"Bye-cycle! Bye Bye-bicycle!" I finally reached the end of the 10-episode jdorama, Nobuta Wo Produce last saturday night and I love it! I was so hooked, I was done with it in 2 days. Great cast and plot. I wanted to hug my friends after. Every episode atleast teaches a certain value to its viewers. It was very touching and I was super genki to see such wonderful yaoi stunts from Yamapi&Kame. Yehes.:P
Kamenashi Kazuya & Tomohiso Yamashita
Nobuko (Nobuta) was a new transferee to their school, and was extremely bullied by everyone since she doesn't talk and acts really strange. So Akira and Kame decided to produce her into a popular, confident Nobuko and called her Nobuta, (buta meant pig) haha! In the process of their Nobuta producing, they eventually learned many things from each other and also discovered their real selves. Like with Kame, he always hides in his cool personality. He often lies and pretends to care about everyone cos he's scared that people might hate him. He loved pleasing everybody until Nobuta taught him that it won't hurt to be just himself. He used to hate having Akira around until they slowly developed a strong bond together with Nobuta.:)
Ultra Eye Spot:
~Kame unbelievably looks (super ultramantiga) so much like Keita Tachibana. Sometimes, I almost think Keita's the one acting. Haha! The actions, the hair, the facial features, everything! Kame<3! ~The expressions and quotes used in the jdorama are so funny and cute. Esp when Akira does his "Kon" thing, imitating a fox. Others are: Byecycle!, Akira shock!, Akira down!, Nobuta power..Chuunyu (enter)! -- taught to Nobuta by Akira. He says it will make her feel stronger.
~Erika Toda is in here too as Mariko, one of the most popular girls in school. They date and all that cos Kame wants to show off around his classmates.
~Akira made a pig inspired by Nobuta. They eventually used it for one of their producing tactics as a stupid-looking keychain which unexpectedly became popular.
~I was praying that Shuji would like Nobuta but it didn't happen. They have a few kilig moments though. Yeeha.
~Akira actually liked Nobuta but he didn't pursue his feelings for the sake of their friendship. ~I was hoping for atleast a little love story between Akira and Shuji and yey it finally showed on the last part. I knew it, it was all about their yaoi act. Hahaha!
~Yamapi looks like Joseph Bitangcol, (I hate to say this but they do resemble a tiny bit) and Nobuta looks a little like Kitchie Nadal. HAHA!
*Yamapi and Kame should totally make a jdroama love story of their own. They look perfect together.:)
Summary
Shuji Kiritani (Kazuya Kamenashi) is one of the most popular guys in his school. He is pretending to care for all of his classmates, but deep down, is quiet and doesn't open up to others. But for some reason,when his eccentric classmate Akira Kusano (Tomohisa Yamashita) is around, he can show his true self.One day, a new girl from another school comes to Shuji's classroom. Her name is Nobuko Kotani (Maki Horikita). Nobuko=Nobuta. From her gloomy looks, she begins to get harassed by the class bullies in no time. Hearing about this, Akira comes up with the idea to makeover Nobuko from her looks to her personality, so that she'd become one of the most popular girls in their school. That way, there's no way the bullies can harass her. And so Shuji and Akira's greatmake-over begins... A Cinderella story which portrays the social life of Japanese teenagers and real friendship. credits to http://www.jdorama.com/drama.961.htm
Fruit Drops. After Nobuta wo Produce, Jaycette and I picked Grave of the Fireflies (Live Action) for our next midnight viewing shift. *spoilers ahead* It's a terribly sad movie. I cried so much that my eyes hurt like hell when I woke up the next morning. I still had to put some ice into my left eye so that mom won't notice. Hahaha. The setting was in the Japanese-American war during the WWII. The movie focused on the lives of Setsuko and her older brother Seita who was orphaned and left to live with their aunt. Everyone experienced famine and was almost left to starve. The rations were getting smaller everyday and their aunt still has her own 4 kids to feed. Because of the severing situation their aunt had to find ways to feed everyone like selling her own kimonos. Until seita and setsuko became an obvious burden to the family. So they decided to live on their own and stayed at a little shelter in the forest. They were starving to death and Seita did desperate attempts such as stealing food during air raids, when houses are left open, just to survive. It was too much misery that I cried. The siblings loved each other dearly and Seita-san's acts of strong will to protect his sister was very heart-warming. The movie opened my eyes to the bitter reality that during times like war or even simple situations wherein you're left with nothing but your beliefs and values, life turns into a rat race and people could eventually become heartless and consider biting everyone's head off just to survive.:(
Ultra Eye Spot:
~Kame unbelievably looks (super ultramantiga) so much like Keita Tachibana. Sometimes, I almost think Keita's the one acting. Haha! The actions, the hair, the facial features, everything! Kame<3! ~The expressions and quotes used in the jdorama are so funny and cute. Esp when Akira does his "Kon" thing, imitating a fox. Others are: Byecycle!, Akira shock!, Akira down!, Nobuta power..Chuunyu (enter)! -- taught to Nobuta by Akira. He says it will make her feel stronger.
~Erika Toda is in here too as Mariko, one of the most popular girls in school. They date and all that cos Kame wants to show off around his classmates.
~Akira made a pig inspired by Nobuta. They eventually used it for one of their producing tactics as a stupid-looking keychain which unexpectedly became popular.
~I was praying that Shuji would like Nobuta but it didn't happen. They have a few kilig moments though. Yeeha.
~Akira actually liked Nobuta but he didn't pursue his feelings for the sake of their friendship. ~I was hoping for atleast a little love story between Akira and Shuji and yey it finally showed on the last part. I knew it, it was all about their yaoi act. Hahaha!
~Yamapi looks like Joseph Bitangcol, (I hate to say this but they do resemble a tiny bit) and Nobuta looks a little like Kitchie Nadal. HAHA!
*Yamapi and Kame should totally make a jdroama love story of their own. They look perfect together.:)
Summary
Shuji Kiritani (Kazuya Kamenashi) is one of the most popular guys in his school. He is pretending to care for all of his classmates, but deep down, is quiet and doesn't open up to others. But for some reason,when his eccentric classmate Akira Kusano (Tomohisa Yamashita) is around, he can show his true self.One day, a new girl from another school comes to Shuji's classroom. Her name is Nobuko Kotani (Maki Horikita). Nobuko=Nobuta. From her gloomy looks, she begins to get harassed by the class bullies in no time. Hearing about this, Akira comes up with the idea to makeover Nobuko from her looks to her personality, so that she'd become one of the most popular girls in their school. That way, there's no way the bullies can harass her. And so Shuji and Akira's greatmake-over begins... A Cinderella story which portrays the social life of Japanese teenagers and real friendship. credits to http://www.jdorama.com/drama.961.htm
Fruit Drops. After Nobuta wo Produce, Jaycette and I picked Grave of the Fireflies (Live Action) for our next midnight viewing shift. *spoilers ahead* It's a terribly sad movie. I cried so much that my eyes hurt like hell when I woke up the next morning. I still had to put some ice into my left eye so that mom won't notice. Hahaha. The setting was in the Japanese-American war during the WWII. The movie focused on the lives of Setsuko and her older brother Seita who was orphaned and left to live with their aunt. Everyone experienced famine and was almost left to starve. The rations were getting smaller everyday and their aunt still has her own 4 kids to feed. Because of the severing situation their aunt had to find ways to feed everyone like selling her own kimonos. Until seita and setsuko became an obvious burden to the family. So they decided to live on their own and stayed at a little shelter in the forest. They were starving to death and Seita did desperate attempts such as stealing food during air raids, when houses are left open, just to survive. It was too much misery that I cried. The siblings loved each other dearly and Seita-san's acts of strong will to protect his sister was very heart-warming. The movie opened my eyes to the bitter reality that during times like war or even simple situations wherein you're left with nothing but your beliefs and values, life turns into a rat race and people could eventually become heartless and consider biting everyone's head off just to survive.:(
Ultra Eye Spot:
~Inoue Mao plays two roles in the movie. I love her modern-day teenage appeal. It was very different from her Hanadan look, and she's alot skinnier in here but I think she looks gorgeous.:)
~The actor who played Seita-kun looks like Fred from PBB teens. HAHAHA.
~Sasaki Mao, the kid who played Se-chan is so kawaii.:) She acts very well too.
*[Setsuko's final words]
Setsuko: Seita. Thank you.
[last lines]
Seita: [to Setsuko] Time for bed. (when Setsuko died T_T)
Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka) is a 1988 anime movie written and directed by Isao Takahata for Studio Ghibli. It is the studio's third film. It is an adaptation of the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka, intended as a personal apology to the author's own sister. Some critics (most notably Roger Ebert) consider it to be one of the most powerful anti-war movies ever made. Animation historian Ernest Rister compares the film to Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List and says, "it is the most profoundly human animated film I've ever seen." - wikipedia.
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