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I watched it. I'm dead xD

One word : ponytail

My pleasure! Thank you for asking ;)
More friends is more fun! \o/

I think it's really fun because he doesn't look unwilling at all!

The aegyo video clip did the trick ;) I loved your article!
Strange how I've seen almost everything he was in.
But well, I'm only watching Heirs because he's in it, so...

I usually like Kamenashi's acting. But here I don't know what's wrong, he annoys me...Oo

I didn't know this website, there's a lot :O
Thank you! :D

(Haha now that you said that I want to see it x) )
Thanks ;)

Is 49 interesting? It seemed weird so I didn't give it a chance. But maybe I will ;)
And I've seen 3 of Nojima's works. He really care about family...I like it :)

I'm the same. it would be really easier to find something by the writers. :) I'm curious now! I think I'll research to see if I've seen a lot of drams from a particular writer Oo

haha "nice-looking package"...So true ;)
Anyway, thank you for the new dramas I plan to watch :)

(Really? Soul doctors? Do you have examples? I think i'll like it xD)

But well, japanese dramas aren't like other series or dramas. Because Japanese people are different from others nations, I don't think it's really possible for them. Well, each nation is basically different, but I don't think that Japanese people wants to see that. After all, jdramas are made for Japan. They want entertainment, and real issues are not considered entertaining. At least that's what I think... Oo

I didn't see Aishiteru (but I'm putting it on my PTW list).
You're right, writers never tell us "how they heal" but truthfully I don't think that it's something you can imagine without having lived it. I personally wouldn't know how. Human mind is so complex that it's pretty much impossible to explain the psychological process to achieve the healing.
Poor writers aren't Doctors of the soul, sadly...xD
I went a little too far but you get my point ;)

I agree. Great article by the way ;) I've been debating with myself over it for a while :)
On the other hand, I like when they explain why the character is how he is. It adds depth to the character. Maybe we are just hard to please...? xD

I guess that's true....But I feel that they use it way too much.
Kazoku Game was great because there wasn't any traumas (except for the teacher, but well) and the characters were messed up. It proves that it's possible without childhood issues. I liked it because they used something different to justify this behaviour.
When they use the mother problem in dramas, I just feel like they didn't think about it and just took the easy way to explain...

I think that "Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou" was the worst I've ever seen for the "easily forgiving the mother" thing. The crazy mother goes: "I left you and your brother 10 years ago to look for a book"; and the daughter: "I understand mommy, you can leave me again now that you told me the reason why you left me in the first place". That's some good reasoning here... -_-
But there's something I found really strange : in dramas, if a character is weird or behave badly, he has an emotional scar from his childhood. It's like that for almost every drama, and they use it to justify everything....I wonder why....

Well, that's a good idea ;)

Thanks ;)

The "second hand embarrassment" you mentioned enlightened me!
First time I see that feeling put into words. and that's really accurate! Haha ^^
I'm gonna stole it from you and use it! If you allow it ;)

That's what you call "having a bad week"... Or two...;)
Loved it!