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I still don't find Kame all that attractive. I like him a lot, but he's so not my type. He's way too thin, and he eyebrows weird me out a bit.
But then, suddenly, I found him pretty hot in this shot.

Almost done with Nobuta! And I was TOTALLY off base on who the bitchy girl was. I think I still have bias against Toda Erika from HYD. Stupid Umi...
But then, suddenly, I found him pretty hot in this shot.
Almost done with Nobuta! And I was TOTALLY off base on who the bitchy girl was. I think I still have bias against Toda Erika from HYD. Stupid Umi...
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Date: 2009-06-20 08:47 pm (UTC)Look at this
Although I never found Shuji too attractive...Akira on the other hand... I'm so in love with him!~
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Date: 2009-06-20 10:20 pm (UTC)I adore Akira SO MUCH! I fear it's going to start a Yamapi obsession, which is definitely something I do not need. I'm obsessed with enough j-actors at the moment, thank you very much ;D
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Date: 2009-06-21 07:50 am (UTC)Ever since I watched NwP I've developed an unhealthy obsession with Yamapi. It's horrible...I've watched every drama with him, downloaded every clip I could find, listened to his and his band's trashy songs on repeat like a million times...I do not wish this upon any one, so stay away from him! Lol XD
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Date: 2009-06-22 12:03 am (UTC)I so agree with this comment. Kurosagi was my first Yamapi drama and he was just gorgeous in it. And the tentative romance that never really led anywhere was wonderful, because the UST was just out-of-scale! I love the "hug - not-hug" scene which you'll definitely recognize once you see it. (And this drama was also a big factor in dragging me into JE fandom. Though not with quite such negative feelings. I enjoy fangirling... XD)
Then again, I loved Tattakoi for being such a realistic and non-flashy drama. The characters were wonderfully normal and human with their insecurities, but the romance was beautiful.
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Date: 2009-06-23 05:35 pm (UTC)I love dramas like that; realistic and not flashy. All my favorite dramas are the ones that are character based, like Love Contract, or Hachimitsu to Clover. If the drama is good enough, you don't need all the extraneous stuff.
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Date: 2009-06-23 05:32 pm (UTC)I think it's going to be the same for me! Maybe not as extensively, but he was so awesome in Nobuta, and now I just want to see him in everything. I doubt I'll get into NEWS though... I tend not to like Jpop on a whole.
Hehehe! But he's so hard to resist!
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Date: 2009-06-20 09:02 pm (UTC)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiSXsJgPAeA
wow I really need an icon of one of them.
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Date: 2009-06-23 05:43 pm (UTC)I thought Yamapi was hot immediately, but it took a bit longer for Kame. I find him hot in THnK, so that's something. And now I want to watch Pro Dai for MORE Yamapi hotness!
Ahhh... I see. Some people are better when they're singing. Kame is definitely one of those people.
I need icons too!
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Date: 2009-06-20 10:21 pm (UTC)Re: randomly
Date: 2009-06-20 10:32 pm (UTC)Have you started it yet?
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Date: 2009-06-21 12:24 am (UTC)The thing is, I ship the OT3 hardcore, and I want to be prepared if it's going to break my heart by canonizing Jin/Bai He and leaving Kui in the dust. But I'm a major spoilerphobe, so I'm too afraid to go looking for an answer. XD I had hoped you could give me a vague unspoilery answer, but I guess I'll have to steel myself and charge ahead.
Re: randomly
Date: 2009-06-21 01:00 am (UTC)P.S. SUCH A GOOD SERIES!!!
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Date: 2009-06-21 01:13 am (UTC)Without specifics, does one couple become canon?
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Date: 2009-06-21 07:48 am (UTC)...but yeah, it's a great drama. Kui steals the show regardless and there's all these Kui/Bai He-ish scenes in this sunflower park and Ella's hair is all windswept and amazing and I want to marry her because she's so gorgeous and I'd probably take Joe Cheng too but only if he had the long flowing Kui hair and wah, why do they tempt me with their incest and awesomeness?!
Please keep watching and do an awesome
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Date: 2009-06-21 01:08 pm (UTC)I will most definitely be pimping. The incest tag has never been more appropriate.
Re: randomly
Date: 2009-06-23 05:39 pm (UTC)Yay!!! I remember when I started The Rose, I was the only person I knew of who had watched it. As of now, you're only the third person I know of!
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Date: 2009-06-21 01:51 am (UTC)Re: randomly
Date: 2009-06-21 02:15 am (UTC)Re: randomly
Date: 2009-06-21 02:47 am (UTC)Re: randomly
Date: 2009-06-21 03:28 am (UTC)Re: randomly
Date: 2009-06-21 03:30 am (UTC)Still, Kui and Bai He get a LOT of good scenes. And there IS a Bai He / Jin sex scene at the end.
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Date: 2009-06-21 03:52 am (UTC)Why can't they all fall in bed together?? They had no problem doing it before. *sulks*Re: randomly
Date: 2009-06-21 04:36 am (UTC)There's an MV I like to watch when I'm getting sad that MY OTP isn't the canon OTP... Slightly spoilery, but not real bad.
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Date: 2009-06-21 01:05 pm (UTC)Re: randomly
Date: 2009-06-23 05:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-21 01:03 am (UTC)Yamapi...I'm wishy-washy on. He can look okay and he's definitely fun in Nobuta, but he's not that gorgeous and I'm a bit sick of everyone touting him as the MOST AMAZING GUY EVER.
And I need to rewatch Kurosagi, I only got to ep 2 before I threw in the towel. Yamapi was too emo and Maki was hatefully annoying. She was all about CHANGE and JUSTICE and I got so sick of her lectures. Argh!
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Date: 2009-06-21 01:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-21 01:59 am (UTC)It's funny, because you find Kame super hot, and I think Yamapi is GORGEOUS. Seriously, if I saw him on the street I would run him down and jump him. Apparently he is very my type. BUT prior to Nobuta, I was all like "who is this Yamapi, and why is he god-like to fangirls?!"... I still don't get the massive attention to him. Sure, he's hot, but so is Yamada Takayuki, or Osamu, etc, and they don't get near the same attention.
I want to give it a try, mostly because of Nobuta. When I like a pairing of two actors, I tend to watch everything else they've been in together. Hehehe... lectures?! That should be, uh, interesting.
in defense of Tsurara, because Kurosaki is a catch 22 douche....
Date: 2009-06-21 03:17 am (UTC)He's definitely emo and he's a victim of his own fate - he has a definite shitty backstory, but with every case - you suddenly realize that Kurosaki can't really ever achieve any long term happiness because he purposefully isolates himself from anyone who can help him/comfort him. Because revenge is his life.
Which brings in Maki's Tsurara, and she's definitely a different character from Nobuta (I find it v. interesting that they essentially filmed two series together back to back and Yamapi got to work with her from when she was 15/16 and then 17.) She's the standard idealistic 'moral' character who doesn't agree with Kurosaki's way of dealing with issues - where he's shades of grey (odd contrast to his name Kuro (black swindler) at the beginning, Tsurara is very black or white - you do good or you do bad. And that lends itself to speeches that come off as preachy and annoying to some viewers. She wants to be a prosecutor and fight the bad guys that way, and Kurosaki doesn't agree and thinks she's a nuisance. But over the course of the series, their minds do change about each other's methods, and I think it's...episode 6 or 8? It's been a long time - where Tsurara has a major breakdown and pleads for Kurosaki. It's very UST-based and Yamapi had some rather splendid moments of eye-fucking, and both of them are at the pinnacle of their attractiveness (well, Yamapi certainly was. I think Maki's gotten better looking as she gets older.) together. But yeah, if you want ship fulfillment...umm...maybe another drama would be better for you.
When I watched Kurosagi at the time, I did enjoy it and love it a lot and I shipped Kurosaki/Tsurara so hard because she does love him so very much and he can't bring himself to quite get rid of her - but as the years passed and I revisited it with different eyes, it's only a so-so drama. I think Yamapi has it in him to really fully inhabit a character and do amazing things with it (Akira was a wonderful gift of improvisation and selflessness and spot on teenage selfishness at the same time) and be more than just a Johnny's actor, but he hasn't really stepped up to the plate for me. And he doesn't even have his hotness to pull him through as of late - I'm definitely not one of the fangirls who think sunshine comes out of his ass (ahem), but his recent fugstyle of late needs to GO. HE NEEDS TO HAVE SHINY BLACK HAIR AGAIN. Oh, and since I'm on a roll of dishing the Yamadrama opinion, I hated Kenzo from Prodai with the heat of a thousand suns. Totally fucking useless character. I also just binned Prodai for all the rage.
And now I will go and write you Sho/Chisato comment fic. ;)
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Date: 2009-06-21 01:09 am (UTC)Must re-watch Nobuta!
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Date: 2009-06-21 02:00 am (UTC)Ah, I totally have to watch 1 Pound Gospel!
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