Kasuka no Kanojo Hatsu-Koi Kimi no Todoke Jinroh Shokei Game Koishite Akuma Kurasaki-kun no linari Nante Naranai Black Prince Nazo no Tenkousei Princess Princess D Q.E.D RH Plus Seven days x 2 Tokyo Ghost Trip Udagawachoude Matteteyo
I cannot praise this show highly enough. It has sci-fi, medical, saeguk intrigue and plotting, adventure and memorable characters all in one. The only (slight) disappointment was the Joseon ending, which left the story hanging in the air. I am really sorry to have finished it. Will almost certainly re-watch, like Black, with Song Seung Heon, one of the few I have re-watched with equal pleasure as first time round. I cannot understand the low rating on this series.
For those of you who'd like a synopsis. Please bear with the awkward grammar as I used a translating website,…
puddle accident ~ traffic pile up accident ~~ man is her guide、like grim reaper ~~ man all in black appears so she calls him Black ~~ world over there ~~ I think actually mean to reach heaven/nirvana/Buddha you only can when overcome regrets~~ and lotus connect with Buddha
Summary of some of story [with additions] see for English Jdrama weblog
Morino Hotaru [ = Fireflyy] is a second year high school student who has had an unrequited crush on Otaka Ren since junior high school. One day, while on a school trip with Ren and her good friend Yamamoto Shiori, their bus gets into an accident. When Hotaru wakes up, a young man who is dressed fully in black appears in front of her. He is Kuro [ = Black guide of dead], a grim reaper. A shocked Hotaru shoves him away but he has shocking words for her, “I’m your guide. Morino Hotaru, listen carefully. You’re dead.” Hotaru learns that if she does not get over her attachment to three things within 49 days, she will end up becoming a ghost bound to a specific physical location and cannot rest in peace. She had slept for one month after the accident and has only 19 days left. And so, Hotaru sets out to settle the three lingering regrets with the limited time she has, in the company of Kuro. One of them is to confess her feelings to Ren, her crush of five years. However, when he is in front of her, she finds it impossible to tell him how she feels. As Hotaru settles her first lingering regret, dark clouds begin to gather over her and Kuro … …
Photo does not look like him in any of the roles I've seen…..and that's a few. Lot of heat being generated here over LMH's talents or lack of them, calm down boyz and girls, everyone is entitled to their opinion.
I love the fashion values - and he has two Maseratis in different colors. As at ep. 2 more like "What's becoming of Mr Lee" ? As it develops, the reason the leads come together is highly far-fetched . Apart from that, which is contradictory to the light tone of the drama, this is a good mix of romance, comedy and mystery. It's not just the leads but all the characters in this show contribute to a great mix, really cheers me up. The romance towards the end still has original moments but for me gets boring. Could have been 2 or 3 episodes less imo, but the final episode was beautiful. Music very good. I could re-watch this in future, at least the first half.
I started this expecting an amusing light entertainment. There was one funny moment in episode 1 and a few in episode 2, otherwise slow and/or a bit depressing. I liked the fashion and sets [I like the Kandinsky in the Dam Art Gallery]. The gay "joke" [not very funny to start with] rapidly evaporated. LMH seemed uncomfortable playing a part with a gay theme, if so why do it? He is not at his most attractive or convincing. Most of the time LMH looks like he has swallowed a lemon. Son Ye Jin's character I found rather irritating. From episode 8 it nosedived. They really draw out the agony in these Korean dramas before reaching the expected end, Also, maybe it is a Korean expression but I do not like "I see you as a man" meaning you are not a man if you are gay. LMH was asked why he decided to take this part. I am wondering that too.
I think this is underrated, it is lighthearted and funny and translates surreal manga style exceptionally well, though this falls out towards the end. I really feel for people treated like "outcasts". This guy's butt should be in intensive care though. Great pity it was taken off, all good except last episode. Will watch again to cheer myself up.
Watching for second time and 5 episodes in one week, this covers some serious issues facing young adults in school in a convincing way and there is also a running mystery theme about a girl who took her own life and the waves she left behind (story gets a bit cliched), All the actors portray their different characters very well I feel. Like others I feel it is SERIOUSLY UNDERRATED, maybe because it is such a "hard-hitting drama", with little or no comedy to relieve the tension. My only regret is that the series is so short. 10/10
Hatsu-Koi
Kimi no Todoke
Jinroh Shokei Game
Koishite Akuma
Kurasaki-kun no linari Nante Naranai
Black Prince
Nazo no Tenkousei
Princess Princess D
Q.E.D
RH Plus
Seven days x 2
Tokyo Ghost Trip
Udagawachoude Matteteyo
Some of these movies
~~ man is her guide、like grim reaper
~~ man all in black appears so she calls him Black
~~ world over there ~~ I think actually mean to reach heaven/nirvana/Buddha you only can when overcome regrets~~ and lotus connect with Buddha
Morino Hotaru [ = Fireflyy] is a second year high school student who has had an unrequited crush on Otaka Ren since junior high school. One day, while on a school trip with Ren and her good friend Yamamoto Shiori, their bus gets into an accident. When Hotaru wakes up, a young man who is dressed fully in black appears in front of her. He is Kuro [ = Black guide of dead], a grim reaper. A shocked Hotaru shoves him away but he has shocking words for her, “I’m your guide. Morino Hotaru, listen carefully. You’re dead.” Hotaru learns that if she does not get over her attachment to three things within 49 days, she will end up becoming a ghost bound to a specific physical location and cannot rest in peace. She had slept for one month after the accident and has only 19 days left. And so, Hotaru sets out to settle the three lingering regrets with the limited time she has, in the company of Kuro. One of them is to confess her feelings to Ren, her crush of five years. However, when he is in front of her, she finds it impossible to tell him how she feels. As Hotaru settles her first lingering regret, dark clouds begin to gather over her and Kuro … …
大輔 Daisuke