Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo is a 2013 Fuji TV Japanese TV drama. It fights with Hana Yori Dango for the number one spot for dramas in my heart. I love them both and have probably seen Mischievous Kiss 8 or more times (I lost track). In a dram like this, become so invested in … [Read more…]
Bleach is a Japanese 2018 Netflix film, produced by Warner Bros. It’s based in the manga/anime by the same name. It was release in Japan in July 2018 and made available to American audiences in September 2018. Genre: Action, Fantasy Length: 1 hour 48 minutes Produced by Warner Bros Directed by Shinsuke Sato Summary Ichigo … [Read more…]
My interest in this manga comes from my aunt. She recommended me to watch the anime, My Love Story!! (aka Ore Monogatari!!–which can be found on Hulu). Now I haven’t watch anime (except for Dragonball Super) in a long time. I started an episode or two, but opted for the live action movie instead. The … [Read more…]
“We’re both looking at the same moon, in the same world. We’re connected to reality by the same line. All I have to do is quietly draw it towards me.” 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami Published by Shinchosha Publishing Co (originally in Japan as 3 separate books), Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, … [Read more…]
Boys Over Flowers was the first live action adaptation of this manga that I saw. I thought the drama was cute. But it wasn’t until I watched Hana Yori Dango (which is the Japanese live action adaptation of the manga) did I fall in love with the story. Just like Itazura Na Kiss, this is … [Read more…]
Good Morning Call: Our Campus Days (2017) was much awaited by me. Its release date on Netflix was continuously pushed back because unknown reasons (to me at least). The drama is the second season to the drama of the same name Good Morning Call (2016). Genre: Romantic comedy, drama Episodes: 10 Summary We last left … [Read more…]
Whenever I read or watch something, I like to write about the cultural differences that I see. The things we can learning about culture from Good Morning Kiss are minimal, but still very interesting. Kimono vs Yukata In the manga, Nao wears both a kimono and a yukata at some point. They both look … [Read more…]
In the manga Good Morning Call, the heroine of the story accidentally broke a couple expensive bowls when she ran into a ramen shop worker, Issei. A customer ordered them and they were being delivered. Upset, Issei insisted that Nao work in the shop to pay off the broken bowls. One of the other menu … [Read more…]
It started with the Korean drama, Playful Kiss. If I stopped there, I probably would have never read the manga (because I don’t care for it). Then I watched Mischievous Kiss, It Started with a Kiss, Miss in kiss, and Kiss Me. If I never watched the others, I wouldn’t have fallen in love with … [Read more…]