Korean x Japan

Hey gang,
Got two more Dramas for ja.  I kinda wanted to have my button maker post ready for you all today, but the way things are going I may not finish that till tomorrow (forgot how long it took to color these things).

First up is Watashi ga Dekinai Riyuu ( The Reason I cant Find my Love).  Its actually been quite a while since I'd seen a Japanese Drama.  Its so easy to just watch Korean Dramas on Hulu Plus or Drama fever these days, having to download each episode of the Japanese shows has been a bit of a bother.  Don't get me wrong I love me some JPN stuffs, its just so easy to watch streaming shows these days specially since the quality's gotten allot better.

Anyhow this show stars Ogura Saki whom I'd seen before in other awesome shows like Love shuffle and Tokyo Dogs.  She stars with two other girls Oshima Yuko and Karina who was also in Love Shuffle.  The three live together in a house and talk about there constant love problems.  Which is basically what the show is about, there love struggles and how they deal with it.

I had decided to watch a Japanese show and picked something from the Fall season so I wouldn't have to wait for the subs.  I saw it had two actresses I'd seen before so thought I'd give it a shot.  Well I really liked it, i had almost forgotten how much I love Japanese shows, while Korean shows are good there is just something about Japanese shows I like that much more.  Not to mention the fact I've been watching regularly since 2005 or that I can understand more of whats going on with out the subs....  anyway there good.  If you have time check this one out.  You wont be able to just watch it on Hulu like you can with the Korean Dramas I blog about but its definitely worth the download.

The next show I wanted to Talk about was Shut up! Flower Boy Band. This show is pretty awesome.  It's another music drama like Dream High but its about a all boy rock band and how they become famous.  Actually the Flower Boy name is part of this thing where they have a contest to find attractive young men and then give them a show or something.  Last years winners where in the show Flower Boy Ramyun Shop, and while I didn't really like that show, Shut Up! Flower Boy Band is a great Drama.

Basically its about a group called Eye Candy whose school is about to close and they have to be transferred.  But before the transfer there leader and songwriter Joo Byung Hee played by Lee Min Ki falls for Im Soo Ah played by Jo Boa and starts calling her his muse.  It just so happens Soo Ah is a student of the school the boys will be transferred too.  But before anything can really happen Byug Hee gets hit by a car and Dies!  So now there second Kwon Ji Hyuk played by Sung Joon has to step up as the leader.  Well of course this and that happens and Soo Ah and Ji Hyuk fall in love but cant tell the others in the group because they refer to Soo Ah as Byung Hees Muse.

The show is currently Airing and I am really enjoying it.  While it is about a boy band they don't have allot of singing and dancing like Dream High did.  Its more of a love story and the band is just part of the characters background.  All in all I recommend it to anyone who wants to watch something good.

that's all for now pyons.

Crime Squad

Well here is the show I've been watching lately Crime Squad.  Its a nice procedural based Korean Drama that Stars Song Ji Hyo (from Goong) as Reporter Jo Min Joo and Song Il Gook as Detective Park Se Hyuk.

The show starts as Detective Park watches his daughter Hae In get killed it a traffic accident that Park blames on Detective Jong Ii Do played by Lee Jong Hyuk.  This is because Detective Jong was in pursuit of a dangerous cereal killer and shot him while he was driving his car which crashed into a nearby ice-cream parlor.  Hae In just happened to be in the parlor and Detective park was just outside and watched the whole thing go down.

Fast forward 5 yrs. and now Detective Jong is a captain and Detective Park has been assigned to his group.  Enter Reporter Jo who has no memory of her own father and had found Detective Parks locket that had him and Hae In inside.  She then pretends that the girl is her and the man (whom she doesn't know is Detective Park) is her father.  But now their lives have crossed paths as Jo is a designated Police Reporter and decides to follow Detective Park on his cases.

I really like this show, it does remind me of Castle at times when Reporter Jo is following Detective Park around.  However Park doesn't seem to like having her around at first and blows her off most of the time.  I recommend this to people who like procedural dramas, its not like American shows that try and close cases in one or two episodes. Sometimes the cases go on for 4 or five episodes.  They've even killed off some characters you would think where important in the long haul.  I've got about 4 episodes left and cant wait to see how it ends.

Check it out pyons^^

K-Dramas

Hey Guys, whats been up?  Thought Id take some time so chat about this awsome Korean Drama History of a Salaryman.  It's really good based on chinese legend "Romance of the three kingdoms"  

I've been watching it on my x-box via hulu plus, but you people online can view it on drama fever.  The cast of the show is really great,  featuring Lee Bum Soo as Yoo Bang a jobless guy who walks into a room to find a man dead and a woman Baek Yeo Chi played by Jung Ryu Won hiding behind a curtain.  We then see the two getting arested as prime suspects for the murder.  Flash back 3 months ago to see how this happened we find out the dead man is Yeo Chi's uncle and Yoo Bang is a new hire of Chun Ha Group whos Chairman Jin is played by Lee Duk Hwa.  This drama is full as office espionage manly by Cho Hang Woo played by Jung Gyu Woon whos father comits suicide after getting fired by the Chairman. He comes back years later to take revenge.  At first he joins a rival company and trys to steal but when that plan fails he worms his way into one of the companys top positions.  And no Korean dramas complete without its love storys, enter Cha Woo Hee played by Hong Soo Hyun a pharmasist working for Chun Ha group who has fallen for Yoo Bang but after a series of mishaps becomes secretary to Hang Woo.  The show airs on sbs mondays and tuesdays so we get it online by wendsday.  It just aired is 16th episode wich is a usuall stoping point for Korean shows but I hope this show hits 20-24 episodes.  I look forward to watching it every week.

Like I said this drama is really good and I recommend it to anyone who likes a good show, even if you've never seen a Korean Drama before.  You noobs will have to get used to the subtitles but Its def. worth the watch.

enjoy pyons!