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AUGH GUYS
why did no one tell me that Honey&Clover was so...awesome?
Okay. I've seen it high on lists of manga and J-dramas, but but but
I suppose, it wouldn't have occurred to anyone to frame it as "Yankee-kun as the Howl-like sculpting genius has megane bestie like a Kyoya suffering unrequited love and third is the bumbling hero played by the adorable Nakatsu of Hana Kimi, with interesting and non-cute-idiot girls"
or to say that the first episode was enough evocative of life being bittersweet and the turning points of our self-understanding in youth that I would be happy if the rest was standard J-Drama fare, because the first part was unexpectedly beautiful and evocative
of course, I tend to be a sucker for anything about creative people living out the daily life of balancing art and need for reality, too.
Anyway.
I was trying to find something to watch that I didn't have to pay attention to--both City Hunter and Protect the Boss remain unfinished because I need to Sit DOWN and Watch them both, but this wasn't exactly the right candidate.
I'm happy I started it anyway, boggit.
why did no one tell me that Honey&Clover was so...awesome?
Okay. I've seen it high on lists of manga and J-dramas, but but but
I suppose, it wouldn't have occurred to anyone to frame it as "Yankee-kun as the Howl-like sculpting genius has megane bestie like a Kyoya suffering unrequited love and third is the bumbling hero played by the adorable Nakatsu of Hana Kimi, with interesting and non-cute-idiot girls"
or to say that the first episode was enough evocative of life being bittersweet and the turning points of our self-understanding in youth that I would be happy if the rest was standard J-Drama fare, because the first part was unexpectedly beautiful and evocative
of course, I tend to be a sucker for anything about creative people living out the daily life of balancing art and need for reality, too.
Anyway.
I was trying to find something to watch that I didn't have to pay attention to--both City Hunter and Protect the Boss remain unfinished because I need to Sit DOWN and Watch them both, but this wasn't exactly the right candidate.
I'm happy I started it anyway, boggit.
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Date: 2011-10-29 02:56 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-10-29 03:41 pm (UTC)From:Yeah, from what I can tell right now the girl's genius seems to be one mainly of SCALE. but. yanno. J-Drama. It does not do to scrutinize...
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Date: 2011-10-29 04:09 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-10-29 11:34 pm (UTC)From:Rain usually doesn't work for me as a device, but it looked just fake enough to make me think of real monsoon rain, and I liked the way it counterpointed everyone's stories. "Something to run through the rain like that for" could have been cheesy, but it was quite redeemed.
So tell me what to expect for the rest of it. (From the teaser for the next episode, looks like heartbreak but I mean BESIDES the weepy children in love.)
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Date: 2011-10-30 04:22 am (UTC)From:Uh...nope, sorry. Well, sometimes Toma stops weeping long enough to woobieface. Okay, a lot.
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Date: 2011-10-30 04:37 am (UTC)From:...welp, I secretly watch these things for stupid love stories anyway...