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yanie wrote:For me, its got to be DATE -koi to wa donna mono kashira- : http://asianwiki.com/Date_%28Japanese_Drama%29
It's like a sister drama to Saikou no Rikon.

I'll check it out. It sounds (vaguely?) similar to Kekkon Dekinai Otoko (lit. the man who can't marry), which is one of my favorites.

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Anything really good happen to air in the last 6 months or so?

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Cool. I looked at the sub's for the S3 episodes and quickly gave up. The timing in the SRTs never seemed to match with the timing of the actual video file. Anyway, good luck to ya'. It certainly is a lot of lines that need to be added. Are you also editing some of the already-translated lines? Anywa...

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He typically plays low-strung, easily-distracted, vaguely eccentric characters, who are typically the emotional grounding of whatever show--IE he sees what "really matters" when other people are distracted. Basically its the "absent minded genius" archetype. And he does it well. ...

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Yurayura has inspired me. Kind of. Right now we have English-language subs for everything in the Trick-universe EXCEPT the second season of Keibuho Yabe Kenzo. Which is a shame, because that spin-off series is seriously FUNNY. So maybe I'll do something about it? I've posted this in a few other plac...

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...And now I'm done watching the first Yabe series and am overcome with sadness that the second series was never fansubbed. So sad. It was absolutely hilarious. I had my doubts about it (what with most spin-offs being pretty bad) but it was fantastic. In some ways, I think its even a little better t...

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Just watched the first episode of the Yabe series. It's better than I expected. Shame it seems the second season was never subbed, especially as it seems to be the better season.

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^--You have to watch TRICK. If you liked Jonathan Creek at all, or like mystery-type shows at all, you really, really, really have to watch TRICK. That sounds pretty good to me. And, if I'm seeing correctly, there's quite a fair bit of it? Three series and some specials? Fingers crossed then, that'...

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Thanks. Is the Yabe spin-off any good?
EDIT: and AsiaTorrents looks like it's always going to be invite-only for new regs.

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I can't remember if I've seen that or not. Sounds vaguely familiar, but the only show I can remember with Odagiri Joe is the (fantastic) "Satorare," from back in 2002. .... Anyway, while I'm here, I guess I'll ask for recommendations, too. I haven't really followed the dramas season-by-sea...

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TRICK is such a big series I'm not even sure how much of it I've seen. I think I only ever saw the first three series' and one movie... or special? Or a movie and a special? I was never quite able to find movie files and/or subs of the more recent stuff online, though admittedly I haven't really loo...

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^--You have to watch TRICK. If you liked Jonathan Creek at all, or like mystery-type shows at all, you really, really, really have to watch TRICK.

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That's... Interesting? Maybe?

kathia_sophia wrote:So ep2 got 19% in ratings and ep3 got 20.5%. Really not bad IMO

Pretty good IMO. Generally speaking I think <10>15% of a show being good.

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Just out of curiosity, whose name his on Kuryu's phone screen, in episode 3 when he is in the conbini, can someone tell me? I can give it a shot, if you can provide me with a screengrab or timestamp (haven't watched ep2 yet, let alone ep3). I can't promise I'll be able to translate it as I'm not gr...

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Obviously there's the problem of retreading old material, but I'm... tentatively enjoying the new series. I'm mostly fine with "more of the same;" the main thing I'm hesitant about is where they're going to go with the Amamiya aspect. There are only a handful (3?) possible direction to go,...

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Hm... I was about to make a thread, but maybe it's better to ask here, first. I just learned (for some reason) that Wuxia television shows are, like, an actual thing. Color me excited. I've been watching the 2010 Three Kingdoms show and I absolutely love it. Easily one of my top-two favorite televis...

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^--My three favorite comedies are Trick (comedy/mystery w/ great humor), Kekkon Dekinai Otoko (basically Abe Hiroshi being awesome... comdey/romance) and a tie between Gonzo (police drama/comedy) and Seigi no Mikata (comedy/romance). You can't go wrong with those four. And if you've already seen 'em...

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i need jdrama recomendation.. my type is comedy, detective, and be better if it genre has both with much comedy on it.. these is my drama i already have.. c-> Comedy d-> detective r->romance 1. 4 shimai tantei dan - CD 2. Atashinchi no danshi - C 3. Boss - CD 4. Deka wanko - CD 5. Galileo - CD 6. H...

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Anything good air in the last year? I'm up for anything that doesn't have a downer ending. Doesn't matter if it's subbed or not.

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Anyone know of any good legal-type dramas (from any angle) like HERO or Gonzo? (Both of which are highly recommended to anyone looking for a generally awesome series to watch). How about Ningen no Shomei ? I thought Takenouchi Yutaka put in a very good performance. You can watch it with English sub...

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Anyone know of any good legal-type dramas (from any angle) like HERO or Gonzo?

(Both of which are highly recommended to anyone looking for a generally awesome series to watch).

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I say this fully prepared not to get a single response, but I'll go ahead and ask anyway.

Anyone know of any good (recent) Taiga dramas to recommend? So far, I've only seen King of Zipangu, but I'd like something a bit more recent.

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Might someone kindly point me toward this Oda Nobunaga movie I've heard so many good things about?

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MisS Lonliah wrote:
Haruka91 wrote:is there any jdrama like Samurai High School?
hmmm JIN maybe?

IWGP. Very, very, very peripherally. (

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Yeah, that's a good idea. I'm not sure how I'd set it up, but I'll try for next time.

Anyway, today's the last day.

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Bumping back up.

Survey closes Saturday, so if you haven't already... it only takes a minute or two.

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Bumping this back up to the top to make sure people see it. I don't know how well trafficked this sub-board is, think 41 is a good number? And a reminder for everyone: if you try to take the survey again, you ought to be able to edit your responses. (You wouldn't be taking the survey again, but chan...

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It's a bit inspired by this old thread , but a bit more versatile, and much, much less dependent on the thread-creator's presence. Basically, I have compiled a list of what seem to be the most popular Japanese dramas here. (More than 130 total). I've set them aside in a survey where they can be grad...

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Haruka91 wrote:hi, i aldy watch My Boss My Hero, Tiger & Dragon and Hanazakari no kimitachi e
so can someone recommend me some jdrama that funny like these?
maybe some comedy, high school romance, ....

Kudo Kankuro.

Remember the name.

Check out IWGP and Kisarazu Cat's Eye.

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Well, her other roles are... pretty bad.

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Give Hero and CHANGE a try. I wouldn't call them touching, but they have a nice balance of emotional bits with comedic bits with... I dunno, "feel good" bits. It's impossible not to love either one. Both, coincidentally, feature Kimura Takuya and Hiroshi Abe (whom you saw in Kekkon Dekinai...

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Just heard about the series, and it sounds pretty good.

I can't find it anywhere. I guess I'll keep looking.

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I've recently been getting an interest in dramas about siblings. Recommendations please (: Doesn't matter what genre or language. I can't think of many off the top of my head. Seigi no Mikata (about two sisters) was really good. Other than that, the only show I can remember is Yasuko to Keiji (youn...

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Was looking for a place to download the movies... then I had a thought and checked Amazon. Turns out both movies are available in English! Awesome! I guess I'm just not very aware on which Japanese movies get across the ocean. I wonder if any dramas make the jump, too..... Anyway, great series. Grea...

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I stopped watching the show after four of five episodes because it seemed like the same thing each time... I'm thinking of finishing it. For those who kept with it, did it improve? What were your overall impressions of the series?

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still no English subs for Rinjo 2 :( i really liked season 1. am trying to watch it without the subs with my very limited japanese but it would be soooo much better with the subs. i don't want to ruin the show by second guessing every now and then :( Do we know if anyone is planning to sub it? Seem...

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Thanks, that helped quite a bit! Four weeks isn't a very long time to have studied the language. I'm not sure if "chotto", "demo" and "zenzen" are even taught to you yet. Well, that's where we're at in my class. We're focusing more on grammar than kanji or katakana, tho...

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You might be right! the stories/plots in the first half of the drama were somehow better/fresher. comedy: Kaibutsu-kun * / Hotaru no Hikari 2 ** mystery: Majo Saiban & my fav. drama in 2009 was JIN *If you ignore their costumes & the poor CG, you will find the drama worth watching because i...

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It's 'JDrama Discussions,' but nothing indicates that threads have to be about specific dramas... right? I recently notices there was a drama based on Furin Kazan. I haven't watched it yet (because I haven't yet found time to read the book) but it got me thinking... Inoue Yasushi has been around for...

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Anyone know of any good, recent (no older than 2 years) comedy or mystery series worth checking out? Shinzanmono http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Shinzanmono Dubai? Really? Cool. Erm, anyway, HUGE THANKS for the reccomendation. I can't believe I didn't know about this show--Abe Jiro is, in my opinion, one...

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I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask, but at the moment I don't really know where else to go: I'm hoping there's at least one person here who is familiar with the language and able to help me out tonight. I'm a bit confused with particles & sentence structure. (I don't know how to wr...

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Anyone know of any good, recent (no older than 2 years) comedy or mystery series worth checking out?

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That sounds cool.

It does kind of seem like there've been a lot of time-travel dramas lately, though.

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Anyone see anything good lately? Haven't really watched anything since Shiroi Haru. Looking for any genre but "tragedy" 'cause I hate sad endings.

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Well, I'm here to ask (again) whether or not there've been any good dramas lately.

Only stuff I've seen recently has been JIN and Shiroi Haru.

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Nice. I went ahead and nabbed DVD-rips. Man, it's nice to actually be able to see people's faces in the season 1 stuff. Damn, I love this show. Looking back, I'm pretty sure I haven't seen either of the movies--never could find 'em. Guess it's about time to go looking again. It's a shame Trick'll ne...

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Seriously? That's incredibly awesome news!

Come to think of it, I don't know that I ever saw the second movie......

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Pokioki wrote:So it hasn't been subbed yet?

I'm still mega bummed out that Sawada Shin isn't going to be in it. At least they got together in the manga....

Really? I kinda figured they tease that out 'till the end. When did that happen?

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Been gone for a while... any good dramas since Shiroi Haru? Hi~ I'd like to watch a new drama. Something similar to Liar Game, Maou or Mr.Brain would be nice. I'm already looking into Bloody Monday, also seems good! =) Any drama that is really funny without concentrating too much on romance would al...

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Doesn't really sound like it was directed at her, personally, though......

Plenty of nutjobs out there, though. Have to say, I'm continually surprised that people believe the things they read on wikipedia.

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Very nice, Chocoa. Thanks a ton.

Though I have to admit my excitement is much dampened by the new ad system... what is it, an endless loop of various commercials and infomercials? Ulgh.

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I tried getting into Konkatsu... but it really didn't do anything for me. I think she's a pretty good actor, but she just hasn't been getting many good roles lately. Buy hey, at least she's still around--which is more than can be said for Negishi Satori.

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Did you know she has her own, semi-biographical manga?

Some group called "Alice Dreams" scanlated it, but they've got this asinine policy where ya' can't download unless ya' post in their forum 15 times, so I haven't read it.

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I, uh... haven't noticed that. At all. What exactly are you watching? If that's the impression you're getting, I feel like it must be a fairly narrow selection.

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^--Thanks. Honestly, right now it feels like my favorite actors and actresses keep getting bum roles. ~__~ Really, nothing Aya's been in since Attention Please really meets her "level." Right now, I've finished watching the first episode of Konkatsu. It seems promising, I suppose, (nice to...

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I have managed to watch the 1st episode of Mirai Koshi Meguru. Its more of a teacher/student classroom drama. I was hoping for something romance/comedy or just funny. Not quite what I expected. Actually the 2nd episode was a complete bore. The teacher and her grandfather have the ability to see the...

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cantaboy wrote:I've been meaning to watch HERO for a long time now, but I don't know where to download.

Uh... here.

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If you like Abe Hiroshi, you should also check out Egao no Hosoku and Hero. He's got a supporting role in Hero, but it's still a great show. Edit: D'OH! And Shiroi Haru. It's airing right now and it's really, really, really good. It's a more serious drama, but it's still got some funny moments (like...

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hey all. i'm running out of dramas to watch too. i watch some that are currently airing, but they're still being subbed, so i'm looking for some to watch while waiting. i prefer dramas that make me feel good or even make me laugh while watching it. i've watched quite a number already. these are the...

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but about one litre of tears... lots of people say it's good. i've never tried to watch it, though, so i don't know if my suggestion counts. it's just too dramatic for me, see. How can you say a series is too dramatic if you haven't watched it? Give it a chance before knocking it off. I feel the sa...

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You finish Orange Days? I didn't care much for the concept, myself, but by the end I loved it. If you want nerdy AND cool, I can really only think of one actor that can pull that off... Abe Hiroshi. Pretty much all of his shows are top-tier, but he doesn't do the "nice" so much. (think gru...

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My hopes are high. The live-action adaptation seems to be the best of the bunch. The anime's too low-budget, and I gave up on the manga long ago because, once the gang went to Europe, the story started heading nowhere--fast.

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^--I love triangle? That's fairly common. I think it's harder to find a romance-series without one. I'll go ahead and toss out Orange Days. The triangle is a pretty minor element and occurs pretty late in the story, but if you haven't seen it yet... ya' really need to. *ahem* While I'm at it, I'd lo...

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^--My Boss My Hero. Check it out. You'll love it.

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I've been out of the loop lately... I think the last drama I watched was Seigi no Mikata (one of the best, IMHO). What's been good lately?

I'll watch pretty much anything--crime, mystery, comedy, romance, action, etc.--except tragedies. Hate depressing stuff.

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^--It's a crying shame he isn't doing comedies any more.

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On the comedy lever how would you rate this from 1 to 10? I'm into really funny doramas like My boss my hero etc... I dunno... I'd say around a seven or an eight or so. It's better than a lot of stuff out there, but it's not quite at the same level of, say, "Trick"--but then again, what i...

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So... what's good this season? I've heard decent things about Bloody Monday, so I'm gonna give that a try. Anything else worth looking at? Also, I've been pretty busy this year. The only '08 shows I've seen are the hosptial ones from the summer, Maou, and Yasuko to Kenji. I miss any good stuff since...

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Have new shows started up yet? Anything worth checking out?

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MisS Lonliah wrote:Ueto's role is said to be inspired by American celebrity Paris Hilton.

...That's not exactly good news.

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...eh.... dunno about it being too formulaic, the setting is a bit too open-ended for that--besides, there's way too much potential ALL OVER the board to limit to a single formula. I'll be sad if it does, but hopefully if it does it'll relegate the formulaic parts to, like, the last seven minutes or...

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^--they look really familiar to me, but I can't place 'em.

Just watched the ep1... I had high expectations, but damn, I wasn't expecting it to be ~that~ good. Nothing's that good. (Well, except Trick). Incredible. Absolute best drama of the year.

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Zettai Kareshii is very funny (you may know the Manga?) ... But I can't garant for a 100% happy end Osen is very calm but with nice humour and a series that I greatly enjoy! Daisuki!! is one of my favourites! Despite the serious topic it's very light hearted and nice. Besides, hiraoka yuta is reaso...

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I've been away for a while... could anyone tell me what the best shows were airing between last winter (jan. 08) and now? (I suppose that means "promising new shows" since we're so early into the summer). I'm mostly into comedy, romance and mystery shows, though I'll take anything that's G...

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You see that big green bar at the top of the page? DramaWIki. It's amazingly useful for a wiki.

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