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Yes, I do have some, the ones I can think of right now are especially: Higashide Masahiro Everything I have seen him in he is just plain bad. Not one single cell in his face seems to be able to move, much less form any kind of expressive emotion. He is just standing like a stick and reciting his tex...

I hope it´s okay to be honest. When I saw her for the first time in 'Otomen' I was not very impressed, but then it was just a small part and she wasn´t horrible, so. But in 'Rurouni Kenshin' I found her rather pale, but then not one of the actors performances left an impression on me - I found all v...

Ah, Jiro´s "goofiness" had kind of become a trademark for some of his parts. Well, he is quite a good supporting actor. I just recently saw him in the movie 'Judge' (the thriller, not the comedy - there are two recent Japanese movies with the same title) in a more serious part opposite Set...

Hi, I am looking for jdramas about older woman / younger man. Not necessarily a biiig age diference, but something like "Kimi wa petto" or "Kyou wa kaisha yasumimasu ". on the romantic-comedy side. Maybe you can try these :-) - Platonic - Second Love How about Nemureru Mori no J...

I´m going to stop now. I tried to watch as long as possible, and to be honest, my only reason to continue was the character of Toshimaro. This was from start to finish an excellent performance from Seto Koji. He offered the whole range of emotion and depth to his character until the very last second...

My final opinion on Lost Days is, that it´s actually a enjoyable series, but could have been even better with another writer and without Kiriyama, Triendl and Yoshizawa. I took my time and rewatched the whole series again. It´s really not a bad series per se at all, it´s simply that some factors hav...

Triendl isn´t a good actress, but at least she isn´t hamming up her scenes constantly, so I´m okay with her. Apart from Kiriyama´s limited expressions (angry, bland and smilling - always in the same manner - he can´t do more), he is constantly trying veeeery hard to look crazy, which is simply annoy...

Ah well, I watched all episodes up to now, so only the last one on Saturday is left. The main disappointment for me is that Kiriyama Ren and Yoshizawa Ryo are such terrible actors, up to the point that they are really ruining scenes with their overacting. :/ Another thing is that all characters, wit...

Oh that´s great! I´m looking forward to watch both series. Is it just me, or does his part in Nemureru Mori no Jukujo has some Dorian Gray vibe to it? But then, it´s a romantic comedy, so it surely isn´t going to be as tragically, but that Prince sounds like a great part for Koji. I love his complex...

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Seto Koji teams up with Goriki Ayame in “Teen Court” Last week, it was revealed that actress Goriki Ayame (19) will be starring in a new drama series titled “Teen Court ~10-dai Saiban~.” It is now known that the male lead will be played by Seto Koji (23). Inspired by the concept of teen courts in t...

P.S. - I wonder,..if this version was the first one (2007)... I wonder how people's opinion would change.... You can see the answer to your question easily on the low ratings. Hanakimi with these ratings would have flopped 2007, the same way it´s flopping now. I watched the first episode and tried ...

Hmm, I wonder... If the writer make the princesses have to take etiquette lessons everyday, without knowing what's going on outside, they cannot hang around men, may not talk abt politic-related matters, and just responds submissively to whatever they are told to do... Won't it make a boring story?...

The DVD just came out 4 days ago.

I just want to say that he was simply brilliant as Ranmaru in GOU ~Himetachi no Sengoku~ :wub: In a short time, he was able to give his character all necessary traits that we read about in history books. Not only was he dazzlingly beautiful, but also a faithful aid, caring Lover and fierce Samurai. ...

Interestingly I can´t compare Ueno Juri to her Nodame Character, because I couldn´t endure to watch more than 5 minutes of that overdone slapstick. What bothers me in Gou is simply that we have 3 main characters who are not appearing as the persons they are supposed to be. Age issue aside. These thr...

Taken from here: Secrets of Japan The decline of shudo started with the westernization of Japan. At the end of the industrial revolution, homosexuality had disappeared from the social realm. Even today, the Japanese only speak of it as a deficiency or a sexual anomaly. This is a direct result of the...

In his Novel "Taiko" described Eiji Yoshikawa, that Ranmaru used wood to build a coffin around Nobunaga, for lighter inflaming. There was also the possibility that the boy used fuel in form of the little shokudai (small oil lanterns) to heat up the fire. I don´t know to what degree the bon...

Please read this: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/濃姫 Very little historical facts found on No-hime. Her mother's father's surname is Akechi, so there's A THEORY that No-hime is Mitsuhide's cousin. But since Mitsuhide's first half of life (before he met Nobunaga) is unclear, itsel...

How ever you want to bend or twist it, there is just no excuse for Mitshuhide´s action to attack intentionally a defenseless group of barely 100 men, with an army of over 10 000 soldiers. That´s just black treachery and absolutly against the morals of the Samurai Code. If he was unhappy and had have...

@ vspirit, just try to explain what you want to say?

My favourite funny moment too!

Doesn´t everyone has a character he can sympathize with more than the others? I think that´s just natural. :-) I find it easy to understand how Yuta feels. Doesn´t everyone of us was once scared in gym class, when the teacher ordered us to jump over the (vaulting) horse? Or getting into a traffic ac...

I don´t see how Yuta is a Wuss. Could you maybe explain more what exactly bothers you? When I look back, I see a strong boy, who knows about his responsibility and makes decisions with his brain, carefully and logical. I like to see him facing a wall now and then, because confronting a character wit...

I think, we shouldn´t forget that Yuta is a strong and talented athlete, with the same basis training like Tsurumi. They were Rivals since middle school after all, not without a reason. I mean, you don´t declare another boy to your Rival, when he is no match for you. I bet there was something foul t...

Well, few can be as manly as the Kyushu Boy. UFC fighters weep with sorrow that they can't match up. Or match outfits. WIN! *IMAO* :lol :lol :lol Is Seto really that much taller? I thought they were about the same. Just 5 cm, well accurately 4,5 cm (170 cm and 174,5 cm). Although, I would say it´s ...

I think I have a big weakness for boys who can do center-splits ... http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/5059/winkup062010018.jpg http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/939/myojo052010012.jpg and pull off an elegant classical Arabesque, with their legs so heigh! :wub: http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/21...

Manly armpits. lol I don't know what whoever is sore about in regards to arm pits, though. Explain? Please?:unsure: Maybe somebody is jealous, becaue he can´t have manly armpits like the Kyushu Boy, because of the lack of ... hair! :P But really, I certainly noticed that Nishijima and Nakadoi are t...

*lol* I already gave Tamoto secretly the nickname Tomato, Kaneko is easier to keep in mind. He and Satoshi are not very tall, but they both have a lot of muscles. Daito is the tallest of the team with 1,82 m and then follow Yamamoto and Miura both with 1,80 m. And Akira is a giant with 1,84 m. But a...

But it´s not peach, it´s hot-pink and matches the T-Shirts with their Slogan "Dancing, Jumping, Tumbling" :-) Not sure yet, if they are going to have the Dragon on their chest too, but on the back for sure. I kind of imagine that they have the Dragon´s back on their chest. Well, I think th...

Yes, Wataru is definitely in danger of being too perfect, like a yanki Mary Sue. Maybe the next episode will humble him again. I like to see him learning from everyone else as much as seeing anyone else learn from him. Exactly. It´s getting a bit obviously sometimes that the writers like to go the ...

I fell in love with this show in the first episode. Yuta´s reluctance towards Azuma was interesting to watch and his angry and frustrated outbursts were heartbreaking. But in the end, he had some kind of sixth sense, that it would just end in big trouble. Even though, afterwards both boys, who could...

I saw Koji on Saturday afternoon during his Handshake-Event at Ikebukuro (Sunshine City). I´m still totally incoherent with joy. It was so awesome and surreal at the same time. That boy is so tall and truly beautiful! :wub: Despite the funky purple/pink plaid suit (*lol* I really couldn´t believe th...

I liked this series. It was not one of the best Dramas ever, but it was good.
The story was slow paced and you needed patience here and there, but the characters moved well with it. When you have time and need a "calm" series, I would say have a look at it.