What Kotoko wanted… …what Kotoko got, for her graduation. It seems like in this episode any kind of sympathy I felt for Naoki pretty much died and went to hell because he went back to being a dickhead (probably spurring comments of “誠死ね” on niconico) but at least Naoki’s mom was on Kotoko’s side. Sometimes I wonder [...]
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I’ve been waiting to rip Itazura na Kiss a new one for ages but several things have come up that makes me want to reconsider: 1) I had my finals when I watched episode 1 (and it successfully messed me up when I went to go perform my final) 2) I was setting up this blog 3) I [...]
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Japanese students must have it pretty tough to be going through exams and Valentine’s Day as well. Though it doesn’t surprise me that Naoki pretty much brushed everything off as if the days weren’t that special. Thankfully Kotoko is there to keep his life all that much interesting, as well as supplying us with plenty [...]
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Don't be deceived, this episode is good; I just really like facepalm.jpg During New Year's celebration, Kotoko and Naoki's families visit the shrine together. Kotoko has great fortune, while Yuuki and Naoki get small and terrible fortunes respectively. On the way home Naoki expresses his disinterest for attending Tokyo University, putting the entire [...]
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<Insert Soap Opera Announcer Voice> As the seasons change so does the relationship of cutie senior Kotoko and spoiled brat Naoki. You didn’t know? Love flom’s are all the rage in Nippon 30 Second Summary The whole combo family visits a shrine for new years day. Kotoko [...]
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Naoki prepares to go to the entrance exams for Tokyo University and Kotoko tries everything she can to cheer him on and help him out.
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Itazura na Kiss is barreling down the road at 150 miles per hour and shows no signs of letting up. I do believe that this single episode covered two months worth of time. This episode is pretty much the best episode yet (although I could probably say that for every preceding episode at the time of [...]
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It’s an awful looking hallway that the familiar jersey suited teacher is walking down, the other teachers wonder if it’ll be OK going into class 3-D alone, but they acknowledge that the teacher has been successful at two prior schools getting delinquents to graduate. Finally the camara reveals the face of Sawatari Goro played by Namase Katsuhisa (Gokusen 1 & 2, 4 Shimai Tantei Dan) as he announces to 3-D that he’ll be the new Head Teacher and also their homeroom teacher. He gives a Yamaguchi inspired speech before they toss him out into the hallway on his head. In the teachers room the Board Chairman, Akagi Ryouko played by Enami Kyoko (Hitonatsu no Papa e, Love Complex) tells him that teachers who aren’t useful are fired. Sawatari promises her that he’ll bring in a teacher that will be able to control 3-D. The scene changes to a southern island Yamaguchi Kumiko played by Nakama Yukie (Gokusen, Itazura na Kiss) is standing on a boulder giving one of her signature speeches, when the camera reveals a group of international students who didn’t understand a word of the Japanese speech she’s just given. The principal arrives and tells Kumiko he doesn’t want her to teach the students weird Japanese, and Kumiko wonders why the students only remember the yakuza terms she’s used by mistake. Then the principal fires her.Not much has changed in the drama’s formula except for the school, her fellow teachers and students but the same plots that kept me laughing in Gokusen 1 & 2 kept me entertained in this opening episode. I guess the question is will the actor’s playing the students, be able to match the performances of their counterparts in 1& 2, it’ll take a few episodes to find that out. Two of the class leaders are Miura Haruma (Unfair, Binbo Danshi) as Kazama Ren and Takaki Yuya (Shabake) as Ogata Yamato there performances will be key as to how well this sequel stands up to it’s predecessors. I liked the opening where Sawatari surprises the viewer who’s expecting Kumiko to be the homeroom teacher; also the scene where Kumiko is giving her opening speech is right from the previous Gokusen opening where she gives her speech to the pre-k kids. I’d recommend this to fans of the previous Gokusen dramas who want more of the same or school drama fans who like the emphasis on comedy like My Boss My Hero.Download the English hardsub from SARS at the tracker here. The second episode was released last night and can be downloaded from the same link.
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You know, I’m not even going to talk about Code Geass and Pizza Hut. Well other than I think the slogan, “This Revolution is brought to you by Pizza Hut!” is really funny. But anyways, itsabun and later Hige mentioned how Kaiba depicts a fairly Marxist ideal of what a capitalist society is. And I have to [...]
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XD I rather enjoyed this episode and for once I’ll give props to Naoki for being pretty awesome when the going gets tough. Glad to see him warming up to Kotoko despite the fact that I wanted to run his balls through a meat grinder. This week they go through the New Years arc [...]
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