I am the next drama heroine

I feel like I almost killed you all with those two tremendously long posts I wrote last time (and the time before that). Sorry for that - when I get too excited about something or overly interested in some topic, I keep on rambling about it (you DO NOT want to hear me giving a "quick overview" of something that I like - it takes hours...).
Anyway this time I decided to revive you with something easier. So I present you some of the points of how my life (I hope I'm not the only one) is not so different from drama heroine. Sure I don't have two drop dead gorgeous men falling for me, nor have I something to avenge, I don't have a job that should be done into a series and I don't have death written over me (I do have an incurable disease but that's nothing to worry about), but that doesn't mean I can't be the next heroine:

- Like Riko from Buzzer Beat I collect stamps/ stickers so that I could get free stuff or a discount.

confession time: During last month I have achieved collecting all the stickers twice.
Now I'm filling my third "book" - do I have a problem?

 - Like Oh Ha Ni from Playful Kiss  I can name all of the members of my favourite bands (+their life stories and history of scandals)

confession time: I do not know all the Super Junior members by heart
as I am not that keen in their music (but I know "sorry sorry" dance!
and lyrics: "sexy, free and single; ready to mingle" -
WAIT! Those aren't the lyrics, right?)

- Like Mary from Mary Stayed Out All Night  even when I have no furniture, as long as I have a device to watch dramas with, I'm alright

confession time: soon it's been 5 years of watching dramas.
For me it's not an choice of preferences, it's a life style.

 -  Like Hotaru from Hotaru no Hikari  when I can stay home for the whole day all alone, I don't give a damn about my looks

confession time: I do wear my hair like that when I'm at my parents place
and my jersey's are the comfiest things on earth!
but the best thing is never leaving your pajamas...

- Like Toake from Party wa Owatta I get sleepy after drinking too much and I can sleep everywhere in every position

NO confession time as I have NOT fallen asleep in the restroom!
(even though I have wanted... and now that I think about it..
maybe that's why it's called the RESTroom?)

So what similarities do you have? Be sure to let me know in the comments! 
Happy continiuning Christmas month!

You know you had one glass too much when next morning

I hope everybody had a good weekend. I bet most of us were having another round of drama marathon or went on some kind of cultural event or called up all our friends to have a blast or did all of it (like I did) and feel now even more tired than when the weekend started. This post is meant for those whose weekend involved the lover-at-evening&night-foe-in-the-morning type of friend called alcohol - we all know that sometimes (due to all different reasons) people drink a little too much and when they wake up - they have no idea what happened. If your weekend was like that, then I hope you didn't realize you had one glass too much like they did:

You find red cabbage from your house and you have no idea where it came from (Marry me Mary)

 You find yourself from the honeymoon room of your (ex-)crush and the co-worker you hate is lying next to you… naked (Marriage plot)

You wake up at the bed of your love rival. And yes, you’re both from the same gender and your "love interest" is not there. (Marry me Mary)

While you’ve enjoyed your drunken-sleep, your messy house was cleaned by Mr.Propper. (Buzzer Beat)

You wake up in unfamiliar room with unfamiliar man lying next to you. For your luck, he is hot! (Hanawake no yon shimai)

You are waken up by a younger guy in his room, you are late for work and you forgot your socks into his apartment. (Waraeru koi wa shitakunai)

 

 There is a viral video of you kissing your teacher, but there is only black hole in your head. (Hormones)

 You wake up with a bruised lip and all your band members suddenly despise you. (You´re Beautiful) 

 There is a photo-proof of you first kiss with the guy you despise. Forced by you. Oh yeah, the rumor says you almost puked before it. (Zenkai girl)

 You are feeling sick, you only want to eat sour and everybody are looking at baby pictures and buying baby stuff, because the thought that you are having just a hangover from last night is not logical enough. (Playful Kiss)

Your grandpa makes you hangover soup and is displeased with the fact that one young guy dropped you off last night. You do not remember him piggybacking you, but you do remember boasting about how you do not get drunk. Well, that’s awkward (Heartstrings)

 

You wake up in the toilet and that is not your house. Not to mention that the party is over (Party wa owatta)

Mangakas in Japanese movies/dramas

As those connected to us through facebook already know: we went to anime convention this weekend! It was awesome. Anime is what started my need-to-know-about-Japan-love so it is a big part of my life. It must be the same for a lot of people. It made me realize how important are manga artists - mangaka's - in the social phenomenon that is "becoming a fan of Japanese pop culture/ Japan in general".
So this post is about how Japan portrays those amazing people in the moving picture format.

TROUBLEMAN - Tokuda Kazuo + 4 sad woman

 Kazuo didn't become mangaka himself, but he did become an assistant to Yamada Kikuko who already had three talented assistants. But it can get quite messy when there's one ikemen and four woman whose love life can be described as non-existing as all they do is work and work and work.

Chichi yo anata wa erakatta - Onodera Yu

 He is the example of people aspiring to become mangaka and the conflicts it may bring with one's parents - after all mangaka's paycheck is something that makes people eat instant ramen (I mean everyday and all the time ). The mangaka part is only in the beginning of the movie, so there isn't much to it.
As Kato Shigeaki played both Tokuda Kazuo in "TROUBLEMAN" and Onodera Yu in "Chichi yo anata wa erakatta" I have to add the fun fact that he actually is kind of mangaka in real life too! His novel "Pink to Grey" got serialized as a manga as soon as the novel came out in 2012.

Party wa owatta - Asakura Toake

 After a long time working friends must drag mangaka's out of their room just to show them the real world. But even so the friends can't stop the brain of mangaka. And so Toake is the perfect example how a small thing can be an inspiration for something big. And that you can work where ever you want to.

My darling is a foreigner - Saori

Saori shows how it might get difficult when a mangaka moves in with someone. As mangaka's mostly are freelancers who are trying hard to get a serialisation (that doesn't happen so often), then they need a lot of work with no interruptions. Through Saori we can also see what other possibilities mangaka's have in the work field.

Nihonjin no shiranai nihongo -Luca

 He represents the smallest group of mangakas - the foreign authors.Yes, they do exist. There have been many discussions about foreigners writing manga - wheter it is authentic manga or rather something similar to western comics. My opinion is that manga is manga no matter who writes it - when the appearance and story are manga like - then it's manga. 

Loss time life (ep. 5 "Childhood friend") - Hajime

 Hajime became a mangaka because he promised his childhood friend that he will become one. He is the example of "nothing comes when one doesn't give his best" - nowadays it is really difficult to have a break through but he was able to do it. He also portrays the reality of being a mangaka: living with his mother and having constantly sleepless nights.

If you thought being an manga artist is all about doing what you love, then you are wrong. As you can see even in dramas and movies mangaka's are portrayed as "workaholics whose life is filled with different problems". I think the more we should appreciate our favourites! :)