Subs are out for 3+4. Thanks for all the words of support. Really means a lot to me because it made me question my subs and it made think why do I want to contribute to a community that is toxic to relatively new subbers? Subbing when I am very angry is not a good feeling. Its a fuel that feeds of itself but it is better to sub because I enjoy the show and I think people should watch it. Thanks again for the support because I don't want to hate jdoramas which have given me much enjoyment.
From what jeff-tiger is saying this thing is continuing on twitter. I wonder if amrayu is the person who posted the hateful comment in the sub post? Good thing I am ignorant of jdorama twitter and live mostly in the d-addicts fansub forum. 2 more episodes to go!
I doubt that it was her that posted the comment in the d-addicts thread. Amrayu is actually still an administrator on d-addicts. That's mind-boggling to me since she has, for some years, tried to compete with a site that she used to be very active in and for which she still holds a leadership role. I can't pretend to understand all of the interpersonal relationships in the d-addicts community, but I gather that she has differences with current d-addicts administration. Sadly, people in this community fall out with one another, just like in the real world.
ReplyDeleteWhile the J-drama community has dispersed widely in recent years, I still have not found a site like d-addicts where one can post comments and questions (with the likelihood of actually receiving answers) and which also has some permanence and searchability. Twitter simply doesn't fit that role for me, particularly in terms of searching back through threads in the distant past. And D-O hasn't yet developed a forum-like component that fills this niche.
The whole drama is utterly ridiculous. Your subtitles are definitely not from google translate. Someone must hold a grudge on you for shitting on Johnnys and other actors.
ReplyDeleteThank you for keep subbing despite all toxicity you received!
your blog supported my love for j-drama for years. i hope you won't get discouraged from subbing and watching dramas.
ReplyDeletethank you for continuing writing!
I know the drama is centred around Shuri's character and the magazine article subjects and so many of them are nailing their roles. However, on a side note, Miura Takahiro is also delivering such an interesting performance. In the early episodes, it feels like he is sitting at the bottom of a pool and the central drama swirls all around - almost like an undercurrent.
ReplyDeleteAlso a shout out to the show's visual design and camera work. Unlike so many J shows that hint at poverty, but whose visuals always exude normalcy (like it's a middle class existence just without money), this drama brings a grit and almost squeezing tightness to life as you move towards the edges. The show never gives that feeling up, and when it does show brightness, our characters are so often either awkwardly out of place or inhabit the edges.
You always get the feeling....poverty has a gravity.
P.S. thought you'd appreciate a comment on the actual drama, particularly as subbing makes you see every detail..and for good shows the repeated looping doesn't deminish your appreciation for the drama.
I've been following your blog for years and though I don't always agree with your jdrama opinions, I like hearing what you have to say and have seen and trusted in the work your provide to the broader jdrama community. I follow her on twt for things about D-O but I find Amrayu's conduct disappointing. Retweeting "supportive" tweets and throwing you under the bus (but not by name) .... it's so juvenile. I thought we were about spreading the love of dramas here, not showing off how much of an authority she is on subtitles! It's been days, she needs to move on. Just my thoughts. Hope you continue to keep up the great work, looking forward to your posts for years to come. :)
ReplyDelete"Poverty has gravity;" that's a very interesting perspective. This is a thoroughly depressing topic, but a real one, and not just in Japan. But its characteristics there have some uniqueness, say in comparison to the US. With respect to the comment on Miura Takahiro, I've been impressed with him in this drama as well. I wonder what his story is, apparently, he used to be a newspaper writer. His friend is also a mystery. Maybe this will be fleshed out in a later episode.
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ReplyDeleteOne of the reasons I think it is hitting harder than the script would suggest is the layers the drama shows but doesn't verbally state.
Sure, you can watch this drama and it still works at face value, but it is continually taking a good swipe at the systemic issues that it can't or doesn't have the space to bring front and centre.
EG> I found some comments online having issue with Tanabe Momoko character's (medical student) instance on doing club activities. Where as she knows from painfully experience, it is not how smart you are...it's your networks. J drama is full of smart people still downtrodden by being excluded from networks and whose existence could go either way.
None of the characters ever said it, but the drama shows us her real hope is connections. As a way out of poverty - smart isn't enough. . Without the club activities, her degree can't free her. In fact, the show it self gives us a reference for this state in its central character.
People think the teasing/bullying of poor children goes away as they age. In tight hierarchical societies, that doesn't go away but instead is replaced by real exclusion. The child bullying is visible, only because the system mandates they can't exclude someone. In the adult world, it's orchestrated by actions no-one sees.
People talk about a glass ceiling, without realising that is actually glass floor very deliberately constructed.