いいじゃない！わるくない！愛じゃない？

Wake you up is a ball of spring glow. ;A;


RISING HEART:
Hadn't realised this was a cover till a few days ago lol.
But it's amazing and oh, so joyous -
I love Miho because she loves what she's doing
and while there were points where I was worried she was straining she pulled through.
Queen <3
It's times like this I wish JP entertainment companies were less inward-looking
because I CAN'T GET AT THE PV and it's annoying. D:


JUST LISTENED TO THE LIVE VERSION OF BELIEVE (LONG OVERDUE) AND I'M FEELING IT :'D
Not the high notes, ofc, but that's nothing new.
Studio version will be adorable. \o/\o/

The movie Crows Zero wishes it could be.
...okay, maybe not lol.
But still.
Why are you so gorgeous, film? And so sad?


Lmao the more I think about yesterday's exam
the more I cringe at all the wasted possibilities.
It wasn't even that hard a paper
but I screwed up anyway?
Stupid.

NEARLY-FLAWLESS I REMEMBER PERFORMANCE, WOW
DAE I CAN'T WITH YOUR VOICE.
(and this shawol takes amazing fancams - girl ilu <3)

Tiger & Dragon:
WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN, guhhhh.
Easily my favourite of the (three, lololol) Kudo Kankuro dramas I've finished.
(YES, THIS > RYUSEI IMO. O.O)
I'd actually tried the SP one or two years back and decided that it wasn't quite my cup of tea,
but I'm so glad I came back to it.

-Beautiful, beautiful construction.
(The question hanging about my head throughout: exactly how much effort went into this??!)
Rakugo within rakugo within rakugo (IKRRRR :'D I GOT ALL STARRY-EYED),
with all these lovely parallels across layers...
I mean, I'm generally a sucker for dramas tying each ep's happenings into a thematically-coherent whole
(provided it's not clumsily done, of course),
but this was pretty much an A+ example of that approach.
Sometimes the connections sort of smacked you in the face, other times they were subtler -
but they were always, ALWAYS effective. And affecting.
The common thread being stories (as opposed to looser themes) probably gave it extra kick,
and ofc it doesn't hurt that the drama had some great base material to start with
(first brush with rakugo and I really enjoyed it - flawfree mix of pithy wisdom/wit. *O*
Plus it was kind of sad-interesting to see how consistent human nature has been across the centuries.).

-Lols:
Ryuji's utterly beng design sense, Megumi X Ryuji's relationship, Chibi-T,
Aoi Yuu's 'GinGIN~~' and his indulgent yakuza boss dad,
the recurring gag about Sayuri-chan crying,
the awesome oden stall/soba shop men,
Donta (okay so this one was laced with bittersweet, but still).

-The treatment of cross-generational ties was so... loving.
E.g. the Nakatani family and Dontei & co. adopting Kotora in turn ;~; ,
and how Dontei essentially became a father figure to Kotora (and all the other apprentices),
even as his relationship with his own son was still on the rocks.
And the eventual (inevitable, haha) choice between the two families.
I LOVE KOTORA/HIS LOYALTY - I COULD WAX LYRICAL ABOUT THIS AT LENGTH.
(Negl, I was tearing up on Kotora's behalf during that ep -
which transitioned into full-out sobbing when he told Ginjiro to drop the 'aniki' address.
HOW DO YOU EVEN MAKE THIS SORT OF DECISION </3 ;;;)
And ofc the Kotora/Ryuji (b)romance, hahaha. xD

-Nagase is (was?) HOT. And surprisingly skinny without his shirt??

-I liked that practically no guests were throwaways
(as they are wont to be in episodic dramas).
Cases in point: Yasuo, Jumptei Jump, guy Kotora was collecting debts from.
Does wonders for continuity, actually.

-Sour notes:
Disapproved of the light treatment of cheating.
Of course, most of it was milked for laughs, but it still didn't sit well with me. :(
Also thought the ending was slightly rushed (esp. the bit after the timejump).

But, overall, SHOWWW. IF YOU WERE A PERSON I'D HUG YOU.


EDIT: asjldifjqwelijr BAP I'm so happy for you(!!). WHEEZES

FILMING IN VEGAS?!
WHAT IS ITTT.
MV for a repackage?
In my ideal world this would mean a bromance-laden prologue to the One Shot MV, heh. :>
(...it can't be a new mini... right? Wouldn't put it past TS, but. O.O O.O)

OT but wouldn't it be pretty awesome
if some group had all their MVs happen in the same 'verse?
Like an AU fanfic that develops with every new song lolol.


E and I were bemoaning our common lack of motivation leading up to the exams.
YT's her new favourite hangout; I marathoned Tiger & Dragon
(no regrets bc AMAZING SHOW but whoa my timing really is the worst, isn't it).
Sigh. It's the last lap - why are we slowing down, not speeding up?
AND I STILL HAVEN'T DONE JAPANESE REVISION YET, what the heck.


SQUEEE Hashimoto Ai and Ochiai Motoki are actually dating irl awww *O*

BYG UNFFFF like whoa hold on dude (hahaha he knows it too) O.O
And lmao Dae's necklines dip lower with each successive BAP sighting JUST TAKE IT ALL OFF ALREADY

YOUNHA YOUNHA YOUNHA
NEW MIHO SINGLE ON 6 JUN YESSSS PLEASE BE GOOD

BRAIN, WORKKKK <-- my eternal refrain eurgh

KEEP CALM, CARRY ON, ETC ETC.
GOD, HELP ME ;~;

Yes. Just.
YES

Kazoku Game (ep2):
...is surprisingly absorbing?? xD
Not a fan of Yoshimoto's methods at all
(though the whole shock-tactics-catalysing-change route is very Kaseifu no Mita),
but it's interesting to guess at what he/the rest of the characters will do next,
and I can't wait to see the family start to form healthier relationship patterns.
(Systemic theory!! :'D Sigh they're so dysfunctional.)
AND, A BIGBIG PLUS: Sho is actually good. \o/
He needs to take on roles like this/Kamiyama more often. <3


Sennyu Tantei Tokage (ep1):
The acting in this is nothing to crow about
(should've known, really; Shota is a far better comedic actor than he is a dramatic one -
though I WAS hoping for more humour in this than there actually was, so. DD:).
Neither are the characters
(crossing my fingers that Mochizuki gets less annoying as the show wears on -.-).
The red herrings were pretty clumsy too.
What saved the ep, imho, were the chase/showdown scenes
(which were pretty heart-thumpingly awesome:
Shota slides down a laundry chute! Shota leaps down a stairwell and dents a car!
No, I'm serious. They were exciting. :D
Though the writers clearly don't shy away from unexpected injuries/deaths. ><).
I liked the twisty little reveal at the end, too, about Tokage's nickname
(maybe it's just me being 迟钝, lol, but I HADN'T GUESSED OKAY.
Gives things a whole new dimension - I want that backstory nowww.).


B is the sweetest proj supervisor, haha
(hands me back my report with REAMS of penciled comments
and insists 'it's very good already' WHEN NOOO IT'S NOT LMAO. I KNOW MYSELF.) -
AND I HAVE SO MANY CHANGES TO MAKE,
idek where to start. :(((
(Also: lol @ the fact that she pointed out over-hyphenation as my biggest stylistic flaw...
obviously it is high time to correct the habit. xD)
And there's revision, and job apps, and.
SIGH.
TOMORROW.
SOON. SOON.
BLEARGH


-4Min's mini is SO catchy (and SO inappropriate for revision, goodness).
Officially blaming Domino's overabundance of violins. xD
And still hooked on Standing Egg and Roy Kim,
which makes for a strange playlist, to say the least.
-The new tracks off Shout to the Walls! (save 鼓動) were a bit of a letdown.
I need my good emotional~ jams :(
-SekaOwa's RPG is amazing stuff (and Fukase is adorbs in the PV ;;).


The Popcorn con gives me SO. MANY. FEELS.
Need to do a recap soon to get them out of my system.
(Ohno's Cosmos choreo is everything. And Juntoshi! And Two! And Energy Song!
+ it helps that the album songs are fantastic.)

方大同
方大同
方大同

I can't believe I'd forgotten just how good the songs off 爱 爱 爱 were
(has it really been seven years O.O). ><
The funny thing is,
I clearly recall dl-ing 橙月 when it was released and being thoroughly disappointed
(thus the extended break from his music)
but I kind of adore it now?

...I'm growing up, aren't I ;;

I wish he hadn't moved further and further from his original sound -
still not a fan of most of 15 or 回到未来
(OT but what a misleading title sigh it is nothing like 未来),
though BB88 is MAD catchy and 千紙鶴 is gorgeously-written -
but Soulboy, 爱 爱 爱, 未来 and 橙月 asdfilajsdf.
It's not even that the lyrics are necessarily ~poetic,
just that the beauty of the music obscures any residual pedestrian-ness lolol.


听了好舒服～


ANDANDAND STANDING EGG ;A; *hearts for eyes* Flawless mini.