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Good luck to him...and OUCH over the MBC ban (I kind of expected it to happen but still...). And it's kind of unfair to imply that SK is alone in being hypocritical in its treatment of celebs who stumble, I see plenty of double standards in my own country too. But, I really, really hope all turns out ok for him after he's done reflecting and taking action to correct what went wrong....and I hope the courts will be somewhat lenient.
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I highly recommend Otomen. It's about a boy who loves girly things (like stuffed toys and baking and sewing), who falls in love with a girl who's a total tomboy at heart (while they both try to pretend to be a 'manly man' and a 'girly girl' respectively. Lovely art, and I like the characters too.
Also, Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen. I can't SQUEEEEEEEEE enough about this series, it's ongoing and so much fun- I love hatemances, but this story of a prince and princess of two warring countries who get engaged just so they can stop the war, will give everyone those nice warm fuzzy feelinsg inside
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Is there ANYTHING she doesn't look good wearing? Or any actor she can't create awesome chemistry with? Hope to see Lady Castle...soon!
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Thanks d00lie! I'd already listed Kaichou wa Maid-sama among the manga I like, but Kitchen Princess I like....cooking manga=awesome. Any more recommendations are also welcome! Esp. for one-shots/short (6 volumes and under) series, if possible.
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Any recommendations for manga/manhwa, guys? Preferably shoujo, and clean if possible, with pretty art. Some of the manga I like are listed below:
Bride of the Water God
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle/anything by CLAMP
Goong
Zettai Heiwa Daisakusen (this is awesome, only 5 chapters in released by Aerandria, but so sweet)
La Corda d'Oro
Fruits Basket
Vampire Knight
Kaichou wa Maid-sama
Hana Kimi
Cat Street
Saiunkoku Monogatari
Rockin Heaven
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime
Skip Beat
Ouran High School Host Club
Special A
Watashi no Ookami-san/Dear, by Fujiwara Cocoa
........I guess it's a long list, but can anyone help me with stuff to read? Mainstream stuff would be nice, too- thank you so much in advance!
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AAAAAAAAAGH, how long is this story going to torture them? I love this manhwa and I've been hooked to it for the last three years, but it just finds new ways to torture Shin and Chae Gyung every time. But I guess, after a divorce, there's not much more you can do to them, so maybe a happy ending is just a few volumes away at last.....I'm going off to watch the drama and lech at Ju Ji Hoon now.
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It's still early days yet, we don't know what's going to happen...but I'm glad the Japanese fans seem to be showing support, and that his work is appreciated there. Really glad, in fact.
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If convicted, Joo can face anywhere from a week to several months, up to a year in prison but one thing's for sure: if convicted, he WILL face some prison time.
Thanks for taking the time to reply, what you said was a valuable insight on what the current public mood is in Korea - I hope he'll seek help for this, and become stronger as a result.
Also, please: Can someone please translate the Japanese text in the above posts? I can read a little of it, but I'm really slow and bad with kanji.
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I really LOVED her as Jan Di in Boys Before Flowers- more than Inoue Mao in the Japanese HYD, she's become the image of how I picture Makino. I really love how she plays her character, sweet yet strong, one can't help but love her. And looks-wise, she fits the character too- I always imagined that Tsukushi in the manga wasn't conventionally pretty, but could look nice- and I think the look she has in the drama (a bit plain, but with a lovely smile- seriously, when she smiles she's the prettiest ever) makes her the perfect Geum Jan Di.
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That is, quite honestly, awful- has he even gone on trial yet? The KBS ban is set pending legal action, so maybe they'll allow him back on air after it's all done.. It'd be sad to lose a talented young actor to something as daft as this. I suppose lying low for a while would help, but I do hope he'll make a comeback (fighting!).
PS: Do any Korean soompi-ers know what the punishment for possession/use of drugs is in Korea, and how long the trial/sentencing process takes? And what do people (Koreans, I mean) in general feel about this entire episode?
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She's the first kdrama actress I became a fan of, and I love her ability to create good chemistry on screen with literally ANYONE. (first in Goong, then Vineyard Man, and then Coffee Prince- that's all I've seen of her work).
As for her leading man in this new drama, I really want someone to pair her up with Hyun Bin. They did some clothing ads together and looked so damn cute, they were just begging for a drama in which to appear together.
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Goodness I didn't know about the drug thing (stuck out in India)...but honestly, drug use is NOT the same as drug abuse . It sounds like he just popped stuff when he went clubbing, which is not to take away from the fact that drugs are wrong and shouldn't be encouraged.
I really hope it doesn't have too much of a negative impact on his career- and that he'll be ok. He's a really good actor, and it would absolutely suck if things went bad as a result of this.
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Hello there, Minhee! Don't feel left out or anything....there's plenty of us brown-skinned people who don't know Hindi, or don't know it too well. And not all Indians are brown-skinned- if you head to the north-east, people there often look east/southeast Asian.
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Of course credit must be given!
And I melted a little on seeing that preview...Goong goes so long between chapters that one tends to get a little out of touch, heh
. And they have to get back together, though I don't know if the truth can come out without Shin flaying Yul alive for his part in orchestrating the divorce. -
Oh, sorry- thanks for clearing that up
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Wait, so does this mean Volume 18 has already been translated by scanlators? I thought rosebud's file was a raw..
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and what dramas have you seen ? plz share your opinions !
I've seen a fair few of the popular ones, but I actually got into this stuff via manhwa (which is why I joined Soompi in the first place, the scanlator for one of my favourite series releases chapters right here and I wanted to be able to leave her thank-you notes instead of leeching like an ungrateful...leech). And I'm really more of a movie person, since most dramas tend to take too much time for me to really follow them properly.
As for drama, my favourites are Coffee Prince and Goong (I'm a fan of the latter manhwa, but IMO the drama is classier- some really excellent casting decisions went on there, and the production values are as good as most movies. Not to mention I had at least three pee-my-pants-laughing moments per episode). Its followup, Goong S, wasn't half as good as the original though. My Girl was also nice
I'm also really really excited to learn that The Bride of the Water God, one of my favourite manhwa, is getting made into a drama next year.
and it's great to see you people discussing over here about Indian culture as well as Korean. I fell in love with Korean Culture just by watching very first drama I watched (Delightful girl).I recognised your siggie at once! Chun-Hyang is a great folk tale, but I'm not so fond of the drama, its production values weren't that great and I just couldn't get myself to like Mong Ryong no matter how much I tried (and I tried very hard). But it did have its moments. If you're looking for another telling of that story, try Shin Shunkaden, by CLAMP. (CLAMP is Japanese and not Korean, but they draw beautifully- they're my favourite mangaka of all time). You might have to order it off the Internet though- Indian bookstores never stock decent manga/manhwa.
Personally, I know nothing of Korean culture except the fact (which I learned from a livejournal buddy in high school) that Korean high school students are just as stressed over studies as Indian ones, and then some. ( I think parents freaking out over their kids' academic performance is something that's common to all Asian cultures, but it was stunning to have firsthand evidence of it).
Though I like Korean culture, the only thing I fear about if I ever go to Korea is the Korean food as I don't eat my own Indian food itself, how can I get used to Korean food ha ha !!Anyone please comment on Korean food, about how it tastes ? any K Food wld be spicy like Indian food ? I had been to malaysia/singapore and I didn't dare to taste the food over there (just tried to survive with bread kinda food and juices and Indian food in s'pore). My sis who got a great appetite hated food in malaysia so I got scared much more.
I suppose it tastes different from Indian, but the little Korean food I've eaten was quite good (and yes, I think some of it is spicy, there's lots of red pepper in some dishes). I have friends who've been to Seoul, and they tell me finding stuff to eat isn't a problem if you're not vegetarian. If you're used to Andhra food (which is the spiciest Indian food I've ever eaten, and I'm noting your location here) Korean food should be a cakewalk. Just watch out for the red beans, though- some people don't like the taste of those. I think it's kind of a waste to go somewhere and not try the local food, and Singapore and Malaysia aren't really difficult places to eat in, IMO.
PS: Korean dramas are pretty popular in some Northeastern states, I went to Aizwal earlier this year and caught Coffee Prince airing on one of the local TV channels.
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^^ Where are you from??
Calcutta, West Bengal.
There are a lot of stupid Hindi movies. But some are just too good. Like a lot of the Shah Rukh Khan one's. My favourite film of all time is Veer Zaara. And Karan Johar's movies such as Kuch Kuch, Kabhi Khushi and Kal Ho Naa Ho. I also love Mohabbatein and Fanaa was good too. Can't wait for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi to come out.I'm not a Shah Rukh Khan fan (fell asleep during Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham because it was so damn long and everyone kept crying all the time! Karan Johar's movies tend to get on my nerves), but I really like Kajol and Tabu, they're great actresses.
I never really got to know any Indian girls before. Though I did like this one Gujrati girl back in high school. Some Indian girls are really really pretty. And I like the clothes they wear too (Salwar Kamees and all the bangles). Of course personality is very important. Though I did prefer a traditional ladki from a traditional Khandaan. One reason is because I love the old traditional areas of Indian cities, like Old Delhi. I love purani Dilhi.I'm not given to wearing salwar-kameezes, but yeah they can look nice. And old Delhi (you've actually been there?) is a great place, I like it loads more than New Delhi.
As for the liking traditional girls bit...when you say 'traditional', do you mean someone conservative? I hate to say this, but most families I know which meet that description would probably have a collective heart attack if their daughters dated someone who wasn't Indian. Of course, I can only speak for people in India and the situation might be different where you live.
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Yeah that's gujrati up there. I was born and have lived all my life here in Australia. There's heaps of Indians here, northern and southern. But recently I noticed there's soo many Punjabis. They show all the latest Hindi movies (the big movies) in the cinemas here. Last movie was Bachna Ae Haseeno. Could you speak Urdu? Over here a lot of our Malaysian and Singaporean friends love watching Hindi movies. So do the Indonesians.
I don't think too many Indians speak Urdu (lots of Pakistanis speak it, though), but it's a lovely language.
Hindi movies are usually WAY too long for my liking- I can't keep my rear parked in a seat for three hours (not to mention, the majority of the movies are a bit...stupid IMO). But there are good ones too- I really liked Chak De India last year, it's a sports movie- and Jaane tu Ya Jaane Na is a nice romantic comedy.
Before I was so in love with India. I know all the foods, culture, language, clothes, etc. And I was interested to marry an Indian girl in the future (I used to love Indian girls), but then I thought Indian girls wouldn't like asian (southeast and northeast) guys, and it wouldn't happen, so I forgot about it.Did you try getting to know any of them before you came to that conclusion? I've got friends in Singapore who're plenty interested in East/Southeast Asian boys (one would assume so, since they're dating them
). Indian girls are much the same as most other girls, I don't think we're averse to boys from anywhere in the world. But for heaven's sake don't date an Indian girl just because she's Indian- at least make sure you like her first, any considerations of nationality/ethnicity should come second.PS: I love Kdramas, which means Korean dramas- NOT those godawful Ekta Kapoor serials whose titles always begin with a K (the latter is what I think most Indians think of when they see the word 'Kdrama'). But I have a fair few friends from Mizoram (that's in the northeast of India) who love the real Kdramas (I mean Korean ones).
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Anyone out there interested in translating for The Bride of the Water God? It's being scanlated by chire on this very site, so anyone who's capable of translating Korean to English, please PM her
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ATTENTION: BE WITH YOU SCANS NEEDS A JAPANESE TRANSLATOR FOR THE LEGEND OF CHUN-HYANG.
Anyone who can read Japanese and translate it to English, please, please get in touch with the staff at the Be With You Forums, especially Chara- this is a really fantastic manga by CLAMP and it deserves to be properly scanlated (it's not very long either, just one volume). Check the link below for details:
http://bwys.forgottenrain.net/forums/index.php?topic=102.0
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MOVIES (American)
Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst, Elizabethtown.
Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett, The Virgin Suicides
Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow, Great Expectations
Movies (UK/Ireland)
Nathalie Press and Emily Blunt, My Summer of Love (yes, it's girl-on-girl)
Movies (Korean)
Jun Ji-Hyun and Cha Tae-Hyun, My Sassy Girl
Movies (Spanish/Mexican)
Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, Y Tu Mama Tambien
TV (American)
Sarah Michelle Gellar and James Marsters, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Alexis Bledel and Milo Ventimiglia, Gilmore Girls
TV (British)
Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle, Pride and Prejudice
TV (Japanese)
Maki Horikita and Shun Oguri, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
TV (Korean)
Joo Ji Hoon and Yoon Eun Hye, Goong/Princess Hours
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I guess I'm technically Christian (my whole family is, I've been baptised as a baby and all that), but to me it's more a part of my culture than a part of my beliefs. I'd like to honestly be able to believe in it all, but it's just something that needs a lot of though since I have my own issues with Church. I respect those who say they believe in it and live it, there are wonderful things about Christianity but I still don't believe it's the only way to live a moral life.
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Ah that's too bad, I'd have loved another season with more Nanba-senpai.. (I turned into a bit of a fangirl while watching Season 1).
. Really nice art, too, so I recommend it.
. And they have to get back together, though I don't know if the truth can come out without Shin flaying Yul alive for his part in orchestrating the divorce. 
just by watching very first drama I watched (Delightful girl).
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
in Japan
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The TV anime wasn't so good, but the Tokyo Revelations and Shunraiki OADs KICKED A**. I want more OADs...preferably done by Production IG.