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avex has a problem

alan shirahama is sooo fucking sexy I'm going to add an extra full star to my review just for him. first thing i want to talk about is how horrible of a character they turned ayumi hamasaki into. she is so goodie & naive & contrived. i know this is a dramatization of a conversation of a situation but ayu is so. stale. it's insufferable. it's really unpleasant. it's not fun. yes kalen anzai sucks at acting but it's not like keiko kitagawa was turning this dog±shit script into shakespeare. she isn't hungry enough is my issue. nor do we see her scuffle enough. when she stahnds up to max masa it doesn't feel euphoric i just look at her odd because where is this wimpy fire coming from ? she's so peachy in all the other scenes & now we have to hear about how tired she is of meaningless gigs like i guess . . . ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ & now onto the max matsuura propaganda he's honestly whatever ,i don't like how much focus he is getting ,especially in the first episode because this is Not Your Story. get to the fucking back. & his scenes also dis±joints ayu's like their story+l;ines here do not blend well. ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ max masa's scenes also brings us to how ridiculous absurdist ,borderline dadaistic this drama is which i don't hate ,it's actually really fun to see. what i do hate is that this is such a cheapy production so the dramatics are also synthetic & degredading. I'll get into that later but back to the flamboyancy in this drama it has an unintended effect of making the more serious & intimate scenes more endeering ,like the karaoke practice at the bar was honestly kind';ve cute. the montage between the horribly dressed performance of「 m 」was so sweet ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ but sweet doesn't cut it. outfits suck. hair ,& make+up too because they love talking about gyaru here ,all of it is horrible. i know this is based & adapted to low hell about ayumi hamasaki but oh my god why is everything so ugly & frumpy ? did a singul;e person care about this show ? i don't think i have anything else to say. can you imagine it's worst the second time around ?

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Plans for the future

This is the last episode. Dr Shirakawa got accepted at Kodak hospital to start training as a pediatric cardiologist. Dr Arai has returned to NICU. Komatsu is planning her own maternity care center so she can be more hands on with women’s care after the birth. The young couple had a beautiful baby girl. She shared this poem with their families after deciding to go through pregnancy with Down syndrome child. The poem is Welcome to Holland by Emily Perl Kingsley. It is a beautiful description of the journey of parents with Down syndrome parents. Please look it up and read it. ❤️ Komatsu’s friend had a beautiful baby and then an amniotic embolism. It was very serious surgery but mother and baby doing well. Dr Shamayo is becoming more confidant in emergency medicine and Dr Konotori says he will stay put and be the link to get everybody together. Dr Shinomiya decides to take over his dad’s practice as well as continue his research. The latest resident decided to follow him there and Dr Shinomiya is ever grateful to Dr Konotori for sending him. 😂 This is a lovely and thoughtful series that helps us appreciate life. I am very glad I watched both seasons and highly recommend.

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Ten Fingers, Ten Acts of Love in Silence

In the quiet of the night, when Khem drifted into fragile sleep, Peem entered, silent as a breath. One by one, he touched those wounded fingers, smoothing cream over each bruise, wrapping them tenderly in bandages as though they were treasures too delicate for the world. Ten little acts of devotion, soft as a lullaby. If this is not love, then love itself has no name.And when dawn crept in, Khem awoke to find his pain cradled in another’s care. He did not need to ask who had done this, his heart already knew. That small, secret smile upon his lips was not for the healing of his hands, but for the quiet proof that someone had chosen to love him in silence.Sad, because the love remained unspoken. Romantic, because it was written in the gentlest of gestures.

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Down syndrome

This episode covered non invasive prenatal testing. This can help point to any genetic issues the baby might have. There are mixed feelings about this test as some choose to terminate pregnancy one results received. This covered Down syndrome showing one mother that had a Down syndrome toddler who she considered as precious as brother and the lights of her life. One older couple decided to terminate and one young couple wavered, but the mom eventually opted to have the baby when she requested a sonogram and then chose to not go through with abortion. The issue of right to life and raising a disabled child is a very complex issue. These must be decided in a case by case basis with the family and then the best decision for their family should be respected. This episode has Dr Shinomiya struggling with his future career plans as his father is ill and is the single ob/gyn of his home area. Once again he is in surgery when his sister calls. He runs out the door not sure when he’ll be back. He quickly states his father died and tells Dr Kinotori to take care of things. And the episode ends…

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Oh My Apo!

There is a a few things I could talk about this is, but I'm not going to say much about them all, what I will talk about is...1. I'm glad Trin made it clear to Victor, and that Victor was mature about it after Trin made it perfectly clear, he didn't keep going on and on about trying like they could have done. But, later on whwn Trin helped him Victor gone stupid and try to kiss him, hello, being worried doesn't mean love. I never felt bad for Victor, because it was so obvious Trin didn't feel the same, but liked someone else, Victor saw that, but chose to ignore it.... Yes this is not all based on just this ep. 😁(I kind of got on a roll or off track, you pick which one to choose.)2. I don't trust the General, he seems like one of those guys would would just shoot you in the back if it served his purpose tyo do so. He's like one of those uppity Ups you just hate, thinking they are above everyone and can do whatever they please. Now if I am wrong, so be it, but right not, I say I am not. 😝3. I feel so bad for the wives, they don't deserve what thier husbands are doing to them, This has not changed since they both first cheated on them. In a way I hope they don't work out for the wives sake, but I like them together so what the heck! 🤔😟😮‍💨4. The NC scenes in this will be the death of me... 😮 KinnPorsche was nice and hot with MileApo, now we get ApoMile 🤯😱No matter how they are, both of them together is electrifying. Apo knows how to put himself in the momentand being with Mile just makes it that much sweeter, that much more intimate. The two of them knows how to give it thier all and give us what we crave from them both. I can't get enjoy! This series has alot that can be said, as I stated above, but I don't want to go into all that, so this is all I am going to say... Till next time.

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i watched zeztz' premiere right after this & came bacjk to do this review like . . . damn ,. . .

spanner is so fucking creepy with rinne it's hard & i know it will get better but my god WRITE HIM A DIFFERENT WAY . . . i think it would be better to make him sound like a fucking uncle & not this weird flirty schtik please i can';t do this ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆okay so i remermber this sticking out to me really sorely in the last episod ehte first time i watched gotxchard but what is the director doing ?why do they just stand there idly during fights. & specifically in gotchard because this problem is in other tokusatsu seasons too but in gotchard not only do they jsut stand there they LITERALLY just stand there ,no posing no nothing & it ius just so silly to watch & i know kids think it;s kane too. but like i said not having at least a character stance makes this so ridiculous to look at they just look lost ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆standing there & doing nothing is actually a very reoccuring problem for rinne ,& I'm coming back from the future to say this./ the acting overall for gotchard is. bad. however characters like kajiki & ichinose are so cartoony that it is more bareable to watch because they're so animated they get away with being plasticky like toys. matsumoto reiyo is unfortunately playing a cold ,diligent student which is naturally hard to watch & even harder to pull off i imagine. & in this episode she ends up standing around for plot reasons. which i hate. in earlier episodes ,obviously they aren't kamen riders but minato & rinne have powers that can aid a little bit before they get to the part where they need to stand back & let houtaro do his thing. here she just flounders along & this is before she is demoralized. & so it fully just takes away the impact of her loss. i really like how when rinne gives up & houtaro reaffirms her ,the camera switches far out & makes you anticipate lachesis breaking through the wall to finish them off but they get to have a bonding moment & i just thinkl that was really cute. i don't like how rinne is immediately needed to be rescued by houtaro ,she needed to rescue herself in that moment. it would also make her running out of power later on more impactful instead me just looking at her like ' ' really ? ' ' ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ venommariner is a fun form ,i like that he is wearing ventilation mask+piece & i think the mushroom on his head are cute silly touch. the missiles dipping into invisible waters is a really cool touch. i don't really care for this episode much i think they floundered like a lot. i really hate how much they waste kudoh rinne's time with these scripts.

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i was just rewatching gotchard of all shows before this so can you imagine my fucking shock

I'M GENUINELY SO FUCKING GAGGED . . . LIKE THAT WAS GOOD AF ! i cannot say i expected it to be that good. the main concern people had for zeztz before release was that it would feel too americanized & now watching it ,it feels like if the theme of a kamen rider season was western action in the way that kiva's theme is monsters & horror & gavv is candy. i am relatively new to kamen rider still & haven't dipped my toes into many ,especially older seasons but this felt like a good & proper kamen rider season with AMAZING polish . . . it is a good introduction for western audiences while staying really true to what I've seen & loved from the other seasons. it's not really pandering like it feels like a love letter to the new audience they want to find using the same pen they used to write their other letters. that opening fight sequence really sums it up with an action context of a north american hostage situation being fought by a strong japanese colourful character with his little quirks & cartoony emotes. the toy bullets was a really good reveal to keep it kid friendly & i really like how this show does not explain things to you like they respect you asd an audience to figure it without holding your hand & pointinmg abt the bright shining sign telling you what is happening ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ before i talk about our main character i want to briefly mention how much i like his sister's writing. i really like her dialogue & her quick snap at him at the beginning. it was done nicely in my opinion. the two detective authorities we see also don't have a major part yet but i like how defined they already feel like i could get a good picture of who these people are ,all besides the celebrity which is okay because every single time we see her is through baku's dreams & not who she truly is. it is an issue how young the actress is compared to the actor playing a character crushing on her though ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ now onto baku. he's fun ! he's got a great spirit & is a joy to watch. i like his dialogue here & i like the performance of imai ryutaro ,he does a good job. my favorite scene of his is his reaction to his driver proving his dream was real ,he was cute af. the dream chase was so fucking good ,seeing his paranoia & doubts of reality slowly creep in while he is consistently demoralized was beautifulyl done. & even more beautiful was how they went abouit him going back up to fight. as somepony who watches kamen rider ,super sentai & pretty cure i have seen this exact same plot happen seventy+thousand times to various degrees of me only being able to respond ' ' okay girl .. . i guess ' ' but i liked this one ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ i remember watching the first ewpisode of no. 1 gozyuger & ,i liekd it but i thought ' ' jesus christ ' ' they crammed a lot into their twenty minute time+slot. the flow of this episode was really good. i felt like we saw what we needed to see & set up what we needed to. this was kind've a very simple start which lends to why it went so smoothly & i like it ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ now onto the aesthetics of the show ,this show is goregous. it looks so good. the dreams are lit very cooly like the foreshadowing green & orange in the intro dream & then our scenes during the day in the real world are so warm like the hospital feels more like a school as a care+facility as opposed to a sterile morgue at night. & then the camera+work is really fun to fdollow. i already mentioned the dream chase but jesus fucking christ that was so good. it perfectly encaptures kids' horror which is something very american to me because of especially disney channel halloween specials but it was just amazingly done ,I'm obsessed with the door design too. the contacts are really really good style story+telling ,i think he only has them in for whenm he is confident in his dream. his suit is bulky af & i am a little indifferent to it ,but i like that the orange glow makes him look like night+light ,like a bed+side lava+lamp. i really love his henshin pose ,swiping his bloody injury & smearing it against the driver that is placed directly above his heart after he just went into cardiac arrest is cunt. the show weirdly cuts into the action fight which is probably because fo a commercial break which i think looks weird. I'm not going to judge combat sequences because i don't really care for that type of thing & oither people are more suitable to talking about that then me. i have some fears about the generative artifical intelligence use but i am not an authority figure & what scenes they didn't use generations for looked amazing ,such as the chase that i mentioned ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆　　 ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ i liked this a lot i really don't have that many problems. i am looking forward to this series there are stars in my eyes & hope in my heart.

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RPL

This episode deals with recurrent miscarriages. There is a test to help understand if there’s a reason, but they said 85% of women could become pregnant whether they had tested or not. This episode tried to help the couple deal with the grief and honor the three children she had in her womb. The couple thought they had to forget which was adding to the stress. The husband found out the little things makes his wife feel appreciated. Like him trying to learn the Baby song for her. This last time, even Dr Konotori was nervous, but there is a blessed heartbeat.❤️Dr Shinomiya stepped in for his dad. He learned that his father was so passionate about his job because he loved where he was. I think that registered with him. I am not sure if he has found the place he wants to stay at yet. Dr Sharikawa has not found a hospital to train him yet. Dr Imahashi tells him he must make his own decision. I liked Imahashi looking out for Komatsu when she was stressing over the mom with multiple miscarriages. Her heart is so big and she internalizes it when she is bound by hospital protocol and can’t do more. Dr Shimoya gets a chance to shine when a pregnant ER patient arrives. The ER doctors are used to pushing her aside and this was the first time where she handled the baby and they did the mom and both were doing well. It was a proud moment she needed. The team is flexing its wings and that means changes for them. This season is focusing on that a lot more than just patient cases. I am enjoying it, but it’s clear they are rounding out story rather than gearing up for a next season. That makes me a bit sad, but there are many episodes with high rewatch value whenever I want to revisit the team.

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Changing career paths

Dr Shirakawa had to learn the hard way. His mentor needed to leave for awhile and Dr Shirakawa assumed he was ready to be in charge. He misdiagnosed a newborn and gave her the wrong treatment for three days til a colleague called Dr Imahashi to come in. They discovered a defect rather than condition and the baby was transferred to another hospital for the operation. He is told to accompany the parents and when sneaking out of the hospital he runs into the Iron Lady. (She was a staff member season 1). She chatted with him about her mistake and taking myths off to end up working part time in pediatrics at a different hospital. Imahashi yelled at him to own his mistake and be with the parents. The baby did well in surgery, and while the mom was more forgiving the dad was done with him. He did some soul searching and when he was crying at the hospital, Imahashi told him to remember the feeling. He ultimate decision was to go into pediatric cardiology so he could learn faster and better. The team is short handed but let him go. While all this is going on, Shinomiya had an offer to work with a university to find better treatment for placenta abruption. He would be gone for at least two years. His father is ill and wants his son to help him with his dream. Shinomiya isn’t happy but accepts his dad;s stubbornness. When he’s in surgery his sister calls that their father is transferred to hospital. The episode ends.😝

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!!!!SPOILERS!!!!

DONT READ IF YOU DONT WANT SPOILERS...im at ep. 7 right now and im sold mostly because of the main couples chemistry. i like the way they're showing how they got together and when they broke up. im just nervous because theres still like 29 episodes left and i just know the plot is gonna be bonkers. theres a dead bestfriend who was in love with the ml and killed herself, the stalker who im pretty sure is the wen guy who is in love with her, and the annoying childhood friend of the ml who is in love with him. and who knows what else but i think as long as the writing continues beign good and the leads dont make eratic out of character actions i will lke this one a lot *fingers crossed*

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Komatsu needs some rest

Komatsu is the heart of the unit. She is the one to make people smile and wants to be the world’s greatest midwife. She is a loud extrovert compared to the rest of the more quiet and reclusive staff. After her collapse her friends literally carried her to exam room to get a much needed checkup. The learned that due to a combination of other conditions that she had a chocolate cyst. She is getting past childbearing years so they agree a hysterectomy is her best option. She takes a while to think about it. She goes to her reunion and one of her colleagues has learned she is pregnant. Komatsu is so happy for her and so sad for herself. After reflecting, she realizes she can adopt and that she has brought thousands of babies into the world over her 20 yr career. She gets the operation and returns to clinic where they pretend it’s just another day. Dr Shimoya runs in and gives her a heartfelt hug and the rest of the staff smile, glad they are together. The sr that has joined them resents more than appreciates the help they give her. She wants to prove herself as a doctor and that having a baby won’t make her lesser than anyone else on staff. She apologizes to Shinomiya and will do better about accepting help when needed. Dr Sihrkawa is coming into his own as a neonatologist. He gave a lecture at a convention and was noticed by a prominent pediatrician. After that he started getting more full of himself. He admonished a nurse rather sharply and when his mentor tried to advise him about something, he was cut off and informed not to worry because he was well aware of what his capabilities were. The mentor shakes his head sadly wondering what happened to the shy young man to turn him into this arrogant jerk.😝 Di Sinomiya gets a job offer and drops by where Baby performs to have a chat….and the episode ends.

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