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AKB49 Renai Kinshi Jourei – The Musical
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Type: musical
Genre: musical
Year: 2014
Introduction:
It is based on the manga of the same name. It covers the first 5 volumes.
Synopsis:
Minoru Urayama, a boy, has a crush on Hiroko Yoshinaga, who dreams of becoming a member of the idol group AKB48.
He cross-dressed as a girl named Minori Urakawa to help her and accidentally becomes the 12th generation Kenkyusei member of AKB48.
An adventure starts…
Critique:
In the first edition: The musical obviously features AKB48.
Sae Miyazawa plays Minoru Urayama, an obvious choice. Mako Kojima and Nana Owada share the role of Hiroko Yoshinaga, also obvious choices.
In the second edition: The musical features SKE48.
Nao Furuhata plays Minoru Urayama. Ryoha Kitagawa and Ami Miyamae share the role of Hiroko Yoshinaga.
As far as musicals go my standards are high with little to no compromises.
Despite how amazing the girls are at learning a dozen or two songs and dances within a week on regular basis most of them don’t have it for a musical.
This has been shown more than often enough in the (3?) Wizard of Oz or Dorothy and co. competitions over the years. AFAIK only Otabe, Mayuyu, Umeda Ayaka, Tano Yuka and Masuda Yuka have ever made it on this stage but only the last three won.
That said the musical is not bad it just doesn’t excite me enough. BBC One’s Dorothy competition was more exciting. Many of the girls perform nicely, though.
Half the songs are good enough the others are so-so. Frankly most of the good ones whether they are in the musical or encores or special features are all AKB48 classics. There are a bunch of familiar AKB48 (anime) songs I don’t remember where they are from. One is definitely a classic Sailor Moon.
Verdict: 8
Cast 8
Cast performance 8
Script/Directing: 8
MAJISUKA GAKUEN 0 ~Kisarazu Brawl Version~
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Year: 2015
Thoughts:
This is an “encore” to Majisuka Gakuen 4 and MG5. It features HKT48 (aka Hakata) members only e.g. Sakura, Katsuzetsu.
The story is simple: The delinquent girls from Shekarashika Girls’ Commercial School are on a school trip to Kisarazu because Tokyo was full.
The girls beat up some grunts from a local gang which starts the feud.
I’m guessing the story might meant to be a prequel to MG4.
The final showdown features and references Wota from MG1, Team Hormone, now called Ageman (!); retelling her affair, punishment and
posting as captain of Hakata. The final surprising revelation might be connected to “Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou” were she, too, had a BF. I didn’t bother to check whether it’s the same guy; even if it’s not like he would even listed anywhere.
😆 The ED features HKT48’s performance.
Other thoughts:
Too much jitter all the time! Why crappy unprofessional hand filming has become “in” is unfathomable. You can thank nature for being smarter we never truly experience this in life other than when being hit on the head.
Uma (horse) lover jokes… this one is bad.
Verdict: 7
Cast 8
Cast performance 7
Script/Directing: 6
😆 I haven’t been able to play much with your mod either I hope you got to enjoy my ships more.Most of us certainly are more or less fluent. I can’t say I could survive without my books, though.
Without OCR it’s a pain to look up all those Kanjis. And you gotta have higher level of Japanese literature for the Seikai novels. That’s the reason why so many jumped ship once they looked at it. Yeah, they are called light novels but none of those light novel translators ever lasted beyond one page. You might say they got scared by Baronh, but I provided all the translations for them already so I doubt that.
You said it.
iloveit1 For me at least it feels similar to how I promoted hard for png, mp3 and other things long ago, too.
Ex-Girlfriend’s Club [Korean]
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Type: slice of life
Genre: romance
Year: 2015-05-08 to 2014-06-
Synopsis:
The story centered around a famous webtoon writer named Bang Myung Soo (Byun Yo Han) that write webtoon based on his past relationship with all his ex-girlfriends. Kim Soo Jin (Song Ji Hyo) is a producer who is assigned to make his webtoon into a movie.
Critique:
The show is all about relationship and in this case troublesome, amusing situation. Nothing to take serious about but I think the end is a bit disappointing.
All the actors depict extreme types, each with their quirks… Maybe the Korean way is a bit extreme but really well acted out their specialties and funny to watch.
The guy doesn’t compare with his female colleagues, though. And yeah it’s a bit leaning more on female friendship.
Verdict: 8.7
Cast: 8
Cast performance: 9
Script/Directing: 9
Majisuka Gakuen 5THIS STORY IS A WORK OF FICTION!
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Thoughts:
After MG4’s the disappointing performance changes were made for MG5. MG5 is a Hulu exclusive for a number of reasons:
the millions who signed up for MG4
- it’s not appropriate for Japanese TV (;°Д°)
To sum it up MG5 is bloody violent, brutal, bone cracking, sword singing, and gun blazing explosive. It’s more like the original only more extreme… seriously extreme. (≧人≦
Fatal gun violence is 40000 times less in Japan than in the states but it seems the MG students managed to close the gap! They changed school set again.It’s one year later (5 months in the real world). Salt failed attendance and has to repeat a year. The Heavenly Queens follow except for Bakamono who miscounted and graduated. ｡ﾟ( ﾟ^∀^ﾟ)ﾟ｡
The stury starts with Antonio being captured by the Ryotou Yakuza who then get cleaned up by Salt. The Gekioko’s now in Majijo’s debt so they are made fun of by the Yabakune. While the Ryotou try to safe their reputation their rivals, Akechi Sougyo, got wind of it. And then Salt gets assassinated. Σ(ﾟãƒï¾Ÿ) Otabe takes over (was long overdue). The graduate’s show up to her funeral, too. Despite the elder’s advice Sakura takes things into her own hands… Yabakune see their chance and challenge Sakura. She loses restrain and goes berserk. Gekioko (Kobii=Coby) doesn’t stay quite either… From here on things get out of hand and the eight way War machinery gets into full swing. Yes, it is unexpectedly very complicated.
The story is better and not zombie engaging as MG4. The characters and acting have improved. Not to mention there are regular actors now in the show. The downside is there aren’t many grunts. The OP/ED also have returned to classics/rock but still not as good as the originals. And they no longer vary from episode to episode.
The bad thing is it has become a kill-them-all story. щ(ꎤДꎤщ) There are a bunch of shocking revelations. And MG5 finally admits story wise connection to MG1 and not just with the appearance of the old cast/alumnis.
Well, the show does attempt a bit to address the difference or reality of the world of youth delinquent verses the world of adults. Don’t expect anything here. I do wonder whether the major Yakuza struggle of that year inspired the direction of the show this time.
The actions scenes this time are all ordinary; they include lots of jitter and sometimes flash effects. Yoga’s the only smart fighter but… so this part is rather a step back. There are minor funny scene but also disturbing scenes. (ﾟãƒï¾Ÿ) ! /(ﾟ0ﾟ)
Overall it started out a bit stereotypical but halfway it became complicated and curiosity came in the way of stopping to watch. I enjoyed it even though there were trouble some parts. There are a lot of little (character) stories but they lack more depth. They only serve to let you see the connections and what’s going on but no more.
I think the connections are a bit forced this late in the game. Anyway, with this it is the absolute end of Majijo… Will there be a continuation? Perhaps, but the original MG school is supposed to be obliterated and Yabakune and Gekioko no longer have any students. Most members of the multinational crime organizations and corrupt police are goners. It got to be a fresh start with a new generation.
Verdict: 7.8
cast: 7.5
cast performance: 8
script/directing: 8
Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou
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Year: 2012
The rundown all-boys yankee high school Bakada is merging with the well-off all-girls high school Cattaleya. This doesn’t sit well with either side of the student body.
Since Cattaleya’s carrying the “costs” the girls immediately “establish” their dominance. Bakada gets called Cattaleya No.2; the school gets a face lift; everything’s cleaned and shiny; the “art” on the walls are removed; a messy’s mess is gone; the H magazines are gone; and now it all smells of aux de toilet.
The girls also installed vicious mechanical transforming monsters in the toilet. But worse of all their beloved desks of traditions with inscriptions, names, and words of spirit are gone!
In other words Bakada is no longer a man cave! This obvious communication problem, naturally, leads to conflict… And on top of that the other schools make fun them, too.
This show’s cast is made up of members of then new generation of AKB48 and the male idol group Johnny’s Jr. Aside from them there are a few (really good) regular actors.
Even though acting is new to them their lack at it isn’t as apparent as in Majisuka Gakuen 4. Kojima Haruna, Shimazaki Haruka and a few other are the only veterans among them. It was made after MG2. Shimazaki is playing her (now) typical role but she’s much better in MG3 than in anything since. In comparison the guys seem all used to acting or their roles just fits them. I can’t tell.
The show is roughly comparable to the Gokusen series. However, Gokuen is pretty much dominated by Nakama Yukie’s acting and charm alone while SBK is more homogenous or evenly. So I think SBK is kind of more approving for most viewers, even though, the story may not be as engaging as Gokusen 1. Yet, there are really good parts, too. And I think the “fights” are a lot more amusing and entertaining than Gokusen. The only negative thing is most of the stories center around the guys, though. Even if not the guys are still the highlight.
Miscellaneous stuff:
The school’s the same as in Saba Doru as the show was used right afterwards.
Verdict: 8
Cast: 8
Cast performance: 8
Script/Directing: 8
