Majisuka Gakuen 2 Ep 6
Haha wow only remebered I hadn’t posted this when Mayuyu updated her blog saying Ep7 broadcasts tonight.
Okabe came running up to make sure Gekikara was ok.
No sign of Acchan.
Hina <- not impressed.
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Ultimate K-pop Intro Post
This is a post I’ve thought of making for a while. Just somewhere to direct my friends when I start talking about kpop.
First, a brief history of Korean pop. Pop music as you or I would know it only really became big in Korea in the late eighties, early nineties. It revolved around idol groups and the occaisional soloist, and indeed still does, with rock and indie artists struggling to gain a footing (unless they become band-idols, such as FTIsland.) Popular groups included g.o.d, H.O.T, Shinhwa, Fin.K.L, Sechskies, and Seo Taiji and the Boys. Although these bands were popular in Korea, there was never much of an international following.
Then along came the internet.
Most of the groups popular in international kpop fandom are later groups, from 2003 onwards. And since this is a guide for international fandom, I’ll focus on groups relevant to international fandom.
Idol groups are basically mass-produced pop groups or soloists. Idols start as trainees (equivelent to Johnny Juniors, H!P Eggs, 48 Kenkyuusei, etc) under production companies, where they are taught to sing, dance, MC, act, model, etc. Then if they are talented, lucky and hard-working enough, they will debut as part of a unit, alongside other trainees, or is they’re especially good, as a solo performer. The activities idols do vary from group to group. DBSK are famous for their singing skills, Super Junior do a lot of variety shows, Big Bang are known for writing and producing their own music, etc etc. Most groups include a member who’s a main vocalist, a main dancer, a rapper, and someone conventionally beautiful.
I mentioned production companies. The Big 3 are SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment and YG Entertainment. SM is the biggest, and the most popular and ‘mainstream’ idols come from it. YG is known for being very into hip-hop and R’n’B in the early days, and only recently started producing idol groups. JYP is generally solid and ambitious. Both YG and JYP are headed by ex-idols.
Of course there are also tonnes of smaller companies, but none have the prestige and power of the big 3. (Although Cube is looking very respectable these days.)
So, lets introduce some idols.
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Majisuka Gakuen 2 Ep5
You will regret those words Comeback!
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Majisuka Gakuen 2 Ep3
Man, it’d been ages since I posted anything. But I need somewhere to fangirl over Majisuka Gakuen 2, so here we are.
Didn’t write up the first two eps, but basically:
I refuse to acknowledge Shaku as part of the Four Heavenly Queens over Choukoku and in fact the character annoys me so much it’s actually making my dislike Miichan.
The fact that Shibuya betrayed MajiJo to join Yabakune hurts my soul.
The extra Yuuko’s running around irritate me a lot. Not as much as Lyle Dylandy replacing Neil Dylandy did, but close to that.
Mukuchi is so fierce I can’t even.
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[DOWNLOAD] Imadoki!
Tanpopo Yamazaki is a girl with a dream of attending a high school in Tokyo. Yet when her dream comes true and the famous Meio High accepts her, all isn’t what it seems. Students are sorted only by family connections and wealth, meaning friends are nowhere to be found. Taking matters into her own hands, she starts a gardening club. As the year progresses Tanpopo gains what she’s wanted (maybe even more) and one by one, people weave into her life in a way that’ll change her life forever.
My fave Yuu Watase series.
Shiki 20
I don’t have much to say, except I stopped watching this show after episode… 15? Or so. Why?
I was too scared. Too scared to find out what happened to Akira, to scared to find out what happened to Ozaki.
Of course, eventually my curiosity and love of this show won over and I continued. But I now consider Shiki successful as a horror series for genuinely freaking me out.
All I have to say about episode 20 is that this guy:
Awesomesauce.
Strong, reliable, straight-forward, my favourite type of character. (No, I’m not turning into Jiji.) I really hope he survives the Shiki attack. (although I doubt it. He’s major enough a character to really upset people if he goes over, but not central enough to the plot to affect the series. Perfect victim.)
Also pretty awesome.
Shit.
Sunako’s whining is really getting to me. I get it. You’re friends are dying, it’s upsetting you. But stop acting like such a victim.
Like… Shiki hunt humans, and kill humans. Then, when the humans figure it out and fight back, the complain! Talk about hypocrites! It really irritates me, to see Sunako wallowing in self-pity caused by her own actions. Grow a backbone.
Panty&Stocking with Garterbelt 12
So I went on hiatus in October, planning to start posting again in November. Unfortunately college took over. After 8 months of working aimlessly, going back to college was more troublesome than I’d expected. I’m a little more on top of things now though. I was planning to start posting again in the new year.
Then this happened.
Everytime my interest in this show wanes, it pulls something that draws me back in. In this case revealing my least favourite character is in fact super hot. (and a really intersting plot twist + cliff hanger, but lets be real. It’s the hot guy.)
I’m such a shallow shoujo fan.
Of course, now I’m completely torn between my hatred of his irritating character, and my extreme adoration of romance. I don’t want him to get together with Panty – except when I was watching the episode and cheering them on. Reminds me with my love/hate relationship with HYD. I still love Rui/Tsukushi at the start of the series, even though I know later on I’ll be screaming at Tsukasa’s mother for interfering with his relationship with Tsukushi.
Couples are complicated.
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[DOWNLOAD] Puchimon
So I was messing around at SVL and I found this manga that I’d forgot I’d even uploaded. *o*
btw we have a lovely new Halloween layout over there so you should all join and start posting. <3<3<3
SVLoyalty – We have lots of manga!
Puchimon
Melty Bagle is going to Quester accademy! By studying hard, and getting into adventures. she makes close friends Maris and Chamomile, and works hard to fulfill her vow to become the ultime SwordsWoman. This RPG style maga is super cute, and a nice light read!
Girls Generation vs Shoujo Jidai ‘Gee’
aka an excuse to post ‘Gee’ multiple times.
So, Soh Nyuh Shi Dae aka SNSD aka Girls Generation debuted in Japan as Shoujo Jidai. And they’ve just released their biggest Korean hit, ‘Gee’ in Japan. (In Japanese, obviously.)
First of all, I don’t care what anyone thinks, I love that Minho is in the JMV as well as the KMV. Hyungwhore gets hardly any screentime in his own MVs, and I don’t really see why it should have to be a Japanese boy just because it’s a Japanese single.
As for the song… SNSD’s Japanese pronunciation isn’t great. Sooyoung and Seohyun are best, obviously because they are the most fluent in Japanese. Also, hearing the lyrics in Japanese is a bit of a mindfuck. It just sounds wrong. Because I’ve heard the Korean version SO many times, and I do have a fair idea of the lyrics, and how they should sound. So hearing:
yaba chincha chincha honto wa, No no no no no!
yappa meccha meccha ki ni naru, Oh oh oh oh oh!
hora chowa chowa kono mama, Gee gee gee gee gee
koishitai no (Oh yeah!) aishitai no (Oh yeah yeah yeah)
instead of
Neomu banjjak banjjak nooni booshuh no no no no no
Neomu kkamjjak kkamjjak nollan naneun oh oh oh oh oh
Neomu jjarit jjarit momi ddeullyuh gee gee gee gee gee
O juhjeun nunbit (oh yeah~) oh joeun hyanggee (oh yeah yeah yeah~)
is just very strange. I don’t dislike it. It’s more like just because I’m not expecting it.
Also, this is amazing but it seems like the girls voices are even higher in Japanese. Especially Sooyoung and Sunny. Especially especially Sooyoung because I never expect her voice to be as high as it is.
As for the MV itself, JMV has a much higher budget. Sets and fashion and camera-work all looks better. That said, I have always though Gee MV was a bit of a clusterfuck.
I mean, in the original you had the messing about in the store, two choreo scenes, and the random angelic sitting laughing towards the end all messily edited together. And I sort of thought the JMV would take the oppurtunity to streamline things a bit, but no. Indeed, we get extra scenes.
I don’t even know what was going on there. It just felt a bit messy and all over the place.
Actually, my big problem with the MV is how creeped out I am at Tiffany and Sunny’s faces. Let’s be frank, plastic surgery is not uncommon in Asian entertainment. I love Jaejoong, I love Eeteuk, I love Hara, I love Uee. I have no problem with plastic surgery. But… With Tiffany and Sunny, it’s like their faces have changed enough to be noticable, but not enough to look really different. There’s something strange about watching them, that there’s something wrong I can’t quite put my finger on. I do feel a bit sad when I look at Tiffany because she was perfect before.
I sound like I’m complaining but I do love Gee.
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