Reviews

I have just finished watching this drama and I really don't know what to think of it. I found it quite interesting to watch a drama with a "forbidden" love and the actors were really great at portraying their roles. Naoko had to hide her feelings and it was sad to see how much pain it caused her. The last two episodes were also very sad but on the other hand very convincing, only the ending was ... I don't even know how to describe my feelings. It destroyed everything and I wish there had been another one.
As you can see I liked the story except the ending because it made me not want to watch this drama ever again. If you don't like ironic (and ridiculous) endings, don't watch this!

(I'm sorry if you don't quite understand what I am trying to say, but since I don't want to reveal anything I cannot explain more.)

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When a live-action version of Ouran was announced, I jumped up and down until I gave myself a headache. I am a serious fan of Ouran High School manga and anime (especially the manga), and I've always thought that it should be adapted into a live action.

I wasn't disappointed, either. The Ouran High School Host Club drama truly was the icing on Hunny-sempai's keki for me. I love the drama, the cast, and the entire adaptation of Bisco Hatori's fantastic manga on screen.

In particular, I find that Yamamoto Yusuke plays Tamaki well (I knew he could do it--he is awesome). I don't understand the arguments about his acting ability based on his hair color--which in the manga isn't blonde anyway. A character which surprised me was Daito Shunsuke's Kyouya. Kyouya was my least favorite character in Ouran until the drama. He's still not my favorite, but I like him much more now (that has nothing to do with Daito's suaveness, whatsoever, lol). I also felt that Haruna was a good Haruhi, and Chiba is an awesome Hunny. The Takagi Twins never fail to disappoint, either.

Plot-wise, I feel that the drama did the best it could with the ridiculous time constraints put on it by the network. As the first drama I've ever watched in Real Time, I never once did not laugh during an episode. Everything worked well, and it could not get me more excited for the movie.

Overall, I will rewatch Ouran again because it's that good, it's my favorite manga, and it's a good drama on sad days.

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Gokusen is one of those dramas which will grip from the beginning to the end. Why? Because it has such a human element which touches the soul. Even though I'm not a delinquent, I can identify with what the characters go through, and also how Yankumi feels as she struggles to "teach" them.

Another reason that I enjoy Gokusen is its cast. To be honest, my interest in watching this drama started because I like Matsujun and Oguri Shun-being that they were the leads in the first two dramas I'd ever watched. In Gokusen, both of them proved to me even more why I like them; however, I was most moved by Nakama Yukie's performance as Yankumi.

Some argue that a flaw of this show is the similarity in situations of some of the students. I don't see this as a flaw; rather, I find that this use is important to it's message: "You're not alone." As humans, we go through similar things each day, but we think we are alone--that no one else could go through the things we do. The beauty of Gokusen, therefore, reveals the flaw in this type of thinking.

Overall, I would watch Gokusen again and again and again. Also, the drama got me into the manga-which is awesome--and the anime--which is also very good.

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I've just finished watch this drama. I'm so excited when I watched this, even my heart raced with this movie. It boiled like they said like a ramyun your heart will boil. It happened to me. hahahaha. A first I like how they could make any kind of ramyun and put some passion in there. Also the story tell us about how a spoiled rich boy fell in love and he changed for the one he loved. The story is great overall, there are some part that can make you sad but also funny and happy at the same time. The cast I love how the director chose Jung Il Woo as the main character, because he has the charisma that could fill the position of spoiled rich boy Cha Ji Soo, also the main woman character that 6 older than him. As for the soundtrack, There are some song that I like but not most of it. This is the first time I don't like too much with the soundtrack, as I usually always went crazy for every single drama soundtrack that I have watched. So overall, if you like a romantic story with different kind of feeling that make your heart boiling this is the drama that you should watch.

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My second favorite historical drama of all time. The plot with only partial real historical significance was very well done, the actors all fit the parts they played. The drama is very intence the drama. one night 2 daughters ,laehee to the selfish wife and ja myung go to the kind wife, were brought into the world into the same family from 2 different wives. the selfish wife who will stop at nothing to have her way, tells conniving lies, and ruthlessly murders and disposes of ppl who get in her way of making her daughter heir(you will h8 this wife with a passion after you finish the drama). the kind wife is a women who lost her daughter and b/c of that charitably helps orphans ,she is unaware that that the reason she lost ja myung go was b/c of the selfish womans greed. Puku is a girl who grew up along with her "brother" as an orphan in a circus troupe. she longs for knowing who her parents are and the reasons behind the scar on her chest and why she keeps almost being murdered. Prince Hodong is prince of goguryeo who b/c his mother died when he was little recived little love in his life and after his father takes a new wife all he feels is hatred b/c she is constantly mean to him b/c she wants to have the kings son and have her son be heir. Hodong falls in love with Puku and pertends to be in love with laehee. This story is a heartwrenching constant battle b/w the selfish wife who wanted her daughter to be heir and the kind wife who just wants her daughter back and a battle b/w 2 sisters ja myong go and princess laehee who fight not only over the crown but prince hodong, while goguryeo and nakrang are at war. HIGHLY recomended!!

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I have rewatched this drama and its sequal and the movie 3x each because of its captivating plot. once i finished the first episode i was hooked ,to be honest, the first episode towards the beg. seemed slow but once i finished the episode i was amazed and intriged with the characters and the story. i was left in awe of the intellectual depth of the story, for i had never seen a drama with ,not just a single character, but the "liar game" as a whole have a well calculated plot with unsuspecting twists and complications; which as it progressed became greater and greater. I thoroughly enjoyed this series and out of all the hundreds of dramas and movies i've seen, this to me, ranks number 1.

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As far as I can remember, this is the very first kdrama that I've watched and obviously the very reason why I started loving kdramas. I love the actors..Won Bin just took my breath away. Until now, every time I feel like crying, I still take time to watch this drama. The story is pretty common but how it was written to make televiewers love it, is a mystery. The actors will captivate the hearts of the viewers because you can feel their pain & all. I don't know with the others but I am really in love with this drama. This kdrama, for me, is an epitome of what true love should be.

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This movie is AMAZING!! I just loved every single minute of it. This movie really makes me want to call all my friends and tell them how much I love them and no matter what they will always be the most important people in my life. Watching this movie made me really jealous because even though they haven't seen each other in so long, they were able to find each other and become friends again. I wonder if in the future, will I still be able to be with my friends? Will they still be my friends? This movie has taught me that we shouldn't take advantage of our life because we don't know what happens tomorrow. We should spend every minute of everyday like it is our last. We should spend it with the people we love the most. This movie is very touching.

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Brilliant. Confessions. A movie that I came across, I honestly didn't expect to like it but Confessions was an amazing movie, from the beginning to end. Just when you think you've figured out what happened a few minutes pass by and you realize you haven't. It's a movie where you hear confessions from different people including students and as you hear every little detail you realize that they were in fact not innocent at all and that they had a dark side to them. You hear every confession and then, at the end of the movie, you put all the pieces together and you have what really happened or what I should say what happened 'behind the scenes.' By the end of the movie I had but one question, who should I pity because everyone had a part in the crime. And the end of the movie, it was wrapped up magnificently.
What you thought was, was not.

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I have just finished watching this movie and I really like it. I think that the actors portrayed their roles very well, especially Tabe Mikako [Sawako] who not only looks scary but also very cute and sweet. Sometimes it was really funny watching her because she does not know much about love but it was even nicer to see how much she cares for her friends. Miura Haruma [Kazehaya] was also very sweet sometimes and I really wish there were more guys like him.
One thing that disappointed me a bit was the ending. Even though it would not fit Sawako's character very well if something big had happened, I wanted it to be more special.
Furthermore I wanted to know what happened between Ryuu and Chizuru afterwards. It would have been so nice to know ...
All in all I enjoyed this movie a lot maybe because I have not watched the anime yet and cannot compare. Anyway, I think the movie is worth watching and maybe I will rewatch it in a few weeks (:

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