Now that is something

[scottishlass]

According to the plot synopsis on wikipedia CHANGE really sounds interesting. I wasn't sure at first of the elementary school teacher turns politician plot but now with more substance to the plot it is even plausible considering how politics work in Japan.

I'm so looking forward to this dorama ... I can so imagine Kimura as the dreamy, reluctant, rebellious school teacher Asakura Keita who gets ripped apart ethically and mentally by the world of politics and due to family obligations can't get out of the whole situation. The ANGST!!! I just hope he won't end up dead at the end of the series.

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[rika-66.livejournal.com]

I just hope he won't end up dead at the end of the series.

Two deaths in a row? Don't you think it would be too much? ^__^

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Yeah I think they won't do that .. esp. to a Prime Minister.
I think one of the last scenes of the dorama will be Kimura as Asakura (having resigned or elected out of Prime Minister) sitting on top of a roof thingy with his telescope, his gf beside him (probably handing him a cup or can of coffee) and both look up at the stars. With a Kimura voice over of how he experienced to be the Prime Minister and that all the hardships have given him wisdom, insight, a girlfriend and the calmness to enjoy something simple as this, the nightsky with the stars.
Well, I hope so anyway x

[rika-66.livejournal.com]

I think one of the last scenes of the dorama will be...

Oh, I also thought about something of this kind - as the end of the 'politic' kind of story that could be acceptable for me. I have the same feeling that the end of the story will be a resignation - and, probably, not a peaceful one, but with a painful scandal or something like that.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Well I hope not. A scandal would be awful for Asakura who strikes me as a very considerate, kind man (who isn't who is into space) :))

[rika-66.livejournal.com]

But why not? This is drama, ne?
I like angst in drama very much if it doesn't end with death.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Yeah, though I really don't like Angst *sigh*

[rika-66.livejournal.com]

Eh? You don't like angst? I had different impression when I read this your post about "Change"... I misunderstood something?

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

I only like Angst with Kimura or anyone .. if it is plausible. THe kind of we need to throw some road blocks into the works before they are getting happy Angst sucks big time and I most of the time ffw through it
:(

[rika-66.livejournal.com]

Oh, now I think that I understand you! :)
I like even heavy angst in dramas (and Kimura-san as an actor is a King of angst, IMHO), if it ends with "they lived happily ever after". :)

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Also I don't like the Angst that would have been solved if the OTP would actually TALK. I mean hey, if you love someone you trust them and talk to them, if you don't you are infatuated but don't love.

[rika-66.livejournal.com]

Well... up to my personal experience, sometimes it's very difficult to talk even if you love a person, and the trust is such a fragile thing in love...
If it was easy for you I'm really glad for you and even envy, because foe me it always was a _very_ difficult tusk. May be it's something depends on personality. For me it was always a problem - to trust and to open myself to another. So I understand such things in the stories and believe in them..

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Oh I know this .. especially when you already had a painful relationship before. No, what I mean talking about little things. Most of the time, there are only smal things that lead to huge misunderstandings in j/k/twdramas. Sometimes I think there are 5 year olds playing at love instead of young/middle aged adults.
For example, I'm watching Korean drama Single Papa In Love atm. The guy is giving off mixed signals and pushing the heroine away, both hurting her and himself (and his kid). Why? Because his ex (and mother of his son) is the new fiance of the heroine's (stupid) father (the ex left hero because of the money of heroine's father who could provide her with the backing for her pianist career).
Instead of pushing her away and hurting her (for the heroine it is the first love) and not seeing her anymore, he should at least fess up and tell her why he thinks they shouldn't be together. The hero has got nothing to loose anyway as his mind is set. At least he should be truthful to heroine. Koreans are masters in this kind of roadblocks, the Japanese not so much, but sometimes I just want to yell at the monitor Kiss her/Talk to her already!! :)

[rika-66.livejournal.com]

Oh, I see what do you mean. :) Yeah, ridiculous little things. :)

Koreans are masters in this kind of roadblocks, the Japanese not so much

Well, I almost won't watch Korean dramas at all, so I don't know about them. But in the good Japanese doramas a lot of emotional problems and turbulences in love are quite believable for me.

For example, when I watch Kimura/Matsu "Love Generation" I very closely recognize one of my own love stories of my early 20s. Well, with the exception that it didn't have a happy end - how to say, we ended at th 10d episode. ;) But all the major points of mutual misunderstanding and disconnection in relations are named there very truly.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Well, I almost won't watch Korean dramas at all
There are some very good doramas from Korea that are worth watching. They are not as emotionally deep sometimes as the Japanese (the Koreans have much more comic relief) but there are a lot of very good doramas that are awesome yet light hearted.
When I need a fixer upper, I almost always turn to a Korean drama.
Oh and Taiwan has created some really intense doramas as well. MARS is one of them. You should watch MARS because here the Angst is justified for all the right reasons. Nothing is really conjured up and it is a relatively truthful progression of falling inlove and making compromises to keep that love, even if ppl think the OTP is not suitable. I never ever ffw'ed this series.

[rika-66.livejournal.com]

I have "Mars" already, just didn't watch it yet. Thank you for recommending!

BTW, I really like Kimura's new "prime-minister" short hair cut. it suits him so well!

[gyelle9.livejournal.com]

I just hope he won't end up dead at the end of the series.

lol! i hope so too.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

You and I both. Hopefully it will be an interesting dorama throughout like Karei. I had my doubts about Karei too, and it ended up one of my favourite doramas of all time.

[gyelle9.livejournal.com]

i had trouble starting karei back then. like you, i had doubts. it didn't seem like a drama i'd like but then kimura does have his way of convincing me otherwise :P

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Strangely it wasn't Kimura only who convinced me but the whole cast and story telling :)

[gyelle9.livejournal.com]

for me it was. i tried watching it before and i stopped immediately. the next attempt, i got to the part where kimura started speaking, that was it, it got me hooked.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

The power of Kimura-kun's voice :)

I think I got hook line and sinker the moment we saw him interacting with his father Daisuke for the first time. I wanted to know why their relationship had come to this.