Medley064～Old Theater 2021 Review

Hello the first weekend of February.

After listening to these four words "the taste of the year has faded" for decades, not only have my ears grown calluses, but my heart has not been disturbed. In Shanghai, where I live, eating dumplings is not a custom. Watching the "standard New Year's customs" widely displayed on TV, there is no envy, only a barrier. If you think about it carefully, hundreds of thousands of years of hunger and fear in the Chinese people are imprinted in their genes, and the New Year is nothing more than eating in various places. Today, when I'm full, saying "the taste of the year is weak" is just burping when I'm full.

PS This year, I want to further use Notion and Craft to build a "personal home page". At present, the plain text version of the "Weekly Report" has been placed in Notion, and the "Japanese Drama Recommendation Ranking" tier list will also be updated in real time. Welcome to move to collection➡️ https:/ /luoyue.notion.site/adabf4a190044417b01f803edf92b7b4 .

Love Tibetan Japan

• 89-year-old writer and former "Tokyo Mayor" Shintaro Ishihara has passed away.
• Japanese geologists say that Mount Fuji's "Fire Spit X-Day", which erupts once every few hundred years on average, is approaching, and it will not be surprising to erupt at any time in the next few years.
• Nadal grabbed the 21st Grand Slam trophy at the just-concluded 2022 Australian Open, surpassing Federer and Djokovic.

Japanese drama world

※Always※

• After "Live Again" EP6-8, people who return to society have their own experiences. The gentle tone of the show certainly gives people strength, but the conditioned reflex to reveal whether there is a subjective intention to cover up until the last moment (also a dead and uncorroborated confession) is really misplaced. It doesn't matter at all whether the old mother in the play kills her son on purpose. The society has developed to a stage where people can no longer admit to being bound by political correctness, and some people deserve to die.

※Continued review※

• "Let's Come Together" W13, Joe, who was frustrated in his career, was deeply depressed. Fortunately, RUI arrived in time, and the two went to Kyoto to start a new life. The plot settings such as red bean snacks, electrical appliances store, saving medical expenses, learning to ride a bicycle, etc. take care of Chapter 1, forming a kind of spiral and loop. Also, the origin of Berry's name is explained, what about Tommy?

• "Kamakura 13 retainers" EP4 arrow direction, describing the process from preparing to launch the first arrow, Yae from the other side of the river to send the arrow to pass the secret message, which became the highlight moment.

• In EP2 of "Wife Becomes a Primary School Student", "younger brother" Takanosuke Kamiki appeared, and the number of people who knew the secret kept increasing. Even if the setting is old-fashioned, the hilarious plot and the sincere emotion are time-tested. The part that touched me the most was observing my husband from the perspective of a wife. His approachability, sincerity and integrity were so attractive, and the husband was not aware of his heterosexuality at all, which is precisely the evidence of his devotion. The show is to a certain extent legal "lolicon", just as "Mother" is also "abducted".

• "Neighbor Power" EP2 is about retirement, and Feng Chuichun plays the role of a grandmother suffering from "dementia", who does not want to cause trouble to her grandson. Zhongyueli's memory is not known whether it is good or bad, and it is only until the end that he remembers that relationship. Yu Chuan used a cat as a guise and asked the narrator Tetsuji Tanaka to be in charge of the show and advance the plot, which was really lazy and uncreative.
• "Reckless" EP2, the plot is rigid, and the details are out of reality and not imaginative enough. I have always liked Takahata Mitsuki, but no matter whether his subordinates (Shizun Jun), his boss (Shota Matsuda), his opponents (Kasa Matsuri), and his rivals (Yuka) are all lacking in sight.
• "Cute Lies Gentle and Shady" EP2 is exactly like a drama that was filmed 30 years ago and sealed in a time capsule.

※Review※

• "JIN Renyi" S2EP11 is over, the first cry of the Year of the Tiger. The finale introduces multiple parallel worlds, and explains clearly the principle and purpose of Ren's travel. Ren and Saki, who are trapped in the cycle of time and space, cannot be married. The revision power of history makes everyone forget the existence of Ren. They can only be separated by time and space. Complain to each other. After watching the entire play, the biggest mystery was finally solved. Hirai Ken's ending song was written word by word along with the ending, and even wild wind, Saki, and Ryoma were embedded in it.

• "Even so, Life Continues" EP11 is over, it can be regarded as a happy ending: the two mothers reconciled; Wen Zai saw the photo of his biological mother; Futaba decided to atone for what his brother did, keep in touch with Yang Gui, and welcome the future together. The overdue '96 tapes became something of a symbol.

• After EP10 of "Bitter Sugar", the 40-year-old birthday party, three women who were divorced, late and unmarried gave generous speeches.

• So far, 9 classic Japanese dramas in 2001 and 2011 have been reviewed, including: 1 medical drama "JIN Renyi"; 1 family drama "Even so, life goes on"; 5 love light comedies "Wednesday Affair", " "Love Revolution", "Marriage with a Son", "Star Son-in-law", "Fake Reality"; 1 school drama "Goodbye Teacher Ozu"; 1 late-night drama "Bitter Sugar". Next week will be a list of works planned to revisit in 2022.

※other※

• In 1996, Faye Wong released the Mandarin concept album "Impulsive", which was translated into vernacular as a "5-point cooked album" (deliberately not done too finely, leaving room for interpretation and imagination). The most complete of the 10 songs are "Split" and "Sabotage" composed by Cocteau Twins, with lyrics written by "Two Weiwen"; the remaining 8 songs are from Dou Wei and Zhang Yadong, with different "duration", Faye Wong in the lyrics Demonstrate critical awareness, such as the "rules and precepts, meaningless, half-hearted, is the charm" in "Doomsday".

• With Faye Wong's marriage to her son and the expiration of her contract, the "Last Cantonese Album" originally planned to be released at the end of 1996 and early 1997 was put on hold, and 10 songs were collected to become "Perfunctory" many years later. All the lyrics are arranged by Lin Xi for the first time, and the music style is not as distinct and avant-garde as "Di-Dar". The rhythm of "Punctuality" composed by Chen Xiaoxia is a little rigid, "Promise" is widely sung, and it is about the promise of love; "It's Incredible" and "Toys" sing about the material life of modern people; "I Believe" and "Be Free" " is more abstract and touches on spiritual beliefs; "Guardian Angel" is about the selfless love of parents for their children.

※New drama※

• The NHK manga drama "Kanakana" starring Maeda Goatoshi, which aired in May, features an izakaya, a bad boy, a 5-year-old girl, mind-reading skills... a collection of popular elements.

absolute sense of language

• "WildnaShow" discusses whether the ending of the "do not reply" emails is too blunt, indicating that more detailed and detailed emotions such as respect and humility are inherently related to scale. No matter how humble the expression is when the food is brought, "eat" and "please eat" are all rude.

digital garden

• Software Update: Strides welcomes 14.0, adding a permanent sidebar to the iPad version.
• Sony announced the acquisition of the "Bang Chicken" studio that created "HALO" and "Destiny".

The above is the whole content of this weekly report, and I will see you at the same time next week.