The two j-dramas are quite different from each other but I download the fansubs regularly. (Love you, SARS-fansubs! And Kioku too! š )
It’s Rjene who told me about Zettai Kareshi. It’s based on a Yuu Watase manga which I saw in one of the copies of Shojo Beat, IIRC. It’s amusing how Riiko, a temp at a company, has managed to purchase a robot as her perfect boyfriend. There’s this love-hate relationship between her and the robot which she named Night. It’s more of love for her from the robot and her loving and hating Night. There’s also this building attraction between Riiko and her boss Soshi and so it is now a love triangle among the three of them. I like watching it because it questions the perceptions of what a robot is and what is important in a relationship. Also, there are pastries in the story too because Asamoto (the company where Riiko is a temp) is making them and selling them.
Last Friends was mentioned in a friend’s LJ and so I had to compulsion to watch it because it raises the issues such as domestic violence, homosexuality and other personal issues people could relate with. In contrast to Zettai Kareshi, Last Friends is quite realistic and serious. I’ve only seen two episodes and I have this feeling that it will have such a tragic ending, judging from the opening theme and the sequences of events. I just started episode three a while back (but had to stop because I had to do something) and I have this sneaky feeling that I’d probably cry at the end of it. I don’t know yet but the feeling is there.
J-dramas are short, thankfully. So after ten to twelve episodes, of each series, I’d be watching yet another set of J-dramas. Maybe something that would give me a break from all this madness around me.
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