Wednesday, June 18
Hachimittsu to Kuroobaa (Drama)
This is so clashed up. I promised a FMA and Aquarion rev but ended up with a drama rev.
ANYWAY.
This is the TV adaptation of the famous Manga/Anime, Honey and Clover. (that was the Japanese name above)
spoiler:
19 year old Takemoto Yuta (Toma Ikuta), 22 year old Takumi
Mayama (Osamu Mukai), 26 year old Morita Shinobu (Hinoki Nariyama) and 21
years old Ayumi Yamada (Natsuki Harada) are friends in university. One
fine spring Takemoto met this 18 year old Hagumi Hanamoto (Riko Narumi) at the
pond and fell in love. Later on she joinds the clique. But it seems that Morita also likes Hagu-chan and Ayumi and Mayama has a problem of their own. Ayumi likes Mayama, but Mayama fell in love with Rika Harada, whom he is working for. Later on Hagumi realises she likes Morita, but Morita left for New York. After which he comes back and the last part I saw was the preview with Morita saying "I likeHagu-chan."and i have to rush for tuition
All in all all I can say is (*sniggers at own pun*) that it has a really refreshing outlook on love, which sets it apart from other typical love stories. Because it revolves around the fact of a somewhat-broken friendship because of love, it's really captivating. Love is an endless loop in Yamada-san and Mayama-san's relationship, when it's just one long line, making those people in the queue all mixed up and tired. Takemoto-kun's habit of not being able to reach out to something in front of him is starting to hit him deeply in his life and deeply break his heart because of Hagu-chan and Maorita-san; thinking that if he drifted aimlessly, he'll eventually be able to achieve something, that's why he started on a journey with his bicycle: to reach somewhere. Family love is also evident in the series, where Takemoto-kun starts to learn to accept his step-father, who also provides useful advice to Mayama-san (who is in the same boat).
That is, if my dissection is correct. (im pretty bad at lit)
technical stuff now. The acting is, AWESOME. praises for all of them, although Riko-san isn't able to capture Hagu-chan's childlike-ness quite well, but then again, how easy is it for an adult to act like a kid who's actually mature? can you even understand what i said in the last sentence? no? then Riko-san has put in great effort into portraying Hagu-chan, lets applause! Toma-san's portrayal of Takemoto-kun is really uber good. shojo genre aside, all his actions and talking were realistic, even in the hardest section of OTT in anime/manga. He succeeded that, making the scene blend in nicely with others. His emotional scenes were also very believable. It's not too much brawling, but just the right amount of frowning for us to feel the pain and happiness of Takemoto-kun. But when it comes to emo scenes he cannot beat my favourite Osamu Mukai-san's Mayama-san!!! :D
there's this hospital scene where Mayama asks, "Tell me how to be a person's sole reliance." OMG you should have SEEN it when he cries!! His face is so squashed up and quivering my heart goes out to him. Goes out to him I say, goes out to him!!!!
Its OSTs were kinda obvious (but then again im a person who listens to OSTs, weirdddd) but the magic is that it is so mild and gentle it's not distracting and yet able to inject the atmosphere of the scene. BEAUTIFUL.
and because it's 47 minutes past what is supposed to be tomorrow and i should be in bed by now, i shall end this rev with
I LOVE IT!!!!!
and just for your (ok, mine) viewing pleasure, Osamu Mukai-san is the guy with the specs with the kanji charas of zhen shan qiao. That guy with the uber thick specs la.
and for some more eye candy, my research has proved that Toma-san is in the end the one who won the popularity war. girls everywhere loves Toma-san. to satisfy thy cravings:
ne?~
rainy days never stay, 3:02 am.
