Ao Haru Ride getting a Japanese film adaptation

Kou looks pretty hot, I'll know
I'll need a bucket to catch my drool

As all of you may know, Ao Haru Ride has already got an anime (withholding comments until at least the 5th episode) and now it's getting a live action adaptation to go with it.

I hope people understand that what makes a good adaptation of any manga into a live action film or drama is that they consider their purpose of the film and try and re-image it to a more realistic interpretation. Copying the manga exactly and turning it into a movie makes it dull. If I want something exactly the same, I can just go read the manga or watch the anime.

Cheese in the Trap is getting a k-drama? + Official English Translations

On random note, CITT has finally got official English translations though they are still only up to chapter 5 right now. Now on to the big news. According to the webtoon live, it seems that CITT is getting picked up to be a Korean drama.

Before I make a really judgmental, biased opinion on this I have to say that I personally found Boys Over Flowers, the Korean adaptation of Hana Yori Dango, to be atrocious and over the top. Hana Yori Dango was definitely no master piece but I felt like they really butchered the premise. I have the same sentiment with To The Beautiful You (Hana Kimi) but on a lesser degree.

The great points about this webcomic was that it wasn't molded or sculpted by the hands of an editor of a magazine who perpetually force feeds the mass audience with cliches and stereotypes. It was written by an artist by the pen name, Soonkki, who had her own ideas of what a story should be and isn't over ridden with puppy love of melodrama.  This is something I touched on in an earlier post before.

 It's set in college instead of high school, it deals with money/family problems and touches more on the psychological pressures, love, friendship and confronting your demons.
If it was in a magazine, it'd be set in a high school and the focus would be on romance.

My thoughts To The Beautiful You (Korean Version of Hana Kimi)

Hana Kimi has got to be one of my most favourite shoujo mangas of all time. Despite the common shoujo manga cliches I feel that the story is solid, entertaining and just darn good. I've never watched the j-dramas (which someone has been pestering me to watch) to the t-drama but as soon as it was going to become a k-drama I was ecstatic.

I am a big fan of SHINee (Minho) and rookie group EXO so I was excited to know they were casted along with f(x)'s Sulli and various other professional actors. Here is the extended preview:

The thought comes to mind as to whether these idols are competent enough to play their roles.

Manga Review: Heaven's Door (Hongou Ranko)

Name: Heaven's Door 
Author & Artist: Hongou Ranko
Status: Completed
Chapters: 4
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Psychological, Romance, Shoujo, Tragedy
Plot: 
 [Summary by: Love_Blossom]
Harumi has been in the hospital practically her whole life because she has cancer. She finds out she only has a few months to live and wants to do dangerous thing. Masato just got hospitalized today. He meets Harumi and they talk about how life is so short. Then he holds out his hand and says, "Lets go to the sea!" And so, for the few days they have to live, they enjoy it to their fullest...
Review:
This story revolves around Harumi and Masato who are going to inevitably die before they should. The things that happen in this manga are pretty crazy and a bit unrealistic although it makes the story better. What stops this from being those typical shoujo is that the characters have some deph. Despite their tough exterior, all they want to do is live; unlike most people they've got days to live out a lifetime. I guess even though they're both young, they have to grow up quickly and face the concept of death but the characters handle it well.
It's really touching and teaches us that we shouldn't waste our time because life is short. If you avoid tragedy, just give it a go anyways, you won't regret it.

Playful Kiss vs It Started With A Kiss

 WARNING: The following statements are my opinion and don't take anything I say as a personal insult to you. Please gtfo trolls.

Itazura Na Kiss, if you have never heard of this manga than you haven't been living in shoujo manga universe for long. This ever popular manga was written by the Mother of shoujo manga cliches, Tada Kaoru. Unfortunately, when moving house, she got into a terrible accident that lead to her death; leaving this manga incomplete forever~  
dun dun dun

This didn't stop it from having an anime, a J-movie, a T-drama and now a K-drama.

I personally haven't watched the Japanese movie so I can't make a judgement on that but I can make a judgment on the other two. The only reason why I'm doing this now is because I heard these girls say :

I like Playful Kiss, it's so cute. I don't like the Taiwanese version. The characters don't look too appealing. It's bad, don't watch it