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feeling: like giving up
listening to: Maou OST - gEHENNa
I had it all worked out, but I'm not sure how much further I can take it. I lose. Big surprise.
Anyway, another review for the J-drama post.
Zettai Kareshi
Also known as Absolute Boyfriend and based on a manga. Dear God, this drama ate my brain and chewed it up into senseless mush. The first several episodes were cute and fun enough to get me addicted, and the developments through the middle were enough to keep me there... even through the frustration of the ending. But before I spoil anything, here's the actual review.
Izawa Riiko is a young woman who happens to be a bit on the needy side when it comes to relationships. After another painful rejection, somehow she gets lured into taking a survey asking for everything she looks for in her "ideal boyfriend." Then, shortly after, she finds a very large box delivered to her apartment - inside which is what first appears to be the body of a man. But a closer look reveals... a user manual. She has been selected to test the prototype of a robot designed and programmed to be her ideal boyfriend. At first, she's thoroughly freaked out and wants nothing to do with it... but over time, she grows fond enough to save him from being scrapped at the end of her trial period. She even gives him a name - Night. But meanwhile, things are getting interesting between Riiko and her boss, Soshi, as they work together on a few new projects and discover that they have very similar aspirations - and just might like each other. Of course, there's more to the story, but this is long enough already... and the central focus is naturally the love triangle. And the drama is evil enough to make it unclear who you're supposed to be rooting for, and it keeps teasing all 'shippers of both possible pairings right up to the end, and GAH. Once I got into it, I couldn't stop.
As for me, personally? SOSHI FAN FOR LIFE. From the moment I saw him in the first episode and recognized him as Mizushima Hiro, who also played Nanba Minami in Hana Kimi, I knew I was in for either a lot of squeeing or a lot of heartbreak. At first he seems overly carefree and self-serving, but we learn that he has his ideals and goals and they're actually probably the most respectable of all the characters in the series. Riiko's goals are well and good, but she's easily diverted from the path she sets out on. And Night... well, he's a robot who knows nothing but what's programmed into him - absolute dedication to Riiko. Everyone else is just out for money or sex or pride. But SOSHI. *fluffs him*
...Er, I won't give away any more. But yes. Ridiculously addictive drama.
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 9/29/2008 11:08:00 AM
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