I just got an email from hmv.co.jp that my orders have already been dispatched.

Welcome to your new home Hiro Mizushima :heart:

I’m selling some Nana items from my collection because I need to pay for some stuff. The items are authentic and are all from Cookie magazine.

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Nana poster cgi.ebay.ph/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290188455953

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Since all is lost with Bishie, I am now distracting myself with a real bishounen. I recently downloaded scans of Hiro Mizushima’s “With You” photobook and his photos made me almost drool literally.

Yummy! Anyway, I decided to treat myself and ordered the photobook and his calendar from HMV Japan. I hope that having that would make me feel better about the Bishie thing. I wonder if Ikuta Toma has a photobook as well.

Yay! I can’t wait for this dorama. I know nothing about Honey and Clover though. I got this from the Ikuta Toma lj community

Title: ??????????
Title (romaji): Hachimitsu to Kuroba
Also known as: Honey and Clover
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance, friendship
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2008-Jan-08 to
Air time: Tuesday 21:00

Synopsis
Honey and Clover follows the lives of five college students and their love triangles — Tokyograph (http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2019)

Cast
Narumi Riko as Hanamoto Hagumi
Ikuta Toma as Takemoto Yuta

Production Credits
Original writing: Umino Chika, Hachimitsu to Kuroba (manga)
Screenwriter: Kaneko Shigeki
Producer: Takiyama Madoka, Shikanai Tsugi
Director: Tanimura Masaki, Matsuyama Hiroaki

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The screenplay is by the same guy who did Proposal Daisakusen, so you can expect it to be well written. The producers have done dramas like ProDai and First Kiss before this one. The first listed director also did Nodame Cantable, and the second, Liar Game.

As for the other girl in the cast, you know her as the younger sister in Ichi Rittoru no Namida, and quite a few other dramas.

But the most important thing is that TOMA IS IN IT! *squee fest* (I literally started jumping up and down and racing all over the house in delight ^-^) Next winter will be a good one!

Y?ta Takemoto (?? ??, Takemoto Y?ta?)

Aged 19 (at the beginning of the series), Y?ta Takemoto is a second-year student at the art college. He is from Annaka city, Gunma-ken. He lives in the same apartment complex as Mayama and Morita in room 202. His floormates are Morita and Hasegawa.

Takemoto is one of the more mellow characters in the series. He falls in love with Hagu immediately after being introduced by his professor but keeps his feelings to himself throughout most of the series. His love for Hagu and his inability to act upon his feelings as freely as Morita causes some internal problems for Takemoto. For example, when Hagu received a bird brooch that was made for her as an anonymous present, Takemoto couldn’t bring himself to say that Morita was the one who had made it for her. Instead of acting on his feelings, Takemoto decides to be more of a brother figure to Hagu, giving her friendly support when needed. For example, Takemoto accepts Hagu’s requests to build her sophisticated dollhouses and the like. Takemoto is very close to her.

Episodes are often narrated from Takemoto’s point of view. At first he questions why he is in art school and feels that he is not good at anything but he gradually matures and becomes comfortable with himself. The greatest change in his character comes after he spends days riding on a bicycle all the way to the Northernmost point in Japan. After this he feels that he can tell Hagu how he really feels and stand up to Shinobu.

Here’s an update on the Hana Yori Dango movie.

“After two television series, the live-action adaptation of Yoko Kamio’s Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers) manga will end with the Hana Yori Dango: Final theatrical movie, which will screen in summer of 2008 in Japan.”

No more season 3

“The series stars Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto, Shota Matsuda, Shun Oguri, and Tsuyoshi Abe will all reprise their roles as Tsukushi, Tsukasa, Sojiro, Rui, and Akira, respectively. The movie will also feature special guest stars. The series’ chief director Yasuhara Ishii will start the two-month shoot in January and include overseas locations. Kamio is currently developing the story with the series scriptwriter, Mikio Satake (the penname of actor Takayuki Takuma).”

Guest star Ikuta Toma please! I wonder what the story will be. Anyway, read the entire article here.

Watch the entire clip. You’ll find out why I have drool all over my laptop. This clip is from the show Vanilla Kibun.

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, or Hana Kimi for short, is one of the funniest Japanese dramas I’ve watched. It has 12 episodes and not a single one bored me. What makes it even better is that fact that all 12 episodes are full of hot young Japanese boys. It’s really a feast for the eyes…at least for a female viewer. My favorite hotties in the series are Ikuta Toma and Hiro Mizushuma. I never liked Oguri Shun but I must admit he looks a lot better in this series. He looks buff now.

Ikuta Toma

Hiro Mizushima

Some of the boys

Hana Kimi is about a girl who disguises as a boy so she can enter an all-boys school her friend attends. She does this because she feels guilty for causing his injury which resulted to him quitting a future career as a high jump athlete. How it goes, I won’t spoil the details. He he.

I highly recommend this drama for the entertainment value if not for the boys. It’s a bit yaoi but it’s okay even if you don’t like that.

According to DramaWiki, this dorama is adaptation of a manga. It stars Matsumoto Jun as Ban Shogo, a young man who wants to be a good Italian food chef and set up his own Italian restaurant someday. I find this drama okay. It’s pretty much all about cooking. Hardly any romance stuff. I’m just not used to watching Jun acting so goody-goody. Compared to his roles in Gokusen and Hana Yori Dango, Jun comes out a bit boring in this drama but I guess that’s because of the character. Ban Shogo is obsessed with cooking and doesn’t have much of a life outside of that. To those who are planning to watch this, I suggest that you have a full stomach whenever you view it because it will really make you hungry.

This series is a sequel to the jmovie with the same title. The old “water boys” have graduated already and they were idolized by their juniors in high school. Two years have already passed and the Board of Education wanted to stop the yearly performance of synchronized swimming because it was disrupting the peace of the town. Shindo (played by Takayuki Yamada) is in his last year and wants to perform synchro because he missed it the year before due to diarrhea. With this regret, he decided to create a Synchro Club because the swimming team wasn’t supporting him. He makes friends with 4 eccentric boys and they hurdle numerous hardships while trying to make their dream of performing come true. In the end, the group earns the support of his school mates, the teachers, the town people, and the Education Board. They were able to put up a spectacular synchro performance.

Although I like the movie more, the drama is still amusing. The series isn’t really a comedy. I don’t know if it was meant to be one but it wasn’t funny for me. Some old characters make guest appearances but the focus isn’t on them anymore. I’m not fond of Takayuki but he’s a pretty good actor. The best part for me in the series is the performance itself and this was only in episode 11.