Lately, I've Been Wishing...

This is random like always, but lately, I've been wanting to watch "Mars" based on Soryo Fuyumi's manga, but I don't want to watch the Taiwanese version, I want a Japanese version =_= However, no one has made a Japanese version yet T__T. The story is really old so I'm not sure how they can make it more modern or anything, then again, the Japanese are really good at making adaptations that are almost nothing like the manga and still be pretty decent.

Though "Mars" can come off as a bit cliche, the story is one of my favorites. Too bad that so many dramas out there already touched on bits and pieces of child abuse, sexual abuse, delinquent high school boys who fall in love with introverted girl, suicide, murder, insanity, etc. "Mars" has basically everything you can think of that's angsty, but it ends well. Still, it's kind of strange that it hasn't been made into a drama yet in Japan. It seems that only the ones I'm not completely a fan of gets made into drama, but the ones I love either become movies, or the Taiwanese go and make a drama of it. Surprisingly, this drama wasn't too terrible. I usually can't stand Taiwanese drama, because all the actors are quite lame =_= No one really impresses me and people who sing, should just seriously stick to singing. *sigh*

Anyway, I just wish they would make a Mars drama sometime 'cause I really want to watch it =_=

No idea who I would want to play any of the characters at this point in time 'cause no one can really act and the ones who I think are decent are too old now. If we have to pick bad boy look, anyone with long hair and an attitude will work for me, I guess. If it wasn't for the fact that some of these people can't really act, I'd pick the following to be considered:

Kashino Rei
- Kamenashi Kazuya - he has the look, but not quite all the acting skills, and he's not exactly built
- Hayami Mokomichi - this guy has the muscle, but I'm kind of tired of seeing his face lol
- Shirota Yu - he is part-foreign blood and he looks pretty wild, plus he's somewhat built so he looks the part, the thing is that I don't think he can really act that well...
- Mizushima Hiro - he looks good with long hair, but he's scrawny and it's questionable if he can act out Rei that well
- Oguri Shun - right now he is one of my fave actors, because he really does play out his parts well, and we have seen him with wild red hair, so I think he can pull it off, he's fairly built too
- Akanishi Jin - looks good in long hair, not that scrawny, might be able to pull it off

So my verdict would be... Shirota Yu vs. Oguri Shun. I think Oguri Shun would win out 'cause he's more bankable, but Shirota Yu's looks really fit the part. Then again, Akanishi can probably pull it off... Don't know.

Why I wouldn't even consider Matsuda Shota or Matsumoto Jun is 'cause they're both pretty scrawny-looking and MatsuJun's just too short =_=

Asou Kira
- Yoshitaka Yuriko - she can pull off an introvert pretty well, but Kira has more depth than the character she played in Love Shuffle so we'll see... lately, I've been feeling that her acting's kind of the same
- Kitagawa Keiko - I think she has some potential to pull off a decent Kira. I watched her in Mop Girl, Buzzer Beat, Tokyo Drift, and Hitsudan Hostess. She is pretty with long hair and it would be interesting to see her as an introvert.
- Aoi Yu - I think her version of Hagumi was much better than Narumi Riko's Hagumi, and she has the plain Jane sort of look, so maybe.
- Kato Rosa - though I like her, I haven't liked anything she's in recently so I haven't really watched her acting as of late, but from watching her in Jotei, I like her, though that was a stronger role
- Kanjiya Shihori - I have seen her act various different roles and I think she is a pretty good actress, her range is pretty versatile. First time I watched her was in Hana Yori Dango, then the next time I saw her, she was in Love Shuffle and the role she had in HYD and LS were pretty similar, but then I saw her in Buzzer Beat and was really surprised. I think she doesn't get a whole lot of attention, but I think she is pretty talented compared to some of the other actresses out there, she just may be able to do Kira.

I guess when it comes down to it, I rather see either Kitagawa Keiko or Kanjiya Shihori for the role. I would probably pick Kanjiya Shihori over Kitagawa Keiko though 'cause I think Shihori does the subdued, quiet, complex and pained pretty well. Watching Kitagawa Keiko in Hitsudan Hostess, she was good for what her role asked of her, but I think Kanjiya Shihori may be able to pull off Kira better. *sigh* Well, it's not like they're making one anyway so I can just imagine. If they do eventually make a drama and have Nagasawa Masami play Kira, I may have to kill myself. After watching so many drama with her in it, I still don't see any improvement so I've given up.

As for the other characters... if it's already causing me to crack my head open trying to think up people for the leads, there's no way I can think of anyone else to play the supporting roles.

But yeah... I just wanted to get this off my chest.