Just some post

I just didn't have the mood to blog. Anyway, Im currently suffering from somewhat a "post-drama syndrome". It's like after watching (for long hours) of a particular drama in a short period of time and suddenly I feel as if Im inside that world. Everything in reality feels surreal and so on....it's a strange feeling. that's what you get for chionging drama/anime...

It's over, yes. I finished the whole thing (like I said in the last post). and now, i just can't accept it that it's over! i wan the story to continue, i feel quite emotionally attached to all e characters as time pass...and now it's over. damn....

Good things don't last forever. Now just to add another jdrama on to my list of favourites, " Pride ". is a really good watch, don't miss it. It's more of a "feel good show", and a "character -> problem (either big or small) and flashbacks- > character development (plus tons of tears, crying, emotions...) -> nice resolution". The plot revolves around a team of ice hockey players and each of their own unique problems and how they face them. Of course, characters help each other out, and takes their turn doing so. While on the whole, they were developing e protagonist's relationship with his gal.

Overall, it's a very optmistic show. Shows the good and positive side of life. Characters as well as their development was very exceptional. the main character, Haru has a very "deceptive" role in the show. In some aspects, you may think his "screwed up" in his attitude, and the way he do things can be quite drastic and negative. However, end of the day, you will always realise (or they make you realise) that he has good intentions in all his actions. And Haru (played by Kimura Takuya) is just a "one-of-a-kind" character. Childish, yet matured. And cute too.

Im going to blab more about how awesome the show is by doin a brief summary on the protagonist's relationship (which is the gist of the show, while having all his teammates problems as just fillers or placeholders to let the story develop). Haru known as an "iceman" is his team captain as well as the ace of the team, "team scorpions".

Now on to the interesting part,

Haru forbids himself to love anybody (his rules on love are strict because his mother abandoned him when he was four and left for another man). And so whenever he takes some interest on a girl, he will make the girl agree with a contact, which is to treat their relationship like a "game". he calls it a game and the rules are openly known to both parties. This is to ensure both parties do not get emotional when there is a breakup. Any party is allowed to annouce "gameover" when they're bored. He mets a girl Murase Aki and in his eyes he seems to see her like a "girl of the previous century". (which in my opinion, is a girl with very traditional and conversed views of love). Aki-chan is waiting for her boyfriend abroad to return but apparently there has not been any contact for 2 years. This sparkled some interest in protagonist. And thus he approaches her to play his "game".

In the contract (which i assume is soley based by words and no signing of papers). Haru agrees to deal with Aki's loneliness while waiting for her boyfriend. While Aki hangs out with Haru in exchange. Either way, his game is designed in a way for both parties to benefit in some way.
And so. as you have guessed. things go well, and the game turns out not to be a "game" anymore. "when he returns, we will just smile at each other and say Bye bye".

Im not going to any detail. But this "game" thing was really amusing. More of interesting. Kinda proves that opposite gender will develop feelings even though from the start they aren't allowed to.

In the end they still did.

Somethings are just hard to pen down. like for example, how Haru's serious face can change into a sweet smile when he said "when he returns, we will just smile at each other and say Bye bye". It's just tooo.....innocent and there's this bittersweet feeling in this words and body lanquage.

Yes i find it hard to go on ranting because people won't bother to read what ive written. Awww..shrugs, now i feel like going on a drama spree. I may be getting too emo after watching drama.

The problem is actually, we will lose our peception of reality in life. As we get more and more attached to such "unrealistic and imaginative" worlds, reality seems surreal and vice versa. It's bad, infact, actually too bad of it can be dangerous. One thing I noticed is that after watching a drama, (for many hours). just go down to the street and look at people. And then you'll start to realize that the real world isn't perfect with good looking people everywhere you put your eyes at. Somtimes, dramas can be too extreme that even extras are even good looking. This is one major contrast I experience. It's like a world where there ain't any bad looking people. (except maybe even opponents/enemies). but to be a good drama watcher one must be able to differentiate between reality and the opposite of it.

I know im talking too much. But i have loads more to talk about. And im not joking this tim.

Oh yes. I want to talk about the standard thing Ive noticed in animes especially Naruto and Bleach. And generally fighting animes. Naruto and bleach, have many identical points. Have u noticed in battles there is a general trend.

1) Always only 2 people engages in the same battles. (and in that wonderful world it seems so amazing that most of the time fights are 1v1...??)
2) there are many forms or upperlevels that people refuse to enter at the start of the battle. (i will elaborate more later)
3) after tears/crying, and some flashbacks characters become significantly stronger?
4) many twists in battles involve unlocking seals/revealing a secret technique/using some self-harming risky technique....and in some cases, allies arriving/retreating...

Okay about point 2. There's this concept about Shikai,Bankai about released forms. And in naruto, he has this kyuubi form and sasuke has his curse seal lvl whatever. while rock lee/gai has their opening of gates. Choji has his pills...(to make him ubber strong but hurts himself). it's hard to see a character without "upper levels" that have to be released slowly as the battle progresses. This has a major impact on what we see. And this is why battles are able to drag so long.

It's always (in a 1v1) both characters fight and one is owning the other. The one that is being pwned goes thru some sad background music and flashbacks and says something along the lines of " im not going to be beaten by you so easily. " or "actually i was saving this special technique". then he morphs into his stage 2. (sorta "evolves" during the battle itself). then in the following episode he wil pwn his enemy real bad. and then in some cases there will be a plot and story development for his enemy too and his enemy wil morph too in his upper stages and this goes on until one character has nothing left to "evolve" to.

Ever noticed this thing when characters NEVER goes all out at the beginning. it's something i like to call the "law of conversation" and that is to allow our manga chapters to go on, and on and on. and battles to be endless. Imagine if every character were to go all out from the start, the battle would be short. think "power rangers". i always wondered why they did not summon their zords from the beginning and crash the noobling monster into bits and pieces. and waited for the monster to grow and upsize instead? this was so strange but whenever i asked someone, they said "they probbaly didn't wan to destroy the buildings..." yes but no one told me "it was a tactic always used by producers again and again.

The trend of "when the good guy is losing, he goes through tough emotions, crys/tears, and the show warps into some awesome flashback with rocking background music, then the good guy gets stronger and pwns the bad guy". notice how cliche this has become.

Even in animes like naruto and bleach. it seems like main characters only lose on selected occasions. But a show with the main guy losing every single time is really not nice to watch. So "feel good factor" affects what we watch too...

If a show has too much of a "feel good" factor, that means, it's far from reality. the truth is, reality is definitely not always kind...we (as main characters in our own lives) do not what people refer to ask "the author's powers" for us to win,win,win,win again and again and pass our obstacles simply with flashbacks and ubber background music...

And yea, im seriously talking too much.

It's late and I just got home from dinner. Haven bathe yet *yucks*..and I should be going to soon. and then sleep.