Live Action - Hana Yori Dango #5

[timepiececlock]

The sexist garbage of this show is starting to make me ill. Seriously, it's gone beyond cheesy/funny to plain insulting.

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[irrel.livejournal.com]

Why did I ever...
So I have bad taste in Asian Dramas, let's move on...!

*retreats slowly*

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Well you're two for three now, but the good news is that I'm no longer distracted from wanting to write drabbles.

[irrel.livejournal.com]

So maybe I did it on purpose!

And 3 for 4, my friend (HIMYM, Bones, BBT, this) :P

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

BTW, did you read about Bones???? No new episode until next week!

[irrel.livejournal.com]

WHAT?! WHY? I NEED MY BONES! O_O (that sounds so funny lol)

You sound like you need a crossdressing female revolutionary in your life--

[rasielle.livejournal.com]

If you have time to watch Hana Yori Dango, you must have time to watch and/or read Basara. What Furuba is to you, Basara is to me - the favorite manga series of all time with final volumes that you've been waiting for/trying to buy for over a year, but refuse to spoil because the series is that good and your ultimate manga-mate-for-life and to spoil it means death.

[excerpt from shaenon's description here:]

"A Tamura heroine is pretty much constantly leaping astride some form of awesome transportation--a motorcycle, a skateboard, a powerful stallion that only allows her to mount him--and riding off to right wrongs and upset the status quo. Sarasa, the heroine of Basara, is the epitome of Tamura badassitude. The manga is set in a vaguely-defined postapocalyptic future in which Japan has returned to a primitive feudal state and the land is governed by the four sons of King Ukon. Sarasa's twin brother, Tatara, is marked as the "boy of destiny" with the power to lead Japan to peace, freedom, and not living in medieval filth all the time. Unfortunately, Tatara is killed in battle by the forces of the Red King, one of the aforementioned four princes. Obviously, Sarasa has only one choice: cut her hair, dress in drag, pretend to be Tatara, and save Japan in his place.

I'd also paste her comments about the romance as well, which is a large part of the premise, but goodness, it is MARVELOUS and meant to be read, not used in a synopsis (although, yeah, it emerges in chapter 2, but whatever >_>) I'll just say it's very dramatic - Shakespearean - but also very well-written, with all the shades of gray in between. For now, I'll paste this from the very same Basara review:

Incidentally, the chick leaping into the page is a deadly spy/assassin who's also a mad-genius inventor. Now that you've read that sentence, you have to read this manga. :D

(I would recommend the manga over the anime, by the way; the anime stops at manga volume... 5, and it's a little aged, so the animation quality and sound are more distracting than enjoyable. The manga, on the other hand, is utterly perfect. *nods determinedly*)