But anyway, i hope ^^yuuki's spoilers about the ending comes true.
[Discussion] Last Friends - Nagasawa Masami/Ueno Juri/Eita
I agree that the writers for LF didn't explore on Takeru,Eri and Sousuke's pasts/ problems very much, just scratching the surface and making us confused. In fact, i think it's a waste of time to give Michiru too much screentime, even though she's the lead here but there's no need to give her so many scenes just to show her indecisiveness and weaknesses which is already very well conveyed in some parts. They should've used those time to give us more Eri instead. Or takeru and sousuke for that matter.
But anyway, i hope ^^yuuki's spoilers about the ending comes true.
But anyway, i hope ^^yuuki's spoilers about the ending comes true.
yes, i agree with Daish. i still have a high expectation for this drama..Daish wrote:But maybe the last 2 ep was very well planned out and everything so far was just a large buid up for the ending which contains closure for all 6 characters. One can always hope. I just somehow have this feeling the child that sousuke keeps seeing is somehow significant to the story just to you wait!
what are the spoilers all about??avieamber wrote:But anyway, i hope ^^yuuki's spoilers about the ending comes true.
Closure for all characters in the next two eps will be hard, I feel. Eri's character hasn't done too much yet, which is sad because her story might have been interesting, and Takeru really hasn't confronted his past. I just think this drama could have been longer and been interesting the entire time. But still, looking forward to the last couple episodes.sarah117 wrote:yes, i agree with Daish. i still have a high expectation for this drama..Daish wrote:But maybe the last 2 ep was very well planned out and everything so far was just a large buid up for the ending which contains closure for all 6 characters. One can always hope. I just somehow have this feeling the child that sousuke keeps seeing is somehow significant to the story just to you wait!
what are the spoilers all about??avieamber wrote:But anyway, i hope ^^yuuki's spoilers about the ending comes true.
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...I still have high hopes. I hope they turn everything upside-down and freak me out. xD Or something like that. ...Just let Ruka be okay! T~T I swear, this is the only time of my life I'd like a female...erm, character. I thought I was straight 'til I watched this. O.o (Lol, I am straight...but for Ruka... )
Um...kinda off subject, but I get out of school next Wednesday, just in time to see the last ep live! :3 (It airs @ 6:00am Thursday where I live.) So...does anyone know one of those live players or whatever...and how to use it? (Or maybe find the channel for LF? I've never used one before. Hell, choosing to watch LF is what taught me what soft subs were. I never knew. O.o)
Thank you! :3
Um...kinda off subject, but I get out of school next Wednesday, just in time to see the last ep live! :3 (It airs @ 6:00am Thursday where I live.) So...does anyone know one of those live players or whatever...and how to use it? (Or maybe find the channel for LF? I've never used one before. Hell, choosing to watch LF is what taught me what soft subs were. I never knew. O.o)
Thank you! :3
you can check this thread out. i didn't try it yet, but maybe you'll get something there..ShikyoxYaiba wrote:.Um...kinda off subject, but I get out of school next Wednesday, just in time to see the last ep live! :3 (It airs @ 6:00am Thursday where I live.) So...does anyone know one of those live players or whatever...and how to use it? (Or maybe find the channel for LF? I've never used one before. Hell, choosing to watch LF is what taught me what soft subs were. I never knew. O.o)
Thank you! :3
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I really hope you're right that everything was purposely built up so that we can have this explosive and jaw-dropping ending that reveals all and gives proper closure to everyone's stories, because I've invested too much energy into this show and its characters and it'll break my heart to have it end in a limp manner.Daish wrote:Wow i haven't been here (this thread) for a while, didn't think there would be a negative vibe and all. Though I wasn't dissatisfied or anything but now that you mention it I do agree there's many aspects that it doesn't seem they will ever explore.
Somehow they introduced or foreshadowed quite a few thing such as Takeru's phobia relating to his sister but there hasn't been even one confrontation yet. I mean I don't think they even said EXACTLY what it is within the drama, just all this hinting time after time. Eri's loneliness wasn't even explored/mentioned for more than 5 minutes in the whole series.
Though 11 ep is a short time, they did manage to fit in michiru being indecisive about going back to sousuke around 3 or 4 times.
But maybe the last 2 ep was very well planned out and everything so far was just a large buid up for the ending which contains closure for all 6 characters. One can always hope. I just somehow have this feeling the child that sousuke keeps seeing is somehow significant to the story just to you wait!
To me, the strength and beauty of Last Friends lies in the complex, rich and interesting characters they've given us (well mainly in Ruka and Takeru, haha. Even though Eri, Ogurin and Michiru are not as complicated, they still contribute greatly to the group dynamic that makes the sharehouse a lively place). Where the story fails to sustain itself is in the execution of the DV plotline. More explanation below -
Ruka's unspoken love for Michiru, her issues with GID, her angst etc was really beautifully fleshed out (I don't know if we should attribute it to the writing or Ueno Juri's honest and raw acting). Takeru is another wonderful character that has captured many people because there's so much bubbling beneath the surface in his actions, pauses and hesitance (ie. the furtive glances he gives Ruka, the color draining from his face when he sees his elder sister, his amazing powers of empathy and warmth with Ruka/Michiru and everyone else etc). Although Takeru's issues were only hinted at (to be fair to the writer - those were some pretty heavy hints in the past 2 eps that anyone would get if they were paying attention at all), I wouldn't call him a poorly developed character. Eri was given very little screen time, but everytime she was on, she really made the show better for it. She was flirty, insecure, friendly and tactful around her friends and her character really deserves more airtime as she has good chemistry with Takeru, Ruka and even Sousuke. Michiru has gotten a lot of screentime and we saw her vacillating between Sousuke and Ruka 3 or 4 times before she decided to return to the sharehouse and leave Sousuke for good. It took Michiru a long time to see the light, but the girl has finally woken up from her romantic notions of being able to 'change Sousuke with her love'. A person like Sousuke cannot change so easily, unless he uses psychiatric help.
So, it's the characters that have kept me glued to this show and I'll watch till the very end. I still think this is a very good show because it makes us pause and think about issues which we'd otherwise not consider (like the nature of love, what lengths one would go through for your loved one, homosexuality, DV, child abuse etc).
Rant about Sousuke in episode 9 begins here:
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I'm too exhausted to rant too long about why I love this show but the above pretty much sums it up. Though the DV thing provided some shock value and brought in viewers, it is the other stuff that KEPT the viewers. The other aspects meaning how they portrayed the other characters like Ruka and Takeru plus the relationship between the characters. It works brilliantly enough as a character driven show so to add those thriller/horror movie moments...kinda works againts it. Although it does move the plot along, most of the time they spent focusing on it could have been given to develop the other characters like Eri and Ogurin for example. It's better than a half baked DV character. Either just make him a symbolic character that just appears when needed(like how the writer originally planned it, blame Ryo for inspiring her, lol) or give us more. That said, Last Friends is still the most awesome J-Drama for me so far. Thank god for Ueno Juri and Eita. It wouldn't have been the same without them. The mostly great parts are definitely worth grimacing through the minor grouses people have about the show. So, hopefully I'll feel the same(or better) after watching the next 2 episode. =)hanapyupyu wrote: To me, the strength and beauty of Last Friends lies in the complex, rich and interesting characters they've given us (well mainly in Ruka and Takeru, haha. Even though Eri, Ogurin and Michiru are not as complicated, they still contribute greatly to the group dynamic that makes the sharehouse a lively place). Where the story fails to sustain itself is in the execution of the DV plotline. More explanation below -
Ruka's unspoken love for Michiru, her issues with GID, her angst etc was really beautifully fleshed out (I don't know if we should attribute it to the writing or Ueno Juri's honest and raw acting). Takeru is another wonderful character that has captured many people because there's so much bubbling beneath the surface in his actions, pauses and hesitance (ie. the furtive glances he gives Ruka, the color draining from his face when he sees his elder sister, his amazing powers of empathy and warmth with Ruka/Michiru and everyone else etc). Although Takeru's issues were only hinted at (to be fair to the writer - those were some pretty heavy hints in the past 2 eps that anyone would get if they were paying attention at all), I wouldn't call him a poorly developed character. Eri was given very little screen time, but everytime she was on, she really made the show better for it. She was flirty, insecure, friendly and tactful around her friends and her character really deserves more airtime as she has good chemistry with Takeru, Ruka and even Sousuke. Michiru has gotten a lot of screentime and we saw her vacillating between Sousuke and Ruka 3 or 4 times before she decided to return to the sharehouse and leave Sousuke for good. It took Michiru a long time to see the light, but the girl has finally woken up from her romantic notions of being able to 'change Sousuke with her love'. A person like Sousuke cannot change so easily, unless he uses psychiatric help.
So, it's the characters that have kept me glued to this show and I'll watch till the very end. I still think this is a very good show because it makes us pause and think about issues which we'd otherwise not consider (like the nature of love, what lengths one would go through for your loved one, homosexuality, DV, child abuse etc).
Eheh, I think a second season without Sosuke would give us a real show. Haha, It's at least give them time to worry about their own issues instead of looking over their shoulder to see if the 'terminator' is coming. *sigh* 11 episodes is really too short...I'm gonna have a huge withdrawal after it's over...>_<
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Now Keyhole is saying that the Broadcaster has stopped the video.
I think the server got overloaded due to like, you know, 500 people trying to watch at once. But I'm kinda pissed off since I've been watching since 7pm JST for Last Friends and now I get all these problems. Not only that, I wanted to watch Tackey & Tsubasa too.
I think the server got overloaded due to like, you know, 500 people trying to watch at once. But I'm kinda pissed off since I've been watching since 7pm JST for Last Friends and now I get all these problems. Not only that, I wanted to watch Tackey & Tsubasa too.
It should start in another 10 minutes...10.20pm~ But as usual, I'll only be able to watch it in at least 24hours...So, I think I'm just gonna avoid this thread till then. No use spoiling what little left that isn't spoiled. Hopefully I won't have to go through 20 pages tomorrow...^^;
Before that, he's the cover of the new Weekly Television(I posted the spoilerific scans yesterday):
Looks familar? Because they took a lemon shot 3 months ago as well. How time flies eh?
Before that, he's the cover of the new Weekly Television(I posted the spoilerific scans yesterday):
Looks familar? Because they took a lemon shot 3 months ago as well. How time flies eh?
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Oh~? I'm kinda relieved...sorry, just don't trust myself to not click that button. ^^;
So, lotsa people tuning in eh? Does this mean that the number on the counter for episode 9 isn't just a bug in the system?
http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopi ... tm#1021008
So, lotsa people tuning in eh? Does this mean that the number on the counter for episode 9 isn't just a bug in the system?
http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopi ... tm#1021008
...That's like 5 times the previous episode...o.oDownloaded: 19278 Time(s)
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It connected and then it died. Again. I feel like a cat and someone is hanging a piece of fish in front of me, yanking it away everytime I try to grab for it.
Keyhole TV says there's roughly 320something odd people wathcing but it had peaked around 450+ around 10pm, but it keeps dropping out. On top of that its just lagging the entire KeyHoleTV networks. All the channels are lagging cause of this.
Keyhole TV says there's roughly 320something odd people wathcing but it had peaked around 450+ around 10pm, but it keeps dropping out. On top of that its just lagging the entire KeyHoleTV networks. All the channels are lagging cause of this.
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I think the mpeople who broadcast on TVU are experience technically difficulties. Again.
Actually all the channels dropped off like RIGHT AFTER Kanjani8's touch!ECO 2008. So I'm kinda glad they didn't drop out while I watched the entire 13 hour special
But still... NOT DURING LAST FRIENDS. ITS THE LAST **** EPISODE.
Sorry for my french.
Wow, there is 615 people connected to the FujiTV stream. What the hell
Actually all the channels dropped off like RIGHT AFTER Kanjani8's touch!ECO 2008. So I'm kinda glad they didn't drop out while I watched the entire 13 hour special
But still... NOT DURING LAST FRIENDS. ITS THE LAST **** EPISODE.
Sorry for my french.
Wow, there is 615 people connected to the FujiTV stream. What the hell
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Well of course, but all the drama people loved ends with this ep^Yuuki wrote:Well, if it's any comfort, it's not the last episode...it's the last chapter...epilogue aka the real last episode is next week...^^;
Now, let's just hope those people watching in Japan don't come and spoil us after the episode. Lol.
Keyhole, the channel is hima but it just disappeared again.namie wrote:Where and which???Ladymercury wrote:ITS BEING BROADCAST ON A NEW SERVER NAME!!!
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Here's a high resolution spoiler for you guys. It's safe to click. Trust me.
Now where did all the red ribbons go?
Now where did all the red ribbons go?
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there's nothing....^Yuuki wrote:Here's a high resolution spoiler for you guys. It's safe to click. Trust me.
Now where did all the red ribbons go?
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blammer wrote:Dont read this either if you haven't watched itLadymercury wrote:I swear, this is cruel and unusual punishment.
DON'T READ THIS SPOILER IF YOU SERIOUSLY DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED.
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As much as I hate sousuke.... *sigh*
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I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna click anything this time...Just one question, is it another cliffhanger or a kind of ending for now?
In the mean time, I'll just distract myself and the others with these~
kaze to rock to onna~
In the mean time, I'll just distract myself and the others with these~
kaze to rock to onna~
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I am frankly confused my self.
HERE. LET'S HAVE MORE RYOKO.
HERE. LET'S HAVE MORE RYOKO.
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http://jdrama.cc/node/112
jdrama CC has the episode 10 script plus english translation. But its only the first 10 minutes or so, he's probably working on it as he goes.
jdrama CC has the episode 10 script plus english translation. But its only the first 10 minutes or so, he's probably working on it as he goes.
Ladymercury wrote:http://jdrama.cc/node/112
jdrama CC has the episode 10 script plus english translation. But its only the first 10 minutes or so, he's probably working on it as he goes.
YAYYYYYYYY!!!! OMG, thanks a bunch!
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bmwracer wrote:hanapyupyu wrote:bmwracer wrote:
No thanks to me, thanks to the admin of jdrama.ccblammer wrote:Ladymercury wrote:http://jdrama.cc/node/112
jdrama CC has the episode 10 script plus english translation. But its only the first 10 minutes or so, he's probably working on it as he goes.
YAYYYYYYYY!!!! OMG, thanks a bunch!
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