Medley044～Is luck better in birthday month?

5th weekend of August, everyone.

Entering the birthday month, all aspects seem to be smoother. When looking at a fund's account at least two days ago, the number is red (up) and almost double what it was in previous months. I'm not too superstitious, I relatively trust astrology, constellations, Feng Shui, Tarot, zodiac, etc. I don't believe at all. I remember a saying by Eileen Chang, to the effect that it is difficult to live without faith.

Love Tibetan Japan

• In addition to the opening of the "Paralympic Games" (also known as the Paralympic Games in the traditional community) this week, the most exciting news is the triumphant return of Japanese show host Jiro Shinbo. He is also in his 60s or 70s this year. He reluctantly drove a sailboat to and from the Pacific Ocean alone. After many years of failure, he dispatched sea rescue, and caused a storm of public opinion. The second challenge finally got his wish. It can be called the Japanese version of "The Old Man and the Sea" in 2021.

Japanese drama world

• Japanese drama recommendation ranking (tier list v6.5) is updated! The newly launched summer dramas such as "White Turbid Current" and "Life Buoy" have been added. The current favorites of regular dramas are "The Post" by Toda Erika and Nagano Miyu, and "Collecting Family" has been lowered to C. Those who don't plan to watch, and those who haven't even watched the first episode will not be included~​

always

• "White Turbulence" EP1, the new NHK drama started, Ito Junshi partners Sasaki Nozomi and Kiriyama Ren, also as a work that exposes the dilemma and chaos in the academic world, the style and technique are far less than Matsusaka Toli starring "About the current crisis and my goodness" Sensitivity". People are only a drop in the ocean in front of society, and the "white" in the title may refer to the white coats of scientific researchers. A postdoctoral fellow bears the false name of a "scientist" while being pressured by real life.

• "Black Swan Lake" EP5 is not as good as the last episode. Most of the things in the world are like this. When you want to cover up, it may be attractive, but after the world is clear, it will be like chewing wax. Each character on the scene gets an almost equal share of the event, and everyone has a share, never greedy. The meaning of the title "Black Swan" is not clear, and the argument of karma is inevitable. The adaptations of suspense novels such as WOWOW are very well-known, and there are advantages and disadvantages. fin.

• "Don't Say Nothing" SP, this year's "End War Special", the university doctor played by his wife and husband Mu Cong was sentenced to hang in less than ten minutes, followed by a long life in prison, waiting for death to come and suffer the torture of conscience. At the last minute he figured it out, and when the professor asked him to come in to help with the operation, he subconsciously responded, and that sound was enough to convict him. Aoi Yu continued "The Spy's Wife", once again bringing a delicate and moving interpretation.

revisit

• "Wednesday Affair" EP9 "Remembrance... Miss... Confession of Love", the red rose and the white rose exchange positions, heaven and earth have become the "wives" who stay together, and Ai sees the backs of the two walking home from a distance. Maenen and Sakura pursue love. Sakura sees through the rekindled war between women and confesses that he wants to start over with his ex-wife. The women who were placed on either side of the Sumida River reminded me of Proust's Going to Swann's and Going to Guermantes's.

• "Making Fakes Come True" EP6 "Hazy Moonlit Night", the estrangement between Akira and Emi gradually deepened, and the dinner for the first anniversary of their acquaintance ended with a missed appointment. Zhang persuaded Fei to act as a portrait model, and Faye Wong's casual pose in front of the camera was a top European magazine blockbuster. The costume design that Fei was going to take for the competition was spoiled and discarded, and the three people slid into the garbage pile one after another. This whimsical treatment is full of the sense of the times. Just confessed to Fei on the rooftop, she said that she has found the moon that belongs to her~

Continued review

• The EP25 "Atsutafu, Returning to China" of the Taihe drama "Rush to the Blue Sky" uses flashbacks to tell the story of the successive shocks caused by the reform after Eiichi came ashore, and the tragic death of Yoshiko Heijuro (Okada Kenshi). "Ieyasu" Kitao Luxin also appeared again, showing that under the active mediation of Atsushi and others, the Tokugawa family was not purged. When I was a child, only being a Japanese shogunate was equal to a Chinese dynasty, but later I learned that it was incomparable. The next episode will be broadcast on September 12~
• "Life Buoy" EP2-3, perhaps to balance the bad image of her husband cheating on his first day in office, and his wife also had an early interest in the neighbor next door (unwilling to show her face when throwing garbage). Kadowaki Mai delays confrontation with Shunsuke Dadong, and when he unlocks his phone, he chooses not to watch it. These actions are in line with the image created by the drama: marriage is a vast ocean with no end in sight. Anyway, if you can't swim out, it is better to seize it Only a lifebuoy, so that the soul can rely on it.

• "The Actor" EP4, I have long seen that this show is "extreme" (for example, Isomura Yuto's jumping off the building scene, Nao pushed him behind his back), the general work is to punish evil and promote good, leave an open tail at most The audience makes up for it by themselves, and the screenwriter and director Teruo Noguchi is willing to take a step closer, to be closer to the disorder of human nature and the impermanence of life. The little boy showed scars all over his body, but he still couldn't get a good mother. [Magic wand that no longer works]

other

• "Emergency Interrogation Room" S4EP4-5: Takahashi Marijun put away her smile and immediately her face was gloomy, which is considered to be a meal for God; Kurokawa Chihua almost laughed out loud in the bicycle chase scene, and she screamed into the sky and played a difficult labor... Just like The phrase "prejudice and experience are separated by a thin line" and "tight trial" focus on confessions, but even if the suspect is "naked", he will only get one-sided words. The more emphasis on the complex and multi-layered human heart, the harder it is to justify it.
• "Sangdao" 2021EP6-8: Harada Taizo continued to follow the map and visited the five-spice soup, sauna plum soup in Kyoto, and Sauna&Spa in Kobe. After this "root-seeking trip", it turned out that the love of sauna is also inherited. Back to "home" Nordic sauna, EP8 welcomes guest appearances by luxurious cast members such as Arakawa Ryoyo, Wada Masato, Iwamatsu, etc., and staged a hilarious remote meeting laugh farce. [Exemplary work of information drama] In the next episode, guest Nagayama Ayato~

new drama

• Mansai Nomura joins the new season of "Doctor-X" strongly, playing the "big villain" who is hostile to Yonekura.

• In the autumn of October, Asahitai, Nishino Nanase cooperated with Yongshan Xuandou "Yanlingzhuang".
• TBS has a strong lineup, Matsushita Kangping and Jingpu Xin joined the new drama "Favorite" starring Yuriko Yoshitaka.
• Tomoyo Harada starred in Yoshida Miri's "Scar Tavern" in a late-night drama on Tokyo TV in October.
• Katagiri Heidi starred for the first time in the fall in October. The late-night drama "Tokyo Placed Dining Hall" was announced, and Tokyo TV spared no effort in the cause of "eliminating 0 starring characters".

• Japan's "Unlucky Girl" invited bakary to narrate.
• Matsuda Ryuhei and Ishibashi Jinghe collaborated again after "Soybean Field Towako and 3 Ex-Husbands" and starred in the drama "The Story of Kinmatsu's Heart" by Keisi Nagasuka.
• Ghibli's new work, Hayao Miyazaki's "comeback" work "Anya and the Witch" is released today!
• Marvel's new work "The Eternals" is set for November, and the poster is released.

absolute sense of language

• The list of JC and JK buzzwords in the first half of 2021 was released, and Matsuko summed it up well. Compared with a few years ago, the current buzzwords are not innovative in meaning, but more about tone and tone.

Koshihikari study

• Introduction of recent publications: The 20th anniversary of Risa Mianya's writing, this summer's new book tells a story of "unfulfilled love"; Osawa Zaisha also has a new work; the literary special issue "EUREKA" commemorates the recently deceased "knowledge giant" Takashi Takahashi; "Modern Thought" "Pushes the "Now in Love" special feature; the portable library lineup includes Jun Ikeido, Naocola Yamazaki, Yoshida Ishida, and Shusaku Endo.

digital garden

• Monopoly 10 is now available on Nintendo Switch.
• Blizzard Entertainment was deeply involved in scandals and lawsuits, high-level personnel earthquakes, and many bigwigs, including the CEO, left, including the head of the major project "Diablo 4", and McCree in "Overwatch" was also implicated, and decided to Rename.

• Other software upgrades: iPadOS 15beta7, Evernote 10.16, Day One 6.8, Ulysses 23.2.
• "Destiny 2" held a press conference to announce the 2022 expansion and the S15 season.

"EVA New Theatrical Edition: Preface" is re-watched almost every subsequent sequel. Anno Hideaki once suggested "big picture" appreciation, so he refreshed it again with the 4K OLED TV he just changed. "Evangelion EVA" has been extended for nearly 30 years. There are not a few people who have seen middle-aged from teenagers. The sensational Mandarin opening song of the old TV version seems to be still in their ears. The apostle Lilith was designed as a white giant, and "Diablo 4" came in a placenta.

The above is the entire content of this issue of "Newsletter Weekly". I will see you at the same time next week.