Romance Dramas

Lately, I've been feeling like a teenage school girl when it comes to watching drama. Anything that has a hint of romance in it just sucks me in recently. For instance, I started watching Koizora today and really liked it though the storyline was pretty simple and reminded me of the countless shoujo manga I've read in the past. We have the bleach-hair wild-like guy who is pretty spontaneous and a plain Jane who end up falling in love with each other. The wild guy is actually quite popular and a ladies man, while the plain Jane is a good, conservative and normal girl. In a way, the two characters remind me a bit of Rei and Kira from Mars, with some elements of Sekaichu. Though one can probably get bored watching it, I still like it. Maybe it's my recent mindset.

Also started watching Orange Days seriously today. I skimmed through it before and thought it nice, but didn't really pay a whole lot of attention to it until I sit myself down and actually tried going through it all. I heard that it's good and I've been wanting to see exactly how good, but never really got motivated until now. I have to say that it makes me cry a lot of times. Shibasaki Kou and Tsumabuki Satoshi delivered outstanding performances and the story was extremely touching. I really love Mr. Children's song in this drama too. My love for Mr. Children has rekindled and now I'm kind on a Mr. Children song-hunting rampage ^_^;

Another thing about Orange Days that I really like is that it's about being a senior in college. A lot of the things that they talk about, such as job-searching, not knowing what to do with your future, love, and life's ups & downs, really gets to me and makes me feel like I'm not alone. It's a very slice-of-life piece and really reminds me of my last term in college in a sense. For instance, the part where Yuuki Kai (Tsumabuki Satoshi) is standing at the train station in between college kids who were discussing the latest mixer and a salaryman who's apologizing profusely on the phone, really reminds me of that gap between school life and society life. Another part that reminds me of my life is where Hagio Sae (Shibasaki Kou) starts looking for a job -- despite initially not wanting to -- after her friend, Akane, gets a job. When one of my friends got a job, I began to really think about my life and started looking for employment. In many ways, this drama really reminds me of my senior year of college and it really touches me.