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  Topic: JDrama Cliches
EstherM

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PostForum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas   Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:54 pm   Subject: JDrama Cliches
^ well, in real life you contact a real estate agency, they show you a few places and done! Then you go home and cry over your bankbook because you have to pay 1 month rent worth keymoney as a gift fo ...
  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching?
EstherM

Replies: 27481
Views: 14274035

PostForum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas   Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 3:23 pm   Subject: What dramas are you currently watching?


Watched episode 2. It's in the same vein as 'Hitotsu Yane', 'Hotman', and 'Home Drama'. Big family living together with a new crisis every week. Not bad but nothing really new either.

Also saw ...
  Topic: Bayside Shakedown (Odoru Daisosasen)
EstherM

Replies: 58
Views: 114289

PostForum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions   Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 3:18 pm   Subject: Bayside Shakedown (Odoru Daisosasen)
Yeah me at the theatre - it was okay but not great. It was fun to revisit the police station and meet beloved characters but the actual story was just a 6 or 7 out of 10.

EDIT: I had the same feeli ...
  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching?
EstherM

Replies: 27481
Views: 14274035

PostForum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas   Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:47 pm   Subject: What dramas are you currently watching?
Ando Lloyd up to episode 3 - I lost a little interest. I think Spec is better and funnier.

I have also checked out the Miki Satoshi series Henshin Interviewer something. Well Fuse Eri is in it so I ...
  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching?
EstherM

Replies: 27481
Views: 14274035

PostForum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas   Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:08 pm   Subject: What dramas are you currently watching?
esther,

check out Kumo no Kaidan and Namae o Nakushita Megami when you get chance.

Thanks, I haven't seen those - definitely worth a try. w00t!

In the meantime I watched episodes 1 and 2 of ...
  Topic: D-Addicts Site Status?
EstherM

Replies: 1582
Views: 908508

PostForum: General Discussions   Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:37 pm   Subject: D-Addicts Site Status?
^yes strangely enough I haven't been on the site for over a year (since my internet provider here in Japan doesn't let me use torrents.) but I missed the SPEC special and was wondering if it was on d- ...
  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching?
EstherM

Replies: 27481
Views: 14274035

PostForum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas   Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:21 pm   Subject: What dramas are you currently watching?
^missed the second episode but will catch up.
Accidentally watched Miss Pilot episode 2, and it's one of this airline-sponsored shows that they push out every few years - see Good Luck, Attention Ple ...
  Topic: I'm Going To Japan
EstherM

Replies: 11349
Views: 5678368

PostForum: General Discussions   Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:17 pm   Subject: I'm Going To Japan
^ yep housing could be an issue if you are going for a classic 2-year contract, you'll need to find a landlord who's comfortable with non-Japanese tenants and who accepts pets and you'll most likely n ...
  Topic: I'm Going To Japan
EstherM

Replies: 11349
Views: 5678368

PostForum: General Discussions   Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2013 4:37 pm   Subject: I'm Going To Japan
Hi Junny, my initial plan was to stay a year, but I extended (and had to apply for a new visa) and it has been 2 years now. I finished my course but am still taking classes because my visa is still va ...
  Topic: I'm Going To Japan
EstherM

Replies: 11349
Views: 5678368

PostForum: General Discussions   Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 4:33 pm   Subject: I'm Going To Japan
Hi Junny, maybe I can help a little. I am currently finishing my 2 year course in Tokyo.

Regarding Waseda (and Keio) I have a friend who just started the programme, and it really depends how old yo ...
  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching?
EstherM

Replies: 27481
Views: 14274035

PostForum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas   Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 6:04 pm   Subject: What dramas are you currently watching?
Ando Lloyd episode 1 - this year's Kimutaku.
It seems to be a SF pastiche, taking inspiration from Terminator 2, Matrix and Cyborg She. Throw a bit of Keizoku Spec in the mix and you have Ando Lloyd. ...
  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching?
EstherM

Replies: 27481
Views: 14274035

PostForum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas   Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:13 pm   Subject: What dramas are you currently watching?
Gurasu no Ie - Glass no Ie episode 1, an NHK production.
Not sure were this is heading but the story is about a woman who lost her parents in a plane crash getting married to a man who lost his wife ...
  Topic: Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations
EstherM

Replies: 4597
Views: 4097681

PostForum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions   Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:34 pm   Subject: Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations
This is premering in New York next month, hopefully it will make a stop on the left coast:

Went to see this, mainly because Kankuro Kudo wrote the script. At times funny, like the Sawajiri Erika j ...
  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching?
EstherM

Replies: 27481
Views: 14274035

PostForum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas   Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 11:38 am   Subject: What dramas are you currently watching?
I am still at episode 2 of Hanazawa Naoki but I finally finished Haitatsu Saretai Watashitachi, a WOWOW drama. It's not a 10/10 classic but it's a noble attempt to depict depression. And it's a millio ...
  Topic: Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations
EstherM

Replies: 4597
Views: 4097681

PostForum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions   Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 8:14 pm   Subject: Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations
The Cannes Jury prize winner Soshite Chichi ni Naru - Like Father, Like Son is finally out in Japan. It's quite lovely, no surprise there, the cast is great, the story touching and I am grateful that ...
  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching?
EstherM

Replies: 27481
Views: 14274035

PostForum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas   Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2013 4:39 pm   Subject: What dramas are you currently watching?
^ yes that happened to me too, I'm humming it constantely.
I wonder if I like it because it's by the same director who did Akihabara@deep and Moteki. But the original movie wasn't ...
And yep Masuda ...
  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching?
EstherM

Replies: 27481
Views: 14274035

PostForum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas   Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 6:51 pm   Subject: What dramas are you currently watching?
I am trying to finish a bunch of dramas that I have started: Woman ^not reading the spoilers :-), Take five, Hanzawa Naoki, Kazoku Game etc

And I am starting with Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi - it's a b ...
  Topic: artistes marital status
EstherM

Replies: 399
Views: 1751834

PostForum: Discussions on Artistes   Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:21 pm   Subject: artistes marital status
^ now that's one freaky-looking couple - well no more I guess!
  Topic: Olympics Thread
EstherM

Replies: 1545
Views: 690605

PostForum: General Discussions   Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:17 pm   Subject: Olympics Thread

I was watching the NHK coverage and the voice over translated Abe's statement saying he "guaranteed" Fukushima would have no affect on Tokyo. I was thinking, "Shinzo-kun, you're in no ...
  Topic: Olympics Thread
EstherM

Replies: 1545
Views: 690605

PostForum: General Discussions   Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:17 pm   Subject: Olympics Thread
^ Literally! Aren't rats happily nibbling away some vital cable connections inside Daiichi?

I am on the fence on this, I am super happy for those here in Japan who care about the games and see it a ...
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