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feeling: annoyed
listening to: nothing
Wait, what? Since when is Japan 14 hours ahead of here? It's always been either 12 or 13 hours difference depending on DST. Hasn't it? Am I that far our of touch?
Ugh. I got up at 11 this morning for nothing. Actually, no, I was awake over an hour before that thanks to one of the felines going insane and hissing her throat out. Whatever. Point is I was all excited thinking I could get up at 11:15 on Fridays and watch Uta no Oniisan, but nooooooo, it was on at 9:15. Screw that. I'll wait a few hours for people to upload it in high quality.
Yes, this was my own stupid fault for not checking ahead. I don't care. I needed to rant.
And since I stayed up last night watching the end of my Kamiki Ryunosuke drama thinking I was pressed to finish it before UtaOni started, I'll go ahead and review it now, I guess.
Tantei Gakuen Q
Or, Detective Academy Q, in which Q stands for "qualified class." It's about a group of junior high kids (and one guy in his 20s) who are in a special "class" training to become the successor to the famous detective Morihiko Dan. The kids are Kyuu, Megu, Kazuma, and Ryuu, and the adult is Kinta; Kyuu is friendly and cheerful and optimistic and brave and all-around cute; Megu is a lot cuter than someone her age should be and has a photographic memory; Kazuma is a computer genius and video game designer; Ryuu is the moody little guy who's keeping a secret from the others; and Kinta is the strong, sharp-eyed big brother figure who looks out for them in his own dorky way.
I only got this drama because Kamiki Ryunosuke, my all-time favorite child actor who's turning 16 soon (God I'm old), plays the lead character Kyuu... so I wasn't expecting much, but it turned out to be really interesting for being centered around a bunch of kids. Which sort of made me feel like a pedophile watching it, but anyway. :\ It was a pretty interesting twist on a mystery/suspense drama, a bit cheesy and predictable at times, but grew more intense with each episode and remained engaging through the end. O-or maybe I was just holding out hope that, by the last episode, Kazuma would take off his hat. *cough*
No, seriously. All these kid actors did a pretty good job. Kamiki Ryunosuke is still adorable, Yamada Ryosuke (as Ryuu) was obviously a Johnny's boy in the making right from his cocky little moody idol strut in his first scene (and sure enough he has since debuted with Hey!Say!JUMP), and Shida Mirai (Megu) is gonna be a gorgeous actress someday, and OMG Kazuma. Something about that boy was sosososo adorable. Besides the hat. *cough* He apparently hasn't been in any other dramas, except a tiny side role in a 2004 one. Hopefully he'll show up more in the future. (Wakaba Katsumi, for my own reference)
And I guess I should do Kiken na Aneki too, while I'm here... it's been a while, but I'll try...
Kiken na Aneki
Means "dangerous [older] sister." The story begins in some remote little boondocks town called home by the Minagawa family, whose father is the owner of a successful and award-winning shochu (a Japanese liquor) brewery owner. His kids are also successes in their own right; elder sister Hiroko is cute, optimistic, friendly, and cheerful to the point of annoying, and younger brother Yutaro is a prodigy who aims to become a doctor. He's elated when he passes his med school exam and moves to Tokyo to pursue his dream... and he's not so happy when, 6 years later, his big sister shows up in his apartment out of the blue, saying their father lost the shochu brewery and then passed away. Hiroko thinks the siblings should stick together at a time like this, and wants Yutaro to help her save Minagawa Shochu... but Yutaro wants nothing more to do with the Minagawa name and just wants to keep his job at the hospital and go on with his own life. So the series is basically about how the impossibly sweet, cheerful Hiroko worms her way into the life of her overly serious little brother in hopes of keeping her father's business alive.
Honestly, while it wasn't a bad drama at all, it just... wasn't particularly memorable. Hiroko was played by the very popular actress Ito Misaki, which was pretty much its one saving point - she was crazy and exaggerated, but formed some interesting links holding together an otherwise bland cast of characters. Overall, though, it was just kind of... there.
I guess that's it for now. Nephew is on his way up for the weekend again. Joy.
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dragged from Becky's stream of consciousness at 1/16/2009 02:48:00 PM
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