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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Shimokita Glory Days


http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Shimokita_GLORY_DAYS

so i just finished watching a drama called Shimokita Glory Days, which was based on a manga series of the same name.
personally i wasn't crazy about it, to me it used an already used plot, which is the harem one. right from the start and the introduction the main male lead makes, i thought Love Hina. Here's the basics, Oona Yuuta is a ronin student, 20 years old (Urashima Keitarou anyone?), he moves to tokyo to not only be closer to his girlfriend named Minori, but also to get away from his parents who want him to inherit their resaurant business. So he needs a place to stay and finds an ad for a share house, essentially several people share the rent but keep out of each others' business. So it seems things go ok right? Wrong, he ends up in a share house occupied by 5 other women: a fashon designer (28), a beautician (24), an aspiring actress(21), an aspiring writer/english major in college (19), and another ronin (20), all of whom are quite pretty (i can vouch for this fact). Essentially he is allowed because they were looking for an innocent person who wouldn't take advantage of them to do the housework and stuff (still sounds like urashima keitarou), but it is his innocent nature that everyone in the house falls in love with and cause them to fight over him with each other. Personally i was jealous the male lead, he's not that good looking, but it's always the normal or even in my opinon in this case, sub par appearance, people who mab the pretty girls. Beware tho, this is a rated 18+ due to the immense fanservice and nudity involved. Just about every female actress is either a gravure idol, AV idol, or both, which explains why they're all stunning. Acting-wise, they seem lacking, but for most of them save the actress for minori, they don't have much real acting experience (adult videos don't require taht much acting people). Thus, the acting was decent but could have been done better, the plot is an unoriginal one and seemed somewhat rushed, when more time should have been taken for things to develop and happen properly. although it has a nice feel good ending, some people might not stick with it due to the poor quality of it, it's a drama that has much to be improved.

i'll give it a 6 out of 10

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