tofuuuuu wrote:

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Like the picture showed, Oji and Kairi get together (that final scene with them at the airport was one of my favorites!) Reiko gets pregnant, Kikuta the bi-gay shrink is the father. Mai and Yukki get married. Kei quits his job, moves out of the apartment and becomes a politician and in the end he and Aiai get together.

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gaijinmark wrote:

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And the butler did it.

Thanks gaijinmark

tofuuuuu wrote:

Thanks gaijinmark

dou itashimashite (and there is no butler)

It was great! Yay Panda!

middle of ep5 . really interesting drama . kinda funny too

oh another thing , uso wa ite yo joe . where does it come from? joe wa dare?

jitpunkia wrote:

oh another thing , uso wa ite yo joe . where does it come from? joe wa dare?

They sort of explained that in episode 1. There was an American baseball player named Joe Jackson who got caught cheating. (Actually, for getting paid to lose games.) When he was going to trial, outside the courthouse a little kid said, "Say it ain't so Joe." That's where the "Joe" comes from.

jitpunkia wrote:

oh another thing , uso wa ite yo joe . where does it come from? joe wa dare?

Read more about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoeless_Joe_Jackson

And the scandal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal

yeah panda . just finished it . it was a good drama . i wanna move on to Smile, but no idea where i can stream it

yeah panda

Finished it today in an insane flurry of episodes...

I'd give it a 7.5/10.

Parts of the story were interesting at times and other parts were rather tiring and had me reaching for the fast forward button... I think the drama was several episodes too long.

Also, the four Love Shuffle participants who weren't living on the 28th floor (Mei, Kairi, Yukki, and Reiko) were less developed and rather less interesting for that reason...

EDIT: Also, they played Fantasy and Eternal Flame to death... Doesn't the production staff have access to more music than that???

OMG. why is tamaki getting skinny!! huhuh i feel bad for him.
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Review: 8/10

Like with all dramas that are recommended to me specifically, I go in hoping I really enjoy it. And I really enjoyed Love Shuffle.

I’m already a huge fan of Karina’s, and to a smaller degree of Tamaki Hiroshi’s, so the casting was really easy getting into. The chemistry between the four main characters is what makes the show hold for me. I fell in love with Ojiro, I got carried away with Kiku-rin, I wanted to be Ai-Ai, and I wanted to bully Usa-kun. Among the outer circle, I have to admit that Kojima Hijiri’s character, Reiko, is my favourite, with Kairi being the most endearing.

The storyline is very interesting, but the plot is very normal. When you get over the initial shock of the “Love Shuffle” concept, the drama falls back on character development. I find the success of the drama, for me, comes from this fallback.

To be sure, there was one nagging element that really bothered me throughout this drama, and that was Shihori-chan’s character, Mei. Why couldn’t someone have killed her off?! I have never experienced such a fake, stupid, manipulative, oblvious character in my life. She’s the reason I rated the drama a 8/10 and not a 9/10 or 10/10.

Other than her, I found the show good. I’ve seen it three times already, so I think it’s safe to say that I highly recommend it. ^_^
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Wynter wrote:

To be sure, there was one nagging element that really bothered me throughout this drama, and that was Shihori-chan’s character, Mei.

I strongly agree here... She's such a pathetic little flake... I had to really fight off hitting the FF button when her scenes came up.

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Other than her, I found the show good. I’ve seen it three times already, so I think it’s safe to say that I highly recommend it. ^_^

Though I found the drama rather enjoyable, I can't say I'd watch it again anytime soon...

And I hope to NEVER hear Eternal Flame ever again.

Wynter wrote:

I’ve seen it three times already, so I think it’s safe to say that I highly recommend it. ^_^

WHAT?? Three times??? I don't think I watched any drama that much before! Maybe I'll have to get this drama...
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I've watched it on my own, then with my sister over the weekend (we watch loads together. It's fun), and then with my students.

So yea, three times.
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Wynter wrote:

Among the outer circle, I have to admit that Kojima Hijiri’s character, Reiko, is my favourite, with Kairi being the most endearing

I agree with the Reiko character, but the Kairi character just bugged me to death: she was basically catatonic through the entire drama...

Yeah, that was her character, but I didn't find it endearing one bit.

bmwracer wrote:

I agree with the Reiko character, but the Kairi character just bugged me to death: she was basically catatonic through the entire drama... Yeah, that was her character, but I didn't find it endearing one bit.

I think it was more her relationship with Ojiro. I liked the two of them together. I thought they had great chemistry. On her own she's rather boring.
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Wynter wrote:

I think it was more her relationship with Ojiro. I liked the two of them together. I thought they had great chemistry. On her own she's rather boring.

Ah, you like O-san 'cause he's a photog like you...

bmwracer wrote:

Ah, you like O-san 'cause he's a photog like you...

There are various reasons.
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