SumiTheCat

Thanks a lot for this guide. i've heard many MDLers praising him and just saw him in Alice no Toge (that I really enjoyed, and his character as well). I didn't know what to watch next with him, so your guide will be of great help.
and ah! his second son is born around april!.

Otsukare-sama deshita! thanks a lot for your hard work, dear MDL team!
you've managed to make this beloved shelter an even warmer place, i cannot express my gratitude for that. still need to explore all the possibilities of the new version, but I'm already loving the new feeds and i'm enjoying creating new lists!

thanks a lot for the information!

i wish I could be a student once again!
Fangirling put aside, I think that would be a very interesting way to understand the current Japanese society (or at least a part of this society). I'm in if there is online courses (but I doubt).

Does anyone know the name of the song at the end of each episode?
Thanks in advance.

Hello!
I don't really understand what the characters are saying, i'm not fluent in Japanese at all. Pictures give me some hunt, but I realise when i'm watching the same episode with subs i've missed lots of things? Some jokes, and mostly the characters feelings when they try to express it by words. But what I like with watching dramas without subs is that I can take a better look at the scenes and at the actors facial expressions. I think that with subs, i'm missing about the third of the drama in order to read them.
Daydreaming about drama: lol. i'm sometimes doing it too, and yes, i'm trying to do it in Japanese. That's when I realise i don't really know a lot of words.
Shinigami-kun is okay. I hope it will improve a little bit, but I don't have much expectations about it anymore. i'm just watching him for Ohno-san.
May I ask you your occupation since you said you are quite busy?

Hello!

Yes, I'm currently watching Yowakutemo katemasu, and i also like it a lot. To be true, I thought the first episode was so-so. I mean, like most of sports dramas and school dramas, the usual issues regarding high school students, and the teacher who came to save them. But i'm okay if things stay as they are, cause I enjoy this kind of stories. The second episode was better imo (or i enjoyed it better). I'm watching them without subs at first (and i don't understand much but that's not a problem), so i laughed a lot when I re-wacthed it subbed. I start to really like Ninomiya's character, he is the best to play that kind of character that want to be cool but isn't really and then decides that it's okay that way. Anime-like, as you said.
And i'm totally addicted to GUTS (ost)

You've also started to watch Shinigami-kun : do you like it?

see you soon

so some rec :
Strawberry on the shortcake
Long love letter
Ninkyo Helper
Dare yori mo Mama wo Aisu
Tokio
Dokushin Kizoku
Densha Otoko
All Japanese of course, I haven't watch enough Kdramas to recommend something really good. The last two are the lighter ones.

Hope you'll find something good (in that list or not)

see you soon, and take care of yourself!

hello!!
thanks for the remark, i'm in a pretty good mood at the moment, maybe because it's holidays for me. i'm more relaxed. hope it will last for a little longer.
About the interview : that was about Joan of Arc. she was asked for example what she looked like. that was pretty my friend's answer : O.o, cause of course we don't have photos! i'm looking forward to watching the report in order to see what they could have really understood and what they maybe have misunderstood (lol).

what about you? How are you? still listening to lots of music?
7 for Love Shuffle is also my rating. You used to rate your dramas lower than me so i guess you still spent a good time in front of it.
I would like to suggest some dramas. There are different kind of dramas cause i don't really know what you like (our ratings are sometimes really different, depends on the drama). (on the other post, sorry)

hello. thanks for the request. and welcome to MDL and Dramaland. Don't worry, everybody here is very nice! you're currently watching alice no toahge, and Yawakutemo katemasu. what do you think of them so far?
ah, and I highly recommend Mother that you added on your PTW list. one of my favorite, and above all a very touching and heartwarming drama.

konban wa Zezi-chan!

I cannot resist to recommend you Hanzawa Naoki, i've been reluctant for so many months and now i'm so fired up by the drama and the character. But you're right, you've got to be in the right mood for it. so don't force yourself.

Love Shuffle : i do agree the idea is bizarre, but it turned out pretty interesting. I don't know if you've got the same experience, but with J-dramas plots that appeared to be too far from my comfort zone or my values tend to be those i'm enjoying the most. Maybe because writers are able to depict human characters with so much subtility that you tend to understand them and like them (even if you cannot accept their behaviour).

see you soon and take care.

hello Zezi!
a short answer for a change. i don't mind telling about my work. i'm a civil servant, working in a junior high school. not a teacher, just dealing with financial, administrative, technical and security matters. i don't really like it, though it could sometimes be interesting.

i'm into Hanzawa Naoki drama at the moment, and well... i never imagined i could have been so interested by bank matters. lol. if it stays as good as it is, it's a 10 for me.
hope you have a lot of fun with Love shuffle. i'm looking forward to your comments and your rating.

by the way, i like your quote on your profile page!

take care!

... (second post, they really need to increase the number of characters per post!!!)
concerning music, do you feel the same? Have you got special stress or issues who makes you want to listen to music more often? i don't mean to be too intrusive, just generally speaking.

back to dramas, i've started Alice no toge (Alice's thorns) with Ueno Juri and Odagiri Joe. i was reluctant at first, but it's really amazing (well at least for my level...) I've been hooked since the beginning of the first episode, and I didn't think I would wait for the next episodes with so much impatience. hope things will stay the way they are. makes me want to watch other revenge dramas.
do you like this kind of plot? if so, i would highly recommend this one (though only 2 episodes are available...)

take care of yourself and see you soon!

hello!

sorry for the late reply. did you start Love Shuffle? It's definitely a must watch. Not my favorite (I don't really like Tamaki Hiroshi ) but it's pretty good and kinda mysterious sometimes. Hope you'll like it. I'm not listening to Abba's Dancing Queen the way I used to before watching it!

About Orange Days, I can understand what you mean. i liked it a lot, but I felt a little bit disappointed because so many people were recommending it, and I was hoping for more. Maybe sometimes i'm too greedy with drama's stories and characters.

Music is something necessary in my daily life. i like to finish a day with songs. that was not always the case, but i guess living alone makes you feel lonely too. and music can "hide" this loneliness by distracting you...

Amazing start! i didn't expect to like it that much. i've never seen Ueno in serious role but she's doing a great job here. i'm looking forward to the next episodes, hoping things will stay as disturbing as they currently are!

second post, sorry.

so Arashi: their albums are everywhere : in my car, my house , in my computer and my MP3. they helped me sleeping (it's okay if you think i'm crazy). so listening to Yuzu, Sekai no owari or other bands are kind of a way to widen my musical horizon (sorry if it's sounds too much like french translated in English)!
What about you : are you listening to Asian music, like Jpop, Kpop or Cpop?

take good care of you. see you soon.

Hello girl!
i'm fine thanks. sun has came back so it's good for the mood.
What about you? seems beyond the clouds was not your cup of tea, after all? and you're curretly watching Orange days : how do you find it so far?

I want to thank you once again for Kekkon dekinai Otoko, i really loved it. Abe was really great in it, and though his character was so awkward, i was really fond of him. can't get his image and his behaviour out of my head. He was a really charming character in his own way.

Jpop... to be true, since i've discovered Arashi (beginning of 2012), their songs are almost the only ones I'm listening to. not that they are great songs, and not that they are great singers, but I just love them. not a romantic feeling, just the image of very good friends that are here to comfort you. I'm pretty aware that everything is a well built image, yet it work on me...

hello. thanks for the friend's request. nice to meet you.
it seems A gentleman's dignity is highly recommanded by lots of people, i see you put it on your favorie list. maybe I should give it a try?

Never seen any of them but they all sound great. thanks for the recommendations!

ah... and thanks again for recommending Kekkon dekinai Otoko. i'm enjoying it so far (episode 7) and I find Abe's character really funny!!! I particularly like the interaction between all the characters.