Again, with my growing obsession with the Yamapi x Maki = YaMaki ship after watching Nobuta wo Produce, I looked for another jdorama where the two of them are paired and I found Kurosagi (The Black Swindler).

It didn’t look much of a romance jdorama but it didn’t matter as long as Yamapi and Maki are the lead pair. The first episodes were already action-packed. What got me more hooked was the introduction of Maki’s character, Yoshikawa Tsurara, being the one who would make a big difference in Kurosaki’s swindler life.

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After being amazed by Horikita Maki in Hana Kimi, I searched for another jdorama where she is in. And in this drama that I found, she plays lead along with Kat-tun’s Kame (Kamenashi Kazuya) and NewS’ Yamapi (Yamashita Tomohisa).

Watching the first few episodes, I found it quite boring as I could not see the love forming between the lead characters. For once, I thought it was a High School romance drama like Hana Kimi. But as I went deeper into the drama, it’s not about love between man and woman (eros) after all. It’s love between friends which is where the drama circles about.

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I should’ve posted something about this a long time ago as I finished watching this since last week. But I didn’t for the reason that I was planning on posting “Why I Love Hana Kimi - Japan” better. And to do that, I must have watched the Taiwanese version too so I would have been credible enough to compare them because it is illogical to compare without having seen both sides.

So then I tried watching Hana Kimi - Taiwan. I struggled (mind the word) watching the first episode and as I moved on to the second episode, it just got more and more dragging so I stopped right in the middle of the second episode feeling like I’ve been wasting my time watching. And with that, whether illogical or not, I come to the conclusion that I like Hana Kimi - Japan better. What made me say that? I watched Hana Kimi - Taiwan and as I reached the second episode, I did not want to go on further. I watched Hana Kimi - Japan’s first episode and as I got to the second episode, I kept wanting for more and so I kept watching until morning came. That should explain everything.

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