School’s started and I’m already lagging behind in my studies, still, I managed to squeeze some time to finish a dorama I dug out from my drawer while clearing my room last week. Thanks to Dom once again for providing me with such an excellent series.
To be truthful, I ought to be writing about Sekai no Chuushin, Ai wo Sakebu (Crying out Love, in the Centre of the World), a tearjerker not too unlike 1 Liter of Tears. Still, the inspiration for writing an impassioned article about passed, and along came this new series, which is still rather touching (in a different way) and much more light-hearted, not to mention that the lead actress is unbelievably hot.
Boku Dake no Madonna starts off in the normal wacky way, describing how the main protagonist, Kyouichi Suzuki (played by the handsome Takizawa Hideaki) yearns for privacy and a life of his own away from his family. The story starts when he finally gets to move out of his home, and into an apartment nearer to the university he enrols in, but somehow, privacy seems to elude him once more as his neighbours prove to be just as nosy, on the pretext of “being tasked” by his mother to take care of him.
All these culminates when one early morning he returns home from his night-shift work, and sees this hot babe sleeping on his bed. He’s flabbergasted, and thinks he has entered the wrong apartment, so he goes out to double-check and confirms. When he returns though, he finds the bed empty, and only a whiff of nice smell (I’m guessing hair conditioner/shampoo here, no weird ideas) on the bedsheet proves that the hot babe had actually lain there.
Writing about the story actually brought a smile to my face, which speaks volumes actually, considering the immense stress I am under at the moment, and also my disenchantment with love at the moment. The story highlights, in a wacky sort of way, one man’s experience of first love, and one woman’s re-discovery of true love, which makes it such a sweet romance tale. The various plot twists though, take it out of the normal run-of-the-mill kind of romantic story often used and reused by local, Hong Kong and Taiwanese drama. Seriously, it’s something unique to the Japanese culture I guess.
The last two episode actually caused me to tear, which sort of proves that I’ve still not given up on my search for love the way I want it to be. The superb, as always, chemistry between the lead actor and actress, makes the show glow, while the equally important support cast carries the show on when it is on the brink of teetering into romantic oblivion with comic relief and simple sub-plots.
Many detractors of this show actually slammed it for being too draggy, where the conundrum/dilemma could have been solved easily. As with most shows dealing with love, what is most important is actually not the outcome, but rather the process. It seems weird that love can materialise without two people having gone through things together, and the so-called draggy part actually emphasizes this aspect. In addition, when has love ever been rational/logical anyway?
All in all, I’d give a thumbs-up to this dorama. Even if you’re not exactly a fan of romance series, watch it for the hot babe, Kyoko Hasegawa (and the real reason why I’m writing this post), and well, she’s really hot, hot, hot in this series. Need proof? Just take a look at the opening vid for the series. Oh, I like the song too, very retro feeling to it. Anyway, I’ll end this entry with some pictures of Ryoko Hasegawa. Damn, she’s hot.
Ask me for more pics of her, if you’re interested, which seems unlikely though.
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