I just finished the final week. It ended exactly like how I imagined it would. Akane, was the one who dumped Daigo (since we all know, the Daigo in the drama wouldn't have the guts to do so -_-") saying "Hey, I can walk now---so there's no need to feel sorry for me!" I still don't understand why they decided to create a new character. Sure, I can ( Read more... )

I've finally reached the second to last week of Sunadokei (ep 50-55). And all I have to say is...at this point and time right now, the drama series is diverging in a MAJOR way from the manga. They've completely changed Sakura-san's character (the guy who Ann was going to marry). In the manga he was this cold character who remained cold until the ( Read more... )

I said this before when I first stepped into Book Off while I was in Japan back in 2004, but I have to say it again...Book Off is amazing. I could literally spend all day there and STILL not have been able to go through everything they have to offer. Since I don't live in Japan, I can't go to the Book Offs there, but the next best alternative? Book ( Read more... )

While I'm waiting for Volume 8 of Hatsu Kare by Tomori Miyoshi to finish downloading (which, by the way, was adopted into a live-action drama in 2006 starring the girl who was in the 7th season of 3-Nen B-Gumi Kinpachi Sensei), this is a quick write up of my thoughts on the latest episodes of Sunadokei ( Read more... )

Recently, I found this amazing forum that offers raw scans of complete shoujo series, so I've just been downloading by the bucketload, and this is one of the series I stumbled upon. I'd actually heard about Kirai way before I downloaded it. There was a review I read on it years ago on some English manga site. The artwork reminded me a bit of ( Read more... )

Since I found the kanji version of Hito Koi Meguri, the latest single by Shibasaki Kou which just happens to be the theme song for Sunadokei, I thought I'd write the roomaji and translations. Consider it only the rough translation though, since my Japanese is no where near perfect :)

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Over the weekend I got a chance to watch week 2 (5 episodes) worth of Sunadokei, so I thought I'd blog about what I thought about it. Week 2 mostly focused on Ann and the gang's middle school years. It had the cliff-scene which I was really looking forward to, but they ended up changing alot of the details ( Read more... )

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All I have to say is....KITAAAAAA----!!!! What's KITAAA--- you say?! Iwase Keigo's newest album!! It's been three years (or four?) years in the making. I'd almost given up on expecting any ACTUAL cd releases (since from website, it was obvious he was still actively touring and doing lives). According to towerrecords.co.jp, he whittled down eighty ( Read more... )