#japanese drama thoughts

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

Mitsuya Sensei no Keikakutekina Ezuke. Bon and Rice as Frito Episodes 1 - 4

[itagakimizuki]

KOI WO SURU NARA NIDOME GA JOTO (2024) | 1.02

[pigglepiephi]

Has Takara ever said Taishin’s name out loud?

It’s like he feels it’s too possessive of him to say his name even in the quiet of his own thoughts. When Takara finally calls him ‘Taishin’ out loud, that might be the point when he truly opens himself up to fully loving Taishin without fear.

[wanderlust-in-my-soul]

It's brand new. And it looks expensive. Is it okay for me to wear this? It's totally fine. Stand up.

[miss0atae]

Takara's treasure, final thoughts:

I'm glad Takara's treasure will have another spin off episode because I was not ready to say good-bye to such sweetness. It was really a nice romance. Slow but steady.

In the end Takara found the courage to accept that his feelings even his possessiveness weren't inherently bad. When there is love, there is hope. It's funny how he appeared as the mature senpai at the beginning of the series while Taishin was the lost mentee coming from outside of Tokyo. However, Taishin is so much more comfortable with his love than Takara. His confidence in love and the good things it can bring, made Takara more secure and he could finally accept that there is no good or bad when it comes to feelings. You can't control everything, but as long as your significant other / friends / acquaintance is okay, then you shouldn't worry and imagine the worst.

I feel Takara was the one who learned the most.

[flowerakatsuka]

denki!kuroba has plagued my mind for the past 24 hours so it's time to drop their design & lore. ( bonus + more lore under the cut! )

( ya'll knew i had to find a way to shoehorn kurokara into this au SOMEHOW. )

while they don't meet during the events of six idol statues of taboo, kuroha does eventually get to meet chorosuke's recently reunited brothers afterwards. strangely enough, it seems that karatsugu knows who they are. kuroha's life before the accident was much like the one kuroba lives ; having attended college for horticulture and working at their grandfather's floral shop. karatsugu and kuroha had known each other for a long time, having become friends in high school and staying quite close into adulthood. because of this, he was absolutely devastated when they suddenly disappeared a year and a half ago while on the way to visit family in yokohama. there were no reports of any crashes or deaths, no missing people found, nothing. it was as if they were spirited away, never to be heard of again. upon learning this, kuroha is rather distraught. even though his face is so familiar to them, the past he recounts to them refuses to come back to them. something they had been keeping a secret from the others at the midorito estate was that they had begun to recollect some things, but what they remembered seemed more like strange dreams than any memories they should have. memories of traveling with mononoke, fighting in gang wars, fending off youkai, a life much like what karatsugu described but not exactly the same... and in all of those memories, the six same faces, so eerily similar yet unsettling different. the most prominent of them all being the faces just like karatsugu's. they aren't sure why these strange memories are all they can recall, perhaps they're finally losing it, but with the brothers' help, kuroha might be able to figure out the true meaning behind them and even remember their life in this universe along the way.

ALSO, a quick explanation of denki!kuroba's name!

( fair warning : my understanding of japanese is very rudimentary so i may have made some mistakes in my translation or how names are written. please let me know if that's the case and i'll correct anything i've gotten wrong! )

kuroba / クロバ -> kuroha / 黒葉 ( くろは )

kuroba's name is written in katakana while kuroha's is written in kanji ( with furigana written in hiragana. )

kuroba's first name comes from クローバー ( kurōbā ) meaning clover. when the dakuten from バ ( ba ) is removed, it becomes ハ ( ha. ) the equivalent of ハ in hiragana is は, which is used in the furigana for kuroha's name. the kanji used for kuroha is 黒 ( kuro ) meaning black and 葉 ( ha ) meaning leaf.

yotsubana / 四つ花 ( ヨツバナ ) -> shinigusa / 死に草 ( しにグサ )

yotsubana comes from 四つ葉 ( yotsuba ) meaning four-leaved, notably used in the japanese for four-leaved clover / 四つ葉のクローバー ( yotsuba no kurōbā. ) the kanji for ba in youtsuba is swapped for 花 ( hana, ) which can be read has bana like in the surname tachibana. as a result, their surname can be read as " four flowers. "

the 四 ( yo ) from yotsubana, which can also be read as shi, becomes 死 ( shi, ) meaning death. the adverbializer に ( ni ) replaces つ ( tsu. ) the kanji for hana is replaced with 花 ( kusa, ) which is lifted from a synonym for clover, 詰草 ( tsumekusa. ) kusa becomes gusa as an instance of rendaku. their surname can be roughly read as " dead(ly) grass. "

[just-whump-and-suffering]

Yume de Mita Ano Ko no Tame ni Ep 5

[army-in-the-stars]

Arata Mackenyu x Timid Magazine

[alwayspining]

Can we collectively appreciate the friendships in My Beautiful Man - Eternal. Like? Kiyoi was worried about Anna, not his own career. Hira never felt threatened by her and even went out of his way to help her. Hira’s boss? Kiyoi’s managers? It warms my heart when the protagonists are sincerely good to the people around them, and the people pay it back. Love to see it.

[sweetbottletops]

"AYAKA is in LOVE with HIROKO" Episode 1 [streaming with subs]

I have many thoughts already, but first off never in my life did I think I'd be ambushed by a Judy and Mary song out in the wild like that. Now have spent an hour down the youtube rabbit hole. Not now, nostalgia.

[scarefox]

btw. here is the LGBTq QL actor list I started on MDL

I try to keep it updated as far as I get information.

[itagakimizuki]

BLACK CINDERELLA (2021) 1.07

[numbuh424]

death note adaptations peaked in 2015 when these two came out months apart from each other.

[miss0atae]

Quick thoughts about Takara's treasure (EP 11):

I always feel great when I'm rewarded with a spin off or a special episode. You got to see a universe with characters you learned to appreciate and you can dive into it for another time. It's so satisfying.

It was interesting to see the love between Takara and Taishin through the eyes of their observant fellow club member. She kinda represents the viewers and it adds another layer of perception.

Takara and Taishin's love is gentle and so subtle. Everything is in the way they speak to each other, the gentle care and gesture between them and the way they look at one another. I feel this episode shows us how their relation will continue to work because they find peace and happiness in small moments spent together.

I guess when you watch so many series of movies you get used to big grand gestures of love. However, in everyday life it's more simple just like Takara and Taishin's love. Even if the separation while Takara was hiking abroad wasn't easy, they found a way to make it and they are willing to stay together. It's nice and comforting.

I'm glad I could see them again one last time.

[lemonfreshlysqueezed]

Hiro smiled when Kai told him the plant needed a month to grow, because it ment Kai is planning on staying at least for another month.

[hopezzy]

me during all of minato's season 2: idk bro its just terribly executed and it all feels so dumb and convoluted that i don't even care what's happening

me during episode 12: