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Replying to this very late... I don't have any problems with her character being a tomboy, it's not like they don't exist in the real world. Jiu goes too far, almost becoming a parody. Every five minutes the episode goes out of its way to let the audience know, in increasingly preposterous ways, tha...

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I finished watching the whole thing. The first half is an ordinary Japanese detective drama with paranormal stuff tacked on as an afterthought, except for the episode with the possession SPEC (which wasn't as exciting as it could have been). Some intriguing moments, but all in all not very interesti...

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I'm late to the party and just watched the first episode. I was not impressed. The human brain uses only 10 % of its capacity, and evolution gives people special powers. The writer really thought these cliches were still acceptable in 2010. They're overused, they're boring, they're stupid. Just say ...

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Honjitsu wa Taian Nari: came for Tanimura, stayed for the twins subplot. It's much more interesting than anything else in the story. Amusing that Bunshin is airing at the same time, since it's also about two identical people. Even more amusing is that one of the twins in Honjitsu is named Marika, an...

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I thought part of her punishing herself was marrying the guy once she found out about the doll because she knew she wasn't really going to enjoy it. But if she was determined to punish herself, she wouldn't have even started "dating" him. She seemed happy before her husband-to-be revealed...

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lolcopter: I never got invested into the characters and I don't think you are suppose to. Its a story that explores the themes of vengeance and atonement in a dark comedy setting. I'm not sure how the first episode relates to those. If Aoi's character decided to stay with Mr. Creepy in order to ato...

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I gave this a spin. The first episode is indeed nothing like most dramas, but the elements that distinguish it from other dramas are also ones I don't like. I'm not into the desaturated and clinical look, the unbelievably abnormal personalities, and the self-consciously shocking plot twists forebodi...

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First episode was decent enough, but so was Hanawake no Yon Shimai's. I'm sure they'll manage to ruin everything soon enough.

The show mainly piqued my curiosity because of Mikako Ichikawa. I don't think she's had a high visibility drama role before.

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And to think that some people here actually advocate having only one source for a file. This just goes to show that files should be mirrored as far and wide as possible. As for torrents, they've been going after them for years now, especially TPB. But they haven't had much success, and probably neve...

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I can't make a top five, but I guess the most enjoyable drama I saw last year was Deka Wanko.

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The end: It all falls apart during the last two episodes. Kouhei and Yuna turn into indecisive 13 year olds and it never occurs to them that they should probably sit down and talk about what they're going to do. So we get Yuna's impromptu press conference where she announces she's going to retire to...

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The diner in the beginning of episode 8 is the exact same place used in Atami no Sousakan. - Yuna's way of rejecting Kouhei is such an overused cliche, and it wasn't even necessary to include it. - I knew Kuma's confession would get interrupted. Thankfully that cliche was busted soon afterwards. I w...

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I've been looking for the OST but haven't been able to find it.

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Episode 7:

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The actress playing the younger daughter of Kohei's sister is really, really good.

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DramaWiki : So close and yet so far away...An inconspicuous body guard Namiki Kohei (Nishijima Hidetoshi) is assigned to be a body guard to a mega Korean super star, Han Yuna (Kim Tae Hee). Kohei is less than ordinary, a single man almost 40 in age working part time at a security company. Despite h...

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That's a bummer. Then I do hope someone else subs this drama, or STORMY Team changes their minds and releases their subs here. They won't. STORMY stopped releasing subs years ago because streaming sites kept appropriating their work. Of course this is no different from how they appropriate the work...

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Why can't they use ASS subs?

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Getting back to the hard vs. soft thing, I time for both soft and hard subs, and many compromises must be made with soft subs. If there is spoken dialog at the same time as onscreen text, you've got to be a little creative with the timing placement. With hard subs, you simply place the onscreen tex...

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I can't remember the last time I've seen hardsubs. There's no reason to use them anymore since softsubs can do just about everything hardsubs can.

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Yeah, Jotei is complete schlock. I suffered through it only because Ai Maeda has a supporting role. It's preposterous that she doesn't get better roles than this when she's so beautiful and can act just as well or better than many popular actresses. It makes no sense. Ando Natsu is... mediocre. Of c...

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Episode 11: - Has Takemi ever considered what she's going to do when she's too old to attract men? - Shozaburo is sad because now he'll have to cook and clean by himself. Awww... :( - The subplots of Ume and Fujiko are really boring and unnecessary. - I like how the problem of getting to Tokyo in a ...

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I guess she's more clingy than the average woman, but not excessively so. I just don't see anything about her behavior that would be unpleasant to someone who's compatible with her. Sakurako settling in rather quickly was a combination of naivety, things moving too fast, the unexpected conflict with...

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Cool story, bro. I sincerely hope that the next time she stars in a drama, they'll make her character so perfect you won't have to go around defending her for no good reason. What I said in my previous post is entirely true, and you're just butthurt because you can't refute it. I've also said many ...

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Well like I've said, the problem isn't that she is clingy, the problem is that she is clinging to the wrong person. You wouldn't notice anything if she was dating someone who loves her.

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Episode 10: - Sakurako seems like she might be finally snapping out of it. - Are we really not getting a tearful death scene? Well... maybe we can have one later. Otousan must be too tired now. I'd be tired too. - I think the realism of Shozaburo's dream could have been enhanced by making him naked....

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There were definitely times in Mei-chan when it dragged. There was one particular episode that I thought was torturously boring. I liked Eikura's performance but I really kept watching because of Tanimura. She plays Mei's weird neighbor. Some of the other characters were also amusing, and there was ...

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This show tries too hard to be funny, serious, light-hearted, and everything else but that's why it has so many flaws... The problem is that the show is entirely tone deaf. Like, in episode 6 when Sakurako talks to Takemi about her beach trip, the scene is perfectly serious except for the comedic m...

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Episode 9 - Oh yeah... she's definitely crazy in the coconut. I would still marry her though. - I'm starting to wonder if Takemi actually hates Sakurako for some reason. She's always causing her trouble and never takes her problems seriously. And when she gave her some "advice" she actuall...

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My Internet connection went down for a month, and I've now caught up to episode 8. Here are some observations recorded as I went through the episodes. Episode 4 - It is an absolutely sound idea to do a Judo throw against an old man on a hard surface for no reason at all. If he dies of a skull fractu...

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"Trying too hard" is exactly what I thought. The show goes really out of its way to make her character seem like the biggest, baddest supercop in the world, as if afraid that otherwise the audience won't take her seriously. She's also a huge a-hole (just look at the Judo scene) and dresses...

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I added a link to DramaWiki and the show's description.

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Episode three: It's sad that Sakurako just wants to be somebody's wife, and she's wasting time with this doucheface. Oh well, I'm sure they'll completely rewrite him into a respectable human being soon enough. For no reason. Ume seems to be pining after a potential doucheface too. I guess it's true ...

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Japan has no reason to care about television shows being shared here because the market for them is non-existent in the West. Anime does have commercial importance here, but it doesn't look like much has been done to stop its piracy either. NyaaTorrents, BakaBT and countless fansub groups seem to ha...

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I just remembered something that bothered me about the story. In what alternate reality is it possible to so effortlessly get a job with a good salary and flexible hours that doesn't require any skills or training? The only qualification Seiji needs for the job is that he can stand upright. He just ...

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About the photographer I don't think he's a borderline rapist, but he is a bit of a player. I think in the bar scene he was just amused how easy it was to read Sakurako. A girl who's usually like air to people, plus being overshadowed by her sister all her life, is a very easy target to a player wh...

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Complete softsubs here, but they come with video files (1280x720).

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furransu wrote:i want to keep the size as small as possible to not waste my monthly internet quota.

Ah, of course. Have you tried reducing the audio quality to cut down the file size? At any rate, I hope you'll continue using 450p if possible.

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I don't see any reason to keep using 704x396. It's a really antiquated standard, much like 700 MB / 1.3 GB file sizes. File size doesn't seem like a great argument. If you compare these encodes to old 704x396 XviD/DivX encodes, the file size is actually smaller . Of course if you use 704x396 with x2...

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He didn't come across like that at all to me! I got some seriously creepy rape vibes from him. I can't remember the last time I've hated a character so viscerally. The thing about Sakurako is that she doesn't seem like someone who would do one night stands, and she certainly was very bewildered in ...

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greenjade05 wrote:What's your take on Takemi, Fujiko, and Ume?

I don't have any particular take on them so far, though it's easy to see that Takemi is someone who appears frivolous but really isn't.

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I could really use subs too, though after years of watching Japanese movies and dramas I can follow along surprisingly well without subs.

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howtwosavealif3 wrote:basically if you don't like it don't watch it.

This is the same as saying, "You are not allowed to criticize anything."

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I read that the domestic abuse subplot was expanded because viewers liked it (for some reason), but as a result the story of Ruka and Michiru got sidetracked.

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DramaWiki : A dad who is popular with the ladies and a mom that continues to love the dad without any doubt like a young girl. The four sisters that the unbelievably ironclad husband and wife raised includes, an unmarried and divorced, a marriage hunter, a boyfriend-less, and one that has no luck w...

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Quantity certainly forgoes quality for Japanese TV. Plenty of excuses can be made, like "Japan doesn't have a big market," but none really explain the phenomenon. It doesn't make sense to say Japan has a limited market because of its size and language barrier, and then in the same stateme...

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Having handsome actors or lots of extras doesn't mean the drama has high production values.

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outcast_within wrote:hana kimi, hana yori dango, densha otoko and that show where they air guitared in the opening (someinth monogatari about poor student and rich student combo)

How do they have high production values?

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Japanese dramas hardly ever have notable production values. With a show like JIN they may spend a lot of money on sets and such, but the cinematography, editing etc. is still the same old cookie cutter stuff you see in every other drama. That's the real problem. In the same vein, Yamato has good set...

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Enster wrote:Mod Edit: DDL links removed.

What's this about? DDLs are not allowed here?

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I just watched it and my verdict is that it's boring, banal and ****. Everyone acts like an idiot, nothing makes sense and the plot is held together by the most laughable, worn-out cliches imaginable. Even when there's a dire, time-critical emergency going on, everyone takes the time to make dramati...

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saigo_x wrote:Your question was answered various times.

Oh? Where exactly?

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I think BT is the best distribution method of raws rather than mega-upload etc. because at least it gives people an opportunity to give something back to the community by seeding what they have downloaded. With Mega-uploads and the likes no such opportunity are available. It's best to use both DDLs...

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Arguing or even replying to Loller is a utter waste of time.. He does not factor into this conversation and should really be ignored as he simply does not comprehend the matter at hand.. I like how everyone keeps dancing around my question. So I guess my suspicions must be correct: this is about no...

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The whole point of the discussion is to find ways to improve the distribution of files so it is not only leechers that benefit from the hard work of the contributors. The goal is to lesen the load on the contributors and the people who actually give back to the community so that we ALL benefit. How...

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Ethlenn wrote:I'd like to hear more about propositions to improve D-A, not insults.

If the problem is a bad seeder-to-leecher ratio, the only solution I can think of is a membership system and a private tracker. But DA had to get rid of its tracker earlier.

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Why don't you take a poll smart guy? The only troll here is you. If you knew anything at all you would see that the people who have actually discussed the problem are a wide range of contributors all with the same experiences. You've offered nothing of value. You are a naysayer and nothing more. Yo...

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Oh please, stop feigning ignorance. All you ever reply with are deragotory insinuations about "ego" and "self serving". It's the passive aggressive way of calling someone an egotistical famewhore while claming innocence. You have not made any reasonable contribution to this deba...

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:blink There is that mentality I was referring to again. What part of my post you quoted says anything about "ego"? None of the contributors who have expressed their opinions are asking others to bow their heads in worship. Seriously you people need to get over that crap already. You guys...

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But that is the problem, the supposed "wide distribution" never pays off. It is the reason groups ask that there not be more than one torrent for their releases. Distribution eventually leads to dilution. You completely misunderstand the problem. Giving more to someone who will never give...

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What does it matter if somebody re-distributes RAWs you've uploaded here? It's not like you made all those television shows, or have permission to distribute them. I've always thought files should be spread as far and wide as possible, to make them accessible to more people and to protect them from ...

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JiveTalkinRobot wrote:Proposal Daisakusen

A sappy love story starring a Johnny... not exactly what the guy is looking for.

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I also recommend Atami no Sousakan, Shinzanmono and Kekkon Dekinai Otoko. Cat Street is one of my favorite doramas. There are no Johnnies and it's not a love story. I guess because it's by NHK they didn't have to worry about idol casting and mass appeal too much. Mop Girl is another favorite. Again,...

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I don't like the constant inner monologues of Jin. They're almost always vapid, repetitive, redundant and banal. As every writer knows, it's almost always better to show than tell. Narration can work really well (e.g. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), but in JIN it's a completely worthless waste o...

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And at some places it really is... I would kinda understand maybe if they themselves were models or their body was being used as/for a product.. but if they're writers why should their body weight (even being a bit chunky) has to matter? You can still love fashion but be a bit bigger (plus-size mod...

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«minah» wrote:So I love how they worked that in there (and to show audience how messed up and unethical their regulations are).

It's not messed up or unethical, it's just a job requirement.

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Nobuko is not only fat, but has a personality that's like nails on a chalkboard (perhaps Saki Aibu just isn't good at playing a genki girl). But I'm sure the series will still end with her being fat and prince charming marrying her because of her "inner beauty." Even if she didn't have an ...

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jodynco wrote:Okay. I bow to you're superiority on actually having access to that kind of information. I live in the U.S.A. and have heard nothing about it.

I don't have any more access than you do. I can't read Japanese and I don't live in Japan.

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It's been over a month since the quake. If those actresses had died or gone missing, we would have known about it a long time ago. Kitagawa has been active since the quake, and Ueno Juri is still acting in Gou, so how they could be dead or missing?

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I don't get why the wiki has to be so closed. My favorite actress' entry is very incomplete (as are many others), and I don't see anyone fixing it. If I wanted to do it I'd have to send an application . Forget it. If you're going to run the wiki by yourselves, then I expect you to keep it updated. B...

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They're both great sites and 90% of my drama/movie downloads have come from either SR or those two livejournal groups. In fact, between the three sites there have only been two dramas and one movie I haven't been able to find, and I haven't found them anywhere else either (well, I know Stormy has o...

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I like Tokiwa.

I mildly dislike Maki Horikita, but I think that may be because of the roles I've seen her in. She seems to be quite charming when she's smiling, but I think I've only seen her play unlikeable and grumpy characters.

Something about Meisa Kuroki annoys me a lot.

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My interpretation of el_canuck's incoherent ramblings is that he's some sort of weeaboo trying to defend the honor of Glorius Nippon. I am not saying that you guys have no right to criticise but what i'm saying is the choices are dumbfounding to me. Obviously there are elements to the story that int...

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The ratings were 05.9, I don't know how good that is by NHK standards.

Around here (as in the English-speaking Internet) I have mostly just seen people complain that it isn't like the manga and Tanimura is not beautiful enough to be the lead.

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Well, the first episode is so formulaic and predictable that it was probably automatically generated by a computer (much like many other dramas). Not even one drop of originality, just one cliche after another. The sequence in the beginning that shows the main character as a child is completely redu...

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