it's fun to watch. Btw, the actor who plays the eldest brother also did Hanamoto-sensei in the Honey & Clover movie. Not quite an outstanding actor..and I keep associating him with the annoying part he played in Engine, but I'm sure he's not that bad.

Hana Yori Dango S2 3! Can't help but laugh at Rui's white shoes...elves have NoTHinG on him. Domyoji's dream becomes more clear and we see into his mother's problems. Onto the more important things like: Are Domyoji's eyebrow's nicer than they were last season? He has nice, sparkley nail polish, too. For a poor person, Makino has really adorable clothes. And why are Sojiro & Yuki cute even though together, they are extremely dull. Speaking of cute...Akira's family!!!

Part 2 of fun brain study.

Nodame Cantabile 2! Yay..warming up to the seiyuu. Mine's voice sounded a bit strange at first, but he grew on me by the end of the episode. Nodame's gyabo's are really cute. In the episode, the differences in the Beethoven violin piece played by Mine at each instance seemed more clear than it did in the drama. Quite enjoyable.

Bartender 6-9! never got around to posting these.
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Part 3...the last bits of backlog

...whew, watched almost all the backlog sitting on my pc and then made backups of some stuff.
Ended my marathon with~



Death Note 13-14! Light gets a girlfriend and a boyfriend in these episodes. Is it wrong of me to watch this show purely to see L eat sweets in an obscene manner? Light became somewhat likable with his hitting-a-girl comment. I think Light and L went to a love hotel after that meeting.



Sore wa Totsuzen Arashi no you ni 2! It's been months since the sars worked on this and I can't remember if I did a regular review, so here's a quick summary. It is basically 'Shall We Dance' jdrama style with Yamapi as the younger dancer. Both the original and US remake were fairly pleasing. Anyway, I highly recommend this series if you are looking for a light-hearted comedy with cute dialogue and great dancing (and a charming boy). In episode 2, We see more of Kozue's homelife and Takuma (Yamapi) convinces Kozue to take dance lessons.

....done for now.