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Love Shuffle - Episode 2

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:46:00 -0600

ラブシャッフル Love Shuffle Episode Two First Aired: Winter 2009 Carlie’s Rating:
Rate This Episode: Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it. First week of love shuffling. Ojiro discovers a bit about AiAi’s past and why she has trouble in relationships. Older woman tries to seduce Kei and ends up in a bar fight (Hmm… Bad English there… I mean Kei ends up in a bar fight!). And there is a couple of pyjama parties…

Wow! This is a pretty crap show. The whole thing just seems pretentious. Let’s say it one more time, come on… “Love Shuffle”.
The music is soooo bad as well. The music sounds like it belongs in “Priscilla , Queen of the Desert.” I really don’t have much to say about this episode. It just didn’t excite me at all. The characters are just so bland. The good thing about this episode was the bad English. I love listening to bad English. One thing I don’t get is why the native English speakers always seem to slur their words/don’t talk clearly at all. It is almost impossible for me, a native speaker, to understand them. It’s not just in this, I’ve seen it before in other shows. The rest… Liar Game, also staring Matsuda Shota, I thought was bad but actually got pretty good. Will this also improve? We’ll see if I can continue to watch through this boring program. Who would have thought that swinging could actually be boring?
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Love Shuffle Ep 1

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:53:00 -0700

ラブシャッフル Love Shuffle Episode One First Aired: Winter 2009 Carlie’s Rating: Rate This Episode: Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it. This is about four peeps who get stuck in an elevator - it turns out they all live on the same floor. They are all a bit disgruntled with their love life and decide to get a new moral outlook - and to shuffle their romances. That is, each week they will swap partners. No keys in a bowl here, it seems like fate is decided by cards. Awwww. The characters here are unusual which usually works for me, but some how… some how I don’t know what to think. They aren’t bland, that’s for sure, but I’m not really loving them either. The therapist’s hair makes me laugh though… And this was strange too. I usually love strange. Peeing into cups… Really bad and old back ground music… Lame kisses that make me giggle. This should have me excited but I’m not. It some how just feels bland. At the same time, this was more like an “intro” episode. No shuffling has taken place yet. I’m hoping the next episode will be better and will grow on me. For now, meh, I’m not so impressed but I’m not hating it either. Daigo’s character. Some how, out of all the characters, I think he’s my favourite. It wasn’t bad, it was just a bit bland. These guys also live in an awesome apartment complex. I would shuffle with them just to live there!!! note: tbs drama alert!

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Hana Yori Dango - Episode One - Review

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:48:00 -0700

Hana Yori Dango 花より男子 Boys Over Flowers Episode One First Aired: 2005 Carlie’s Rating: Rate This Episode: Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it. The story of Tsukushi Makino, a poor girl who goes to a school filled with rich people. Then there is this group of boys called the “F4″, a group of rich bullies. Well, really, only one is the bully, a Tsukasa Domioji. The group decides to pick on Makino, which is the biggest mistake they could have made as she plans to fight back… This was one of the first dramas that I watched, and is thus will always have a special place in my heart. I also read (in English) the manga years ago, and was one of the things that contributed to my Japanese learning journey. This drama was also the start of a love affair with Matsumoto Jun. At first I didn’t get his appeal, but then he had me on his hook - another one Jun baited. We flirted for a while, but eventually I dumped him and moved on to different pastures. Episode One has Makino get the reg tag, and thus becomes bullied by the school. Makino is a great heroine because she stands up for herself. Tsukasa, on the other hand, is a real piece of work. I’d forgotten how mean he was, how horrible he could be. I was definitely rooting for Rui at the start. I can’t remember if it was the same with the manga, it’s been so many years since I read it. We do get a bit of insight into Tsukasa’s home life, so we gain a bit of perspective on why he is a huge a hole. The poor (figuratively) boy has issues, that’s for sure. I love the punch near the end. Pow, right in the kisser. And then it ends on a cliff hanger, getting kidnapped by Tsukasa… oooh, what will happen next?? Overall, this is a pretty strong first episode for a drama compared to most. And hey, I already said I’ll probably be a bit biased to this, as it’s like a “precious” childhood memory.

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