Watching the first episode was like watching a movie, with all the twists and turns, Japanese versus Korea, and even characters being linked to each other in one way or another.

I cant quite put my finger on it....but I am very suspicous of Shos boss Detective Isaki, and just the way Sos father was kill. Hmmm will have to wait and see.

My five yen.

I just finished looking over episode 2, and Choi Ji Woo's acting seems to slip off and go toward a more flamboyant and INYOURFACE Korean style than episode 1...... It doesn't fit with how the other actors are acting. Even the other Korean actors have toned it down a bit.

Nonetheless, episode 2 is cute. ^o^ And has a lot more action! Mokomichi as a gangster was hard to swallow, but it shows his skills.

yume wrote:

I just finished looking over episode 2, and Choi Ji Woo's acting seems to slip off and go toward a more flamboyant and INYOURFACE Korean style than episode 1...... It doesn't fit with how the other actors are acting. Even the other Korean actors have toned it down a bit. Nonetheless, episode 2 is cute. ^o^ And has a lot more action! Mokomichi as a gangster was hard to swallow, but it shows his skills.

watched a little of ep 2, and some of ep1, interesting drama...

btw: your avatar, koyuki? high resolution avatar..

this drama seems a huge rip off from the HK Internal Affairs trilology.

Those scenes of the 360 camer angles is a bit overdone. I think I

must have seen it at least 15 times in ep01, are they trying to make it

feel romantic??

yt wrote:

this drama seems a huge rip off from the HK Internal Affairs trilology. Those scenes of the 360 camer angles is a bit overdone. I think I must have seen it at least 15 times in ep01, are they trying to make it feel romantic??

I dunno what they were trying to do, but it was making me dizzy after a while...

Ep 01 was pretty good, and I agree it had a movie-esque feel to it. I'm going to keep watching it for a while and see how it plays out.

i just finished watching epi. 01..
gotta say i pretty much enjoy watching the show..
there's some sweet sensitive moments alongside all the action..
tho the storyline has a huggge resemblance to Internal Affairs like yt mentioned..

hehe. mokomichi portraying the bad guy.. i love his looks in this show. provides the eyecandy..

juz watched 45 mins of eps 1.. gd drama i must say.

i watched the 1st episode last night. it was pretty good. very dark. just waiting for subs to come out for the next episode. i like the theme song.
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just finish watching the 1st episode.. seems like an interesting show.. so i will continue watching.. and yesh i lurve mokomichi acting as a bad guy!!

may i ask if anybody here knows of a torrent site that has rondo with chinese subs? i heard it is out already...thanks so much!
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KeepMeCaffein8td wrote:

I dunno what they were trying to do, but it was making me dizzy after a while... Ep 01 was pretty good, and I agree it had a movie-esque feel to it. I'm going to keep watching it for a while and see how it plays out.

at first i thought it was cool, then it got dizzy watching it spin around and around....kind of weird camera work...lol

yume wrote:

I just finished looking over episode 2, and Choi Ji Woo's acting seems to slip off and go toward a more flamboyant and INYOURFACE Korean style than episode 1...... It doesn't fit with how the other actors are acting. Even the other Korean actors have toned it down a bit. Nonetheless, episode 2 is cute. ^o^ And has a lot more action! Mokomichi as a gangster was hard to swallow, but it shows his skills.

Agree, her acting did regress back into kdrama mode. especially during that first scene where she's reading him the note, her acting was painfully bad! her facial expressions were so freakin stilted, wanted to while watching her trying to feign her usual "cute and innocent" repatoire .
just shows us how good of an actor takenouchi really is, performing so well against such a incompetent female lead, I'm sure it aint easy for him LOL.
i liked ep.2 well enough, aside from choi that is. Oh and that beginning scene where they both turn back to look at eachother while walking away, god i hated that scene, its a straight ripoff of an kdrama cliche.
Takenouchi was incredibly hot though, he has such a handsome face *swoons*

roaceica wrote:

may i ask if anybody here knows of a torrent site that has rondo with chinese subs? i heard it is out already...thanks so much!

try here... http://japanentertainmentdownloads.blogtastic.com/

hmm.....can't wait to watch it.........

Carmila wrote:

try here... http://japanentertainmentdownloads.blogtastic.com/

thank you very much!
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LOVING TAKUYA FOREVER!!!

yt wrote:

this drama seems a huge rip off from the HK Internal Affairs trilology. Those scenes of the 360 camer angles is a bit overdone. I think I must have seen it at least 15 times in ep01, are they trying to make it feel romantic??

yup yup.....
my sis asked my what do i think of rondo after watching it i told her it's korean/japanese "Moh Gann Dou"the only missing is the spy in the police station
anyway I'm waching this drama for Takenouchi Yutaka, I hope it's getting better. as Choi Ji Woo, sorry to say this but i never really like her acting even when i watch teh whole "winter sonata" and "beautiful days" still don't like her.......and in here she isn't any different than her other korean series

i will be keep on watching ....waiting for the english sub....

roaceica wrote:

thank you very much!

welcome

yt wrote:

this drama seems a huge rip off from the HK Internal Affairs trilology.

That's the first thing that popped into my head after I read the premise. This show looks interesting, I'll check it out soon. And the first episode is an hour and a half long!?

yt wrote:

this drama seems a huge rip off from the HK Internal Affairs trilology.

exactly my thought
and choi seemed a bit weird in there.. like a misfit.. duno how 2 explain it..
anyway.. i stopped watchin it after ep 1.. not that it was bad.. just aint as interestin as the other ones i'm watchin.. will see how it goes..

btw, does anyone know the name of the song which appeared at the end of ep 1 when it finally started snowin? it was sung by a male singer. if anyone knows, plz tell me, thx in advance. orz

you can download Ayaka's single, "I Believe" off of jpopsuki now.

here's the PV for it: http://www.youtube.com/?v=_iuJetauAyU
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