I feel really bad for that girl, I mean, how can people be that bad ?
That's so sick..
All these characters creeps me out: the teacher, the girls band, the mother.
Does this kind of things happen in Japan ? Because it's said to be realist
And those skirts are really short aren't they ?
I wonder what the thug dude is going to do. Will he attack mana's "boyfriend", ayumu or both ?
I can't wait to see what'll happen.
BTW how many episodes will there be ?
I hope ratings won't fall to much (10% last week)
Do you guys know where I can go to watch this drama? I've searched in youtube, but since it is a pretty common title, it gives me different things -,-;;
Is there anyplace else I can go to watch this drama? or something else I can type in the search box of youtube besides "LIFE" ?
I hope my question gets answered -,-;; thank you ^^
41nano wrote:I've watched the 5 first ep so far and...
I feel really bad for that girl, I mean, how can people be that bad ?
That's so sick..
All these characters creeps me out: the teacher, the girls band, the mother.
Does this kind of things happen in Japan ? Because it's said to be realist
And those skirts are really short aren't they ?
I wonder what the thug dude is going to do. Will he attack mana's "boyfriend", ayumu or both ?
I can't wait to see what'll happen.
BTW how many episodes will there be ?
I hope ratings won't fall to much (10% last week)
Yes, such things really happen in Japan (maybe not that exaggerated like in LIFE).
Japan is very well-known for its bullying on schools.
And the skirts are that short but not on every school.
Lily told me that last year 7 studends (if I remember correctly) commettited suicide in just one week.
41nano wrote:I've watched the 5 first ep so far and...
I feel really bad for that girl, I mean, how can people be that bad ?
That's so sick..
All these characters creeps me out: the teacher, the girls band, the mother.
Does this kind of things happen in Japan ? Because it's said to be realist
And those skirts are really short aren't they ?
I wonder what the thug dude is going to do. Will he attack mana's "boyfriend", ayumu or both ?
I can't wait to see what'll happen.
BTW how many episodes will there be ?
I hope ratings won't fall to much (10% last week)
Yes, such things really happen in Japan (maybe not that exaggerated like in LIFE).
Japan is very well-known for its bullying on schools.
And the skirts are that short but not on every school.
Lily told me that last year 7 studends (if I remember correctly) commettited suicide in just one week.
indeed it is unfourtunatly true
im surrently working at a private school in japan so its different to a public school, alot stricter and the skirts aren't short and i haven't seen any bullying as such but the school roof is permanantly locked due to suicide.
youd think they would make it so in all schools as it seems to be a popular suicide location.
last nights episode was good but left a cliffhanger so now im waiting desperatly to see what will happen next week.
That evil girl gets more and more crazy evil each episode i love it!!
Yay that stupid perverted boy got his just desserts but he seems to be using it to get closer to that teacher, sick!
haha, yeah. this series just keeps getting deeper and deeper. i was watching ep6 with my friend and he was like omg, there comes a point where it's just too much. Anyway i love it!
I just finished whatever episode it was that aired tonight (7?).
Just another one of those ムカツク episodes. I do like the approach of someone standing up for themselves but still being bullied; kind of steals the hope from kids that are afraid to stand up for themselves, though.
I downloaded the previous eps, so I guess I'll be doing a little mini-marathon.
JuliaLane wrote:
Thanks so much! I am downloading 1-6 as I type this!
Can I burn these episodes to dvd after? Is that possible? It sort of seems that I have to watch them only on the special player...
You can download them and find them as "avi" like this :
I hope it'll help you !
I can't wait for the next episode, LIFE is one of my favorite drama I think, great story, great characters, and I love Fukuda Saki.
kagurazaka wrote:do i have to register to download from veoh? or using special softwere to dl?
Yeah, you must register and download Veoh's software to be able to download them. It's pretty fast though, it took me at least 20min to download one episode.
I loved the new episode, so much suspence ! I can't wait for the next one!
Okkkk...after I had watched episode 7 w/subs and episode 8 w/o subs...
Episode 7 opinion: WHAT THE HELL? (sorry for caps). Mana is TOO MUCH.
Geez Mana's character is just SICK.SICK.SICK.
Seriously, that girl loves lying,betraying,hurting,insulting,ordering people to murder other people.
What the hell is exactly her problem?
Now she even started hurting Katsumi by purpose.
And Katsumi doesnt even care. He uses Mana to blame everything on Ayumu.
Both are such MORONS (sorry for insulting).
I'm glad Ayumu and her mother are on the way having a good releationship.
Sanoda was brave. Props to him. Never expected that.
I admire him. He can be strong, huh? I wished he killed Akira.
But hahah, Akira got caught. NAIS.
Episode 8: WHAT THE HELL² ? Mana is REALLY TOO MUCH. Everyone who hated Hiro, will pity her.
OMG she jumped from the roof but god thanks she survived.
Can someone tell what the thing in the gym hall was about?
It was something about ijime and suddenly Ayumu went to the front and said something.
I didnt understand this part.
Wow episode 8 really was interesting.
Finally Ayumu beats back.
But Hiro.. what I saw in the preview for episode 9, Mana will blackmail Hiro (dont know how yet) and Hiro will say in the gym-hall that Ayumu is the one who lead Hiro to commit suicide. And that Ayumu is bullying.
Hahah..well , since everyone started hating Mana, she needed a new plan, huh?
GoGo Ayumu. You can do it.
But am I the only one or do the teacher bully/talk bad about Hiroka-sensei?
SO interesting.
Also I loved the scene in which Ayumu talked back to Mana's daddy..aww how interesting.
I can talk hours about how good LIFE is.
So sad. This drama definitly deserves more attention than all this childish, unrealistic johnny dramas (LIKE HANAKIMI.)
Seems no one was bullied before furthermore they dont care about it.
LIFE can make the one or other person stronger...but well, just my personl opinion.
hahaha yes i agree LIFE is VERYYY GOOOD. but please don't say hana kimi's really bad compared to it. i think it's in a different genre with a different audience. the two dramas have their good and bad poitns. cuz honestly, i knwo from wat i hear bullying IS a problem in japan (well in every country of course), but would someone actually be as crazy as the antagonists in this story? yeah there will always be some crazy ppl like that, but i bet they're not as common or evil/cruel like that..
Although it can be a bit repetitive and slow, I'm liking this drama quite a bit, they could have fit the first 7 episodes into about 4 or 5, or have added more to the story though. The direction and editing - specifically the music editing - is excellent, I love how they fit the music around the words and suddenly start and stop it for dramatic effect.
It's a shame they've dramatized it they way they have though. Even though it airs at 11pm they've cut out the more controversial stuff from the manga (from what I've read, the self harm and rape); which makes it (the story) less effective. Though I suppose there is a fine line between realism, and being too over the top.
I'm liking Kitano Kii's acting, and it's good to see Seki Megumi in a drama again, after her bit part in Ganbatte Ikimasshoi.
With reguard to the gym bit the guy who was talking was talking about bullying. Im not entirely sure what he said but it wasnt much. Maybe just don't do it or something lame like that.
So the main girl (having temporary mind blank for her name) goes forward and asks 'is this the school answer? don't kid me! ' she says some more stuff about the school not doing anything helpful and storms out
With reguard to the gym bit the guy who was talking was talking about bullying. Im not entirely sure what he said but it wasnt much. Maybe just don't do it or something lame like that.
So the main girl (having temporary mind blank for her name) goes forward and asks 'is this the school answer? don't kid me! ' she says some more stuff about the school not doing anything helpful and storms out
talking about realistic and unrealistic... the bullying thing can be alot worse than in LIFE, believe me, and it's very rare that bullied kids can meet someone like Miki or Sonoka to help them survive, rare, but sometimes possible... in most cases others are afraid and paralysed by a thought that they can be bullied to, the kid has to stand up on his own and fight or change the school, in the worst cases the kids end up commiting suicide... that's sad, but true
manga & drama spoiler, you read this on your own responsibility, don't blame me
about manga: Hiro jumps in volume 11th, in 12th she does what we see in the preview for ep 9 of the drama, but her words and behaviour only meets with hesistance from the school kids...
I think the manga should end soon, with like volume 16 (if the mangaka doesn't plan to do another twists in this story), since Hiraoka sensei protected Shiiba san and revealed the real ijime, she got fired, in the end of vol.15 Toda sensei just busts in and says that Manami chan is the real ijime... Toda sensei who was always fond of Manami and Katsumi, she finally realizes that, unfortunately very late.
kagurazaka wrote:do i have to register to download from veoh? or using special softwere to dl?
Yeah, you must register and download Veoh's software to be able to download them. It's pretty fast though, it took me at least 20min to download one episode.
I loved the new episode, so much suspence ! I can't wait for the next one!
THANKS FYI !
reading the spoilers makes me wanna see this dorama more. i need to see miki
Finally I decided to join in this discussion. I can't explain how much I love this drama. It's just so fantastic! Anyway, Miliyah, regarding what was said by the teacher on stage:
More specifically he was talking about how Manami's parents were worried that if investigation was carried out, she would be bullied even more, which is why they are stopping all investigations for the bullying case. Which is, of course, utterly lame, because all they want to do is to protect the reputation of the school and all that nonsense.
Thanks Star Candy, for that info from the manga. Makes me feel a little more hope in watching the drama, which has thus far left me wrenching and hating Manami more and more.
Does anyone want a good ending for Katsumi? I know he did some unforgivable things but he got some of that back from Akira and i think he is a very pitiful guy who is afraid of his father.
I was thinking why he treats Ayumi like that and maybe it's because he wants to vent his frustration on her because of his fathers abuse. He treated her the same way his father treated him by wanting her to apologize politely the same way he was apologizing to his father while he was beating him up or it could be that he is just plain crazy. I don't think he really likes himself for that. Anyways he could be a promising person so i wish he would get some help and turn into a "normal" person in the end.
I really liked episode 8 when she finally said something
crazypilovee wrote:yeahhh i liked ep 8 too! finally STANDING UP FOR HERSELF.
mm true katsumi's dad's SOOOO scary.... it's even scarier that ayumu's mom's dating him!! ahhhhhhhhh
Er, correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think Ayumu's mom is dating him lol. At the beginning, didn't Ayumu say that her dad is on a business trip or something like that? He's not dead and Katsumi's mom isn't dead either lol.
crazypilovee wrote:yeahhh i liked ep 8 too! finally STANDING UP FOR HERSELF.
mm true katsumi's dad's SOOOO scary.... it's even scarier that ayumu's mom's dating him!! ahhhhhhhhh
Er, correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think Ayumu's mom is dating him lol. At the beginning, didn't Ayumu say that her dad is on a business trip or something like that? He's not dead and Katsumi's mom isn't dead either lol.
She was talking to him about how ayumu isn't hardworking or good at school, in comparison to katsumi, and asked for advice (and subsequently asked katsumi to tutor ayumu).
saturdays episode was pretty slow and actually had some happy moments? i was wondering for a while if i was actually watching life but luckily evil girl is evil enough to make every episode evil so all is good
finally got to see some people get their just deserts but the only nice teacher was made to quit school. Its no wonder the younger kids bully at school when the teachers do it too. Shiba's mum was great in this episode really standing up for her daughter. the episode ends with the whole school chanting for Mana to appologise on her hands and knees. In the preview for the next episode it looks like its Shiba's turn to bully Mana.
Nah, I think that the preview is just a dream sequence... I bet Ayumu and the gang are going to get the people to stop asking for the repentence bow and tell everyone that they're just as bad as Anzai for doing it.
I liked how Ayumu's mom put Katsumi's dad in his place by telling him he's a pathetic excuse for a father.
...and Katsumi offed his dad.
Tadasensei is just a wanker... she gave in to Anzai and planted that **** in Ayumu's desk. I wonder how she got it to match up with Ayumu's handwriting.
I swear, this show was so ムカつく every week... I so wanted Ayumu to go Columbine on them fools. Oh well, I hope to see a big セフレ carved into Anzai's desk.
Finally watched this week's episode... It was very interesting, I can't wait for the next and last episode (too bad >.<)!
I ordered the OST too, I found it on Yesasia and bought it.. I can't wait to receive it <3!
I can't wait to see the last episode.This drama is so great.I love all the actors and actress of this show, they're so great.I love to see evil people in a drama, it's so good, especially Mana, what a bad girl.I want to hit her every time she appears on screen.
I hope to see these actress and actors more often in drama.
I have to say, I'm a bit surprised at Toda/Tada sensei, whatever her name is. Because she was all cool and stuff, I thought she would be the "good guy" in all of this. I completely got her character wrong.
This show is crazy lol. The girl that plays Manami is a really good actress, cuz I absolutely hate her character...if I saw her in another drama, I'd probably still dislike her lol.
I love the opening song though, does anyone know where I can download it? Not the Mika Nakashima song, the instrumental one that plays in the background and I think in the credits.
i just watched ep9... so she's arleady having an innapropriate relationship w/ her student katsumi(the rapist crazy kid) andd is caught by manami so toda freaking accuses ayumu of cheating on the final cuz manami blackmailed her.
this is like.. i would say the best suspense drama i've seen...
ohh so i watch this on veoh, and one of the veoh members who commented said his cousin's acts in there (you know there're two boys who first thought the bullying was funny and then started getting tired of ayumu's crew bullying ppl.. although they never did much about it?i think he's the cuter guy haha) anyways so the actor talks about in his blog how the manami actress is like the NICEST grl ever in real life. if she really is nice like that.. then wow props to her for being able to get the audience (us) to hate her SOOO MUCH.
crazypilovee wrote:yeah... she'll get worse towards the end
i just watched ep9... so she's arleady having an innapropriate relationship w/ her student katsumi(the rapist crazy kid) andd is caught by manami so toda freaking accuses ayumu of cheating on the final cuz manami blackmailed her.
this is like.. i would say the best suspense drama i've seen...
ohh so i watch this on veoh, and one of the veoh members who commented said his cousin's acts in there (you know there're two boys who first thought the bullying was funny and then started getting tired of ayumu's crew bullying ppl.. although they never did much about it?i think he's the cuter guy haha) anyways so the actor talks about in his blog how the manami actress is like the NICEST grl ever in real life. if she really is nice like that.. then wow props to her for being able to get the audience (us) to hate her SOOO MUCH.
Can you post a link to that blog? Oh, I'm guessing it's all in Japanese, right? Well, I'll try and push my way through it even though my Japanese isn't great... ^_~;
hikkichan wrote:It ended with a "meh" for me... kind of what I expected.
I'll go ahead and encode it, so check back in about 2 hrs for the file.
Thanks hikkichan, I can't wait to see this final episode ! I'm expecting a good episode, I hope it is =)
I'll receive my order this week, I'll rip and upload the OST as soon as I receive my cd =)
i agree that the ending wat a little meh but it was good in other ways.
I have decided to veiw this drama as being all about one person's (ayumu) personal development. She starts of week at the beggining of the drama and slowly grows into a strong person who will fight to protect he values and her friends.
The things that surprised me the most in this episode was when
That guy (forgotten his name) save Mana from the creepy guy (whos name ive also forgotten) I knew somebody would i just wasnt expecting it to be him
I felt the ending was probably quite true to reality especially with
the whole class starting to bully mana without even realising that they were just going back into the same pattern as with ayumu
Hi, all. I've been using this site for a while, but this is my first post. I have to say, I really enjoyed this series.
I checked the blog above and what it says is that there is rumour for a special in November or a second series next year. I don't really think a second series is necessary though... The show got its point across quite well.
That is, that bullying won't disappear that easily. It just moves along to another target.
hmmm... I don't like how they're trying to milk a topical drama like this
I'm tired of all the school bullying stuff... but it's become a sub-genre since Queen's Classroom (maybe earlier), sine then there was one per season...