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December 13 Hotman 2
http://www.j-fan.com/drama/drama.cgi?action=viewrev&season=Fall_2004&show=HOTMAN_2 Cast and characters:
The HOTMAN is Back!
Have you seen the original "HOTMAN" drama? Probably most of you haven't, so I'll give you the gist of it now. Sorimachi Takashi plays a 'hot man' named Enzo. Unfortunately, the usual English slang meaning of "hot" as attractive/hoty is obviously not the intended meaning here. If you translate it to the Japanese equivalent of "atsui otoko", you get the real intended meaning of the drama, the nuance of which is a man who is extremely passionate about what he believes and is fast to act very vocally and physically to uphold it. This is exactly what Enzo is. (As usual, the Japanese writers chose to ignore potential nuances when making the English title.) In the original series, Enzo lives with his siblings: Shima, Haiji, Ryuunosuke, Hinata and his young daughter Nanami. They all live together in the house that belonged to their deceased mother. Enzo, as the eldest, has taken it upon himself to raise his younger siblings in leu of their parents. He is very (and overly) protective of his family, and strictly enforces rules for them. Enzo used to be a recluse who associated with Yakuza and such, but now takes extreme measures to make up for his previous mistakes and vows to raise his family right. His daughter has an atrophy of the skin which he blames himself for, and in order to make up for this he now feeds the whole family health food which most of them hate. Enzo works at the school that the twins: Haiji and Ryuunosuke and Hinata go to, but the family has a lot of financial difficulties which become a large focus of the series. They are very passionately attached to their mother's house, which they vow to keep at all cost.
To make a long story short, everything works out okay for them in the end, and in a subsequent special, all the family members went their separate ways, leaving Shima alone in their mother's house. That was the original HOTMAN. Now let's talk about HOTMAN 2. When the series begins, Enzo and Nanami are happily living in the countryside near the ocean. (Actually, their house is right on the beach! I wonder if that's safe.) They love all the other people who live in their town. Nanami has a little boyfriend she plays with every day and, overall, they seem much happier here than they did in Tokyo. Shima comes to visit them, and she looks like she has something very important to tell Enzo, but she ends up going back to Tokyo without telling him. When she suddenly leaves without notice and Enzo can't get a hold of her, Enzo becomes worried and makes a trip back to Tokyo.
There, he finds his mother's house condemned and Shima's new business establishment closed. He also goes to see Haiji and Ryuunosuke, but they haven't been in contact with Shima either. (Hinata is away at medical school.) When he goes back to his favorite bar (a recurring set in the first drama and apparently in this one too), he happens to meet his old girlfriend who is also Nanami's biological mother (if I remember the first series correctly). She knows where Shima is and tells Enzo. Enzo finds Shima working at a hostess bar and he learns how she lost her business and their mother's house. Enzo is furious of course, and he forbids Shima to work as a hostess any more. (Even though Shima is an adult, Enzo still regards himself as her guardian.) Shima agrees to quit her job, but she is unable to support herself financially. Enzo goes back home and consults with Nanami, who says she loves living in their little town, but would be most happy living with the whole family together. Despite how happy the two of them seemed living in the country, they make the decision to move back to Tokyo and live with Shima.
They rent a little house which seems much worse than their mother's house, which is now gone. They go about finding a new job for Shima, and Enzo gets a job at the elementary school that Nanami goes to. There, Enzo is romantically paired with Nanami's teacher played by Shiraishi Miho. (It was a different teacher played by Yada Akiko in the first one, but nothing ever happened between those two anyway.) Enzo gets in arguments with her over Nanami's education. Nanami isn't doing as well as the other kids in her class. She makes 'friends' with a girl played by that girl who played Rin in "boku to kanojo to kanojo no ikiru michi". She was a perfect girl in "boku to kanojo...", but in this drama she seems to have vile intentions toward Nanami. Nanami wants everyone to live happily together again, but Haiji, Ryuunosuke, and Hinata refuse to leave their current dwellings. Their various problems create a heated argument which reminded me very much of the first series. It looks like the problems for this family are far from over, and HOTMAN 2 is going to be very true to the original.
I was a bit disappointed. I liked the beginning when Enzo and Nanami were living in a different town and all the other characters were absent. I was thinking that the second was going to be very different from the original, but apparently not. This wouldn't be a problem, except for the fact that the original was annoying! I thought that I liked the original when I watched the first few episodes, but I very soon tired of the repeatedly overdone heated arguments by the characters. It's not just Sorimachi Takashi that I don't like, as I have enjoyed him somewhat in other dramas and the other star in HOTMAN are almost equally irritating, but I think it may be the writing/direction that I really don't like. It's just too overdone. Anyone who got this loud and passionate about something in real life would probably be told to shut up immediately and that would be the end of it. Near the end of the first series, I was hardly paying attention any more, and I'm pretty sure I didn't even bother to watch the last episode or two. I wonder how long I will continue watching the second.
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10/10 ^__^
need to say no more
if u miss this drama,
then you have missed one of the best jdrama's
and its so funny one too HotmanCast: Takashi Sorimachi, Akiko Yada, Nana Yamauchi, Manami Konishi, Yui Ichikawa, Shota Saito, Keita Saito, Tomoka Kurotani Theme Song: "Together" by EXILE Synopsis: An #######, Yuriko Furuya passed away 10 years ago leaving five children with little savings. The children have different fathers except for the twin. The siblings, who were once separated because of their mother's death, start to live in their mother's house again for different reasons. The oldest son, Enzo (Takashi Sorimachi) used to be a leader of bad kids, he changes completely ever since he finds the baby in front of his house with a letter saying "he is her father." He accepts that possibility, but he has no idea who the mother is... The baby, Nanami (Nana Yamauchi) suffers from severe skin disorder, and Enzo feels responsible for her condition considering how he has been eating junk food. He become a high school art teacher to support his family, and is now obsessed about natural food in order to help Nanami. (thanks to USN for the synopsis) Review: (this is my own review) When I first started watching this drama, I thought, "Aw Takashi Sorimachi plays almost an identical character to his character in GTO." Not that he's not good; he's a great star. I just wanted to see a different side to him. This drama was great in many ways - maybe not exactly the type of drama you would go for if you don't like extremely family oriented stuff. It focuses on the lives of Enzo, his 4 brothers and sisters, and his daughter, Nanami. Each of the family members have problems and the drama goes through their problems with Enzo being the solution-maker to them all. Also, because Nanami has skin problems, Enzo focuses much on her too. By the end of the drama, I thought, "Boy, Takashi Sorimachi has done it again! - been in another great drama." I loved this drama and I rate it out of 5 ___________________________________________________________________________________
this drama sounds boring but is very funny,
makes u laugh alot,
the part2 to this drama is even funner
so i'll give this 9/10 and part2 10/10
its too good to miss,
comes 2nd place of 1 liter of tears ^_^, in my ranks
review of part 2 comes now
December 11 Naruto
Twelve years ago, a demon fox attacked the peaceful village of Konohagakure. In order to save the people, the village hero, the Fourth Hokage, gave his life and bound the spirit of the demon into a new-born child: Uzumaki Naruto. With everyone but young Naruto knowing about this terrible secret, he is ignored and hated by the entire village.
Today, Naruto is a trouble-maker and prankster whose goal is to one day become Hokage and have the village finally acknowledge him. After graduating from the ninja academy and rising to the rank of Genin (the lowest rank of ninja), he is put into a three-man cell along with two of his classmates: Uchiha Sasuke (the pretty-boy of the village who lives only to avenge his clan, which the viewers are constantly reminded of) and Haruno Sakura (the girl who Naruto has a crush on, but who has a crush on Sasuke, which does cause some problems). The sensei who is assigned to train and look over these three is the cool Hatake Kakashi, who has some respectable values such as teamwork and yet reads a dirty book entitled "Come Come Paradise." Together, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi complete missions and learn to become stronger ninjas. I have no idea why this series is so addicting, but it just is. It may be because of the humor, which is just so sassy and intelligent that it will leave you laughing for days after watching just one episode. Or it may be because of the characters, who are all so well developed and fun. With many characters in the show with many different personalities, it's very easy for someone to relate to at least just ONE of them. Or, if not the two reasons I just listed, people may keep watching it because the plot can get just so thick and juicy at times. The first few episodes may seem light-hearted and fun, but later on it can get pretty stressful but oh-so good. The art style is different from most anime and the fight sequences took my breath away. Special effects and computer animation are used at just the right times, and can really add to the whole scene. The music is something else very enjoyable about the show. The first opening theme, "R.O.C.K.S", is a sort of catchy rock song but the first ending theme, "Wind",is very mellow and a bit sad. All of the music is very diverse and well-sung, and the soundtrack is a definte hit. I'd recomend "Naruto" to almost anyone. It has action, humor, a tad bit of romance, angst, violence...anything you can think of. I’m very hard to please, but I fell in love with the show…and I’m sure you would, too. It definitely deserves my ranking of 10/10. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
http://animeworld.com/readerreviews/naruto.html Rating: 5 / 5 Continuing from the top... Naruto is a very colorful and fun anime, but don't let than trick you, it can quickly turn into a powerful drama in which more characters are introduced, and then killed. Since its about three o clock I'm going to do this in lists. Characters: 10/10Wow... At first we meet Naruto, but after just a few more episodes we have about a dozen important characters, and by the thirties there are dozens upon dozens upon dozens of characters that play a key role in the series and each one is very unique, distinct, and has their own very memorable personality. There is no trouble remembering faces like in some animes, each character is unforgettable in their own special way. But to start off with you must know the Main main characters.
So, as far as Characters go this one gets a ten. Its incredible how many personalities appear in the series and even more amazing how real they are.
Animation: 10/10Oh wow. another great thing about Naruto for sure is the animation. it's fresh, its clean, colorful, and detailed. not horribly detailed like Cowboy Bebop or Gundam 0083, but it ain't crappy art like in "SOME" animes. The most amazing thing about the animation is the fight scenes. Holy Cow! Fight scenes are smooth, fluid, and make you think. You actually feel like your in the fight, don't blink though, you might miss something. Unlike crappy, second rate fight scenes you see a lot of in animes like Dragonball Z where its just the same eight frames played over and over for a minute or two, Naruto makes battles fun to watch. The amount of effort, detail, and continuity that goes into fight scene animation makes Naruto as good as it is. This gets a big ten. Continuity: 8/10I usually didn't pay attention to this much until after watching more detailed anime like Cowboy Bebop (and sloppy ones like Slayers). Its how believable the story is and the little things that make an anime better or worse. Making a mistake like including a character in a flashback that wasn't there originally *cough*slayers*cough* makes an anime seem lazy. Putting effort into making an anime credible and not contradictory is important. Naruto is one of those special animes, for example: a person throws a shuriken at another person, that person easily dodges it and lands, BUT you can still hear the shuriken crashing through the foliage in the background. Little things like that add to an anime. Music: 10/10[Screaming like a japanese schoolgirl] EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKK! I love them. Especially the second opening, which became a personal favorite of mine and despite being in japanese became popular with my friends and others at my school who are not anime watchin' folk. The first closing was also a favorite of mine. Not to mention that the music within the anime was good as well. I actually have a few of the songs on my playlist, and I'm very picky about what gets on my playlist. This gets a high score. OverallThis anime gets very high praise from me, as well as many of my anime friends. For me it ranks way up there in my top ten, just below Cowboy Bebop and Evangelion. If there's one complaint I have (here it comes) and that's that the series draws stuff out, well actually thats unfair to say, I think its more correct to say that there's filler in there. the end of a fight scene may be followed up by a story/flashback about how that person came to be in the position that they are in now, like the death of their family, or killing their clan. its a good strategy that gives each episode an very suspenseful cliffhanger that leaves you hungry for more. A lot of animes do it, and it bugs me, I guess I shouldn't just single out Naruto, its really a pet peeve of mine. But. Its not really bad, we don't spend 8 episodes being shocked as Bobs power level raises from 1024 to 1038 and then pan to get the shocked expression of every character in the vicinity. Warning: Do not be fooled by the child friendly look of this anime. because after a few episodes you'll find out, this anime is not afraid to show a little blood. In fact, they aren't afraid to show a lot of blood... in fact, there's quite a bit of blood. But don't be scared, there's no gratuitous injuries like exposed organs or muscles, just some harmless blood. However, if there is a moment where someone gets turned into ground beef the anime uses friendly "indicators" and sounds to "suggest" that the person we just saw became impaled, split, and then mutilated into pieces no larger than a peanut. Another thing which I almost forgot: combat in this anime isn't restricted to fists and knives. There is the use of Chakra to breathe fire, make clones, switch bodies or a number of other things. Every character has their own unique "magic" attack (its chakra) such as shadow prisons, mind switching, manipulating sand or many other things. Sakura seems to have this kind of thing mastered. There is a lot of "spell using", and thats another aspect of the anime that I like. Thats about it, not much else to say other than this is an awesome anime, its on 38 episodes now and more to come, its easily outdone Dragonball Z in the same genre and is worthy of your time, hard drive space, and bandwidth. _________________________________________________________________________ argee with these reviews its better than Dragon ball z too. its really funny and has intense storyline after few episodes u cant stop watching i have to give this 10/10 too ^___^ 211 episode long and still on going, is worth the time i enjoyed this anime very much its one of my favorite animes now, new season will start soon yay!!
Ja-ne, (^_^)//~~ October 01 Went to london ^_^ Went to london few days ago to Oriental City for some japanese foods and items
^_~,
 took around 24 hours altogether or more lol
and it had arcades and japanese shops hehe,  <<we took this onegot japanese moble stuff like http://www.strapya.com/store.htm
and japanese contemporary designer mugs, bowls and chopsticks lol and yum yum japanese food ^__^ so happy :P  and seen queens buckingham palace
 boring in real life,
big ben was nice tho lol
seen london bridge and london eye it was so fun ^__^
specially japanese shops :P
 heres all our good pictures
     September 26 Love Generation Title: Love generation
Genre: JDrama / Love story Year: 1997 Episodes: 11 Theme: Shiawase na Ketsumatsu by Ohtaki Eiichi; Hear me cry by Cagnet; True True by Meo Cast: Kimura Takuya, Matsu Takako, Fujiwara Norika, Uchino Masaaki, Junna Risa ... About
The story starts with Teppei (Kimura Takuya) trying to pick up Riko (Matsu Takako) who just been dumped on the roadway. The next morning Teppei gets transferred to a different department in which Riko seems to work at. What embraces you in the following episodes is a roller coaster journey of feelings between heaven and hell. There are so many wonderful and happy moments created for Riko (yea she is the main char) but just as many grave disapointments.  Katagiri Teppei (Kimura Takuya)  Uesugi Riko (Matsu Takako) Teppei and Riko don't exactly fall for each other at first but gradually Riko kind of likes what she sees. Teppei is slower to realise that the girl he everyday sits next to at work is trigging his feelings. But then one day Sanae (Junna Risa) appears who was his high-school sweetheart. Problems arise as she is engaged to Teppei's brother Soichiro (Uchino Masaaki) who is unknown of their romantic past. In the middle Riko finds herself torn apart when she realises that Teppei can't that easily forget about Sanae. It's really about 4 relationships entangled into each other as it appears Soichiro himself also have a hidden secret in his past as a public procecutor. It's a secret that in a way will affect Riko's relationship to Teppei.  Characters Main character Katagiri Teppei is played by Kimura Takuya (Long Vacation, Beautiful life, Good Luck). This is the 4th drama I've seen of his and it's one of the best, which honestly don't say much since they have all been very good, but teamed up with Matsu Takako (Hero, Itsumo futari de) playing Uesugi Riko makes it an unforgettable pair in an unforgettable story. Hero was good too but this is the drama to watch. Riko's friend and obvious side figure is Takagi Erika by none other than Fujiwara Norika (Akimahende!, Sutaa no Koi, Kinyoubi no Koibitotachi e). She has a very small part and makes what expected out of it. Teppei's brother Katagiri Soichiro is played by Uchino Masaaki (Ace wo nerae!, Fukigen na Jiin). And lastly Teppei's ex-girlfriend Mizuhara Sanae is played by Junna Risa (Rasen, Hitoribocchi no kimi ni, Kougen e Irasshai).  Katagiri Soichiro (Uchino Masaaki)  Mizuhara Sanae (Junna Risa)  Takagi Erika (Fujiwara Norika) Keywords Riko's Haircut, Ring toss, The magic hat scene, Riko's personal message.  Riko's magic routine (  ) Opinion What drives this drama forward is the cute little things Riko does to draw Teppei's attention. It's everything from being pure annoying to being a sincere sweetheart in doing the dearest things. Whether it is the haircut or that cute magic hat scene it's always a delight to watch. In terms of cuteness I would have to compare it to Mukodono with Yuko, times 10, i.e. it's absolutely lovely to watch.  Riko (Listen up) I use to think that whatever profession the main characters have is irrelevent and most times less interesting. In this drama it is held to a minimum and the balance is satisfying. Something has to be said about the music. It is Cagnet and therefor soft and laid back. Like in Long Vacation it's a perfect fit and it's one of those times when you figure listening to the music alone would have made not as much impact as it would discovering it from the drama. Probably the best song is the opening theme sung by Ohtaki Eiichi. When grading I usually consider intense moments and overall performance such as interesting side-stories. In this case there is plenty of intense moments and situations mostly covered by the friction between Riko and Teppei. Some dramas have pace problems or just not enough material to fill 11 episodes. This is not one of those.  Moment of happiness (Teppei's announcement) Seeing this drama just leaves you with a big silent smile. And it's all for Riko. Or rather, it's really all for Matsu Takako, cause she is the one who makes this show one-of-a-kind fantastic putting her heart and soul into the set. She feels perfect and real. If you have a thing for love dramas go and see it. If you already have, go see it again.  Yes I love this show. It's definately one of my favourites. Grade 10/10. JDorama - Love Generation Yep 10/10. its funny and sad, better than other love drama's and matsu takako in it too ^_^ lol my reveiws gone crap sorry if its really bad reveiw, read the above one hehe thats from jd
August 14 A new forum has opened called japanese heavenIt's about j-pop, anime, jdrama , also japanese movies
 ,so please join japan fans, by the way i'm the admin, 2 other friends,
http://japan.iphorum.com/ <<< here's the link,
in later weeks it gonna get updated to improve the looks
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