KeikoPi? two of my favourite actors in one series? really? majide? uso! ureshiiiiiiii (^-^) i absolutely loved buzzer beat with all my heart.
seeing that both my favourite japanese actors were in a series togther made me squeee and kyaa like youve never seen. it was nice to see yamapi play someone like naoki - lots of weaknesses and insecure moments, big doey eyes, skilled at his sport but rubbish at understanding what his girlfriend wants from him.kitagawa keiko (who i love love love love love) plays violinist riko who is searching for her break trying to hold onto her dream. there is a strong red string of destiny element to this drama with the two of them obviously fated to love each other.
Kanjiya Shihori plays riko's friend mai, the two of them being girlie and loving towards each other is great i can believe their friendship instantly.
the most fun comes from the pairing of shihori and mizobata junpei (playing shuji) who is great at playing such a hopeless dork. who knew?
shihori i swear can speak at the speed of light - the woman has me in stitches.
to be honest, they all did in this drama. little subtle things like naoki hitting his lamp shade with his basket ball, shuji's face when riko comes out of her room without a bra on, the guys all lined up posing infront of the changing room mirror togther like a bunch of muppets, lots of little personal qwerky traits they all had.
on the other side there are the characters who we dont like much - naoki's mean-ass girlfriend and his new team mate yoyogi ren - ive never booed and hissed at the tv so much before, everytime they did something else behind naoki's back i was throwing socks at the screen and scowling like a kid.
i dont know why the main characters are so loveable. yamapi does a lot of looking at his love interest with those watery eyes which helps but its really the girls who win your heart. this is why keiko is one of my favourite actress she can be the most loveable person, and when twinned with shihori you want to jump into their friendship
and squeeee along with them.
its a really romance one though. it is funny but its definately mostly about the
"please let them get together by the end of this or im gonna die" type feeling.
i tell ya, i must replayed certain close moments between naoki and riko over and over tens of times squealing like an absolute moron.
the theme tune to this drama i had to download and listen to over and over just to conjour up all those feelings of exitement i had when watching it. i raced through this series in a few days as i just couldnt contain myself, i believe i even skipped work just to stay in and watch it.
as useless as i am at being a girl this seemed to bring out every bit of dormant girlieness i had and whenever i see shots from the show or watch a clip im thrown back into kyaa mode again sqealing like ive just been confessed to by my ultimate love.
there are so many quiet sweet moments between the two interchanged with lots of blundering silly friendship stuff with the other characters.
the only part of buzzer beat i didnt like was near the end so i wont explain in too much spoiler type detail - only to say that for god sake if youre gonna have someone passionately say lines like "do you really love this man?" and "love makes you stronger!" dont get a f*cking american to say it in english!
it was so cheesy i nearly lost my stomach to my fingernails clawing in embarrassment. dear god there was no need. ruined the moment for any english speaking viewers. hopefully the jarring cheese of that accent was lost on the japanese. i still havent quite recovered, when i think of it i still squirm.
but the fantastic scene where riko begs naoki to not stop being her friend and him running up the stairs and oh god i dont wanna ruin it for you but i replayed that over and over its one of my favourite romantic scenes ever in the history of everything ever in the world ever forever and ever amen.
and yes, you do get used to yamapi with permed hair really quite quickly. it works. makes him look like a little puppy. which fits naoki. i think the best hair in this though belongs to mai. love that wobbly bun. - round hair, straight talk.
so what else can i say about buzzer beat? its how we want friendships to be. unintentional closeness and love before you realise it. and lots of cute squeeeeee moments.
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