Sean Akizuki's East Asian Drama and Movie Blog

I admit that it took some time for me to get into K-Dramas and I haven't watched reviewed any K-Movies yet. I do think I might watch her latest project Innocence and maybe try watching The Sound of Flower and Baekdu Mountain starring the rather eccentric Suzy Bae. Now, it's time to focus on Shin Hye Sun. She does remind me of a puppy love I took too seriously and maybe why I fell for that girl who somehow resembles her. I used to find said person really pretty when she wasn't. Then I think about how Hye Sun has been called ugly. According to Soompi   - she showed her rather admirable conduct when she replied this way about people calling her "ugly": I receive a lot of comments calling me ugly or a nobody. I look up articles about me a couple times a day. I read all the comments one by one too, only because I’m curious about the stories surrounding me. However, I’m now slowly practicing not to take comments to heart. I'm just reminded of why I probably f...

The second challenge between HumaGear sales agents and ZAIA Specs is here. This time, it's all about selling real estate. Smile Sumida is a real estate lessor HumaGear pit against Tatsuya Arayashiki a real estate agent who uses ZAIA Specs. The latest challenge is to sell real estate by 1000%. What I'm finding cliche though is seeing HumaGears getting corrupt and fixed ever since Gai appeared. Smile Sumida gets corrupted and we've got a ZAIA Specs wearer who becomes a monster-of-the-week. Tatsuya does become the Splashing Whale Raider in the quest to defeat Smile. Just who in the world is giving the ZAIA Specs wearers their monster transformation keys? Smile gets corrupted in the first half. Smile then gets repaired in the second half. The idea is to sell the house to a billionaire to get points. The second half does feature the guest appearance of 77-year old Hirohisa Nakata. Yup, I'm amazed to see the actor still appear here. For all the newbies - Nakata himsel...

Yes, I'm already done with Once Upon a Time in Lingjian Mountain . I could say that the 37 episodes haven't been so fun but can still be fun. The first half focused on the anti-villain Tianlun. The second half starts to have them hit with Xue Boren (where the wolf siblings are mistaken to be eating humans when they aren't). There are some plots that just try to balance the show's comedy with seriousness as to avoid it from turning into a slapstick. But sometimes, I just wish a comedy were total nonsense rather than this show that tries to balance it.  The conclusion of the Qianling Sect had its leader Tianlun try to seal the darkness away. The darkness arrives yet again in the second half. I would admit that the three wolves arc and the Fengling love story are interesting. The views between Wang Lu and Yunfan regarding the mythological demons is something. Yunfan just sees mythological demons as scum such as the honorable werewolf brothers. Boren just wants his wif...

It's no secret that I tend to watch almost anything good for a bad reason. I may have chewed out Power Rangers Megaforce mercilessly in spite of the eye candy because the show was so bad. However, I tend to watch a good K-Drama for the same stupid reason I tend to watch a good Tokusatsu - it's for the girls! I remembered watching Gu Family Book , Uncontrollably Fond , While You Were Sleeping , Dream High , and Vagabond because I find Hiroyo Hakase ahem Suzy Bae pretty. The same went for Full House and Autumn in My Heart because of Song Hye Kyo. I remembered watching a couple of Japanese and Taiwanese shows because I found some girls attractive like Return of Condor Heroes (2006) and Green Forest, My Home . While watching Still 17 - I think about it that I can't help but comment that Shin Hye Sun can't be considered pretty. Then I remember I had a crush on a girl who looks like her or that I once had a crush on Ako from Chojin Sentai Jetman . Hye Sun tends to remind m...

Considering that Still 17 was a last year K-Drama so I can watch the shows at my own pace. It's not like this year's K-Drama where it's shown at least once or twice a week so I can do a review, pause, do real stuff, and write. In my case, when a show is finished (hence why I have the tendency to prefer new stuff when they age after a year) - I can watch at my OWN pace. Now, it's time to simply focus oon the past and present colliding. Seo Ri having been asleep for 13 years is no easy thing. She wakes up at 30 but still 17 mentally. She would take some time to get used to her face. I did find it quite funny when she ran into an old woman and nearly thought she was a Rip Van Winkle . Remember the story where a man slept for too long and awaken very old? Seo Ri awakens with no experience of what it is to grow up. She tries to adjust to a new world. She even doesn't know that mobile phones can connect to the Internet. She was probably too used to the traditional p...

Well, it looks like I do need to really plan more ahead about my Kamen Rider 01 updates. Well, I decided that I might actually be a little more careful about doing the episode/s review. I usually prefer to do it whenever an arc ends. Now, it's time to grant the conclusion of the flower arrangement arc. Right now, there are some interesting plots and maybe some really predictable plots. It's no secret (at least to the audience) that Gai Amatsu is a charmer. Yua is now confused with her loyalties. It's interesting to see how Isamu himself gets into a clash with his partner Yua. The big question is does Yua even know that Gai Amatsu is really a villain? I do find the naming of Gai Amatsu to be kind of intentional - there was the smug rich boy Kamen Rider Gai from Kamen Rider Ryuki . He also shows signs of being able to deceive his opponents and make it look like he's not doing anything. Gai is also very much good at hiding his true intentions by simply having a rematch....

The wonders of the digital age really work when it goes beyond the computer. Now, with digiboxes and a monthly paid subscription - the local Philippine TV may be rapidly becoming a thing in the past. I'm now trying to watch Still 17  which stars Shin Hye Sun. Shin Hye Sun's role as Seo Ri is a woman who spent 13 years in a coma. She has lost contact with the real world. Much can happen in a few years and more so in 13 years . She's a 30-year-old woman who still has the mind of an adolescent. So, I'll give the show my initial thoughts. As said, since I'm watching the show at my OWN PACE so just don't expect episode reviews. I'll just blog about when it's convenient. Meanwhile, I'm still watching Lingjian Mountain where I'm in a good half of the show. I could choose to schedule my watches due to real-life issues. Now, it's time to give my first impressions on this show. I really thought about how my head tends to be stuck in my teens. Woo...