Bruise the Paper

Note: This list is in no particular order

6) Heavenly Forest An unexpected meeting leads to friendship between two college students. They often go to the forest to take photos and romance blooms. But what happens if one of them has a secret she can’t keep hidden? Although there are some plotholes, this bittersweet movie is good and worth watching.

7) Seigi no Mikata Fans of ShidaxKanata will enjoy this humorous drama. 15-year old Yoko (Shida Mirai) is often tormented behind closed doors by her “perfect” sister Makiko (Yamada Yu). Ironically, Makiko’s actions somehow always ends up making things better for others, thus called an “ally of justice”. One day, Makiko falls in love and Yoko’s life suddenly becomes much more hectic. I love this drama, simply because it has all of my favorite actors and actresses in it! Shida Mirai, Kanata Hongo, Mukai Osamu and Yamada Yu–who can resist?

8) Kuzu no Honkai Warning: Contains mature scenes not suitable for people below 18 years of age. So if you’re 17 and below, skip this drama. This is one of the most recently finished drama that I started watching before it finished airing. Mugi and Hanabi seems like an ideal couple at first glance, but they both have someone else they love and are only dating each other to soothe their loneliness. They share physical intimacy (hence the warning) driven by loneliness. But will things stay like this forever? If you like a realistic view on love, then check this out.

9) Paradise Kiss Probably the first jmovie I’ve ever watched. This is the movie that made me fall in love with Mukai Osamu and jmovies/jdramas. The chemistry and tension between the two leads, the flow, and dialogue made this one of my favorite jmovie of all-time. When I first watched this, I was so in awe of Kitagawa Keiko’s beauty and poise, especially since she was a model in this movie. Plus, this movie is where I first saw Kaku Kento who looked bad ass with piercings. Go give this movie a try!

In the end we had pieces of the puzzle, but no matter how we put them together, gaps remained. Oddly shaped emptiness mapped by what surrounded them, like countries we couldn’t name. What lingered after them was not life, but the most trivial list of mundane facts. A clock ticking on the wall, a room dim at noon, the outrageousness of a human being thinking only of herself.

The Virgin Suicides (1999)

“You know, most people never taste that kind of love. At least I tasted it once, right?”