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Blame [livejournal.com profile] sundae_sweet for this one. I could never resist any drama which could be described as a 'live-action shounen manga.' (See more on this drama in her tag).

So we have Garo, all about Makai Knights, who battle 'horrors' i.e., demons. More importantly, we have our OTP.



She: aspiring painter. He: demon-slayer with a nifty mecha armor, a hobby of practicing with his sword, and with absolutely no social skills whatsoever. When they first meet, does he say hello? politely ignore her? Nope, he chokeholds her because he thinks she's a demon!



She gets thrown at him in fights!



But even though he is supposed to kill her because she's been contaminated by demon blood, he doesn't. (That armor could be...interesting...in bed :P)



Instead he carries her home and says things which, for him, must be an equivalent of ten trucks of red roses.



Sure, sure, you only need her as bait. If you believe that, I have a set of mecha armor to sell you.

Have a properly emo MV:



I just finished first ep and need more asap. Lucky me, there are two seasons!

Date: 2012-01-04 05:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seven-trees.livejournal.com
Not gonna lie, the first time I watched this I wrote fic like crazy for them. All crap, I assure you. But man, they had me obsessed.

Date: 2012-01-04 11:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dangermousie.livejournal.com
Fic? Whereeeeeeeee????????

Date: 2012-01-06 02:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seven-trees.livejournal.com
It got deleted when my last computer died on me. Count yourself lucky. That was a lot of crap you would've been tempted to read.

Date: 2012-01-04 05:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sundae-sweet.livejournal.com
Yay, you watched it! I'm dying until the next episode comes out. Its become like crack to me and my fixation on it is verging on deranged.

Date: 2012-01-04 11:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dangermousie.livejournal.com
I cannot wait for ep 2. Sweet sweet addiction!

Date: 2012-01-04 05:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] walkwithheroes.livejournal.com
I watched the first ten episodes and. . .then. ..something happened. I need to get back with this drama. The OTP were brilliant. (Also, I think there are three or so films with these characters, too)

Date: 2012-01-04 11:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dangermousie.livejournal.com
They are pretty much my every shippy kink ever - that you don't see much outside of period drama.

Date: 2012-01-04 02:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] littledelusion.livejournal.com
YOU'RE WATCHING GARO?! *flail*
Garo's been a ridiculous joy of mine forever, so glad we have one more fan in the ranks. *evil laugh*

Date: 2012-01-04 11:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dangermousie.livejournal.com
I am so obsessed. How did I not know of this awesomeness before?

Date: 2012-01-04 02:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fma245.livejournal.com
you're dipping your hands into Tokusatsu now?

Date: 2012-01-04 11:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dangermousie.livejournal.com
Seems so :P

Date: 2012-01-04 04:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moraitika1.livejournal.com
Mousie, Heeeeeeeeeeeeeelpppppppppp!
My 2 fails are getting back at me : Playful Kiss and Nagareboshi : I want to see a jdrama where the patient is trolling her doctor, preferable an underaged patient and smarter than Oh HaNi - she had the almighty MD in the house from inception of being MD till he becomes one, yet PK failed at "swoon till you die kind of romance" and Nagareboshi failed that case because when she was major and READY he was trolling her sister in law - it wasn't exactly true but the suggestion was there, enough of a turn off for me. More she ended as Oh HaNi - going to be a nurse coz you know he might be around or because she was traumatized enough to realize the need of a good nurse - my sensation was that it was the first case. And I don't mind a timejump - but I want her to give him a run for his money.

3rd fail was like A taste of honey- Mitsu no Aji - the incest suggestion turned me off also the crazy secondary female lead was a bigger turn off - jdrama Gods, Please I have Me Too FLower if I really want to see a nutcase secondary girl.

These days I've seen an awesome Secondary lead - Han Go Eun in Bodyguard with CHa Seung Won and Song Il Kook - I shipped her with both of them - she was more awesome than Kim NaNa - I couldn't imagine or believe that klala land actually made a competent female bodyguard.

So if over the rainbow something like awesome girl trolls her doctor exists( or at least a short list) please teach me Mousie :)
Garo is already on my watching list, only that my little dwarf is dancing in my brains begging for the thing described above.

Later edit: In fact I hope that my dwarf would be satisfied if I find something with a 17-18 girl and a 25+ guy. C'est la tangente que je préfère (1997 with George Corraface) was too close to Lolita - something that I didn't like: 40 something guys with 14+ girls is too sick even for me. In a way I think that Ouran High School Host Club uncannon ship and chemistry between Kawaguchi Haruna and Daito Shunsuke is another dwarf that needs to be satisfied.
Edited Date: 2012-01-04 05:52 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-01-04 11:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dangermousie.livejournal.com
Sorry - I pretty much loathe all medical dramas so I can't help you there because I hear 'doctor' and I run away.

Date: 2012-01-04 11:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moraitika1.livejournal.com
I pretty much hate medical dramas too, but my dwarf is decided to see that... this is the reason I asked .... I don't feel like checking every medical jdrama, in a way I don't want to see that plot developed 90% time in a hospital - that's why Nagareboshi was awesome to me.

Date: 2012-01-04 06:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jennyhime.livejournal.com
Ha! I watched this a yar ago and was so hooked. And I haven't watched any tokusatsu dramas since I was a kid but this was awesome. I remember reading that the creator wanted to make a more "grown up" show that would attract a adult audience.
They made a second series, there is a movie as well but Kaoru isn't in it bohoo.
But yeah, Kouga & Kaoru such a cute OTP.

Date: 2012-01-04 11:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dangermousie.livejournal.com
I am so addicted. I am going to watch both series.

This is made for meeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I kinda wish it was an anime, too.

Date: 2012-01-04 11:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kainee.livejournal.com
OMG, I want to watch this now just from that emo video. Also, so weird to think that this isn't my first tonkatsu since if you think about it the live action Sailor Moon is a tonkatsu, which was strangely addicting to watch...

Date: 2012-01-04 11:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dangermousie.livejournal.com
Watch itttttt! It's awesome. Plus, height difference! Because somehow they must have dug up the sole tall actor jdramas possess :)

Date: 2012-01-06 02:05 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I've been reading your lj off and on for a few months now and I have to say from all the posts on the various dramas you've seen this one seriously got me hooked. I'm on the same boat as kainee, that emo video got my attention and now after watching the 12 eps that are out of GARO: Makai Senki first and having to wait for the rest to come out I went back to the first season of GARO and I just keep thinking to my self, "Have I been living under a rock?!" I don't know how I didn't know about this show sooner, but I'm super glad I do now. Totally loving the heck outta it.

Date: 2012-01-06 04:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dangermousie.livejournal.com
I am glad you are having fun. This thing is addictive!

Date: 2012-04-16 03:03 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
I have become throughly addicted to Garo thanks to your awesome post! Why am I so late into coming to this show?!?! and Why is it so hard to find fanfiction, especially smutty Kouga and Kaoru?!

Thanks again for showing me this awesome show! I really trust your drama reviews!

Date: 2012-04-18 01:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dangermousie.livejournal.com
Wow, thank you!

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