I realize that I seem to have disappeared off the face of the earth, but in reality, I have been delving further into the Arashi fandom. Within a month, I watched a ridiculous number of dramas… And I’ve loved each of them! I would have watched more in the month and a half since I started this blog, but the Olympics happened, and when the Olympics are on, I have a one track mind. XD

As I’ve already mentioned, the first drama I saw with an Arashi member was The Quiz Show 2. That got me noticing Sho-kun and that’s what made me give the group a chance in the first place.

Since getting pulled in after watching their Kohaku performance, I have watched a total of 4 TV dramas (plus an extra one that didn’t have any Arashi members), 2 SP dramas and a final movie for a TV drama (can you guess which? XD).

What I’m finding as I watch through these is that Japanese dramas have the strange ability to make me cry. I am not usually a crier when I watch tv shows or movies. Back when Titanic first came out and everyone was going “OMG!!! I cried so much during Titanic”, when I went to go see it, my eyes didn’t even water. However, each of these dramas have somehow made me cry.

First up: Yamada Tarou Monogatari
This drama was recommended to me by MorningBerryz. I decided to watch this one first because my two favourite members are main characters – Sho and Nino.

I absolutely adored this drama and it’s quirky sense of humour. Tarou (Nino’s character) is just so genuine and sincere in everything he does that it’s impossible not to fall in love with him (as depicted by practically everyone basically fainting at a mere smile from him – girls and boys [with guest appearing Leader not being exempt] alike).

Seeing as this series is a quirky comedy, you may wonder what in the world made me cry… If you’ve watched the series, I think the most obvious guess would be the final episode, where Tarou’s siblings express how much their An-chan means to them. However, what got me all choked up was from the first episode – when his little sister gave him the croquettes to eat because the last time he brought them home, he gave his share to his siblings. Call me a softie, but touchy moments like that tend to get me crying rather than the super sad tearjerking moments.

The second drama: Ryuusei no Kizuna
This drama was recommended to me by MorningBerryz and Murr. It stars my #2 (Nino) once again, thus the recommendation.

This drama is an interesting mix of funny and serious. Obviously a drama focused on 3 siblings looking for the murderer of their parents would have some serious undertones, but the things they do on the side, and sometimes as part of their murder investigation, are quite amusing.

For this series, I cried at the end… When everything unraveled and was revealed. I don’t want to spoil anything for those who haven’t watched it yet… But. T___T Also, I simply have to say that Togami Yukinari (played by Kaname Jun) is an absolute sweetheart in this. <3

Look at the tears in his eyes…. *hugs*

There are 2 more series that I’ve watched which have tugged at my heartstrings: Maou and Hana Yori Dango. I’ll hopefully get another post up within the week with the moments from those which really got to me. In the meantime, for those of you who have watched these two dramas, were there any points that got you crying, or am I the lone weirdo over here? XD