p'negak keadilan~ *is this how u translate ally of justice in BM??*

Walaupun skrg ni aku tgh follow up 1 Jdrama yg tgh main kat Jepun skrg, that is Yankee-kun to Megane-chan a.k.a Flunk Punk Rumble, aku rite now nk review 1 Jdrama yg main...tym summer 2008 kat Jepun. Kalo bfre diz, aku review Seito Shokun! a.k.a Attention Students/ Dear Students, kali ni aku nk review drama yg b’tajuk Seigi no Mikata atau dlm Englishnya, Ally of Justice.

This 10-episode series d’tayangkan pd summer 2008, as mentioned. Drama ni b’genre komedi romantic, m’ngisahkan kehidupan 2 beradik perempuan, yg mana si kakak, Nakata Makiko t’kenal di kalangan komuniti sekitarnya sbg ally of justice, ttp sikap sbnrnya hanya si adik, Nakata Youko a.k.a Kumako je yg tahu. Simple synopsis, mcm biasa, aku x suka sgt kasi spoiler nih, tp I can’t help myself 2 spoil it throughout this post, so, sy warning awal2 kpd sesiapa yg blom lg tgk drama ni, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!!! N x mcm review2 bfre diz, sy x senaraikan nama2 pelakon yg b’lakon dlm cta ni, u can find it throughout this review also, okey???

So, terus ke review. Basically, like I said, this series adalah adaptasi dr manga dgn tajuk yg sama. Watak utama, Nakata Makiko, played by Shun Oguri’s girlfriend, Yamada Yu, kalo tgk fizikal luarannya, mmg jauh berbeza dgn rupa asalnya. Like she’s putting sth on her lips. Seriously, seksi siot, konon2 nk tiru Angelina Jolie punya lips. I dun know kalo rupa dia yg sbnr mmg mcm 2 ataupun saja tukar imej juz 4 diz drama only…but 1 thing, Oguri mmg b’tuah ada girlfriend mcm dia, shanteekkkkk 2~ fuh! N dia tangani watak 2 dgn cemerlang sekali. Her younger sister, Nakata Youko, played by award-winning former child actress, Shida Mirai as always impressed me. Bfre diz aku ada tgk dia dlm live action series of Detective School Q, together with Kamiki Ryunosuke n Yamada Ryosuke of Hey! Say! JUMP, n all I can say is, dia mmg boleh b’lakon. Expressi muka dia n character dia spjg dlm drama ni, makes me stick 2 the story. Haha~ never expect that she can make the series go popular ne~

For my record, aku x prnh lg tgk the real adaptation of any prince-type character yg biasa d’tunjukkan dlm manga. Yelah, watak hero yg mcm 2, mana dpt jumpa dekat real world. Susah betul nk cari kan?? Tapi aku x nafikan dlm Korean drama n sumtym drama Malaysia slalu tunjuk watak2 yg mcm 2. N in Seigi no Mikata, this is my 1^st encounter of that kind of character. Mula2 skali watak prince-type versi adult yg d’lakonkan oleh Osamu Mukai (y’all bleh tgk dia tiap2 hari Ahad kol 3 kat 8TV, drama My Boys with Kaname Jun n Maki Horikita). He’s the elder sister’s boyfriend yg kemudiannya ‘naik pangkat’ jd suami kpd Makiko. Seriously, mamat ni mmg ensem, at least can let u girls got fangirlism pas ni bila tgk dia. Personally, dia sbg Yoshikawa Naoki mmg bagi the girls out there daydream a lot with his attitude. 1^st impression, aku katakan yup! That character suits him well. Then there goes another prince-type character, tp versi budak skolah laa. I’m not sure whether it is middle school or high school student, but kalo korg ni b’ada dlm lingkungan budak2 skolah, then I must say that Okamoto Riku, played by another rising teen actor, Kanata Hongo (startlaa aku bias ni) is ur prince-type budak skolah yg korg cari2. B’banding bbrp drama yg dia lakonkan sblum ni, t’nyata dia berjaya keluar dr kepompong watak stereotype dia by joining this team as Riku. I tell you, he never fails the fangirls kat luar sana dgn bakat yg dia ada, afterall this is also his 1^st tym being given a prince-type character. I must say that this is his best performance spjg b’gelar actor.

But overall, the story is okay 2 me. Comedy, yup, mmg bisa bagi ketawa pecah perut. They dun have 2 cakap benda2 mengarut lagi kalut…attitude dorg, expresi wajah dorg je dh cukup utk kasi korg gelak. Then honestly, bila dpt tahu yg this is the 2^nd tym Shida Mirai n Kanata Hongo act together (automatically jump into a conclusion yg dorg b’lakon as a couple) it’s juz like….man! both of them r so kawaiii together2, n yet so talented. [FYI, 1^st tym Shida n Kanata work together is in the live-action of Detective School Q, where Kanata is one of the guest actor there]. Looking 4ward on their next project lak (kalo ada, hahahaha~ big glory 4 all Shinata fans ne~ including me).  But then, dun expect sth kinda happy ending 4 those who juz love Youko n Riku pairing..hehe. Once again, SPOILERS!!!!

Oklah, enough of this reviewing, kalo x makin banyak lg aku nk kasi SPOILERS ni nnt. So then, I highly recommended this drama 2 u guys yg tgh m’cari drama2 yg sesuai utk korg gelak2 spjg musim panas ni, ataupun u all mmg kipas-susah-mati Jdrama nih. Seriously, drama ni mmg m’hiburkan n sesuai d’tonton oleh seisi keluarga. Jgn lak korg yg ada adik kat rumah 2 prg buli adik korg lak lps tgk cta nih…..hahaha. Till then, enjow watching~

p/s: *drooling at the magazine scan above* Okamoto Riku is juz like Irwansyah, ne?? Or mata saya ni rabun skit, x bleh beza antara Irwansyah ngan Kanata Hongo?? Haha~

dear students~

Bila aku tgk balik post2 kat blog aku, ada kalanya aku t’fikir, nama je blog ‘the beautiful life of the upcoming teacher’ tp habuk pun x ada bahan yg ada kaitan ngan tajuk blog aku 2. Semua bahan yg aku letak dlm blog..more 2 entertainment site. Aperaa…tp kali ni aku post 1 material psl….bolehlaa ada kaitan ngan kerjaya aku skrg (walhal aku lom lg dpt kerja, masih lg blajar dork) iaitu perguruan. Ha, sesuailaa ngan nama blog aku 2…but still masih ada element entertainment di dlm. Kecilkan lg skop…tv shows.

Mcm yg aku bgtau bfre diz, aku dh into Jdrama dh. N aku perasan 1 drama ni. Tajuknya ‘Seito Shokun!’ ataupun dlm bhs Inggerisnya, ‘Attention Students’ @ sumtym translated as ‘Dear Students’. Drama ni, yup, dr tajuk pun korg dh tau itu adalah drama budak2 skolah. Drama ni d’siarkan sekitar summer 2007 n ada 10 eps semuanya. Pelakon2 yg ada dlm drama ni??? Hmmm…kita ada Maki Horikita, Yuu Shirota, Uchiyama Rina, n (get ready fangirls!!) Kanata Hongo (okeh! Bingit telinga den)…n ramai lg lah~

In short, cta ni m’ngisahkan s’org guru perempuan yg br b’pindah ke 1 skolah di kwsn countryside Japan (aku x tau apa nama skolah 2, aku x bukak wifi lg, tunggu aku bukak wifi aku tny kat Google ya…O.M.G! Oh My Google, thnx Gaku Izumi sbb promote Google ya..). Guru 2, Kitashiro Naoko a.k.a Nakki adalah guru baru kat skolah 2, n dia d’beri tugasan a.k.a portfolio m’megang jawatan sbg guru kelas 2-3, yg mana student2nya, mmg bikin pening kepala p’tadbiran skolah je sbb student kelas itu hilang kepercayaan t’hadap guru n p’tadbir sekolah.

Sikit je aku bg synopsis utk cta ni. But as always, berhati2 dgn SPOILERS. I can't restrain myself 2 SPOIL everything psl drama ni dlm post ni nnt, but I try my best 2 not do that, so take note 2 sesiapa yg blom lg tgk cta ni. Skrg utk review lak. 4 the record, aku blom habis lg tgk cta ni, baru s’kerat jln nk ke eps 6, but apabila dh lbh separuh tgk cta ni, aku pun kadang2 geram jugak ngan budak2 klas 2-3 ni. Siap ada geng buli lg dlm kelas dorg, yg mana dorg gelarkan sbg 3TD. Budak2 kelas ni, mmg x percaya sgt ngan org dewasa, khasnya guru kelas mereka. More likely 2 say, hilang kepercayaan t’hadap org dewasa. Tp ada masanya aku geam jugak kat Naoko. Ada masanya, juz leave ur students alone la..biarlaa dorg selesaikan hal peribadi dorg sendiri. Buat apa laa sampai nk selidik dlm2 psl anak murid kan. Tp, seeing watak Naoko m’beri gambaran kasar ttg bidang tugas aku nnt bila aku dh grad…prg selidik psl anak murid sampai ke rumah. Seriously x mustahil kalo aku buat mcm apa yg Naoko buat. Lgpun, aku tgk drama nih, dlm pelbagai view. Ada masanya aku tgk from student’s view, di mana aku m’letakkan diri aku sbg student bila tgk cta ni, n ada kalanya aku tgk cta ni as a upcoming teacher, yg mana certain babak dlm cta ni, (not certain, but almost all scene) adalah sprt m’beri bayangan n gambaran kasar ttg bidang tugas aku nnt. 

Aspek 2, aspek pelakon. Honestly, seeing Maki Horikita n Kanata Hongo in a drama, I wonder mcm mana popularity drama ni waktu dia d’tayangkan dulu ekk?? Kalo ikut timeline drama ni, waktu 2, Maki Horikita, well, sapa x knl…endorser (duta produk), actress, model, n kalo d’banding ngan actress2 Japan lain, dia yg paling popular, n highly paid. N u know what? She’s juz 22 yrs old thn ni. Wow!! What a success. N dia s’laku Kimura Juria, s’org student klas 2-3 n oso the leader of the bully gang yg d’takuti ramai, 3TD (seriously I nvr expected her 2 b one of the bullies) yg masa silamnya sgt kacau, n slalu d’buli oleh kazen dia sampai hampir dirogol, mmg watak 2 aku bleh katakan mmg d’cipta khas utk Maki. She really brings the character well, sampaikan dia boleh bawak p’nonton m’nyelami k’susahan n k’peritan hidup yg dia alami. Mmg sadis kisah silam Juria ni kalo korg tgk cta ni…

N Kanata Hongo?? Emm, lps dia ‘m’realitikan’ ke’belagak’an (ada ke perkataan ni huh?? Haha!) Echizen Ryoma dlm live-action movie ‘Prince of Tennis’ thn sblumnya (2006) n buat semua supermarket atau apa2 market hampir k’habisan stok tissue bila dia pegang watak Hinata Kataoka dlm drama Himitsu no Hanazono, well, what else can u get from a 20-yr-old actor slash model nih?? Beri saja apa watak, dia mampu utk m’bawakannya with his own style. Boleh d’umpamakan mcm ‘Maki Horikita’ versi lelaki laa. He also proved 2 the world that “u dun hv 2 b Johnny’s boys 2 b Japanese idol” which I agree the most! Given the character as the 2-3 class representative, oso one of the 3TD members, rebellious n genius Aoki Kohei, (which is 2 me, a bit stereotyped watak utk Kanata) he really done it well. Rumor has it, straight after Himitsu no Hanazono fame, dia tros d’sambar utk join Seito Shokun! team. Watak dia yg kadangkala m’nunjukkan sedikit keprihatinan t’hadap Juria makes us wonder, adakah Kohei do that as a part of class rep’s job, ataupun as a loyal member of 3TD, ataupun as a friend or…Kohei’s got a thing on Juria?? Aku sendiri pun x tahu, there’s a lot of possibilities, n Kanata let his character make the viewers wondering till the end about the REAL reason why he cares a lot on Juria. Peduli apa Juria 2 tua 3 thn dr aku, ne, Kohei?? (which is a fact, really)

Uchiyama Rina pun x m’ngecewakan, rumor has it, dia bekas senior Maki Horikita waktu sama2 join 1 talent agency bfre diz. Dia yg m’megang watak sbg Kitashiro Naoko, the new 2-3 form class teacher yg x prnh kenal erti putus asa dlm m’ngembalikan k’percayaan student2 klasnya n also a fan of basketball…it’s a great acting Rina-chan. I dun have 2 decribe watak dia pjg2 kat paragraph ini, since I’d elaborated it throughout this review.

Honestly, bila tgk drama ni, t’pikir gak aku, ada x cikgu2 kat sekolah zaman sekarang ni yg m’punyai semangat yg sama mcm Naoko?? Mungkin ada tp x ramai. Tgk ajelaaa...cukup jam kerja, punch card, pas 2 blah dr opis. Pas 2, nk harapkan PIBG buat p’jumpaan guru ngan ibu bapa je br nk buat. X ramai yg prg sendiri ke rumah student2 2, tny psl mcm mana dia kat rumah. Nk tunjuk k’prihatinan pun....hanya t’batas kat skolah je, habis waktu skolah semua buat hal masing2. Hmmmm.....tp wallahualam, aku x rasa lg bagaimana sebenarnya jd cikgu, so I was juz wondering, adakah mungkin kita jumpa lg guru yg b’dedikasi sprt Naoko. Bak kata cikgu paling senior kat skolah 2, dlm last eps of this drama, bila cikgu br tny kat dia knp Naoko pindah, dia jwb, “because she is a real teacher”. Is there any ‘real’ teachers exist in the world?? Fikir2kan laa...

Pada aku drama ni worth watching, berbaloilaa kalo korg tgk, x kisahlaa sapa pun korang, cikgu kah, student kah, mak bapak kah....*I see u girls drooling at Kanata’s name n u boys drooling at Maki’s names* ehhh...korg nk tgk sbb ada Maki ngan Kanata ka?? Haha, jujurnya aku tgk pun sbb ada dorg gak, tp aku mmg berada dlm mood serious bila aku cakap yg drama ni mmg berbaloi utk d’tonton. Mmg senang nk jumpa student2 yg hilang kepercayaan guru 100%, tp mmg susah nk jumpa the ‘real’ teachers mcm Naoko. Till then...enjoy the show....

p/s: kalo korg prasan kat poster drama Hana Kimi Japan version (2 hah, kat atas 2), ada 2 org geng 3TD dlmnya, Juria a.k.a Maki opkos n oso the guy who plays yakuza son Kaoru, Okada Masaki (he's the only 'blond' in this pic). Ehhhhh~ t’kejut jugak but nasiblaa Kanata x join Hana Kimi, I wonder what was it look like when u put Shun Oguri n Kanata Hongo together in 1 drama @ movie...hehe, can't imagine. *n 1 thing, knp ada gmbr HanaKimi kat sini, sdgkan this post mainly talk about Seito Shokun??*

this is because of the word 'search'.......

My 1^st encounter ngan drama2 Jepun…masa 2 aku form 5…n aku ingat lg 1^st drama Jepun yg aku tgk adalah cta ‘Hana Yori Dango season 1 n 2’. Heee….sampaikan aku leh plak t’minat kat pelakon kacak yg pgg watak Rui Hanazawa 2….hehehe, hensem n cool siot…tp zaman addicted ngan drama Jepun 2 dh lama b’lalu…lgpun aku ni bkn jenis stick 2 the status quo (bak kata tajuk lagu dlm HSM 2). Aku nih, universal, tolak fakta yg aku masih x layan cta hantu, cta thriller n cta2 yg s’waktu dgnnya..(esp kalo tgk cta2 mcm ya pd waktu mlm…heeeeee~)

Opening je, merapu je lbh. Sbnrnya, aku x prnh b’henti dr minat produk2 keluaran Jepun ni. Mula2 anime, pas 2 lak skrg, drama pulak. Kalo ikutkan, aku x kisah sgt sapa plakon2 Jepun nih…haitzz…janji cta best. Part 2 aku x nafikan laa…walaupun k’bnykan drama jepun adalah adaptasi dr manga…asal drama Jepun br kuar, aku tros ckp, “tk mesti adaptation dr manga tk”. Walhal actually x semua yg adaptasi dr manga…hehe.

Skali lg aku merapu. Post aku kali ni…prasan x ayat ni kat perenggan no 2 td?? “kalo ikutkan aku, aku x kisah sgt sapa plakon2 Jepun nih..” haaa~ actually post aku kali ni cta psl plakon Jepun laa~ yelah, kan skrg ni org tgh demam korea. Sana sini ckp psl cta Korea, lagu Korea, filem Korea, semua Korea. It’s not that I dun like Korea stuffs, tp, selera saya 360 darjah b’beza. Not really go into much of korea actually, p like I said, I’m universal. Don't get mad, ok, Korea lovers, I'm juz expressing my opinions...kang kena baling periuk belanga aku nnt kalo aku x mintak maaf awal2.

Hehe…balik kpd tujuan asal post td. Kalo ikutkan, aku ni fresh lg nk knl ngan Jepun entertainment esp drama nih. X ramai gk plakon Jepun yg aku knl, awal2 dulu ku knl…Matsumoto Jun, Maki Horikita, Shun Oguri (sekadar sebut bbrp nama, walhal, dorg 3 2 jk yg aku knl…:P)..lps 2 lak knl lak ngan Ninomiya Kazuari, ngan Sakurai Sho. X lupa gak otai2 mcm Takuya Kimura, Takeshi Kaneshiro (kejamnya aku panggil dorg otai..haha) ngan Yamapi (nama pjgnya, kalo x slh, Yamashita Tomohisa, kalo slh sorry ekk, ku sdar mamat ni bnyk peminat)…waktu ku lyn kejap cta ‘HanaKimi’ aku knl ngan si Ikuta Toma lak…hmmmm….then br kali ni aku terasa serius b’knlan ngan ramai lg plakon2 Jepun. Fyi, semua pelakon2 Jepun yg disenaraikan di atas, b’umur dlm lingkungan 20 thn ke atas, jd…..ada gak t’detik di kepala aku, ada ke plakon2 remaja Jepun….yg umo b’belas2 2.. yg feymes, well, tolak Horikita Maki laa (aku br tau yg Horikita Maki 2 br je 22 yrs old, laaaa…aku ingatkan umo dia 2 25 thn…HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA~). Adoiiiiiiiii~

Tp….itu bfre aku tgk satu filem Jepun nih. Nk d’jdkan cta, tym boring2 2 aku lyn anime Prince of Tennis..(skrg ni br sampai eps 11, eps 12 on da go) n mcm biasa, jd private investigator x b’gaji kejap, search psl Prince of Tennis ni kat Wikipedia..pak cik Wikipedia cakap, Prince of Tennis ni ada live action movienya. Maksudnya, watak2 lam anime Prince of Tennis mcm Ryoma Echizen, Momoshiro, Tezuka…akan d’lakonkan oleh org betul laa, yakni plakon2 yg b’tuah kena audition utk filem nih. Filem 2 lak kuar thn 2006, 4 thn dh noo…n aku t’gerak hati nk download cta 2 lak. Dh download, apa lg tgk laa...n masa tgk 2 laa aku put my eye 2 the watak utamanya, si Ryoma Echizen 2. Haruslaa kan, watak utama 2 laa yg akan menentukan sama ada aku nk tgk filem 2 ke x..kehkehkeh. But hmmm…..nah-ah….that movie is so-so….well, I caught my eyes on the main actor, n here is his resume….

 [blame on that subtitle..it's 'mada mada dane' lol~]


Name : Hongo Kanata 本鄉 奏多
Blood+ : O
Born in : Miyazkiken , Sendai
School : Hinode High School (not confirmed)
Family : Father , Mother , Brother
Office : Stardust

Dramas

Year	Broadcast Network	English Title	Japanese Title	English Translation	Role
2005	TBS	Aikurushii	あいくるしい	Sweet	Shu Nagumo
2006	TBS	Kiraware Matsuko no Issho	嫌われ松子の一生	The Life of Despised Matsuko	Youichi Ryu (15 Years Old)
2007	Fuji TV, KTV	Himitsu no Hanazono	ヒミツの花園	The Secret Garden	Hinata Kataoka
	TV Asahi	Seito Shokun!	生徒諸君!	Attention Students!	Kohei Aoki
	NTV	Tantei Gakuen Q	探偵学園Q	Detective School Q	Daisuke Makino (Guest Starring in Episode 2)
	Fuji TV	Iryu 2	医龍 Team Medical Dragon 2	Iryu Team Medical Dragon 2	Guest Starring in Episode 8
2008	NTV	Seigi no Mikata	正義の味方	Ally of Justice	Riku Okamoto
2009	NTV	Reset	リセット	Reset	Episode 14
2010	TBS	Yankee-kun to Megane-chan	ヤンキー君とメガネちゃん	Yankee-kun and Megane-chan	Gaku Izumi

Year	English Title	Japanese Title	Role
2002	Returner	リターナー Ritana	Young Miyamoto
2004	Moon Child	Moon Child	Young Sho
2005	Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love	ヒノキオ Hinokio	Satoru Iwamoto
	Until the Lights Come Back	大停電の夜に Daiteiden no yoru ni	Shota
2006	The Prince Of Tennis	テニスの王子様 Tennis no oujisama	Ryoma Echizen
	Nana 2	ナナ2 Nana 2	Shinichi Okizaki, "Shin"
2007	Silk	シルク Shiruku	Japanese Servant Boy
2008	The Blue Bird	青い鳥 Aoi Tori	Shinichi Sonobe
	The Fiend with Twenty Faces	K-20 怪人二十面相・伝 K-20: Kaijin niju menso den	Yoshio Kobayashi
	Goth	Goth	Itsuki Kamiyama
2011	Gantz	ガンツ	Jōichiro Nishi

Year	Song Title	Artist
2000	Lovibe	The Boom
2005	Tomorrow's Way	Yui
	Zutto Yomikake no Natsu	Tomita Lab
2006	Hitoiro	Nana starring Mika Nakashima
2007	Eien no Tsubasa	B'z
	Namida Sora	GReeeeN
2008	Sky High	The Gospellers

[there's a lot actually, credit 2 wikipedia n Kanata's inofficial FB fanpage]


But actually, aku start caught up ngan Kanata Hongo is bila aku tgk 1 music video artis b’kumpulan Jepun ni…weh, I really touched with the MV’s story, n the sweetest thing, he’s in it!!! Masa 2 laa aku start minat kat dia…(maknanya yg kat Prince of Tennis live-action 2…mmg x sedar laa betapa CUTEnya dia)…..*kami sebaya btw….lucky me..*

Bila dh addicted, mulalaa search 4 drama2 n movie2 yg d’lakonkan oleh dia. K’banyakan drama n movie yg ada dia, dia bnyk jd major supporting role ngan supporting role jk. Ada pun lead role, juz in 2 films only, Prince of Tennis n baru2 ni, 1 film thriller jepun yg b’tajuk ‘GOTH’. S’lebihnya, supporting roles n major supporting roles..n dh d’kompomkan yg dia jugak akan muncul ngan film GANTZ live action ngan Ninomiya Kazuari ngan Kenichi Matsuyama thn dpn, pun as supporting role jk. Neh~ but pd pandangan sy, Kanata’s better n suit well with supporting roles. Bkn apa, dia ni p’minat bkn main bnyk, kalo x bnyk kat tpt k’lahiran dia, kat luar negara 2 laaa p’minat dia m’lobo2 (bak kata org Swk). Tgk sajalaa kat fanpage dia, statistic m’nunjukkan, p’minat2 yg ada kat fanpage dia, almost majority come from Indonesia…n kat Japan itself, kalo x silap sy, juz 500 lbh je.(seriously I was surprised when knowing that p’minat2 yg join fanpage Kanata juz 500 lbh je….mak aih..sungguh x munasabah langsung). But 1 thing that I n mungkin ramai lg Kanata fans yg stuju, walaupun dia juz supporting roles, dia adakalanya stands out m’lebihi lead role itu sendiri. Let’s juz say that, our kawaii chibi Kana-kun is born with such a great talent in acting. In short, apa2 je watak yg dia bawak, x kisahlaa movie @pun drama, he can handle it well….(currently watching Yankee-kun 2 Megane-chan, he really kick butt as Gaku Izumi, the so-annoying-genius-bespectacled ex-yankee)

So that’s it.Jgn hairanlaa kalo in the later post I keep on praising him, n sounds bias 2 other actor, sbb I juz fangirling him since PoT…huhuhu. Till then (this ending sucks!!) ja-ne~

p/s: ……(no foot note this tym)!!