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Last Friends is a Japanese dorama about life in today’s society. It’s about a young girl named Michiru who finds herself in love with a great young man and moves in with him, only to find that he’s a very possessive and jealous type. He is also very prone to violence. She soon becomes a victim of domestic violence, and finds herself a bit lost. Of course, on the outside, he acts very nice and can be very charming. He’s also very kind and very caring towards her. However, if she angers him, or does something that makes him angry, he is very quick to hit her.

At the same time, one of Michiru’s old schoolmates, Ruka, finds her after so many years of not talking to each other. You can tell that Ruka might be in love with Michiru, but there’s something that Ruka is hiding from everyone. No one really knows what’s going on with her. Of course, Michiru’s boyfriend finds out about Ruka and gets unnecessarily jealous. What follows is a dorama about friends and the things that happen in their lives.

I still have a hard time watching this dorama. I’m very against domestic violence, and I for one have a hard time tolerating it. I get really upset watching this show, but it does have some favourite actors/actresses like Ueno Juri, Mizukawa Asumi, and Eita of Nodame Cantabile fame. And you should know I watch a lot of dorama because of the people in it, as well as what it’s about. But honestly, even the favourite actors/actresses are making it tough. I think it’s just because when I see what’s happening in the show, it just really pisses me off. I know it’s not real, I mean seriously, it’s a TV show, right? But it’s the fact that I know there are so many issues of domestic violence out there. seriously. Too many. Things like this should never happen. No one should be trapped within a relationship and have to take any amount of abuse. Ever. seriously. If I ever hit Meesh, I would never be able to forgive myself. Ever.

But I digress. The dorama is about friendship, and the power of friendship. There are plenty of lessons to be learned here. The bond of friendship is strong. But the bond of love is strong too. Which wins in the end?

Because I was too busy becoming an American, and running around Seattle the past couple days, I totally missed Jenn’s Birthday! Her birthday was on 4/29. So please go on over there and give her some birthday wishes!

I also wanted to say that A Little Scary has been doing pretty good. I’m not sure if cybr ever thought it would be so good. But I’m loving it. You should probably visit the site, a new comic is out today. A new comic comes out every Monday and Thursday.

Oh, and I did want to address some things in prior posts:

We didn’t have apple pie for dessert for my all american dinner, instead we had root beer floats. That’s pretty american isn’t it? We were thinking about apple pie, but decided on root beer floats instead. I just forgot that part.

Melanie was wondering what “dorama” was. Basically it’s a Japanese TV show that is considered “drama”. Because in Japanese, you pronounce the word drama as “do-ra-ma”, that’s how it became to be known on the net. dorama = Japanese tv drama show. There are other words that go along with it, but just remember when I say “dorama” I’m talking about a tv show in Japan.

So one of the doramas I’m watching this season is Hokaben. It stars Ueto Aya as a young hopeful lawyer who wants to be the savior of the weak. Her idea of what lawyers are is perhaps a bit naive, but I like to see some hope in the world. Normally, I don’t watch lawyer shows, but this turned out to be pretty interesting.

The first case of the show, which starts as a divorce case turns out to become a domestic violence issue and then to a child molestation case. It peaked my interest for sure because I seriously wanted to see the father/husband rot in jail or burn at the stake. But seriously, this could become a pretty good dorama, even if Ueto Aya isn’t being all cutesy. This is good for her, since it’s a serious role. I like her like that.

What dorama do you watch?

Ok, so I have to admit that I love Ueto Aya. If you didn’t know, she’s a japanese actress and j-pop artist, who has been in quite a few Japanese dorama. If she’s in it, I’ll watch it. But that’s how I watch most of my dorama. The latest I saw her in was Abarenbo Mama where she is a rather young and newly become step mother, where she proves herself to be quite capable of being a mom. Very cute dorama.

I just watched the Attention Please special, where they go to Australia. Very good special. I love it when they do specials of doramas I like. But I was just reminded how cute she is! I just love the ending theme, Pretty Woman (originally by Roy Orbison) performed by Kimura Kaela, a great J-pop artist. I love her version of this song. Plus the ending credits show Ueto Aya’s character wearing different CA (cabin attendant) uniforms in it. Pretty neat. Video after the bump!

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So it’s coming up to the end of “season” for the current Japanese dorama (or Drama). I don’t watch all the dorama. I mean there are quite a few running, but I do try to watch dorama that have actors and actresses I like such as Ueto Aya, Fukuyama Masaharu, and Shibasaki Kou. And yes, I will watch dorama with them in it even if it sucks. (most of the time anyways.)
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