In interviews he said that he really wants to be an actor, just as much as he wants to be a dancer - and that he's aspired to be one ever since he was little. Rooting for him, he's got talent! Just needs more roles.
I'd probably rate this more like a 5.5 but completely agree. The overacting is terrifying at times. And I know they're good actors, so it's not a lack of talent on their side - my guess is just a very bad director. Which would explain some the horrible camera shots I saw in this series as well.
I still finished it despite all that (I admit I got into it because of one of the actors) but if someone wanted a hotel drama I'm directing them to Hotel Concierge instead - better acting, better writing, way better cinematography.
I posted the full recap of the movie on twitter but I'll share here in the comment below. FULL spoilers so beware.
The first solid 10 minutes of the movie straight up recap. It then descends into the announcement of what will happen at the contest and some training. The contest included:
Kabe-don (Seiichiro fainted when Kanade practed kabe-don'ing him) Musical chairs Silly face where the first one who laughs loses (this was amazing and easily worth the price of the ticket) 3 legged race Princess carry race Action race (have to fight a bunch of goons) Date with Kanon
People around the world watch and vote on their phones who won.
Kanade wins and over the course of the contest realizes he actually likes her
She turns him down even after winning since if was just a job but she cries after
Gabriel finds out the photo she tried to throw away in the show was actually kanade, a photo from that party 2 years ago where she ended up falling in the pool and he was the only one who helped her out of it.
Anyways Takato tries to ask her out one more time but realizes she likes Kanade and acknowledges her feelings, saying he lost while crying a single tear.
Then Kanade manages to catch up to her and says he likes her and happily ever after....
In the end credits: Seiichiro acts like a worried hen when Kanade is late home on a date and this worrying makes Gen fall in love with him.
Then after the credits, a new guy in all black played by Shirahama Alan from Generations pulls up in a black limo and says "Prince is DEAD" in English and it fades to black
Thank you for this!!! I'm trying to learn more about Japanese pop culture and dramas is one great source for that. I've watched GTO and it's definitely a classic and I've seen more than a few parodies/references to it. Looking forward to watching the rest of this list :)
Absolutely wonderful show. Would love it if got on the likes of netflix or something similar, I'd shill this to…
However the thing that I did NOT like about the end is that Hiargi literally tried to commit suicide in front of Kayano's face to help her realize that she didn't kill Reina.
That could have gone south so many ways.
But his speech to the internet about how each comment can end up being a dagger that cuts deeper and deeper - absolutely loved that. Something we all need to hear.
Show was super silly at first but then developed into something more in the last two episodes. I actually enjoyed where it went to be honest, didn't expect it at all. And it was nice to see Ryota actually act in a more serious role (as opposed to say, Prince of Legend). Worth a watch if you just want something lighthearted to pass the time and/or are a big fan of Ryota
This movie is WAY more enjoyable if you like tokusatsu/japanese action flicks.
I really liked this movie but it had a lot of flaws (most notably its length) that I think would make it pretty dang boring to anyone who wasn't into Japanese action production already. However for the tokusatsu fan, seeing Sota play a giant asshole character was really interesting and a great cast for a movie chiefly about toku.
So I loved this drama to death so I had to pick up the manga because of that ending, right? But sadly it's quite different from the drama. As of right now I definitely prefer the drama version but we'll see how things to along. The changes they made are kind of surprising, like making Shiiro less messed up and pretty pure (though incredibly stupid since he tries to get himself killed every episode)
This is the stupidest thing I've seen in a long time and I loved every second of it. Absolute hilarity and I did not expect the finalie to be filmed live for some of it's scenes. Really SNL like in that episode :)
Episode 5 was a bit of a let down but episode 6 more than made up for it. Don't think this was intentional but…
The head writer also was the head writer for Kamen Rider Build, and he's a big KR fan from what I've read.
But there are some very specific references to Kamen Rider W (the one Suda was in) as well. There are some Japanese articles about all the references .
I still finished it despite all that (I admit I got into it because of one of the actors) but if someone wanted a hotel drama I'm directing them to Hotel Concierge instead - better acting, better writing, way better cinematography.
Kabe-don (Seiichiro fainted when Kanade practed kabe-don'ing him)
Musical chairs
Silly face where the first one who laughs loses (this was amazing and easily worth the price of the ticket)
3 legged race
Princess carry race
Action race (have to fight a bunch of goons)
Date with Kanon
People around the world watch and vote on their phones who won.
Kanade wins and over the course of the contest realizes he actually likes her
She turns him down even after winning since if was just a job but she cries after
Gabriel finds out the photo she tried to throw away in the show was actually kanade, a photo from that party 2 years ago where she ended up falling in the pool and he was the only one who helped her out of it.
Anyways Takato tries to ask her out one more time but realizes she likes Kanade and acknowledges her feelings, saying he lost while crying a single tear.
Then Kanade manages to catch up to her and says he likes her and happily ever after....
In the end credits: Seiichiro acts like a worried hen when Kanade is late home on a date and this worrying makes Gen fall in love with him.
Then after the credits, a new guy in all black played by Shirahama Alan from Generations pulls up in a black limo and says "Prince is DEAD" in English and it fades to black
That could have gone south so many ways.
But his speech to the internet about how each comment can end up being a dagger that cuts deeper and deeper - absolutely loved that. Something we all need to hear.
Show was super silly at first but then developed into something more in the last two episodes. I actually enjoyed where it went to be honest, didn't expect it at all. And it was nice to see Ryota actually act in a more serious role (as opposed to say, Prince of Legend). Worth a watch if you just want something lighthearted to pass the time and/or are a big fan of Ryota
I really liked this movie but it had a lot of flaws (most notably its length) that I think would make it pretty dang boring to anyone who wasn't into Japanese action production already. However for the tokusatsu fan, seeing Sota play a giant asshole character was really interesting and a great cast for a movie chiefly about toku.
But there are some very specific references to Kamen Rider W (the one Suda was in) as well. There are some Japanese articles about all the references .