I'm a fan of AKB too, last time I had an oshimen was Yahagi Moeka but sadly she graduated.

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top 3-5 current visuals of all those groups please!

AKB48

HKT48

NMB48

Sakurazaka46

Nogakizaka46

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For HKT I would say Unjo Hirona, she is so pretty:

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when will akbingo back?

what variety show can i watch them now thats currently airing

AKBINGO! ended but recently they did a special episode, they'll do another special episode in the summer! For now the special episode is not subbed yet but I'm sure some fans will sub it soon!

There's a section for J-dramas in the japanese section, for other asian dramas, there's asian entertainment section! I personally mostly watch japanese/chinese dramas so I'll use those 2 sections to discuss dramas!

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I was about to watch this, but seeing Masahiro Higashide face makes my blood boiled. I'm still salty with what he did to Anne Watanabe

I'm aware that I should leave actor's real life problem and just enjoy the drama. But I really despise him so much

Yes I was feeling the same before starting the drama, but I wanted to watch it because I like Nagasawa Masami and some of the other cast... I don't regret it because the drama is awesome! As for Higashide Masahiro, I agree that what he did to Anne is awful. I watched the drama without thinking of it and I have to say I actually like his role because his role is funny. I guess I could look at his character as a character without thinking of his real and private life. Maybe you should wait some time to feel less anger and someday you can enjoy the drama!

I'm going through my list of dramas that I watched and it's in alphabetical order so this isn't really in order of preference but these are all the dramas that I enjoyed watching and they're all good:

- Bloody Monday (suspense, psychological)

- Buzzer Beat (romance, sport)

- Crow's Blood (horror)

- Death Note (suspense, psychological, criminal)

- Gomen ne Seishun! (school)

- Hana Yori Dango (school, romance)

- Higanbana (criminal)

- IS Otoko Demo Onna Demo Nai Sei (slice of life)

- Itazura na Kiss (school, romance)

- Koishite Akuma (school, vampire)

- Liar Game (suspense, psychological)

- Life (school, drama, bullying)

- Limit (school, suspense)

- Nodame Cantabile (music)

- Ouroboros (suspense, drama)

- Proposal Daisakusen (school, romance)

- Sabadol (school, comedy, music)

- Seigi no Mikata (family, comedy)

- Summer Rescue (medical)

- Taiyou no Uta (music, romance, slice of life, medical)

- Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi (slice of life)

- Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru (romance, food, criminal)

- Yamada Taro Monogatari (school, comedy)

I started Confidence Man JP and I'm really loving it! it's original, I like the different storylines in every episode and how it's always related to a different job/theme. I love Nagasawa Masami in this role, she's awesome! it's so fun to watch! The drama also has a special episode and 2 movies so there's a lot to watch and I'm excited to see it all

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Japanese dramas are weird.

Just curious, what japanese drama made you think like this?

I love japanese dramas because there are many different type of storylines and themes, I like that it's not always romance (I enjoy romance of course but not all the time). and I also like that they're not too long (in number of episodes or length of each episode) so usually they don't add useless scenes or drag the stories.

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i also thought that it was great how they tried to add another facet to the mil by showing how she was in a loveless marriage and had tsubaki like some kind of awful revenge.

making her into a focused evil character was slightly annoying and i think they did her a disservice since her acting had to be so forced and over the top. when we get to see her at the end, with her hair down, i think the nuances of her subtle expressions were able to shine. i would really like to see her in a better role in a movie or a kdrama style series...i would join that kickstarter or patreon for sure, lol. she's a beautiful actress.

i do think making tsubaki's dad into a less likeable character to throw us off was a good twist but at the same time, i wish there had been more added to the grandfather's story. him and the mil as evil people were good directing and production decisions but the whole series could have been made so much more impactful and poignant with the grandfather maybe having a old timey arc. maybe they can make a prequel..../wishful thinking

ok so Nao and Tsubaki...phew!!! they simmer and burn with passion in their expressions holy crap!

their first kiss, the whole push and pull of their emotions...the ahem...lovemaking and the sadness with the [bad] events..they really chose the actors well. the casting needs some credit! the side characters usually are overshadowed completely but i think they each had important enough parts that their screen time was also satisfying and not pointless to the closure and not a needless distraction to the main plot.

i really liked this series overall and going into the idea, it might not necessarily be my absolute favorite, but this hits top 10 JDrama for me.

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I watched a lot of j-dramas through the years and for me this is also in my top 10 most favorites j-dramas

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Ehh...Is that Minami Hamabe? She's getting mature, still remember her cute chubby cheeks in Anohana. I might watch this drama, seems interesting

Actually I just watched the first eps of her comedy dorama, still ongoing.

Yes it's Hamabe Minami! You should definitely watch Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru, the drama is awesome and Minami looks so beautiful in her role. I heard about her new drama too and I'm planning to watch it (not right now but soon) I also want to see her other dramas from the past!

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oh man...they're soooo HOT together!

i'll post some more thoughts later but for now,

i loved seeing the art and story behind the sweets and then how they tie it into the actual plot is so satisfying.

from getting approval through family tradition and then through innovation at the customers, the subplots and the criminal part of of the main storyline..

you feel so bad for Nao/Sakura!! i was really invested in seeing her "win" and then when she turns all rogue and "evil-gonna-take-over-kougetsu ahn" ahhhhh i really am glad for the endings of each character arc, even the horrifying mil..man what an evil character!

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Totally agree with everything you said!

This one can be outside spoiler

Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru (2020)

English title: Cursed in Love

Leads:

Yokohama Ryusei | Hamabe Minami

Just finished watching this drama and I completely LOVED it! I love the lead actors and their couple, they have a lot of chemistry, I really love them I also love that there's a lot of things happening in the story, like criminal case etc. and I liked learning and seeing all the japanese traditional sweets. it's exciting until the end! I totally recommend this drama! I'll give more opinions under spoiler (please put opinions under spoiler if it has spoilers about the story!)

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I recommend:

- Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru (2020): Just finished this drama and LOVED it, it has romance (mature type), criminal story, and more. You'll never get bored! The leads are very good looking with a lot of chemistry + you'll learn about japanese sweets!

- Liar Game (2007): There is a korean version remake of this drama that I never watched, the one I recommend is the original japanese version, it has 2 seasons and some movies too. The story is about people being forced to compete in games, each game is very interesting, you will be impressed with the solutions. The lead actors are great especially Matsuda Shota's role!

- Death Note (2015): This is the drama version of the anime! There are other past versions in movies but the one I recommend is this drama version. it's very good. Even if you saw the anime or already know the story, this drama is worth watching, the actors played their roles very well especially Kubota Masataka who is perfect as Light!

- Life (2007): School drama with bullying story, this drama is very interesting to watch and I saw it many times!

- Nodame Cantabile (2006): Music-theme drama, I remember really enjoying this drama, it was a lot of fun!

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Watashi-tachi wa Doka Shiteiru

amyon

omg...from the very first episode what the!!!!

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its really good I recommend! I was so obsessed with the main couple, their chemistry was off the charts. The drama itself was pretty interesting as well, my only complaint was the frequent flashbacks but other than though it's one of my top dramas this year

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i finished it and the closure is amazing too, it's really not what i expected at all, i was expecting something like those tame amazon original romcoms, but i was wrong. zz

I finished the drama too and I absolutely LOVED it! The storyline is interesting right from the first episode and you never know what will happen in the next episodes until the end, I was so much into it. and yes I really LOVE the main couple! They both look so beautiful and I'm kinda obsessed with them haha I found a Youtube channel with subbed content of the 2 actors here (mostly from the time when they promoted the drama) I'm going to watch everything

I'll probably make a separate thread for the drama soon!

So they announce this now but it will start being applied in 2023, it's still far. I'm confused about the statement though, do Johnny's Jr decide when they debut or not? I always thought it's the agency who decides when a new Johnny's group debuts. If the agency refuse to debut them before 22 then what happens? or is it more like they will decide by the age of 22 if the idol is ready to debut or not and if not then they'll be asked to leave, but isn't that weird because some Johnny's Jr groups have members of different ages so will some of them just leave...

I remember for example for SixTONES it took a really long time for them to debut, I saw them in the drama Bakaleya around 2013 or something and their official debut was only in 2020. I don't think it was their decision to wait so long to debut though...

well anyway I hope this change isn't a bad thing for the Johnny's Jr. I have a feeling they'll just debut the Johnny's Jr earlier and won't force anyone to leave unless someone is really not ready to debut.

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this looks good, gotta start watchng this one now!

Yes the story is interesting and I really don't know what to expect in the next episodes so it's exciting! I'll come back to write about it here once I finish watching! or I might make a discussion thread for the drama so we can talk about it there later Hope you'll like it too!

I started Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru, I saw 2 episodes so far and I'm really loving it! it's a story taken from a manga and I can feel that some scenes are really like the romances in mangas, I love it though and I love the lead actors!