Kumiko played by Nakama Yukie (Gokusen, Itazura na Kiss) finds the boys walking to school and contemplating skipping school to do karaoke instead. She pops up out of nowhere and tells them that the sun god will be angry if they skip on a perfect day for studying. Then she does a monologue about getting along, before telling them their beloved and beautiful teacher will be waiting for them. She sprints enthusiastically to the school where she finds all the students out on the field practicing different sports. When she arrives in the teacher’s room she’s informed the students are working hard for the upcoming sports festival. She didn’t know anything about the festival, and they inform her that the school’s specialty is rugby. But Head teacher Sawatari played by Namase Katsuhisa (Gokusen 1 & 2, 4 Shimai Tantei Dan) tells Kumiko that her class isn’t participating right? But she declares that of course they are.The thing that I pointed out in my post about episode 2 as a difference between this drama and the other two seasons of Gokusen, the inter class conflict between Ogata and Kazama was resolved in that episode so now it even more resembles its two previous seasons. Where in each episode a student has a problem and Kumiko winds up solving it for them, so even though there is nothing fresh I still like this show a lot. I think the main reason is Nakama Yukie she has this roll down pat but never seems to just be going through the motions. If you liked the first two seasons give this one a try.Download the English hardsub from SARS at the tracker here. Screenshots of the previous episode are here.
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Awesome episode, ’nuff said. So, Itazura na kiss (started with a kiss) indeed, after all, it did start with a kiss. =D Summary; It’s graduation day, Kotoko and Kin end their speeches as class representatives and get much praise, even from Irie. Outside, girls swarm over Irie asking for his second button but Irie says that it’s [...]
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Kotoko and the others in her class prepare for their graduation day.
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Kinnosuke and Kotoko get married. Actually OHGOD NO. In Kotoko Vision™, she is able to perform an excellent speech as Class 3-F representative, is given Naoki's second button (Okay time-out. I don't live in Japan, so I'm completely unfamiliar with this 'second-button' idea, and this is the first time I've heard of it. [...]
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Episode 07 “Teasing Kiss” at a glance: The day of graduation is upon Kotoko and Naoki, and she’s determined to prove to Naoki that she is not worthless, but rather someone amazing that he could love. Her plans, needless to say, all fail because of her clumsiness and Kin-chan’s incessant love gestures that ultimately get him [...]
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The sadist, the dreamer and the kiss. We didn’t see this one coming, but we’re happy it did. Shouldn’t Kotoko be the one in tears? 30 Second Summary Its graduation day and Kotoko starts it off by having another fantasy about her and Naoki. Too bad things don’t exactly happen as planned. Kin-chan steps up his game [...]
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Wow. They are definitely not dilly-dallying around this time. I really, really, really have no idea what is running through Irie’s mind at this moment. Is he playing yet another elaborate prank on Kotoko? Is this his true nature showing through? What is going on? The questions have no end! If it is Irie playing a dastardly [...]
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Love is hard… TAKE IT FLOM KOTOKO Rundown This week, Kotoko becomes horribly obsessed with the notion that she’s a curse on Naoki. Not that, you know, he wouldn’t deserve a curse. Incident the first: Young Bastard Irie goes to take a final, but before he leaves [...]
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The episode opens with Kumiko played by Nakama Yukie (Gokusen, Itazura na Kiss) giviving a monologue about herself and the class she’s taken over this spring. The two students who have been giving her the most trouble are Ogata Yamato played by Takaki Yuya (Shabake) and Kazama Ren played by Miura Haruma (Unfair, Binbo Danshi), the two battling for leadership of the class. At Kumiko’s house, her grandfather Kuroda Ryuichiro played by Utsui Ken (Yamada Taro Monogatari, Gokusen) wants to know how the the new class is. Kumiko tells him that this time they’re formidable and the underlings all want to go to school to teach the students some respect for their teacher. But Kumiko refuses the offer and her grandfather tells her that it’s only been a week and the students are probably trying to figure out what kind of teacher she is.I said in my post about episode one that not much had changed in season three except for some faces, but that’s not really correct this time the story has the added conflict element amongst the class itself with the rivalry between Ogata and Kazama. If you liked the first two seasons of Gokusen, I’m sure you’ll find plenty here to like as well, it’s been getting very high ratings in Japan.Download the English hardsub from SARS at the tracker here. Screenshots of the previous episode are here.
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Flavor: Sweet Yeah, I ended up following this show. Even though the characters in this series get on my nerves most of the time, I’ve found myself having a lot of fun watching it every week. Well, this episode focused on Kotoko and Irie’s high school graduation. Both Kotoko and Kin-chan are chosen to give a speech [...]
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