Rei and Kira keep developing deeper feelings for one another much to Sugihara’s chagrin. Meanwhile an art club senior gets on Rei’s bad side when he steals the sketch Kira was supposed to paint for him. Plus, Kirishima gives a clear warning to Kira that he’s not who she thinks he is.
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As Rei spends more time with Kira, Sugihara gets jealous and starts bullying Kira while Kirishima silently watches on. Can Kirishima or Rei save Kira from Sugihara’s violent jealousy?
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Bad boy Kashino Rei becomes interested in the quiet, man-phobic Aso Kira after meeting her by chance one day. Their fated first meeting and Rei saving Kira from a teacher’s sexual harassment opens their story.
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Episode 2 of Taiwanese drama Mars focuses more on Chen Ling’s haunted past while exploring the developing relationship between Qi Luo and Ling.
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If I remember correctly, my first manga that I really read were Fruits Basket and Mars. I was able to finish Fruits Basket, but have not actually had a chance to finish Mars. I really should finish it one day. Mars is a darker romance manga by Soryo Fuyumi which was serialized from 1996-2000 and has been collected into a
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Death Note! A popular manga series. A popular anime series. A popular movie series. Now it’s a live action drama series! I really have no idea how popular the drama is in Japan (and among international fans of the franchise). Strangely enough, when I first tried reading the manga, I hated it (now I own the entire series), but for
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The first movie in the live action Kenshin series was pretty awesome. The next two movies (Kyoto Inferno and The Legend Ends) both ratcheted up the awesomeness even more! The acting was superb (for the most part) and the action sequences are great and not as bad as some movies with the overly obvious wire work that defies the laws
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Another classic manga which was previously turned into a Japanese drama gets a Korean drama. We have the romantic comedy Nodame’s Cantabile (called Tomorrow’s Cantabile aka Nae Il’s Cantabile for the Korean remake) and we have the psychological drama Liar’s Game. Now, I’m not quite certain just how popular the Japanese drama LIAR GAME was, but I’m fairly certain it
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It is on a the rare occasion where I express such an instant dislike to a drama. Having said that, I decided to be fair and give this fall drama a shot. I watched the first case and that was definitely more than enough to form an opinion against continuing to watch this drama. If you would like to give
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I totally forgot about this movie! How could I? The actor (whose name I’m conveniently forgetting right now, but he’s a SMAP member) who played Chokozai really did an amazing job and I really loved the chemistry and dynamics of our team. Here’s hoping the movie will be good. The previews were intense and worrisome. Horikita Maki comes on as
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