Archive for March, 2010

COLD Series 2 : COLD LIGHT
(COLDシリーズ 2:COLD LIGHT)
Release Date: 3/25/2010
Listened: 3/28/2010

Cast:
Takahisa Tooru 高久透 : Hatano Wataru 羽多野渉
Fujishima Keishi 藤島啓志 : Nojima Hirofumi 野島裕史

Pairing(s):
Hatano Wataru x Nojima Hirofumi
羽多野渉 × 野島裕史

Hibiki
aarinfantasy

Rate: 9/10
H Rate (CD): 6/10 – Just because it gets cut off as usual… XD
H Rate (Book): 7/10 – Just because it’s a bit more descriptive, lawl.
Blab: Hoshit drama.
But omg, it hurt in a funny way to see Noji-nii play his younger role (high school). But the end of the CD made it ALLLLL worth it. I look forward to the last installment.

Akai Hana was a good listen too. Mmmmmm.

will be reading the novels before COLD FEVER is out >>

Sono Yubi Dake ga Shitteiru
その指だけが知っている
Released: 2006/8/25
Listened: 3/21/2010

Pairings
1. 櫻井孝宏 x 鈴村健一
Sakurai Takahiro x Suzumura Kenichi

架月裕壱: 櫻井孝宏
藤井渉: 鈴村健一
浅香雅展: 神谷浩史
川村: 坪井智浩
田中完
木川絵理子
鈴木千尋

Kazuki Yuuichi: Sakurai Takahiro
Fujii Wataru: Suzumura Kenichi
Asaka Masanobu: Kamiya Hiroshi
Kawamura: Tsuboi Tomohiro
Tanaka Kan
Kigawa Eriko
Suzuki Chihiro

Audiowiki

Rate: 5/10
H Rate: 1/10. Skimped out on anything juicy, you twoooooooo.
Blab: I didn’t feel the chemistry >___>; I liked hearing Kamiyan the most in this series to be honest orz Just for the voices.

Title, Original Japanese: 美しいこと
愛しいこと
Title, Romanji: Utsukushii Koto
Itoshii Koto
Released: 2009/3/25 (愛しいこと: 5/25)
Listened: 3/14/2010

Pairings
(seme x uke)

1. 杉田智和 x 鈴木達央
Sugita Tomokazu x Suzuki Tatsuhisa

Cast:
Sugita Tomokazu
Suzuki Tatsuhisa
Kishio Daisuke
Chiba Isshin

Audiowiki
aarinfantasy
novel
Upcoming live stage (…don’t know what to think)

美しいこと
1st
Rate: 9/10
H Rate: 1/10. There was really only one scene, and it was pseudo-rape-ish (and extremely important to the story) x_x~ CD 2 Track 2 – uhyaaaaaa kimoi sugitan
Blab: WHY DID I NOT LISTEN TO THIS EARLIER. XD THIS THING IS LIKE… OTOME DREAMS..
It took me to end of track 6 on the first CD to finally realize it, but this is totallllllllllly the shippable BL pair in Panic Palette *w*~~~~~~~~~~~
Even better, both of the seiyuu use my favorite voice style for BL for this drama series~ Sugitan in subdued, iyashi-kei seme, and Suzuki in normal-sounding manly voice but with just the slightest, subtle touch of feminism at times to bring in the uke~

slow (not in a bad way), longggggg, and angst yummmmmmeh. Totally did nottttttt expect this kind of story from the cover, and good thing I didn’t. XD This drama series is definitely not for the light of attention or heart, because it is 4 full CDs of two guys trying to coming to terms with each other. And it takes its heart-wrenching time to do so. There’s also a good amount of secondary cast, and they keep things interesting without getting in the way too much. XD

My pillow was practically soaked in WAIL by the end of it since I listened to all four in a single run (the first two while on my computer and the last two while lying around in bed XD).

I felt that Suzuki was a litttttle overdoing it sometimes at the end of the first CD. It makes more sense after the end of the series though. Maybe it comes off better in the novel… ^^;

愛しいこと
Rate: 10/10
H Rate: 1/10. They did the whole “WE’RE GOING TO FADE OFF INTO THIS MUSIC WHICH MEANS THEY HAD SEX. THE END” ORZ
Blab: Top rate cuz I’m a freaking angst masochist when it comes to BL. But it has to have a long, happy ending for me to say it was worth it all. And it was.

This comment is 100% coming off from the current times, but what I would do to be in Hirosue’s place during that lawyer’s office position offer…… AND HE…!! ARGH.

I applaud the performances, it was LONG AND A FUN TRAIN-BRAINWRECK-RIDE…… OTSUKARE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Anyway, this is the first drama series I’ve really decided to start reading the novels they were based off of, so I hope they have stuff the drama didn’t cover \o/

I have to admit though, one thing keeping me from buying the original product (aside from amazonjp being the only place I can find BL novels that’ll ship internationally and their shipping rates are killer) is the smoking bits in the second half. I acknowledge that it’s …sadly… realistic, and they don’t stick with it in the very end, but nonetheless I’m avoiding supporting it monetarily whenever I can. It reminds me too much of a certain MBA person who will smoke whenever a client invites him to just to establish the business relationship… and this person claims he’s trying to reduce his carbon footprint =_=; I dunno though… there’s smoking in Messiah too, but I’ve managed to forgive that in the end (especially since Takuto specifically quits altogether in the perfect end with Ryouta ). A similar thing happens in this story, but it just didn’t come off as cute to me somehow. I might also change my mind with this series after reading the novels. Let’s seeeee.

Novel Impressions:
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Aoi Hitsuji No Yume
青い羊の夢
(Blue sheep dreams)
Release Date: 01/27/2010
Listened: 3/3/2010

Cast:
ラーティ・バーラ Barra Lahti: Toriumi Kousuke 鳥海浩輔
界・コウダ Kouda Kai: Hatano Kazutoshi 波多野和俊

Pairing (s):
Toriumi Kousuke x Hatano Kazutoshi
鳥海浩輔×波多野和俊

Rate: 6/10
H Rate: 5/10 <- Short, not much there XD Blab: Plot was kind of interesting, but kind of strange at the same time. The women sucked too. I wanted to wring all of their necks. XD; Not much BL, really... just bitchy women. :\ Last track is a song (I'm assuming that's Hatano Kazutoshi singing) and it's kind of catchy. Waa Konoe~ :D~

Pet Oshigotochuu
ペット・お仕事中

Pairings:
Narita Ken x Kaji Yuuki

Rate: 7/10
H Rate: 7/10 – hyuu hyuu Kaji~~~ It’s worth all the interuptions they have throughout the earlier tracks XDDD
Blab: The title and cover turned me off a bit, but it was surprisingly amusing >w< ~~

Renai Days ~Hitotsu Yane no Shita~
恋愛DAYS～ひとつ屋根の下～
Released: 2007/6/27
Listened: 3/3/2010

Pairings
小野大輔 x 立花慎之介
Ono Daisuke x Tachibana Shinnosuke
高橋広樹 x 平川大輔
Takahashi Hiroki x Hirakawa Daisuke

飛鷹皇太：立花慎之介
高松賢児：小野大輔
乃木沢帝互：平川大輔
志名准輔：高橋広樹
瀬戸夏生：羽多野渉
谷町：中村太亮
小学生の帝互：本多ちひろ
小学生の准輔：植竹香菜
桐島カズヤ：田村健亮
男子生徒：佐藤雄大

Rate: 6/10
H Rate: 6/10 – Tachibana’s H sounded a little extravagant at times. XD Maybe because it’s an older piece and less experience?
Blab: So-so xD Kind of worth listening to, I guess~~

Yachin Hanbun no Ibasyo desu.
家賃半分の居場所です。
Release Date: 02/25/2010
Listened: 3/3/2010

Yachin Hanbun no Ibasyo desu.
家賃半分の居場所です。

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Summary:
「家賃半分の居場所です。」
「俺のとこ来るか？」その一言から始まった、ちょっぴりムッツリ（？）だけど頼りになる神崎と、かわいい白石くんの同居生活。いつも笑顔を絶やさない頑張り屋さんの大学生・白石くんは、本当は一緒に暮らしている彼氏の浮気に悩んでいたのだ。相談できるのはアルバイト仲間の神崎だけ。同居は、白石くんを見かねてのお誘いだと思うけど……でも……！？

「それなりに真面目なんです。」
恋人に浮気されて別れた征人は、当分恋愛から遠ざかろうと決意していた。しかし、毎日のように部屋を訪れる、姉の結婚相手の連れ子・圭吾にある日告白される。悩む征人だったが、そこにかつての恋人・吉岡が絡んできて……！？二人のその後を描いたオリジナルストーリーも収録！

コミックスから、２つのラブ・ストーリーをお届けします。

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Cast:
家賃半分の居場所です。:
神崎: Toriumi Kousuke 鳥海浩輔
白石: Kaji Yuuki 梶裕貴
それなりに真面目なんです。:
征人: Hatano Wataru 羽多野渉
圭吾: Majima Junji 間島淳司

Pairing(s):
1. Toriumi Kousuke x Kaji Yuuki
(鳥海浩輔×梶裕貴)

2. Hatano Wataru x Majima Junji
(羽多野渉×間島淳司)

Hibiki

Rate:
H Rate:
Blab: I wasn’t expecting much from reading the summaries, but the personalities were funnnnnn. <3 ~

Kokui no Kousyaku
黒衣の公爵
Release Date: 02/25/2010
Listened: 3/2/2010

Cast:
嵩原天人: Morikawa Toshiyuki 森川智之
シオン: Tachibana Shinnnosuke 立花慎之介
アンディ・サガ: Shimono Hiro 下野紘
エドワード: Hatano Wataru 羽多野渉
ソラ・ガーナー: Hino Satoru 日野聡
有理仁: Hiyama Nobuyuki 檜山修之
ナレーション: Toochika Kouichi 遠近孝一

Pairing(s):
Morikawa Toshiyuki x Tachibana Shinnnosuke
(森川智之×立花慎之介)

Hibiki

Rate: 6/10
H Rate: 5/10
Blab: It was weird. XD;; The last part with Tachibana and Hino Satoshi was quite touching though.
The free talk was crazy fun with all the “ideal robot” talk.