Two dramas down, 283363563 to go...

Livejournal! I've been neglecting you, I'm sorry. Life just got really busy all of a sudden. (Perhaps most embarrassing is that my reaction to the sudden craziness wasn't "oh, my social life!" but "I AM FALLING BEHIND ON ALL MY DRAMAS, WHY, WHYYY").

Anyway, I did manage to watch Soredemo - some quick thoughts -

Karaoke date = hilarious and heartbreaking all at once. DRINK THE GINGER ALE, HIROKI. His mom almost-sorta-kinda-approving of their relationship was awesome.

I think Futuba is officially my favorite.

I want Fumiya to wander over and kill Hiroki's stalker chick because I find her really boring.

Hiroki's angry-and-vengeful face wasn't half as scary as his mom picking up a knife during that dinner and just thinking about it. (Also, who the hell is that actress and why doesn't she have ALL THE AWARDS?)

Apparently I have deep feelings about doctors/caretakers taking advantage of their patients, because my reaction to Fumiya's little love story was "OH MY GOD TAKE AWAY HER LICENSE, DO IT NOW, OH MY GOD SO GROSS."

I find myself really interested in Toyama/Fumiya family dynamic, which sucks because I doubt the show has the time or inclination to explore it in-depth what with everything else going on. I just find it fascinating and full of questions! Will we hear anything else about F/F's mom? Fumiya isn't a pedophile, so why the fixation on little girls? And his record described their father as a deadbeat, which doesn't match the happy, loving parent we've seen in the present. Was it just a ploy by his lawyers or is there something skeevy going on?

Speaking of skeevy, FUMIYA IS FREAKING ME RIGHT OUT. I'm used to jdrama psychopaths being giant hams and/or gloating serial killers, not... quiet people wandering around with day jobs and stray thoughts of murder.

To me? The most frightening thing about his diary wasn't even the content, but the way he reported his feelings so matter-of-fact and dispassionate. "I think I'll do it again." sdkfhsklfhsdkfhd brb hair standing on end.

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AND THEN THERE'S ZENKAI GIRL OMG OMG -









I'm sorry, when did my ridiculous romcom OTP become AN EPIC COUPLE OF REPRESSED FEELINGS AND EMOTIONAL LANDMINES?













SLURP SLURP SLUUUURP THIS MASOCHIST SMOOTHIE IS DELICIOUS









I just have to mention this scene, because:

1) MY HEART
2) I expected the Ririka thing to last much longer, so I was really quite pleased when it didn't.
3) I can't believe I'm about to praise Ryo's acting, but when you go back and re-watch this scene after his confession to Wakaba, you can actually see his face fall when Pitaro remembers his mother's smell. I hadn't even noticed the first time around THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING IN MY EYE but once you have context it turns into a really subtle, nicely done character moment on his part. Good job, Ryo! I promise to make fun of you less in the future.