Happy Halloween!!!

 Pretty Satomi Ishihara wishes you and yours a spooky Happy Halloween!

Judging by the poster behind her, this photo was taken during her "Jimi Ni Sugoi~Koetsu Garu Kono Etsuko" shooting back in 2016, but the holiday message is timeless!

Pretty Proofreader, Dictionary Version: Elaiza Ikeda in "Fune wo Amu"

Elaiza Ikeda in "Fune wo Amu"

 As you all know, I’m a huge fan of the 2016 Satomi Ishihara drama “Jimi Ni Sugoi~Koetsu Garu Kono Etsuko", the story of a fashion-conscious girl trying to get job at a Fashion Magazine where she is abruptly put into the publisher’s proofreading section instead. Though miffed and overwhelmed, the young lass will soon find she has a flair for the job and actually shine in it, using her skills not only in work, but life and love!

Below: Satomi Ishihara in Jimi Ni Sugoi:

And now we have the new drama “Fune wo Amu: Watashi, Jisho Tsukurimasu”, a drama starring Elaiza Ikeda as a fashion-conscious girl working for a Fashion Magazine, who gets abruptly moved to another of the publishers’ departments, this time the Dictionary section!

Ikeda as Midori Kishibe, Fashion Magazine designer...but not for long!

With the advent of digital media, more and more physical outlets are dying and their magazine is yet another to be axed. But not to worry, says her supervisor (Ayumi Ito)...for she has a NEW department position set-up for her to go to...

Venturing into her new home: The DICTIONARY department of the publishing house!

This is NOT a place for a hip and stylish girl like herself! There MUST be a mistake, she thinks...but NO, this is the place!

Meeting her new supervisor Majime (Yojiro Noda)

...as well as the rest of the team: Sasaki (Makiko Watanabe) and Tendo (Maeda Oshiro)

A brief description of the job...

Getting her first realization of how much words play in life.

Meeting the many people who are working on the dictionary and cooperating to make THEIR new dictionary a reality...

Midori feeling out of place and out of her depth!

Being reassured by Majime that she DOES have the talent to work in their department.

Slowly delving into the thick tomes and for the first time getting enlightened by the words and descriptions within....

Growing every day at her desk and learning more and more til words become a part of her life!

When I read the synopsis for Fune wo Amu, it was SO similar to the premise of  Jimi Ni Sugoi, that I initially wrote it off as a copy and made no real plans to watch it. But I do love actress Elaiza Ikeda a lot and so, when several subbing teams picked up the show, felt I should at LEAST check it out once!

Well, sure enough, there are identical elements that are hard to deny- the “fish out of water” element of the stylish gal suddenly thrown into the stark and rigid department of editing, the stern but compassionate guidance of the elders in the section, the slow realization of the importance of the job, and the inevitable use of the skills in her own life, etc. 

When the details of the actual job is talked about, the text of the subject appears onscreen for the viewer to understand, much like Jimi ni Sugoi did...

Heck they even stop the show for a “fashion check” montage, a harkening back that made me wonder if the show was giving an actual WINK to the Satomi Ishihara series!

In any case, I enjoy the show well enough and, my GOSH, Elaiza is so darn PRETTY in this that I know I’ll be QUITE happy to wile away the days here!

Elaiza goodness aside, should be an interesting one and eager to see more!

Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com

Notes on "Destiny"

Story of a girl named Kanade Nishimura whose Father suddenly and mysteriously committed suicide when she was in middle school. Because of this, she grew up as a shy and introverted person who shunned friendship, til she meets a group of friendly students who take her under their wing and accept her as one of their group!

Starring Satomi Ishihara in the lead role as Kanade, this is another cast of starts, with Kazuya Kamenashi as Masaki Nogi, Emma Miyazawa as Tomomi Mori, Minami Tanaka as Kaori Oikawa, and Yuma Yamato as Yuko Umeda....

This group will eventually bring Kanade out of her shell, and for the first time, will experience comradeship and bonding with others. "Let's be friends forever" one says, and they all agree!

Sadly, this will not last, and the partnership shatters when one of the group is killed in an accident. Moreover, one of them, Nogi, who was present at the scene of the accident, disappears after the funeral, seemingly never to be seen again....

Fast forward to the present day as Kanade is working as a lawyer for the Prosecuting Office. She seems content with the life and even has a romantic partner Takashi Okuda (Masanobu Ando).

But when she crosses paths with that same man who had disappeared from their lives after the time of the accident. And as she tries to discover where he has been and what he has done, the truth about not only the death of her college friend but of her own father’s suicide will come to light…

Only seen the first episode which mostly set-up the story without revealing much, but I dunno, this one doesn’t grab me at all. May be the slow pace and meandering style, but I found myself trailing off a few times during the show! Will watch a few more to see where this goes, but I’m already getting 100 Man Kai Ieba Yokatta vibes from this,  and THAT one was a dreary and dragged out murder mystery which I really had to slog through.  Nonetheless, it seems this one's already a HUGE hit, so MY lukewarm response is DEFINITELY in the minority... will love to be proved wrong in my initial analysis!

Posted by zdorama @zdoramaagain.blogspot.com