Overview: Japanese Gender-Bender Dramas

Spring has finally arrived~~~which means LOVE is in the air~~thus more 'romance' centered Japanese dramas!!!yooohoooo~~~~

So this season is the season of 'gender-benders' in Japan...meaning the main actress wears boy's clothes and disguises herself as a boy...and of cause she(or he) will fall in love with the main guy and the other guys will all fall for her and think they are gay since they fall for her(or he...so confusing~~~~)...

Well there are a total of 3 gender benders this season....which is A LOT!!!!but i like this genre since it's always hilarious...not very logical but just plain fun...so here are my reviews on these shows based on 1-2 episodes...

1) Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 2011 (remake)

2011 version

Original 2007 version

So....this is the remake of one of my FAVOURITE japanese dramas...Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (or HANA KIMI)...the original version came out in 2007...which is barely 4 years ago...so i have NO IDEA why they wanted to remake it...but since I was a big fan of it...So I was quite excited for it!!!

Story: So Its about the main girl Ashiya who enters an all boys boarding school (disguised as a boy of cause) to help her idol, high jump pro Sano to restart high jumping again after an incident...and ya, he so happens to be her roommate...

Yes yes i know the story is quite plain and ridiculous but what i LOVED about the show was its humor ,fun and characters...the story is okay-ish...but what make the show good was the jokes and really really funny actors...it's a really good laugh out loud romance youth comedy...nothing to take seriously...

BUT!!!!!!WHAT THE F*** !! THE REMAKE sucks!!!!!!!
1) They used the same sets, background music(yes they just copied the WHOLE soundtrack from the original!!!!), same concepts and its just like a REALLY REALLY bad copy of the original.

2) The main actress
In the original, the actress playing the main character was not really boyish at all,but at least she was kind of convincing plus she CAN ACT!!!!!AND she's naturally funny and lovable

In the remake...the main actress is Maeda Atsuko..which is a member of AKB48...and is REALLY REALLY REALLY BADDDDDD at acting...she is so out in your face a GIRL!!!! she did not even bother to lower her voice at all and sounds super duper high pitch girly...so.not.convincing.....

3) Characters
COPY COPY COPY of the original...all of them are just trying to mimick the original cast and its like akward acting with the characters being so flat and NOT intresting at all.

4) Story
Really really bad....*seriously angry of why the heck they want to remake it and make the story soooooo not true to the manga at all....*

Conclusion: *DROPPED

Ya...Sorry but I really hated this show...It's really like they copied EVERYTHING from the original without changing ANYTHING...and made it really really bad...and I am pretty sure they made this show to make AKB48 more popular (AKB48 is a pop singing idol group with 48 members which is really popular in Japan...and I have no idea why)...the main actress is from AKB48...another 4-5 actresses are also from that group AND the freaking theme song of this show is by ....u guess it...AKB-freaking-48....I am not hating this group but seriously...none of the girls can act...really CAN"T act...and since they are idols...thus they can't make 'ugly funny' faces or actions in their acting....so NOT funny....they are like...just pretty dolls standing there...=_=


2) Ouran Highschool Host Club


Based on a popular manga and anime(which are my favourites)...

Story: It is set in a rich highschool where the main girl is a scholarship student...she broke a vase in the hostclub and is forced to join to repay her debts...oh,and she got mistaken for a boy without her even pretending to be one....

Believe me....the story is WAY better than what I summarised...(I'm too lazy to type it out in detail)...and yet again,what made me love the manga and anime is the characters...the characters are really well written with a real depth in them...plus you get to see them grow throughout the series...

When I heard they were making my favourite gender-bender story into a drama I was really freaked out...excited yes but still really scared they will screw it up REAL bad...but to my surprise...the drama was actually enjoyable and the actors who play the characters are spot on like the manga/anime....so I really was happy with that:D

Sadly each episode is only 30mins!!!!grrrr....but for now the series look promising and it's quite funny~~~

Conclusion: will CONTINUE watching~~~Love it


3) Ikemen Desu ne (remake of korean drama 'you're beautiful')

Japanese Version


Original Korean version

Yes,another freaking remake...but AT LEAST this remake is better than Hana Kimi....but really???this is a COPY & PASTE JAPANESE VERSION of the original....everything is like deja vu...the characters,the music and the acting are IDENTICAL.....

Story: Main girl disguises as a boy to take the place of her twin brother in a popular band

Well,I did like the korean version...It was not THAT good, but it was enjoyable...and I guess they remade it into a japanese version was because the korean version was SUPER DUPER popular in Japan, more so than korea itself...so ya...*chi ching...money money money!!!*

I really am amazed how so alike the two versions are...seriously???Its like rewatching the korean version in japanese...with less handsome main actors...and the story compressed into less than 11 episodes (korean version with 16 episodes)....=_=....ARGHHSSSSS!!!!

Conclusion: uh....CONTINUE for another episode to decide wheather to drop or not...

Tips: IF you want to remake something...PLEASE remake it after the original version was released more than 6 years ago...and PLEASE don't copy the entire soundtrack and just change it into japanese.....and PLEASE make the characters yours actors!!!don't copy and paste EVERYTHING from the original!!!!GAH!!!!!




Verdict:

Most convincing 'I'm a girl pretending to be a boy' actress :
1)Ouran; 2) Ikemen desu ne ; 3) Hana kimi remake

Gender-benders this season are really disappointing...the 2 remakes are just lazy productions with no original or fresh ideas....GaAaAhhh!!!!so sad!!!!!

Stronger

Please let me become stronger...I don't want to depend on anyone anymore~~~shall my new chapter in life bring me courage and strength....I need to be strong....
Let me have that tiny light in me to brighten up everyone's day...including mine

Shows galore!!!

It has been 3weeks since my exam was over...and since then I've been on marathon after marathon and marathons of shows...and I think my ass has melted into the shape of my chair ,my back has taken a slouching position and my eyeballs are getting gooey...sigh...life is good:D

So besides going out and hanging out with kawan-kawan...or pergi main main....oh and sleeping and wasting my time...I've been catching up on my shows....so here are some shows I've been seeing this 3 weeks...

1)49days(korean drama)


ah yes~~~I finished all 20 episodes of this show in 2days...I tried to watch it when it 1st came out...but I just could not get pass the 1st episode(didn't like the acting)...so I dropped it...but lots of my friends from uni highly recommended me this...so since I got time to waste and I wanted to find out what all the hype was about this show...thus I started again.....
and WOW...it is super addicting...I just could not stop watching it and I was quite surprise how smart it is(it is still illogical in some ways but hey...it's a k-drama for god's sake..and it makes more sense than alot of other k-dramas)

The story is kinda complicated but it's basically about the main character who got into an accident just right before her wedding and got into a coma,her soul got kicked out of her body and she had a deal with a scheduler(or angel of death)...which is to collect 3 pure tears shed for her from 3 diff ppl within 49 days...and if she succeeds, she will then get to awake from her coma...if not then death........and then there's ALOT of other rules and stories andcharacters...my summary kinda sounds stupid but trust me, it does make sense when u see the whole drama...haha

It has a really touching story and there is no stupid characters or stupid dragging moments...so yeah,it's one of the best dramas I've seen in a long time...well, that is IF you ignore the ending (yes!!!y must u go ruin the stupid ending writers!!!why must you go all out and use all the k-drama cliches at the LAST EPISODE!!!!grrrr... )but if you just forget about the last episode...then this drama is just AWESOME!!!!

2)CSI:Las Vegas
season 10-11


ahhhh....csi~~~even after so long...you still freaking rock!!!
So I've been a CSI fan (ONLY las vegas...I never liked miami or NY)since their 1st season....and I've followed all the seasons till season 5/6(stopped coz the tv channel showing it changed the timeslot......after that i just lost interest in it...)

yep,so I decided to start seeing it from the latest 2 seasons...well,obviously there is not much story development since most of the original characters are still there(yipee!!!) and the new recruits do make the story a bit more interesting...and hell yeah!!!the cases are still interesting!!!!so yeap...finished both seasons(which is like around 40 eps combined???)...and now starting from WAYYYYY back which is season 8 and 9.

3)Reinoryokusha Odagiri Kyoko no Uso (Japanese drama)


So the story is about a famous tv-psychic-star who is a fake that is only pretending to be a psychic...who solves cases...
hmmm...sounds like a been-there-done-that story right???but still it's really interesting!!!There is not much story in this series...it's basically new cases every episode with a tiny bit of story of the main characters...so ya,its a really light and funny series(I really needed this to be happy after all those CSIs and sad k-dramas....)
Oh,and what makes this series work are the characters!!!they are sooooooo lovable and cute and interesting!!!!!that is what I love about j-dramas...they always do great jobs in making all characters freaking cute and damn funny/comical...i LOVE the main actress...she's really really hilarious~~~~

4)City Hunter (K-drama)


LEE MIN HO!!!LEE MIN HO!!!LEE MIN HO!!!LEE MIN HO!!!....what else can I say???hahaha..
so I started this show because I was really bored and it is like highly recommended by lots of drama websites...and yeah...was hooked after the 2nd episode...
I really don't like spy/serious/revenge/plot-twist/political series...because it is SOOOOOOOO boring for me AND tooooooo serious...I really can't stand shows without humor or a sprinkle of cuteness...but yet I find myself liking this show alot...
so part of the reasons i love it is because of leeminho(like DUH...)...and another part is I love the love story/romance part of it...*swooon*
So far there are only 10episodes out...so its' not finished yet...but so far I kinda like the plot and the characters...but i'm getting really tired of the political/revenge side story...it kind of drags in some parts...but still a good k-drama~~~

so yeah,
there are other shows(hk,taiwan,american,thai,korean,japanese dramas) that i've seen but I see those in bits and pieces...so not going to write about it here...there are too many series that i've dropped..then picked up again...then dropped....me too picky!!!

oh oh...and I've seen SOOOO many movies...(alot of old ones though)...like paul,unknown,rio,rango,pirates,hanna ect ect ect........

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh~~~~~~~~~I LOVE ME SHOWS!!!!!

oh,and summer is coming...which means a new batch of japanese dramas, korean dramas and anime are starting soon!!!!woooohooooooooooooooo~~~~~(how I waste my time and life...sigh *shakes head*)

Delayed realization

It's been a LONG semester...and a very very stressful one....
4 days of awful exams are over and done with...and I have never felt so free for so long!!!

It had been study study,stress,guilt,depression,study ,study,sleep deprived,study...for the past 1-2 months non stop...it was quite terrible really...
and the worst part is...right after exam...when i was so super happy happy happy!!!i then had to collect my uni matching results....lets say it was not the result i wanted...

I just had a very near vision of my future (which was not a good vision)IF i went to this uni and i felt so freaking depress...no one i really knew was going to this same uni as me and it was just so depressing....it was terrible...plus it was the only uni that had an exam RIGHT AFTER you freaking go there!!!!and if you fail they will kick u out....like wow...tats just too much right after my exams and during my crazy hormone period...stress+stress+shocking news= total depressed breakdown....

yes its stupid...really...to get sad over this kind of thing...even now i think i was just immature ...coz once i calmed down and start focusing on the benefits of going to this uni...it was actually really good...

Its a really good uni...even ranked super high...and its really pretty and have great student support...plus its really close to my brother's place so thats awesome...so actually,its a good thing really....it really is great...so ya,now i'm really excited really:)

Well,everything does happen for a reason...sometimes life just throws you into something that you NEVER want...but in the end it will turn out even better than what you expected....so ya, just go with the flow i guess...

happy holidays....weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Stress but fun???i'm going crazy...

Sigh....I now REALLY know what is SEM 5!!!!!gasp gasp gasp
Everyday is study study study(or TRYING to study that is)...
Not only i must finish sem 5 notes...but sem 3 and 4's too...which means that is ALOT to study...and i could not find the time to revise my sem 3s and 4s...coz sem 5's stuff is CRAZY hard...what the hell!!!!!!gasp gasp gasp

But...eventhough its stressful,but it's an enjoyable sem...coz i stay in uni more (to TRY and study) and theres alot of time to just hang with my awesome batch mates, study with them...and face the challenges together.....its really great!!!..i'm so going to miss all of them la...really great ppl to hang with!!!!!

one more month till my summative and 2 weeks after that is the KILLER FINAL EXAM!!!!!!!!!ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....

ME109!!!!fighting!!!!weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

well,time to 'study'

just an update

Hi blog!!!how i ignored you...I am so sorry~~~
There has been ALOT of things that happended...and Sadly i was too lazy to blog about it....(espeacially after my last post which i wanted to blog about suddenly got deleted before i published it...was so pissed that i didn't want to blog after that...)

well...I really have nothing to say actually...just suddenly felt EMO today when I feel that I'm too soft and nice to voice out my opinion....felt used and ignored...ah...must be the hormones~~~

so yeah...will update soon after I stop perasan and EMO...

to make this blog entry seem more Happy...heres some pictures that will brighten up ur day(and hopefully mine)~~~

Looking back~~~

Met up with my 3 best friends yesterday...and we gossiped,talked, played and laughed none stop for 7 hours...we went from one cafe to another...and ate alot too....tiring huh....hahahaha

It has been over 6 months since ALL 4 of us actually can meet up all at once at the same time...everyones was busy with their own things...so it was a very precious gathering~~~


We 4 crazy gals had been close friends since form 4...and unexpectedly, we all formed our own group called "the 4 so's"...4 so's????well, thats because we all have a very distinct characterisic~~~we have, so fatty, so skinny, so shorty/blakey and me so whitey...lame huh...hahaha

I am not sure how we 4 came to form this group...but all I know is that we were one CRAZY girl group...quite scary I think...
back in our highschool days...we did SO MANY 'illegal' things in our school...we were just one FUN and HYPER group...who was always high on something...:P
we always went to the 'forbidden' 7th floor to chill, we did so many weird polls and quetionaires on our classmates, we were gossip diggers , we had our 'bento thursdays' which was freaking fun, we had so many memories that we thought was lame that time, but precious now....

I miss my highschool days so much...It was tough sometimes...but It was so free and fun...
Since I studied in a Chinese school where EVERTHING was in chinese...thus we had SPM classes 2 times a week at night for 3 hours after our normal classes....omg it was SOOOOOO tiring...we needed to stay in school the whole day (from 7am till 9pm)for the SPM classes....BUT, IT WAS FUN!!!! because we stayed back till other teachers and students went home,so the school was EMPTY...so we could do so many crazy stuff...haha...can't stop giggling when I think back of all the outrageous things we done(to protect my image, I shall not further explain what I have done in the past~~~)


Yesterday was a great day,We looked back at old photos and videos together...and OH MY GAWD....I can't belive what stupid and crazy stuff I did back then...I think I was one of the craziest out of the other galz....should I be proud of that????:P
but It was so funny...

Thanks to my highschool craziest for the SUPER AWESOME memories!!!I ♥♥♥ you guys !!!

..............................................but..............

IT had only been 3 years since I left highschool...and sadly I'm not as fun as that time...sometimes I wonder why I became so 'old' so fast...and not having as much fun as I could out of life~~~boring sharon boring me...sigh~~~

Great memories, Great times....and I miss that SOOOOOO much...but that was a PAST chapter of my life...no matter how hard i miss that...it will only stay in my deepest,safest tresure box in my memories~~~and now I'm living a new chapter...which is the IMU chapter(a very long chapter indeed)...and this chapter aint that bad...its SO MUCH MORE stressful...but it's THE chapter where I mature and learn the most...It started off as a crappy chapter but later on the 'story' really kicked in and it turned into an AWESOME chapter ~~~

♥♥♥LIFE~~~~~~~