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Soratobu, final ep:
A blatant JASDF public education exercise!
(Much like the rest of the episodes, just in far greater quantities here haha.)
Interesting info, of course, and Tohoku rebuilding efforts are always moving to hear about,
but there's only so much characters can say before they become mere mouthpieces
and the audience feels like they're being conked on the head repeatedly.
Also: lmao @ the overload of character cameos and that dumbed-down, cheesy ending. ><
Remarkable (and nicely ironic), then,
that the SoraiXInaba relationship was beautiful precisely because it was understated.
Adorable, yes (:'D squeeee), but with a quiet heft/maturity
that light romances in dramas rarely possess. <333
The JASDF setting should never have taken centrestage at the expense of better-written material
(though I guess there's no way of knowing if the romance would have become less likable
if more screentime had been devoted to it).
Tumbling, AKA superficial thoughts on a substandard drama:
1. Seto Koji is not nearly as cute as I had thought he was. :'(((
2. Yamamoto Yusuke's bone structure is out of this world.
3. Kiyama is vv hot! (obvs I like 'em tall, dark and extremely serious)
4. Had Tomiura Satoshi's voice truly not broken at nineteen?
5. Can you really perform gymnastics while wearing glasses? O.o
6. I hated the way the show dealt with Mizusawa's involuntary outing.
7. Best parts of the drama (by far, lmao) were the performances by the real gymnasts. STUNNING ;A;
Sennyu Tantei Tokage, ep9:
COLOUR ME IMPRESSED.
This plot managed to go from insipid to pretty fantastic between eps 6 and 7?
I actually care what happens to the characters now.
(And managed to watch 3 eps in a row. O.O)
A blatant JASDF public education exercise!
(Much like the rest of the episodes, just in far greater quantities here haha.)
Interesting info, of course, and Tohoku rebuilding efforts are always moving to hear about,
but there's only so much characters can say before they become mere mouthpieces
and the audience feels like they're being conked on the head repeatedly.
Also: lmao @ the overload of character cameos and that dumbed-down, cheesy ending. ><
Remarkable (and nicely ironic), then,
that the SoraiXInaba relationship was beautiful precisely because it was understated.
Adorable, yes (:'D squeeee), but with a quiet heft/maturity
that light romances in dramas rarely possess. <333
The JASDF setting should never have taken centrestage at the expense of better-written material
(though I guess there's no way of knowing if the romance would have become less likable
if more screentime had been devoted to it).
Tumbling, AKA superficial thoughts on a substandard drama:
1. Seto Koji is not nearly as cute as I had thought he was. :'(((
2. Yamamoto Yusuke's bone structure is out of this world.
3. Kiyama is vv hot! (obvs I like 'em tall, dark and extremely serious)
4. Had Tomiura Satoshi's voice truly not broken at nineteen?
5. Can you really perform gymnastics while wearing glasses? O.o
6. I hated the way the show dealt with Mizusawa's involuntary outing.
7. Best parts of the drama (by far, lmao) were the performances by the real gymnasts. STUNNING ;A;
Sennyu Tantei Tokage, ep9:
COLOUR ME IMPRESSED.
This plot managed to go from insipid to pretty fantastic between eps 6 and 7?
I actually care what happens to the characters now.
(And managed to watch 3 eps in a row. O.O)