Take leftover chicken, rice and kimchi. Fry it all up, season with some ketchup. Fry up an egg and tada! Kimchi omuraisu. I still have some cheddar so I threw some of that in as well. So delicious. I think even Andrew could eat this, it's hardly spicy at all.

I'm watching the final episode of Rescue and man, I just can't get into. I can't even remember what the hell was going on. So I got thinking about the dramas that are wrapping up soon and

Dramas I'm really looking forward to (like a virgin on prom night):
-- My Girl with Aiba Masaki & Yuuka (Oct 9 start; 11:15pm Fri, Asahi)
-- Tokyo DOGS with Oguri Shun & Mizushima Hiro (Oct start; 9:00pm Mon, Fuji) [Though I don't know why Hiro isn't the cop from America since he can, you know, actually speak English.]
-- Samurai Seventeen with Miura Haruma (Oct start; 9:00pm Sat, NTV)
-- Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara with Ninomiya Kazunari & Inoue Mao (Sept 24; 9:00pm, TBS)
-- Reijigo no Kyaku with Ohno Satoshi and others (Oct 23 start; 1:05am, Fuji)

And Shige's in a drama SP? With Aibu Saki, no less. Girl sure gets around. Chichi yo, Anata wa Erakatta will be on TBS at some point this fall. I also saw somewhere that they're doing Bloody Monday 2 (in Jan?). !!! I hope that Hiroki reprises his role as J.

Now that this season is wrapping up, last season's dramas should be finished being subbed. I've heard great things about Mr. Brain (and I have never actually seen a Kimutaku drama :X) and I wanted to watch Atashinchi no Danshi for Yamada Yusuke and Horikitty. Anyone have any others to recommend?

I just spent the last day rewatching Kizarazu Cats Eye and Nihon Series. I have World Series somewhere too, I probably haven't burned it onto a DVD yet. After watching this whole series I've started using really manly Japanese. It happens. I should finish watching IWGP, I think I only had 3-4 episodes to go on that one. I don't know if my ovaries can flutter anymore. Makes me want to just go off and do something really silly. Go to Kisarazu? My friend lives in Goi, I think that's near? Kind of, not really.

Awadflkjdf It would cost me 1300 yen one-way to get to Kisarazu from here. Goi is somewhere in the middle. Though, I have never been south of Chiba. Food for thought. Depends what Leigh is doing these days.

I finally found a clear folder to put my Anan magazines in. Of course they had to be difficult and print them at a non-standard size so I can't just get a regular cheapo folder from the 100 yen store. I don't actually have that many issues (only 4) and I decided not to rip up the more expensive magazines I own for posterity. I want to keep most of the stuff in them anyway. But at least I don't have to think about it anymore. I cut down my magazine stash a good half. Yay productivity!

I also finished my fic for jentfic_remix. I've bugged Alex a ton for read overs and stuff but I'm still not sure. It's the tenses! I hope I've fixed them all. Anyway, I think it's really good and I'm happy with the outcome. I just hope the author of the original likes it too. I've almost forgot that someone is rewriting something of mine. I wonder which one they've picked!

Tomorrow I'm meeting up with articulation and we're going to go around Kagarazuka (the area where Haikei, Chichiue-sama is set) and go to the Awa Odori and festival there. Excited! After watching Yassai Mossai all day yesterday, I am in a dancin' mood.

I've been kind of under the radar lately, after my weekend plus of drinking and more drinking I've been home recovering. I went out today to run some errands and get the automatic rent transfer thing set up but the fucking banks wouldn't do it. Mitsui-Sumitomo said they could only do it if it was from a Mitsui-Sumitomo account so I went to my bank and they said they could only do it if they had some kind of authorization from the company. What the fuck?! This is the third time I've had to redo it for my rent and now they're giving me shit. I don't want to fight with them or bother calling my landlords so I'm just going to have to remember to do it myself. What a pain!

I should get on making my dinner. Tonight is the first episode of Orthros Dog, Ryo and Takki's new drama. I don't really know what it's about but they were on every show last night doing promotions with it. I haven't actually seen Takki in anything since his scandalous teacher/student love story from like 1999 that I can't remember the name of. It looks like it's based on an anime or has some anime in it? I don't know but I'll watch it anyway.

Justin just asked me to hangout at Andrew's around 9. That might be fine for him since it only takes 20 minutes to get home, but it's totally not worth it for me. I have to leave by 11:30 to get home. I hate how I have to put a price on my time to see my friends, it really sucks. But I have to be careful especially with the super shit paycheck I've got coming for August.

I wanted to watch it but I didn't know when it was on. Lucky me!

The first 20 minutes are promising and it actually looks like Yamapi can play basketball. It makes me want to play again... I wish I had done a sport seriously. Though OFS wasn't really top in terms of sports excellence. But how lame is the "star player dating the cheerleader" trope? But obviously that's going to end! Seriously, only in Japan are university students thinking about married. And have mom be all excited about it. I can't wrap my brain around it.

Aibu Saki and Yamapi have the same hair colour. XD

I'm going to enjoy this show if only for the fact that I know exactly what's happening on the court. And for the awesome cast.

So, I just watched the final episode of The Quiz Show. Need to debrief and decompress. Cut for spoilery goodness.

( Compliment sandwich. )

Nino drama special info: It's called Door to Door~僕は脳性まひのトップセールスマン ("I'm the top salesman with cerebral palsy") airing March 29th (I believe).  From TBS:

Translated the Nikkan Sports press release:

Ohno Satoshi in the comedy, "Uta no onii-san"

Popular group Arashi's leader, Ohno Satoshi (28), will take on the challenge of a singing guy role, it was announced on the 7th. He will play the lead in TV Asahi's serial drama "Uta no Onii-san" (next January 16th start, 11:15).

Songs and dance, Ohno has gotten high praises for showing his acting sense on the stage, and he was in the limelight for the lead role in his serial drama "Maou".  It was a difficult role as the "defender of the weak" lawyer who, on the other hand, killed people for revenge.

The producer of this new drama, Kawanishi Taku(?), said on the casting, "Amidst the few lines of "Maou", Ohno's acting with his subtle facial expressions was the highlight. This time as well, I want him to show the breadth of his skill."

The story is a comedy of a man who, by some strange chance, becomes an uta no onii-san on a children's program, his struggles and growth. Along with his acting power, Ohno's personality supported his being chosen for the role. His characteristic pokerface with little emotion. It's a joke amongst the member's of Arashi to call him "old man" and he is known for his gentle personality. Being the high tension image singing guy from start to finish is quite far cry from the guy who, after all, has said, "I don't like kids that much." Producer Kawanishi said, "From the start, it's a story who's protagonist is a helpless singing guy struggling. It's shocking to see the character feeling forced and made to do something."

Without delay, Ohno was in a photoshoot with his uta no onii-san look. "This costume is really flashy... It's like I've returned to Johnny's Jr.," he laughed, blushing. He was enthuastic and said, "This is completely different from my last drama, "Maou", being a comedy, I'm looking forward to how I'm going to act. Seeing the figure of the hard-working protagonist, I think it would be good to be able to encourage those people who can't do the jobs they want to do."
　
2008.12.08 06:47am posted @ Nikkan Sports


I thought I sounded really retarded translating it as "Singing Brother" so I called him a singing guy.  You call the young guys working at Esso the "gas stand no oniisan" and the young lady working at the bakery the "panya-san no oneesan". It's just how you politely refer to young adults in Japanese. The same in chinese -- you call them 姐姐 and 哥哥 but we don't really have something like that in English. 

<S>And I am thinking that it's going to be aired at 11:15AM, not PM as I have seen else where. It say's "afternoon 11:15" in Japanese but apparently, if my school is anything to go by, it's "afternoon" after 10am. If it was 11PM, they would have said 夜23時。 Though I could be wrong because it doesn't really seem like something that would be on during the daytime. Whatever. It will probably be subbed super quick like the last anyway. </S>

Johnny's web says 11pm.  Yayyy I can watch it real time!  I might be able to understand this one.  XD

What is next for this guy?! When is Junbug's next drama? I wonder.

どうも魔王で～す！
ついに最終回がきてしまいましたぁ！今思えばあっという間でした！すごく充実した濃厚な３ヵ月でした！さぁ、今日の最終話、領と直人はどうなってしまうのか！？正直、何も言えないです(笑)。とにかく緊迫感のある最終回なので観て下さい！初めてのドラマが「魔王」でよかったです！ありがとう！！そしてなんとこの後は二宮和也主演「流星の絆」！！がスタートするよ！僕の大好きな和也の作品だから見ちゃおっと♥
皆もお楽しみに！

2008年9月12日　大野智


Hello it's Maou~!
Finally the last episode is here!  Thinking back, it went by in an instant!  Those 3 months were so completely enriched!*  Well, what's going to happen to Ryou and Naoto in today's final episode!?  Honestly, I can't say.  LOL  In any case, please watch the tension filled final episode!  My first drama "Maou" was really good!  Thank you!!  And after this Ninomiya Kazunari's lead in "Ryuusei no Kizuna" will start!! It's my beloved Kazunari's performance so I'm going to watch it ♥
Everyone stay tuned too!

September 12th, 2008  Ohno Satoshi


*Maybe he's talking about how he's loaded now. XD

どうも魔王で～す！
いよいよ残すところあと２話！！よくぞここまできた！領も直人も精神状態ギリギリです…！そんな中、共演者の方たちはどんどんクランクアップしていくよぉ～ただでさえ領は共演者の皆さんとあまりからんでないのにぃ～(笑)。もちろん僕は、まだ最終話の撮影は終わっていません！
さぁ第１０話！今回もまた怒涛の展開が待ってます。領！直人！一体どうなるのか！？まさか、直人がとうとう領に！？領が突きつけられた衝撃の告白とは！？撮影はすごく緊迫感がありました！何も言うことはないです！ラストに向けて話は大きく動きます！お楽しみに～！！

2008年9月5日　大野智


Hello it's Maou~!
At last we're at the final two episodes!!  We finally got here!  Both Ryou and Naoto are on the verge of mental breakdown...!  Amid that, all my costars are starting to wrap things up~ so I don't get to see my costars so much anymore~ LOL.  Of course, the shooting for the final episode isn't over for me yet!
So, episode 10!  This time,  the development of the waves are waiting again.  Ryou!  Naoto!  What on earth are you going to do!?  Don't tell me, Naoto and Ryou will finally--!?  How will Ryou handle the confession thrust upon him!?  There was tons of tension at the filming!  There's nothing to say!  The speech at the end will move greatly!  Stay tuned~!!

September 5th, 2008  Ohno Satoshi

More J-web email translations instead of writing...

( Maou Mail #9 )
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( 24HTV Mail )

There was one line, about the staff member's his own age that I didn't quite get, so I guessed. X3


どうも魔王でーす！撮影も後半に入ってきました！僕も忙しいですが、魔王スタッフの皆さんの忙しさは半端じゃないですよー！僕のシーンだけじゃなく全出演者のシーンも撮ってるし、寝る時間もあまりないしで、しかも僕と同い年のスタッフさんも何人かいたりで、僕も負けてられないですネ！頑張ります！
さあ第8話！とうとう抑え切れず、しおりへの感情が溢れ出た領！それでも復讐計画は続けられるのか！？しかも直人が領の正体に気付きはじめたぞ！お楽しみにぃ！

2008年8月22日　大野智


Hello, it's Maou~!  We've already entered into the second half of filming!  Even though I'm really busy, it's not even a fraction of how busy everyone of the Maou staff are!  They aren't only shooting my scenes, but the entire cast's and they don't get much time to sleep either.  Moreover I don't even know how many staff are the same age as me, I can't lose either!  I'll do my best!
So, episode 8!  Finally unable take the pressure, Ryou's feelings towards Shiori will overflow!  Will the revenge plan be able to continue nevertheless?  And what's more, Naoto starts to be aware of Ryou's true colours!  Look forward to it!

August 22nd, 2008  Ohno Satoshi