Showing posts with label Episode 1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Episode 1. Show all posts

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Drama: My Shining Girl (자체발광 그녀) Episode 1 Recap


Rating: Undecided Yet/10

(Note: I have decided to do this in parts since I can't watch all these episodes in one day. Therefore, I will not do a rating till I finish the series. On the last episode, I will post the rating for the entire series.)

This episode rating: 7/10

This series opens up to a 31 year old woman who has just arrived at Japan. She works at a big company and is a capable worker, but her boss is constantly stealing her work and passing it off as his own. She has finally gotten sick of it and blows up in his face. Her co-worker convinces her to try a different tactic and just apologize. She goes to join her boss and co-workers for drinks at night. There, her boss further insults her by saying that a woman like her should just get married. She angrily leaves to go to the bathroom, when she bumps into a famous star as he is walking into the bar with his date and a bottle of wine. He stops her and demands she pay him for the bottle of wine she made him drop when she bumped into him.

Earlier that day, the star was approached by a PD who was going to hire him for a job, but they didn't get along. This PD went to the same bar and was drinking with a friend, when he sees his ex from 2 years ago. Yup! The PD's ex is the woman who is having trouble dealing with the obnoxious star who is hassling her. He steps up and gets into their business. He tells the star that he is undeserving of the wine that his company gave him since they will not be working together. He angrily leaves and tells her that she can pay the PD for the wine. However, instead of thanking the PD for his help, she yells at him to stay out of her business.

She goes home and tells her parents that she has decided to quit her job and pursue her dream of becoming a writer for a current events show. She interviews at a bunch of places, but it seems dim because of her age. She finally gets an offer and is excited. However, when she arrives at the station, the star arrives there too, causing his fans to rush towards him and the writer gets caught up in the tidal wave of crazy screaming fans. In the chaos, she ends up in the arms of the obnoxious star. Next thing she knows, she is on the floor. She should be lucky she wasn't trampled on!

At the station, she is transferred to another section, but they are not very nice to her. They gossip about her being insane for leaving her big company job. She is forced to work in a different department because she is still new. They give her all the intern jobs, such as secretarial work and bringing the coffee. While she is getting the coffee, she bumps into an old friend. The writer shows her friend the show she is a part of. The friend is suprised and asked if she has seen the PD for that show yet. She says no... Can it really be that coincidental and is her ex?

The PD's friend has seen the new writer and congratulates the PD for being lucky and working with such a hottie. They bump into each other and are surprised. He is a cold jerk towards her and tells her to go get make another cup of coffee or leave the room.

The star, is having his own problems. A woman is causing a scandal saying he slept with her when he doesn't even remember her. It is kind of interesting how they kept giving him alcohol to help him remember. He finally remembers. His manager says he will take care of it and make her seem crazy.

Meanwhile, the writer is having her own problems. The PD's friend is a pervert and keeps staring at her ass. Her co-workers made a mess on the work space so she tries to clean it up, but a co-worker accidentally got some red sauce on her white blouse and doesn't even say sorry. On top of that, the co-worker wants her to go make the coffee for their meeting. She tries to reason with her co-worker but the co-worker tells her that if she doesn't like it, she can leave. She angrily takes her stuff and leaves.

She goes out with her friends to go drinking. Her friends, like her, have no luck in the men department as well. One has hot sex with a guy, but he won't get any more intimate with her. She wants to have ice cream together and has set up a romantic ambiance, but he just brushes his teeth and says he has to go soon. She is unhappy and walks back into the room and realizes all his clothes and stuff are neatly put out. She angrily gets dressed and tosses his clothes out the window and leaves. Another friend, apparently, is the PD's ex wife. It is revealed that after breaking up with the writer, he gets married to that friend for two years before divorcing.

The next day, the PD tries to convince her to quit. She tells him she won't. He says that he gets to pick what shows to present and he won't ever pick hers. O.O What a jerk! Why is he acting this way? What happened between them? Why did he get married to her friend and why did they divorce?

Until next episode...


Main Cast (courtesy of DramaWiki):

  • So Yi Hyun as Jun Ji Hyun
  • Park Kwang Hyun as No Yong Woo
  • Kim Hyung Joon as Kang Min
  • Go Na Eun as Kim Kkot Min
  • Chae Young In as Seo Young Hee

Monday, April 16, 2012

Korean Drama: One Mom and Three Dads (아빠셋 엄마하나) Episode 1

Rating: Undecided Yet/10

(Note: I have decided to do this in parts since I can't watch all these episodes in one day. Therefore, I will not do a rating till I finish the series. I will update the posts later with the rating.)


This episode rating: 8/10

This drama is about a couple who has trouble having a baby. The girl has always wanted children, but the guy is having some medical trouble. Therefore, he turns to his three best friends for help. At first, they refuse, but after a bunch of begging and crying and finally blackmailing, his friends decide to help... with some conditions: the wife is not supposed to know and they will not be responsible for the baby. He randomly picks/mixes the sperm, so the audience has no idea whose child it is.

I found it interesting how the narration is by the baby. The child talks about how its father is not the man who married its mother and that it has 3 fathers and goes on to introduce them.

Some fun parts in this episode include the parts where the three best friends are trying to take care of their bodies so they can donate good sperm was hilarious. They did things they usually didn't do: such as exercising, drinking some medicinal drink that has gross animal parts in it, fighting for food, etc.

Main Cast (courtesy of DramaWiki):


  • Eugene as Song Na Young
  • Jo Hyun Jae as Han Soo Hyun
  • Jae Hee  as Choi Kwang Hee
  • Shin Sung Rok as Na Hwang Kyung Tae
  • Kim Bin Woo as Park Seo Yeon
  • Joo Sang Wook as Jung Chan Young

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Anime: Ouran High School Host Club Episode 1 English Dub



@Hulu - sorry for the commercials. If there's enough people interested, I'll try to find this series without commercials.

Anime: Ouran High School Host Club

Rating 10/10
This anime is about a scholarship student at a school for the rich, who is mistaken as a boy and is forced to join the school's host club o repay a huge debt. You will fall in love with each of the amazing characters and join them on the ride of their lives as they go on adventures and learn new things about each other and themselves.
Pros: MY FAVORITE ANIME EVER! It is hilarious and very entertaining. Although the romance department was a bit lacking, but it is extremely amusing. I loved the interactions between the characters and all the character backgrounds have a chance to be developed. It is not a long series, so I was quite disappointed when it ended. I'm still hoping for a season 2.
Cons: Only thing I was annoyed with was the rival all girls school episodes. Those were very annoying.


Related News: 
There's a manga (桜蘭高校ホスト部). I don't read manga so I don't have much to say about it.
There's also a new drama with the same name. I have not started watching it, but I am hoping it is just as good as this anime.


P.S. YAY! There's a dubbed version! No more reading subtitles! xD

Episode 1
Note: I would've embedded more videos, but I keep running into errors. Therefore, please click on the links below to watch the episodes. If there's enough people interested, I'll try to find this series without commercials and embed the videos here.

For now...
Watch here @ Funimation (full subbed and dubbed episodes)

Watch here @ YouTube (full subbed episodes and 4 dubbed episodes)
I wonder why there's only 1-4 dubbed episodes.

 
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