Jmovie review: TOUCH

Touch is a movie based on the Adachi manga of the same name. While I am familiar with H2, I've never read the manga. Surprisingly, the story is very similar to H2 with Koshien being the background story. Instead of two best friends, we have twin brothers played by the twins from Hotman. And of course, the childhood friend/neighbour who happens to be a very kawaii. On the minus side, there's no Haruka-chan equivalent. :(



I've got 2 main criticisms of the show:

1) Horrible pacing.

There's something that shakes up the story at around 45 minutes. Problem is, the story stalls there for like another 40 minutes before we get to the grand finale. So basically we get a very fast 40 minutes, then it slows down like a soap opera before we get to the ending. The ending is done well, its just that it takes so freaking long to get there. They should have have the plot development thing further back and have the show get faster after that cause it took so long to get to the end that the movie lost kinda lost steam.


2) No freaking humour/fan service.

A movie based on a Adachi manga with no fanservice. I mean at least H2 had the sense to incorporate some minor ecchi stuff. Humour is what keeps thing interesting when the story stagnants. Couldn't they have used the supporting characters more for jokes?

Hello legs............

Anyways, its only an OK movie and it really made me wanna watch H2. Its like H2 light without the charm and humour. Of course, my main purpose for watching Touch is Nagasawa Masami who I 1st saw in Dragon Zakura. She has the hard job of combining the maturity of Hikari and the kawaiiness of Haruka from H2 and she does an good job. There are a lot of scenes where there's no dialogue and she has to convery Minami's thoughts using her facial emotions.

kawaii!!!!!!!!!!! She's really got a nice, slim figure... :)

She's definitely got the acting chops and screen presence. She kinda reminds me of Hirosue Ryoko in a way. And she's going to be in a show called: Sailor Fuku to Kikanjuu. Wheeee... did someone say Silor fuku?

It Started with a Kiss ep 1-9

WTF am I doing watching a Taiwanese drama. I blame it all on my brother who smsed me to watch this series. With his recommendation, I was sure that the girls in this show would be uber hot. Unfortunately, that's probably the only thing this show has going for it.

You know this wouldn't be a hamsapsukebe post with at least one sukebe shot.... or two...

I've been on a steady diet of jdoramas for the past few years. Maybe a bit of variety would do me good. The last Taiwan series I saw was My MVP Valentine and it was really crap. So let me start of by whinging about this series and perhaps do a little Jdorama V TDrama comparisons:

1) Goddamn freaking 20 episodes. Double the length of ur typical jdorama. Not to mention with eps running slightly over an hour, basically 2 1/3 times the length. Now this would not be a problem if there was a story to fill out the 20 episodes. But there's not.

I really hate those jdorama soaps like Heaven's Coins or With Love that just go on and on. Now amplify that to 9 1 hous eps (so far). I mean FFS, its a girl meets boy story. How much longer can those two beat around the bush?

Haven't they heard of efficient storytelling? Pacing? Unnesessary scenes? Yeah I know it based on a shoujo manga but manga is manga. You can control how fast or slow the story is by the speed you read. Seriously, I basically fast forwarded through the last 3 eps. And I can't believe these's like 11 eps more to go. WTF????? They're basically throwing everything plus the kitchen sink and house the heroine but I'm so freaking bored.

I can't believe they actually shot Tiffany Xu climbing the gate in that skirt. I thought they'd do the 'she starts climbing - cut to camera on other side showing her coming down'. Only problem is the cameraman needs to stand more on the left.

2) Horrible supporting characters. You can always count on decent supporting actors in Jdoramas. In this show, their like freaking amateurs who are too self conscious of the camera. Take the teacher from the 1st few eps. OMFG, who's dick did he suck to get on the show???? Are Taiwan shows that bereft of decent supporting players?

WTF casted Xiang Qin's father? Is the fact that his moustache is so fake suppose to be funny. The best supporting cast member would be Zhi Shu's mom. She's truly like those anime mums.

Speaking of animes, I bloody realise who the acting sucks. People who appear on the show show be forced to watch 1000 house of Cardcapter Sakura, Slayers and Ranma so they can act properly like anime characters. Afterall its based on a shoujo manga and the style and tone of the show is very Japanese.



3) Running very few jokes and using them over and over again does not make it funnier.

4) And the wire dunk scenes. The dude is 1.88 metres tall. Can't they just find a 9 foot ring for him to dunk or something? WTF do they need to use wires? The basketball game was so crap and fake I just couldn't stand it.

5) No sets. Seriously they need to build sets for the indoor house scenes and stuff cause a lot of the camera angles are really crap. Not mention the lighting. And I thought jdorama camera angles were very pedestrian. Furthermore, not having room to set up ur also means lack of focus on faces and lots of group shots. It also means extra difficulty in shooting scenes from multiple viewpoints. Most of the time its crappy groups shots with a fixed camera angle cause they can't take down the walls to use a different angle.

I don't really regret downloading the damn thing cause of Ariel Lin but after 9 eps, I'm just friggin' pissed off at how fucking slow the story is going. I mean FFS, at ep 4 I was already wondering WTF else can they do for the rest of the series? Apparently, nothing new.



Now that I'm done with whinging, let's talk about the best thing about the show: Ariel Lin. Fuck, she's one bloody good actress. She's like the Taiwanese version of Mun Geun Yeong. She's got the same child-like innocence that makes men go 'kawaii!'. But she doesn't look as good. Some angles she looks really old and sometimes her lack of a chin is really obvious. However sometimes she looks like a 23 year old Kago Ai. In short, she's a joy to watch on screen.

If you're into Eurasian chicks, there's Tiffany Xu to oogle act but I'm content with Nana and Maria Ogawa. Oh yeah, my bro was having his exams when he recommended this show to me so the lesson for today is, long and boring shows with nice girls may seem really nice when you're having exams but not when you're looking to unwind from work and basketball.

AKB48 - Guilty pleasure?

Can't believe how much I'm listening to AKB48. Seriously, I'm probably going to hell for listening to them. AKB48 is a group that goes straight for its audience: otakus. I mean, the name AKB48 comes from Akibahara, the promised land of otakus. What else gets otakus riled up than cute girls flipping their skirts? The answer is lots of girls dancing in short skirts.

The producers seemed to have taken the HP concept and expanded it to many more girls. Its just throwing more shit at the wall and hoping something sticks. None of the girls look like superstars though and I doubt any girl with big time potential would want to be associated with AKB48.

But hey, gotta admit Skirt Hikari and Sakura no Hanabira Tachi are pretty addictive songs. Somehow they're songs that catch the ears of the otaku public. Its like a rat looking at cheese on a trap. You know its specifically mean to entice you and you can't help liking it. Watch the PVs and look at the dance moves. Its all too familiar and somehow enthralling.

Thought AKB48 may have wiggled their way into my playlist, I doubt they'll last more than 2 weeks at most. Maybe I'm just saying that to feel less guilty. Someone once said that pleasure's no fun without some guilt.........

Isoyama Sayaka - Choo Choo

Another Isoyama Sayaka gravure. There's nothing much I can say about it. Its better to let the screencaps speak for themselves. Thanks to CL for getting the file. On a side note, Asobou! has released hardsubbed 2nd House ep 2 and 3. I wonder whether having subs will change my view of the series.

Maybe I should put random words under the pictures to make my blog look a bit more respectable. Maybe I should jump up and down like Jerry 'the King' Lawler while shouting 'PUPPIES!'.




Its weird how I've blogged so much on Isoyama Sayaka when I've hardly written/posted anything on Hirosue Ryoko or even Matsuura Aya. I still say she's got the best cleavage in gravure land.



Smoking hot! I've probably used up every adjective I know describing her voluptuous body for the past few months. Special thanks to Whirlybird for posting the gravures.

Shimokita Glory Days Ep 4

More story means not as much fan service. Fortunately, this is a pretty funny episode. What I like about the half an hour format is that there's no chance of them repeating a joke too many times until it gets stale.

Unfortunately the director probably decided that fan service would undermine the seriousness of this scene. Its not like we've not seen Mao-san's pantsu before.... unless they were stunt pantsus? Masaka .....?


Sora Aoi looks right at home in this pic. I wonder why?.........

Story wise, its very typical. Girlfriend gets mad, housemate explains to girl that our hero had his reasons. And of course, a must for any shounen romance story; our hero spending the night with a naked chick in a love hotel without doing any bedroom gymnastics.

Four of the females lusting after Dote-san. The 8 year old just makes it creepier...

No words can discribe how hillarious this image is.

Compared to 2nd House, this is a much better. Though non of the women can compare with Isoyama Sayaka, they make up for it with quantity and uuhh size. IMO, the best looking chick in the show is Mao. Too bad she doesn't get as much screen time because of her lack of size.

OMFG, how I would love to be those M & Ms.........


Hhhm, I feel like hunting for some pink bunnies.....

Koi Seya Otome ep 1

I'm not really interested in talking about this dorama. Its more to do with how super chou kawaii Sakai Wakana is desu! OMFG, its like she bloody walked straight out from some anime show. I knew I'd seen her before and yes, she was Yusuke's mom in Jyoou no Kyoushitsu. I mean look at the above pic. She's as kawaii as any 20+ year old can be without being Ogura Yuko. (Ogura Yuko never counts as she is god's gift to otakus)


And she was in Home and Away! (No, not the Aussie soap) Seriously, I had completely forgotten about that dorama. Its very fucking well written, only let down by a crappy ending. It was my first Nakayama Miho dorama. If you are a dorama addict, I highly recommend it. Its probably one of the least known doramas out there cause it came out early in Jem's site, something like 5 year ago......



Kakei Toshio is in it as well and he was super funny in Yamato Nadeshiko. Though I doubt they'll let him be as crazy as his character in that show. Everytime he's on screen I'm just waiting for him to do some physical comedy.


Back to Sakai Wakana, she's sorta like how I'd imagine Kago Ai to be in a few years. Bijin but still retaining the kawaiiness and genkiness. She needs to be in more doramas. She's fucking perfect to play the super kawaii, brainless best friend. I can so see her playing Hirose Ryoko's role in Slow Dance. The other girls in this dorama sux. There's Yamaguchi Ayumi but glasses just don't fit her face.


400+ megs for an hour an hour dorama is a lot but I was pretty entertained by ep 1. IMO, doramas that dun have much story to tell should be kept to 30 minsor 7/8 eps. *cough* boku dake no madonna *cough*

All Japan GT RQ

Just got five DVDs of gravures from Druggy today and its going to take me some time to enjoy them all. 2 months ago I expressed dissappointment at Sabra's RQ dvd and Druggy said wait till I watch the All Japan one.



Basically this whole video is a collection of upskirt and super close-ups of RQs. When I say super close-ups I mean really close and views that we usually can only dream of.

Take the above two pics for example. Its almost criminal how the cameramen can continue to prod their cameras up the skirts and the girls can't do anything expect pull on their too short skirst and squeel 'yamete' or 'hazukashi'. Ahem.


Probably the best looking RQ in this vid. Hard to tell cause the camera was focus on anything other than faces.

She looks sorta like Koyuki with shorter hair. What? You want more upskirt pics? I felt kinda guilty watching the poor girls getting violated by cameras. I mean the cameras were like 5cm from the girls' asses while they walked around in their super tight RQ clothes.

I mean this is not one of those staged upskirt vids. This is real stuff. The funny thing is the girls look much better than the ones in the Sabra RQ dvd. And I'm pretty sure cameramen cannot behave inappropriately to carshow girls.


Maybe the pay as a grid girls is much higher? Notice all the dudes kneeling down, waiting for a gust of wind to get their upskirt. Someone said pleasure's no fun without guilt. Still this is not as bad as the momusu stalker videos. And nowhere as exciting. :)

Hhmm, I wonder if I still have that momusu stalker vid somewhere. I remember it followed Maki or was it Yossi around and had Kgo/Tsuji in school. Must have been like 5 years ago or something........

Sigh, wtf am I getting some sort of attack of conscience. I never even knew I had one. Must be old age.....

Big thanks to Druggy for taking to effort to burn 5 dvds 4 me. You've got free yam cha and two jugs of beer anytime you finally decide to come back down under! And I can't wait to get Isoyama Sayaka's choo choo from Loong. :)

Shimokita Glory Days ep 1

Goddamn, I just love midnight doramas. My first was Jyou, then 2nd House and now Shimokita GLory Days. Midnight doramas have crappy scripts, bad acting and lots of fan service. Glory Days is based on a one-dude-lots of girls manga.



Yes, I believe she should share her privates with her mates.

Personally, I'm freaking bored with this genre of anime/manga. Love Hina bored the hell out of me. Tenchi Muyo was OK but nothing special. Ichigo 100% is too long and meandering. Probably the best written one is I's. The main reason is that the genre has been done to death that every one guy lots of girls manga/anime has become a charicature of the genre, just like the main hero who is always a generic looking guy.

And like all heroes in 1-guy-many-girls anime/mangas, the hero is prone to fantasizing. Not that I'm complaining.

But this is not just a manga/anime. This is a freaking dorama featuring gravure idols and JAV actresses. Who gives a fuck about story structure and pacing? The only one I know in this show is the lovely Sora Aoi. Its pretty easy to figure out who's gravure and who's JAV. JAV actresses are more TITilating. Okay, bad pun.

My eye would bulge out like that if I were in close proximity as well.

Stop complaining you whinger. How many ppl actually experience a group ero attack in real life.

WTF did you expect?! Balloons? Someone give the kid an A for biology!

Every guy owes it to their sukebeness to get the 1st episode. There's probably like 1 fanservice for every minute. I can only imagine how crazy it will be if they finally make an Ichigo 100% dorama.

Yes, its an extremely dangerous camera angle. If only it were a tad lower.

Sora Aoi!! Yes, its kinda sad that she's the only one in this dorama that I know. Don't you think she looks a bit like Uchiyama Rina.

OMFG. This scene is so hot. Actually I don't think I've ever seen Sora Aoi in any yuri JAVs.....

Non of the actresses really captured my attention like Isoyama Sayaka in full house. Someone seriously needs to give Sora Aoi a more kawaii role. Anyways, I'm pretty certain I'll know their names and three sizes by the end of the series. I'll let the screencaps do the talking. :)

Stop pestering poor Natsume-san. Every decent looking woman should have the right to dress up as a french maid.

And stop pestering her back. Women should be free to reveal their God given bosoms.

This is one of those questions that cannot be answered. I'd like to say both equally but being raised Catholic I'd choose right. Plus the one on the left is wearing a bra under her maid costume. WTF is up with that?

Turn around you idiot. There's nothing like women grabbing each other's breasts to strengthen their frienship. What? You mean that's not why they go to toilets together?

Best way to find out: have all the ladies in the house try it on and whoever it fits on the most is the owner. :)

If after looking at the caps you do not feel like the fate of the world depends on you getting this dorama, then you are either:

a) A fan of brokeback mountain

b) Are female and not bisexual like 97% of women are

c) Live with 5 female housemates who look like gravure idols.