#character (the only jmovie in here)

[notsocharmy]

similar flavours of shows/movies (i'm eating them all up)

[adachikiyoshi]

the only way i feel like i can take my time back from watching this unfortunate show is analyzing everything that went wrong with it (from a manga fan perspective) (in my opinion) so disclaimer that this is a negative post. if you don't want to sully your experience scrolling the tag feel free to block me. im only providing commentary

episode 8 for me is proof that the writers did not touch the manga. maybe they watched the jmovie once. or maybe the first half. the trailer at least. because how do you make a (stupid) plot about working harder to have karan and achi's relationship accepted and don't IMMEDIATELY give that responsibility to adachi? did you not read the part of the manga where adachi announces to kurosawa that he wants to become a better worker, an indispensable part of the company so they won't be separated? and because yeah they clearly didn't read the manga, did you at least not catch that part in the movie?

but you know what. giving benefit of the doubt here. that happens way later in their relationship in the original story so ok. achi who just started dating karan doesn't feel like he has to prove anything. and the show thinks we're dumb so they give karan anothe plot to prove how much of a green flag he is. sure. but the fact achi doesn't even scold karan for pulling the most dangerou shit imaginable is also so out of character. my guy hardly looked worried that karan threw himself straight to the wolves. didn't even attempt to intervene. like how am i supposed to root for him. adachi would have killed his passive ass!!! i would have too!!

[dramashutup]

I almost never read details on dramas I watch lol and ofc this time around I'm surprised that What Comes After Love has only 6 episodes *lies down and stares a little

Gotta say I'm both surprised and not surprised, surprised since I didn't know this before, expecting a 16 episodes drama, but unsurprised because jdramas tend to have around 8, 10 or 10 ish episodes (not all) anyway

Did a little more digging for the ending for the couple and from the spoilers I found which I'm not entirely sure of either, it reminds me of the We Made A Beautiful Bouquet jmovie (personal fave)

Well, I'm in for the ride heartbreak or no

Hoping the novel will be translated officially and released physical books. The price is gonna be mind-blowing ofc lol, jp books being notoriously expensive in my country but I'd love to read it for the extra pain, contemplation and love (this was me with One Day by David Nicholls too haha)

Also here's something funny. I first watched Sakaguchi Kentaro in Hell Dogs, a yakuza and cops crime action movie. His character in it is worlds apart from Jungo but I was like oh hello he's pretty lol. And this is only my second time watching him in another thing 😆

Same with Lee Se Young. I've only seen her in The Red Sleeves and I loved that drama (there should've been a cameo for her in King the Land where the ml of KTL and her meet but she's happy with someone else 😆)

[astarlightmonbebe]

2019 Kdrama Year in Review

Alright, with 2019 drawing to a close, I thought it would be good to kind of organize my year in watching kdramas (ft. some cdramas). As per usual, I probably started around 100, dropped around 75% in the middle, and finished maybe like 10. My attention span is not good, but hey, I did watch a ton of great dramas this year and made some amazing discoveries. Let’s take a look! (and please keep in mind the top 5s are in no particular order!)

Dramas started: 96 (this encompasses ALL the ones I’ve started, mostly kdramas, but some cdramas, a jdrama or two, a couple thai ones, and one or two web dramas)

Dramas finished: 16 (usually, I aim to finish a kdrama a month (given my usual watching rate), so this is actually pretty good)

Dramas on hold/dropped: ~75 (excluding some I’m still trying my best to finish; I tend to get behind on dramas or stop around eps 10 or 11, so there are a couple I have like 4-5 episodes left on and am trying to finish)

Top 5 Airing Dramas: 

He Is Psychometric

Arthdal Chronicles

Watcher

Hotel Del Luna

The Untamed

Top 5 Dramas Watched (Not Including Airing Ones/Ones in the List Above, Excluding Ones Not Finished)

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo

My Strange Hero

Kill It

Bad Guys

Six Flying Dragons

Top 5 Unfinished Dramas (Ones I Don’t Plan on Finishing in the Near Future, but want to)

Confession

When the Devil Calls Your Name

You’re All Surrounded

I Wanna Hear Your Song

Tomorrow With You

Top 5 Actors

Ryu Joonyeol (Lucky Romance, Reply 1988, Believer, Heart Blackened, Money, The King)

Song Joongki (Arthdal Chronicles)

Lee Seunggi (You’re All Surrounded, Vagabond, Hwayugi)

Lee Jaewook (Extraordinary You, Search: WWW)

Jang Kiyong (Kill It, Search: WWW, Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos)

Top 5 Male Characters

Yi Bangwon from Six Flying Dragons

Ryan Gold from Her Private Life

Eunseom from Arthdal Chronicles

Kim Youngkoon from Watcher

Hwi from My Country: The New Age

Top 5 Actresses

Shin Ye-eun (He Is Psychometric)

IU (Moon Lovers, Hotel Del Luna

Lee Sungkyung (Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo, Doctors, 

Shin Hyesun (Angel’s Last Mission: Love)

Shin Sekyung (Rookie Historian Goo Haeryung, Six Flying Dragons)

Top 5 Female Characters

Jang Manwol from Hotel Del Luna

Han Huijae from My Country

Wen Qing from The Untamed

Tanya from Arthdal Chronicles

Yoo Soobin from Moment of Eighteen

Top 5 Couples

Yuna and Hyeonjung from Hotel Del Luna

Dan and Yeonsoo from Angel’s Last Mission: Love

An and Jaein from He Is Psychometric

Gitae and Soye from Moment of Eighteen

Soondeok and Eun from Moon Lovers--Scarlet Heart: Ryeo

A Drama I Hated

Here I don’t want to talk about a drama I necessarily disliked, but something that made me drop a fair number of dramas that I liked a lot, including The Liar and His Lover and Radio Romance (and I guess Goblin and Clean With Passion For Now, also maybe Doctors but I’m seeing if I can get over it). And that would be: age gaps. It’s something that’s made me distinctively uncomfortable, whether it’s in the drama or the actors: the fact that young girls acting with older guys. Whether that is in the actors themselves, like the 12 year age gap in Radio Romance where Kim Soohyun was literally 18 and he was 30, or in a show like The Liar and the Lover, where the girl is only ~18 and the guy is at least five years older or something. Now, I know there’s all this legal talk blah blah blah, but it’s simply a fact that made me uncomfortable, especially when watching the romance blossom on screen, so I sadly had to say goodbye to some of the dramas I had gotten a good portion into before being forced to discontinue.

A Genre I Got Into

I don’t know if it was because of Arthdal Chronicles or not, but I blame the former, because ever since that drama aired, I kept watching historical dramas! This was very unusual, since I forsworn off watching historical dramas after The King in Love (which I never finished), since I disliked that they all seemed to have similar plots and greed for the throne always won. Those facts have not changed, but the only difference is now I’m watching those dramas knowing exactly why I dislike them and still watching them. I have discovered some good ones and learned quite a bit of history through them, finishing Moon Lovers and Six Flying Dragons (and, soon, Tale of Nokdu and My Country). It’s something that has bled over to Chinese dramas as well...I’m in deep.

BONUS: Chinese Drama

This year was the year I finished my first ever cdrama: The Untamed! I binge watched it over the summer and fell in love with the wuxia/xianxia drama. I discovered a lot of great actors as well xD. The acting and plot were seriously so amazing. I loved the morally gray characters, the villains, and the heroes all at once. It’s one of the only shows where there was no boring moment for me; even in shows I love there are always a scene or two I skip over, but nope! Not during The Untamed. I highly, highly recommend it. 

BONUS: Movies

This year I tried to watch more movies (Chinese and Korean, and even a Japanese one or two)! Ones I watched include: New Trial, Juror 8, The Swindlers, and The Merciless. I also went on a Ryu Joonyeol binge over the summer where I was really into his acting for a long point, and so I watched a ton of movies he was in (listed in Top 5 Actors). I watched On My Wedding Day with my mom and sister (mixed reviews, I liked it at least) and Goodbye Summer with my friends (very mixed reviews, we were: confused). For jmovie representation, I watched Bleach and Kingdom (and unknowingly fell in love with Ryo Yoshizawa). For Chinese movies (of which I have been trying to watch more of to improve my comprehension skills, they’re still a -1), I watched The Witness, The Untamed: The Living Dead, and Jade Dynasty. I’m always looking for recs, so if anyone has any good ones, hit me up.

[leenaevilin]

[Personal] HALF-TIME report

my longterm followers know that I’m doing a fandom related Q&A for 24days every year in December (in order to look back on what happened during the whole year) but I thought it would be nice to do a ‘half-time’ report to check out how things changed after 6 months^^

but before we go to the fun part... here are some facts:

I have seen 35 2020-stages and 55 ‘older’-stages (2010 - 2019) in only 6 months O_O 

ps: I would love to read your half-time reports!!! (full or just the Q’s you like^^) → if you add @leenaevilin​ to your post I will get notified and won’t miss your posts^^

Q1: who are your top 3 (or more) jactors/oshis?

① Nakamura Yuuichi 中村優一 ② Sakurai Keito 櫻井圭登 ③ Ueda Shinichirou 植田慎一郎 ④ Washio Shuuto 鷲尾修斗 ⑤ Abe Kaisei 阿部快征

→ nothing changed since last December

Q2: what are your top 3 (or more) jdramas 2020 so far?

① FAKE MOTION -卓球の王将- (fake motion -takkyuu no oushou-) ② KING of DANCE ③ 恋はつづくよどこまでも (koi wa tsuzuku yo dokomade mo)

Q3: what are your top 3 (or more) 2.5jigen related songs on your playlist?

① マクガフィン (mcguffin) [ALIVE THE MOVIE SONG COLLECTION] ② 「FAKE MOTION 」[King of Ping Pong] ③ Oceanality [Caribbean Groove] ④ 青藍の空へと (seiran no sora e to) [Alive Stage Episode 2 ~ Tsukihana Kagura ~Seiran no Shou~ Sounyuuka] ⑤ Ride on☆ 7Dream! [7Colors ~ Anidol Colors]

→ little changes since last December

Q4: what are your top 3 (or more) jmovies 2020 so far?

strangly I haven’t seen ANY 2020 movie so far (besides last years soara for probably a 1.000 times笑)

so let’s change the question to:

Q4.1: what are your top 3 (or more) jstages (2019 and older) watched 2020?

① toshiLOG vol.3 舞台「ZERO 公安警察特殊部隊『霧組』」(toshilog vol.3 butai zero kouan keisatsu tokushubutai ~kirigumi~) [June 12th, 2019 ~ June 16th, 2019] ② 舞台「Collar×Malice -岡崎契編-」(butai collar×malice -okazaki kei hen-) [May 2nd, 2019 ~ May 19th, 2019] ③ STAGE NORN9 ノルン＋ノネット (stage norn9: norn+nonet) [October 17th, 2018 ~ October 21st, 2018] ④ 「Identity V STAGE」 Episode1『What to draw』 [November 29th, 2019 ~ December 8th, 2019] 

Q5: which are your top 3 (or more) mobile games 2020 so far?

① アニドルカラーズ (anidol colors)

→ stopped playing everything else

Q6: what are your top 3 (or more) jmusicals 2020 so far?

① 音楽劇「ロード・エルメロイII世の事件簿 -case.剥離城アドラ-」(ongakugeki lord el-melloi II-sei no jikenbo -case. hakurijou adola) [December 15th, 2019 ~ January 19th] ② ミュージカル『陰陽師』～大江山編～ (musical onmyouji ~ooeyama hen~) [February 26th ~ March 1st] ③ ミュージカル『テニスの王子様』3rdシーズン 全国大会 青学 vs 立海 後編 (musical tennis no oujisama 3rd season zenkokutaikai seigaku vs rikkai kouhen) [December 19th, 2019 ~ February 16th]

Q7: who are your top 3 (or more) Mankai A3 characters 2020 so far?

① Chigasaki Itaru (茅ヶ崎至) ② Tsukioka Tsumugi (月岡紬) ③ Ikaruga Misumi (斑鳩三角) ④ Mikage Hisoka (御影密) ⑤ Furuichi Sakyo (古市左京)

→ nothing changed since last December

Q8: what are your top 3 (or more) jmusicals (2019) you still need to watch?

① ミュージカル『テニスの王子様』3rdシーズン 全国大会 青学 vs 立海 前編 (musical tennis no oujisama 3rd season zenkokutaikai seigaku vs rikkai zenpen) [July 11th, 2019 ~ September 29th, 2019] ✅

② ミュージカル『テニスの王子様』3rdシーズン 全国大会 青学 vs 立海 後編 (musical tennis no oujisama 3rd season zenkokutaikai seigaku vs rikkai kouhen) [December 19th, 2019 ~ February 16th, 2020] ✅

③ ミュージカル『青春-AOHARU-鉄道』すべての路は所沢へ通ず (musical aoharu tetsudou ~ subete no michi wa tokorozawa e tsuuzu) [May 9th, 2019 ~ May 19th, 2019] ❌

④ ミュージカル 悪ノ娘 再演 (musical aku no musume saien) [April 6th, 2019 ~ April 14th, 2019] ❌

→ 50% cleared since last December

Q9: who are your top 3 (or more) touken danshi 2020 so far?

① Hizen Tadahiro (肥前忠広) ← pretty obvious since my nr2 is playing Hizen^^ ② Mikazuki Munechika (三日月宗近) ③ Higekiri (髭切) ④ Yamanbagiri Kunihiro (山姥切国広) ⑤ Kashuu Kiyomitsu (加州清光)

(I still don’t play the game nor watched the anime… so my choice is influenced by the actors rather than the characters themselves ^^;)

→ nothing changed since last December

Q10: what are your top 3 (or more) things you are interested in the most in the 2.5次元 fandom 2020 so far?

① my top 3 oshis [Nakamura Yuuichi (中村優一) → Sakurai Keito (櫻井圭登) → Ueda Shinichirou (植田慎一郎)] (or better: basically everything they are involved in笑) ② tsukisute. & s.q.s & ivesute (ツキステ。& S.Q.S & イブステ)  ③ anidol colors! (アニドルカラーズ!) ④ starmyumyu (スタミュミュ) ⑤ tousute & toumyu (刀ステ&刀ミュ) ⑥ ensute (あんステ)

→ only the order changed since last December

Q11: what are your top 3 (or more) anime/manga you wish to see on stage (2020)?

① ボールルームへようこそ (ballroom e youkoso) ② ふたつのスピカ (futatsu no spica) ③ 女神候補生 (megami kouhosei)

→ nothing changed since last December

Q12: who are your top 3 (or more) ensemble stars characters 2020 so far?

① Tenshouin Eichi (天祥院英智) ② Sakuma Ritsu (朔間凛月) ③ Kagehira Mika (影片みか) ④ Shino Hajime (紫之創) ⑤ Suou Tsukasa (朱桜司)

→ nothing changed since last December

Q13: what are your top 3 (or more) jstages (2019) you still need/wish to watch?

① ハイパープロジェクション演劇『ハイキュー!!』“東京の陣” (hyper projection engeki ‘haikyuu!!’ “tokyo no jin”) [April 5th, 2019 ~ May 6th, 2019] ✅

②  舞台 アンフェアな月 第2弾「～刑事 雪平夏見シリーズ～『殺���てもいい命』」(butai unfair na tsuki dai 2 dan ~keiji yukihira natsumi series~ koroshitemo ii inochi) [June 21st, 2019 ~ June 30th, 2019] ✅

③  舞台「Collar×Malice -岡崎契編-」(butai collar×malice -okazaki kei hen-) [May 2nd, 2019 ~ May 19th, 2019] ✅

④ 『FATALISM ≠ Another story』Presented by SEPT  [June 19th, 2019 ~ June 23rd, 2019] ✅

⑤  「IdentityV STAGE」第1幕 (identityv stage dai 1 maku) [November 29th, 2019 ~ December 8th, 2019] ✅

⑥  舞台「アオアシ」(butai aoashi) [July 11th, 2019 ~ July 15th, 2019] ❌

⑦ PERSONA5 the Stage [December 13th, 2019 ~ December 29th, 2019] ✅

⑧ 舞台「ULTRAMAN DARKNESS HEELS～THE LIVE～SHINKA」(butai ultraman darkness heels ~the live~ shinka) [December 5th, 2019 ~ December 15th, 2019] ❌

⑨ The Stage 神々の悪戯 ~ 光と炎の約束 (the stage kamigami no asobi ~ hikari to honoo no yakusoku) [April 13th, 2019 ~ April 21st, 2019] ✅

⑩ DEVIL MAY CRY -THE LIVE HACKER- [March 1st, 2019 ~ March 10th, 2019] ❌

→ 70% cleared since last December

BONUS:

音楽劇「ロード・エルメロイII世の事件簿 -case.剥離城アドラ-」(ongakugeki lord el-melloi II-sei no jikenbo -case. hakurijou adola) [December 15th, 2019 ~ January 19th, 2020] ✅

→ saw it 3times in January^^笑

toshiLOG vol.3 舞台「ZERO 公安警察特殊部隊『霧組』」(toshilog vol.3 butai zero kouan keisatsu tokushubutai ~kirigumi~) [June 12th, 2019 ~ June 16th, 2019] ✅

→  really sad that there is no DVD/Blu-ray/stream T^T

→ stream was released June 27th, 2020 (probably because of everthing that’s going on right now!!!)

Q14: who are your top 3 (or more) jactresses 2020 so far?

① 美弥るりか (Miya Rurika) ② 鳳月杏 (Houzuki Ann) ③ 大湖せしる (Daigo Seshiru)

→ nothing changed since last December

Q15: what are your top 3 (or more) anidol characters 2020 so far?

① Kanamori Rikuto (金森碧叶) ② Kazuki Towa (夏月斗羽) ③ Kazuki Shizuku (夏月雫) ④ Yuzuki Masaya (柚木真哉) ⑤ Harumiya Aran (春宮亜蘭)

→ nothing changed since last December

Q16: what are your top 3 (or more) newcomer 2020 so far?

→ are there even 2020 newcomers right now???笑

so let’s change the question to:

Q16.1: what are your top 3 (or more) jmusicals (2019 and older) watched 2020?

① ミュージカル『テニスの王子様』秋の大運動会 2019 (musical tennis no oujisama aki no daiundoukai 2019) [October 8th, 2019 ~ October 9th, 2019]

areeee O_O?!?! does that mean out of the 55 past works I watched (for the first time) in 2020, only 1 was a ‘musical’ (and I wouldn’t even say it’s a real musical) 笑

Q17: who are your top 3 (or more) tsukino pro characters 2020 so far?

① Munakata Ren (宗像廉) [obviouse… since my nr.3 plays ren���kyun + my nr.4 no longer plays you ↓↓↓]

② Hazuki You (葉月陽) [recast or not… still loving you~♡]

③ Sera Rikka (世良里津花) [well… who doesn’t like rikka O_O?? 笑]

④ Sakuraba Ryouta (桜庭涼太) [was my very first ☆☆☆☆ card^^]

⑤ Etou Kouki (衛藤昂輝) [simply because of hide-sama’s fansa during ivesute 2 笑]

→ nothing changed since last December

Q18: what are your top 3 (or more) 2.5jigen related treasures [goods/CDs/DVDs/Blu-Rays] you got your hands on in 2020 so far?

① my Shin-chan bible [all my Ren-kyun bromides from イブステ3 & 月野亭, my Waver-kun bromides and my Kuryuuhiko bromides^^]

② my rare Yuuichi-kun DVD collection + Shin-chans hatsubutai DVD (suuuuper rare)

③ my Tsukipro goods in general (still with my friends though笑) → I went crazy in the last few months 笑

Q19: who are your top 3 (or more) starmyu characters 2020 so far?

① Tatsumi Rui (辰己琉唯) ② Sawatari Eigo (申渡栄吾) ③ Ugawa Akira (卯���晶)

→ nothing changed since last December

Q20: what are your top 3 (or more) jstages 2020 so far?

① 舞台『刀剣乱舞』 維伝 朧の志士たち (butai touken ranbu ~ iden oboro no shishitachi) [November 22nd, 2019 ~ January 18th]

② 舞台「憂国のモリアーティ」(butai yuukoku no moriarty) [January 10th ~ February 2nd]

③ ハイパープロジェクション演劇『ハイキュー!!』“最強の挑戦者“ (hyper projection engeki haikyuu!! “saikyou no challenger“) [March 21st ~ March 22nd] 

④ 朗読劇『青空』 (roudokugeki aozora) [January 31st ~ February 2nd]

Q21: what are your top 3 (or more) pictures of your oshi(s) 2020 so far?

① Nakamura Yuuichi 中村優一 (x) (x) (x) (x) 

② Sakurai Keito 櫻井圭登 (x) (x) (x) (x)

③ Ueda Shinichirou 植田慎一郎 (x) (x) (x) (x)

Q22: what are your top 3 (or more) favourite ‘fandom related’ tumblrs 2020 so far?

no real ranking… just listing my favourite tumblr(-friends) this time^^

♪ deprofundisad ♪ ryota ♪ mandilo ♪ save-the-data ♪ sohmariku ♪ annikamuffyn

→ nothing changed since last December

Q23: what are your top 3 (or more) fandom related posts 2020 (so far) that got the most attention?

① [Update] 刀剣乱舞 大演練 (touken ranbu dai enren) (138 💙 🔁) ② [Pics] 刀剣乱舞 大演練 (touken ranbu dai enren) (135 💙 🔁) ③ [Announcement] ミュージカル『刀剣乱舞』マラソン (musical touken ranbu marathon) (127 💙 🔁)

and my personal favourite, that made me really happy:

[Personal] Once a Hero, always a Hero!!!  (50 💙 🔁)

Q24: what are your top 3 (or more) most anticipated 2.5jigen related works 2020?

① 音楽劇「ロード・エルメロイII世の事件簿 -case.剥離城アドラ-」(ongakugeki lord el-melloiII-sei no jikenbo -case. hakurijou adola) [December 15th, 2019 ~ January 19th, 2020] ✅

② 舞台「アニドルカラーズキュアステージ」(butai anidol colors cure stage) [August 27th, 2020 ~ September 2nd, 2020] 💖 → have a ticket... but who knows what will happen T^T

③ 2.5次元ダンスライブ『ALIVE』ステージEpisode 3『SCHOOL REVOLUTION』 Hello 神さま　僕はここにいる！(2.5jigen dancelive ~Alice stage episode 3 ~ school revolution - hello kamisama boku wa koko ni iru!) [October 29th, 2020 ~ November 8th, 2020] 💖

④ S.Q.S Episode 5 『篁志季消失事件』(s.q.s episode 5 ~ takamura shiki shoushitsu jiken) [February 20th, 2020 ~ March 1st, 2020] 💖

⑤ S.Q.S ~ SOLIDS & QUELL on STAGE Episode 6 [July 2nd, 2020 ~ July 12th, 2020]

⑥ 浪漫活劇譚『艶漢』第四夜 (roman katsugeki banashi adekan daiyonya) [February 16th, 2020 ~ March 1st, 2020] ✅

⑦ MANKAI STAGE『A3!』~AUTUMN 2020~ [January 18th, 2020 ~ March 1st, 2020] ✅

⑧ MANKAI STAGE『A3!』~Winter 2020~ [August 16th, 2020 ~ August 22nd, 2020] 💖

⑨ 舞台『Re:フォロワー』 (butai re:follower) [June 2020]

⑩ 舞台『タンブリング』2020 (butai tumbling 2020) [April 19th, 2020 ~ May 10th, 2020]

→ 30% watched, 30% got canceled and 40% can’t wait to see^^