Anime Summary [Koisuru Boukun]

Title: Koisuru Boukun / 恋する暴君 / The Tyrant Falls in Love
Release Date: 2010
Episodes: 2
Episodes being summarised: 2
English Subtitles? – Oh yes


Characters:
Morinaga Tetsuhiro – university student who is totally in love with his senpai
Souichi Tatsumi – Rude, mean, moderately homophobic and violent senpai
Tomoe – Souichi’s little brother…who happens to be gay, moved to America with his boyfriend
Kurokawa – Tomoe’s boyfriend, moved away to America with Tomoe

Detailed Episode Guide:

*~.INSANE AMOUNT OF SPOILERS.~*

Episode/OVA 1 
Morinaga Tetsuhiro has a huge crush on his mildly homophobic senpai who he works with, Souichi Tatsumi, but he’s already realised that Souichi could never love him back
One day Souichi comes storming into the lab, raging about how gay marriage was legalised in San Francisco. Souichi recognises the coincidence of his younger brother, Tomoe moving to California with his boyfriend, Kurokawa and San Francisco legalising gay marriage.
Souichi believes that “homos are joining forces around the globe” to harass him….Oh Souichi :L Morinaga tells him that he’s just being delusional.

Morinaga is out with his friend, Hiroto drinking and chatting about how Morinaga’s 5 year crush is a bit sad, and tells his friend of the story of Tomoe and his boyfriend running away to America together…apparently ever since then, Souichi has become even more hateful towards gay people….Oh Souichi
Hiroto gives him a sympathy present….a bottle of while…but not just any bottle of wine, this bottle contains something, like viagra I guess
Hiroto tells him that even though Souichi knows that Morinaga is gay and is in love with him…he still hasnt cast him away, maybe Souichi is refusing to accept his feelings?! He then proceeds to force this bottle of tainted wine onto him. Which Morinaga eventually accepted and vowed he’d never use it….ever, and stored it right at the back of the cupboard.


That evening Souichi calls up his brother in America and tries to make his opinions on gay marriage very clear but unfortunately for him, his phone call led to an indirect proposal by Tomoe’s boyfriend…LOL

The next day, Souichi goes to work and rages about how he’s going to wipe out America, get a greed card and become the Governor of California to re-ban gay marriage.
To calm Souichi down Morinaga invites him to his place for a drink.
The two obviously have been drinking a LOT…Souichi more than Morinaga as they’re not out of alcohol.
Souichi orders Morinaga to go out and buy more, while he’s gone Souichi raids Morinaga’s place in search of any form of alcohol he can get his hands on THE TAINTED BOTTLE OF WINE!

Morinaga returns and freaks out after he sees Souichi sitting in a messy room drinking the wine…
…Morinaga cautiously asks Souichi if his body is okay, when Souichi says he’s fine Morinaga assumes Hiroto pranked him.

Souichi wakes up in the middle of the night feeling….*cough* really freakin’ horny! He tries to walk to the bathroom but falls and wakes up Morinaga. As Souichi struggles to move he tries to think of ways to get Morinaga leave….Doesn’t work though and Morinaga finds out ;D
The two fight for a bit and Souichi accuses him of drugging him,..this goes on for a bit, until Morinaga decides to take things into his own hands….literally

Episode/OVA 2
Morinaga has the guilty feels
Now that he has finally erhmm ‘had his way’ with his senpai….he suspects he will die, by the hands of Souichi….and he’s right.
My favourite part is from 2.20 – 2.40 when Souichi comes at him with a smashed bottle xD
Morinaga tries to defend himself by saying that Souichi was insensitive to his feelings, the two right and Souichi orders him to leave….even though its his room. 

When Morinaga returns, Souichi had left just like Morinaga told him to.
Souichi wont answer his phone, so Morinaga decides to call his house phone, Souichi’s little sister answers and gives him the phone, Morinaga just wanted to know if he got home safe and was all right!!! Morinaga says that he’ll do his experiments until he returns and then he wont see him at the university any more.

Morinaga fills out a resignation form and gets on a train.

On Monday, Souichi returns to the university and sees that Morinaga isnt there….
Someone comes over to Souichi and asks him if he’s seen Morinaga because he hasnt seen seen for a week…He finds out that Morinaga wanted to fill out the resignation form but turns out he only went on a temporary leave.
Souichi goes to Morinaga’s place, but he’s not home…
No one can get hold of him and Souichi is getting a little worried…

Souichi calls Morinaga’s family…but they haven’t heard from him in years..
After talking to one of Mori’s classmates he realises that he doesnt know anything about him.
Souichi is now becoming obsessed with finding Mori….he goes to Mori’s house everyday to check to see if he’s there but he never is 😦
Its been 2 weeks since he last saw Mori and is thinking about calling the police.
He also rages at a young couple for mistaking a mannequin for being a corpse.
Souichi realises that even though he’s the one who wanted to ‘cut ties’ with Mori…he actually misses him?!

When walking home he sees a light at Mori’s place!!
He just runs in and yells at Morinaga for leaving without telling anyone. Mori says that he went back to his home town for a few days.
They argue for a bit…..its kinda sweet in a way 🙂
Mori tells Souichi that he plans on moving out of his apartment….Souichi thinks he’s blackmailing him….Don’t you just love this guy!?!

After realising that his absence upsets Souichi he decides to use it as ‘leverage’ 
If Souichi tells him to stop…Morinaga will resign….Ohhhh how cruel

“I don’t need the commentary! can’t you do it quietly?” <– I died 

And there you have it!!


My Thoughts:
Okay firstly WARNING this is….kinda graphic. There is a sex scene in each OVA so, if you’re not into that then (….well i’m not sure what you’re doing here but…) This may not be for you! 🙂

I really enjoyed this anime!
I found Souichi to be pretty funny and i loved Morinaga….i got bored of typing out his name so i switched it to Mori. (my friend has a cat called Mori…..)
I recommend you watch it, It kills a good hour (unless you’re writing about it then its waaaay longer!) 
I kinda wish that there were more OVAs though :\

In regards to the Manga….READ IT!
It’s really good!! 
here you go: http://www.tenmanga.com/book/KOISURU+BOUKUN.html?waring=1

Movie Summary [The Postcard]

Title: The Postcard
Release date: 2007
Language: Korean

English Subs? – Yes











Cast:
(actor – character)
Sun Zoo Park – Miss Park (type O) 
So Yun Park – Miss Park (Type A)
Simo – Mr. Postman 
Suh Inwoo – Man

Basic Plot Summary
A cute man is openly writing love letters on postcards….the two female post office clerks acknowledge his cuteness.
One day the cute man is sending a parcel to Japan, the clerk notices that the ‘return’ address he gave is the same as the ‘send’ address that he wrote on the postcard the previous day. She assumes that he was writing these postcards to get her attention.
However, the postcards weren’t meant for her….

My Thoughts:

*~WARNING!!!~*
May contain Spoilers!!!

And by ‘May’ I mean does!!! 

Another short movie…. *sigh*  Damn you Korea! why must you create such insanely cute movies but make them so unbearably short!?!

I really liked this short movie though, it was so lovely…BUT OMMMGGGGG when ‘Mr. Postman’ sees Miss Park at the guy’s address…I died inside,.
…and when they’re both at the public bath but facing the wrong way I was screaming “TURN THE * bad word * AROUND!” at my laptop screen.

I really don’t like getting so aggravated at movies…especially those which last 14 minutes!
I’m just going to imagine that there is an extended version of this where Mr. Postman turns around, sees the cute guy, then cute guy turns around,  they then  stare into each other’s eyes…and just smile lovingly at each other..
Thats all I ask for!! 40 extra seconds of smiling! There doesnt even have to be any kissing or anything…just…a smile

But despite my frustration and longing for 40 extra seconds of smiling…I enjoyed it!

I rate this adorably frustrating 14 minute movie, that needs 40 more seconds:
8/10

Please feel free to leave a comment to tell me (and others!) what you thought!

Screen caps:

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^ probably the most frustrating image
I’ve created -.-”
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Movie Summary [ It seems to Rain]

Title: It seems to Rain
Release Date:  ….errrr? 
Language: Mandarin

English Subs? – Oh yes 😀


Cast:
(actor – character)
Nai Yuan Chang – Shin-Kwang Huang
Chin Wen Chung – Cheng Chen
Ting-Yin Kuo – Hsiao-Jung Wang

Basic Plot Summary:
Shin Kwang Huang, a high school student, is having problems coming to terms with his sexuality, and find himself hating his naturally curly hair. The friendly and unpredictable Cheng Chen transfers into their school, and immediately befriends Kwang. Kwang’s childhood friend and girlfriend Hsiao-Jung Wang knows something is wrong with Kwang and tries to help him.

My Thoughts:

*~WARNING!!!~*
 
May contain Spoilers!!!
And by ‘May’ I mean does!!!


Although I really liked it…i couldn’t help but feel like i was missing something, as if some parts were cut out…

Btw this is only a short film. Why is that that short films are always the cutest? Damn you, film makers!
Anyway…everything in this movie is symbolic, from the Rabbit in is dreams, to his curly hair. I liked the symbolism!
And I felt a part of me die when Kwang shaved his lovely curly hair off </3

It was a little bit disappointing, as there wasn’t much physical contact between Kwang and Cheng… *sigh*
Kwang’s curly hair is awesome though!….and his hands are really nice too…. Kwang is just really attractive!! 

Not a fan of the awkward moment when Cheng and Kwang go to this….Library(!? Seriously, was that a Library?!) and watch some porn. I DO NOT ADVISE you having the volume on when that scene takes place if your parents are in the next room….lorddd
I did laugh quite a bit when I saw all those tissue boxes though….

I believe…this Chinese for this movie is 少年不戴花…. not being able to speak Chinese, I have no idea

 


Watch Online:
The film is avaliable on youtube, however the subs are hard to see in some shots….especially when its on a white background, I had to go blind through some of it, but I cant find a better subbed version, sorry!!

Screencaps:

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Movie Summary [ Like Grains of Sand]

Title: Like Grains of Sand / 渚のシンドバッド
Release date: 1995
Language: Japanese

English subs? Yep

Cast:
(actor – character) 
Yoshinori Okada – Shuji Ito
Kouta Kusano – Hiroyuki Yoshida
Ayumi Hamasaki – Kasane Aihara
Kumi Takada – Ayako Shimizu
Kouji Yamaguchi – Touru Kanbara.

Basic plot:
Shuji Ito is attracted to his best friend Hiroyuki Yoshida, who is completely oblivious to it, Yoshida is currently dating sweet but insecure Ayako Shimizu.
Kasane Aihara transfers into their school, no one know about what happened in her previous school but she is now in therapy because she was raped. Shuji’s father sends him to a doctor after he finds out that he’s gay, Shuji runs into Aihara….and the two become closer.
But things start to change once his classmates find out about Shuji’s homosexuality and tease him, Shuji forces himself to confess to his best friend.


My thoughts:

*~WARNING!!!~*
 
May contain Spoilers!!!
And by ‘May’ I mean does!!!


This is a really nice movie!
I know I’ve said it before, and I will say it again: Girls in these films annoy me BUT I actually really liked Aihara! I thought she was awesome, when she kicked sand at Ito and Yoshida, so cool.
The moment when Yoshida said that he couldn’t fall in love with a man because he’s ‘normal’ unlike Ito, and Aihara trashed his garage. LOVE HER!
This is the kind of character we need in BL films, a grounded female role…not someone who just gets in the way.

I’ve seen the ‘confession scene’ before, and I originally thought that Yoshida completely rejected Ito. But Yoshida was actually quite lovely…
Although I didn’t like how he was like “Fine kiss me…..NO don’t! Okay, do anything you want…NOOOOO!!!” I’m getting some serious mixed signals here, no wonder Ito is confused. However, I feel like this shows Yoshida cares for Ito, he wants to help him – He does love him…just not romantically like Ito hoped.
As for the scenes at the end, my feelings were mixed.
While Yoshida was confessing to ‘Aihara’ (actually Ito dressed as Aihara) while the real Aihara was hiding and asking him question like “would you still like me if I were a man?” she makes a very good point: she believes he doesn’t like her, he only likes her because she’s a woman.
But then the annoying bit comes.

Aihara takes Yoshida 10 metres away and is all like “do with me what you will.” And he does…well, tries to. I couldn’t help but think that the other guy, you know, YOUR FRIEND ITO is completely upset over there..and no one is paying any attention, the focus is on Aihara and Yoshida and Ito is seen as an afterthought.
I found the behaviour of Yoshida really frustrating, but when he stopped, I liked him again, as if he realised something and hated himself for the way he behaved.
Aihara tells Yoshida that Ito could be drowning, but there was a lack of urgency in her voice, I felt. When Yoshida pulls him out of the ocean, she stands back and doesn’t get involved, perhaps she was in shock or thought she couldn’t do anything to help? I don’t know, her behaviour just annoyed me.

I thought the end was really good though, when they all sat together, and then the shots of them alone. It was a nice way to end the film

I really liked it though, I did feel really frustrated and confused at some points as you can tell, but I believe that is how the viewer is meant to feel, since when is teenage life straight forward anyway? 🙂
I would recommend watching it!

I’m rating it:
6/10



Screen caps:

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Song Summary [ 我再也不要对你那么好]

 

I’m doing this because…lets face it, how often do we see a MV that is not just sprinkled in BoysLoveGoodness, but COVERED in it?!!

 

我再也不要对你那么好 – I Never Want to Be That Good to You Again.
By:
Calvin Weng 翁航融
Zeki Teng 滕子棋.

I dont FULLY understand this….as i dont speak chinese
So forgive me if i get it wrong..

But what i gathered :
2 guys: BlondHairGuy and BrownHairGuy.
Friends?! Maybe?

BrownHairGuy is out with a lady…and has been drinking(?) seems to be ill, i’m guessing Lady called BlondeHairGuy.
BldeHG arrives, picks up BrnHG on his back and they walk back to an apartment. BldeHG puts BrnGH on the bed, gives him stuff to drink (which BrnHG refuses) BldeHGcleans him up a bit.
Next thing they’re both in bed sleeping, BrnHG has his arm around BldeHG….CUUUUTE
BrnHG wakes up next to BldeHG and is all like “…?” and gets up. BlondeHG wakes up, opens the curtains and looks out.
There are flash backs from last night…its so adorable ^^
BldeHG is making a sandwich….or something?! The way he eats bread is super cute! :L
BrnHG returns….they say something….BrnHG leaves again?!
BldeHG is eating bread still.
NEXT THINGS everything is in reverse
It shows the Lady caring for BrnHG instead of BldeHG….It’s sad!!!!

My thoughts:
Okay so i think….its about a guy who loved another so much, and he made the hard choice to walk away (like how the actions reversed, and the Lady was the one caring for him)
But hey, what do i know 🙂

OOOPS if i misinterpreted it.. xD

Side Note: BlondeHairGuy = Calvin Weng… or….no?

Conclusion….?
Yep.
BlondeHairGuy = Calvin Weng 😉
BrownHairGuy = Zeki Teng
 

….I’m kinda fascinated by Calvin Weng’s lips….is that weird?! lol

 
Its a cute song i’ve been listening to it since i uploaded this on my other blog back in March 🙂

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