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kkdrama Sep 3, 2019
Thank you for this sweet article from the bottom of my heart. Even though I did not apply to write articles in order to practice English, I had a lot of similar experiences.

PS I have not yet seen on MDL the type of toxic, negative feedback which you mentioned. However, MAL is a completely different story...
Replying to helldraco Aug 31, 2019
"1) Story: The story of this serial is quite unique. I have not seen anything like this, have you? Please let…
"I tried (and quickly dropped) the anime version a long time ago. It's a rip-off of Touhai Densetsu Akagi: Yami ni Maiorita Tensai (one the best anime of all time) and Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor (interesting but not that much after Akagi)."

Interesting remark, but we are not all anime experts. I have not heard about any of these shows.
Replying to Megane Aug 18, 2019
lmao, funny to have this article happen now, when yesterday's morning i just checked out the wikipedia page of…
Thanks for the comment! It all depends on the taste of your friend. Who knows? Maybe he'll like Bayside Shakedown movies. It's funny that on the list of highest grossing films in Japan, after Bayside Shakedown 2, there's nothing from live action domestic productions; all of a sudden you get Antarctica from 1983 (which is a great movie but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone), then more nothing, only to end with the first Bayside Shakedown movie at the bottom :)
Both Kitano and Kore-eda are good recs in my opinion.
Replying to mjf314 Aug 18, 2019
“a cinema connoisseur claimed that nothing good ever came out in Japanese cinema throughout the 2000s and Bayside…
It may be unclear for the context of the article, but I wasn't the one having the conversation. I just witnessed the discussion taking place.
Replying to kitty10 Aug 17, 2019
Blast from the past! I think I only watched one Bayside Shakedown movie - can't remember which one - but I loved…
Oda Yuji and Fukatsu Eri are perfect together on screen. I wish they could have done more movies.

Bitter Blood is awesome (I loved it how they parodied one of Kurosawa's films in one episode).
Replying to Antonin Aug 17, 2019
This was part of my early tv/movie into Japanese TV+Movie scene. If I remember correctly this was my first non-high…
Even though the first movie may be cliched, I still come back to it every now and then. This series was my second drama ever, right after the original GTO.
Replying to atslipinbag Aug 17, 2019
Loved the article .I have only watched 1 movie . honestly it was such a long time ago and don't even remember…
Thanks! :)
Bayside Shakedown is definitely a huge thing in Japan. When they did a stage play back in 2003, they only played it continuously for three days but every show was packed with people :D
I wish that this series could be better recognized in the West.
Replying to kittyflumpin Aug 17, 2019
This is one of those shows that gets referenced/parodied in other shows pretty often-- such as in the most recent…
I didn't know about the Gintama parody. Thanks for the info!
The original drama may seem a bit dated, but that's another reason why I love it so much. Smokes, tamagotchi, and Windows 98. The 90s feels are irreplacable.
The movies also have plenty of comedic moments which blend in pretty well with the serious stuff ;)