Ikemen Desu Ne
Aug. 9th, 2011 05:39 pmThis weekend, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hanjuuluver came over for an afternoon of cookie baking and ridiculous j-dramas. I'm all caught up on Ouran, but when we checked dramacrazy we realized that there's a remake of the Korean drama You're Beautiful airing right now, so we decided to check it out.
That...may have been a mistake.
Guys, I don't have high standards for dramas. I don't care about plot holes or plausibility or acting ability, just give me some pretty boys and some wacky hijinks and I am set. I loved Princess Princess. I loved RH Plus. And Ikemen Desu Ne seems like it was made for me, since it hits a bunch of my narrative kinks for J-dramas - pretty boy band characters, mistaken identity, a defrosting ice queen hero, and a cute girl cross-dressing. But...oh my god, this is the most infuriating show I have seen in ages. Just thinking about it now is making me want to throw things.
The Premise: Miko is an orphan and a novice nun, about to leave for Rome for two years of study before she takes religious vows. However, one day she is unexpectedly approached by a man who, as it turns out, is the manager of her twin brother, an up and coming pop idol. Mio is about to sign a contract with A.N.Jell, a hugely popular boy band, but there's a problem - he broke his nose in a drunken fight and needs to recover from reconstructive surgery before he can be seen in public. So the manager asks (well, begs) Miko to pose as her brother, just long enough to sign off on his contract so the label doesn't find out he messed up his face. One thing leads to another, and although she doesn't really want to do it initially, by the middle of the first episode Miko commits to spending the next three months pretending to be a boy and sharing a house with her bandmates. They are: Yuki, the little blond one who is dumb as a rock; Shu, the little brown one who is supposed to be the nice guy; and Ren, the lead singer, who really, really does not want another singer in the band. But we'll talk more about him later. At this point, misunderstandings, drama, and romance ensue.
This is by far not an exhaustive list of my problems with this show, but it is my major issues:
( emotional abuse and general grossness under the cut )
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colourofsaying, who has been watching with me, also has a good post about the show up here.
hanjuuluver came over for an afternoon of cookie baking and ridiculous j-dramas. I'm all caught up on Ouran, but when we checked dramacrazy we realized that there's a remake of the Korean drama You're Beautiful airing right now, so we decided to check it out.That...may have been a mistake.
Guys, I don't have high standards for dramas. I don't care about plot holes or plausibility or acting ability, just give me some pretty boys and some wacky hijinks and I am set. I loved Princess Princess. I loved RH Plus. And Ikemen Desu Ne seems like it was made for me, since it hits a bunch of my narrative kinks for J-dramas - pretty boy band characters, mistaken identity, a defrosting ice queen hero, and a cute girl cross-dressing. But...oh my god, this is the most infuriating show I have seen in ages. Just thinking about it now is making me want to throw things.
The Premise: Miko is an orphan and a novice nun, about to leave for Rome for two years of study before she takes religious vows. However, one day she is unexpectedly approached by a man who, as it turns out, is the manager of her twin brother, an up and coming pop idol. Mio is about to sign a contract with A.N.Jell, a hugely popular boy band, but there's a problem - he broke his nose in a drunken fight and needs to recover from reconstructive surgery before he can be seen in public. So the manager asks (well, begs) Miko to pose as her brother, just long enough to sign off on his contract so the label doesn't find out he messed up his face. One thing leads to another, and although she doesn't really want to do it initially, by the middle of the first episode Miko commits to spending the next three months pretending to be a boy and sharing a house with her bandmates. They are: Yuki, the little blond one who is dumb as a rock; Shu, the little brown one who is supposed to be the nice guy; and Ren, the lead singer, who really, really does not want another singer in the band. But we'll talk more about him later. At this point, misunderstandings, drama, and romance ensue.
This is by far not an exhaustive list of my problems with this show, but it is my major issues:
( emotional abuse and general grossness under the cut )
colourofsaying, who has been watching with me, also has a good post about the show up here.