AFTERTHOUGHTS
After a long hot day, it was certainly most self deserving and satisfying to indulge myself in buzzer beat episode 5 today. I WAS positively going OMG OMG OMG when Riko walked through that basketball court door. Can u imagine her all up in anxiety because Naoki cried and ran all the freaking way just to see him.... bloody hell how can he be possibly remain stoic. SO WHEN HE HUGGED HER....i was screaming YES YES YES...I wished Naoki looked abit more emotional than a passive blank face though. I cannot really tell if he was touched, conflicted, tormented or what...it didnt looked like he was going through all emotions either... so maybe the actor didnt do a good enough job for me in expressing that precise moment.
Riko on the other hand was utterly loveable, adorable and totally rootable from her innocent phone call, to her anxiety to hearing naoki crying, and to the exhausted expression but relieved seeing naoki ok in the court, to the surprised at being hugged and the didnt want to let go look, just savouring that moment look. SHE WAS SO CONVINCING from the start to the end, with her whole emotional display. sHE nailed it girl.
I am sooon glad that after much consideration, Naoki decided to call things off with his cheating gf after thanking her for all the years and expressing that he had really loved her. However during their chat, it goes to show that she still didnt quite get the depth of his love and the rationale of his promise and asking her to wait. when Naoki asked yoyogi to take good care of his exbf if he really truly care for her...i CAN UNDERSTAND why naoki did that. He really truly loved natsuki...but like naoki told yoyogi, natsuki has never smoked in front of him. so that implies that natsuki has never been quite herself infront of naoki...
I cannot wait for next episode when the coach starts to realise that he is sooooo not the man for Riko.. will he pull all stops to win riko or will face reality and back off peacefully. next week preview seemed like he mentioned something about marriage with riko before his parents i think...so that will get interesting but look at riko's face. then again i never quite trust preview coz it is never what it seems at times for those trailer shots haaa.. in this epsiode, during the hot bath, the coach already expressed to his friend that he thinks riko doesnt love him. So it s matter of how thick skin and persistent he is before he gives up. i thought it was really bold of him to ask riko to spend the nite with him [hinting in bed i think] but riko was soooo cute, in suggesting drinking thru the nite instead. i dont know if she was innocent in that sense or deliberately avoiding the option of being more physical.
now all i care is how naoki and riko will get together. i wanna see them be a couple proper, all smiles and grins. they will be such a cute couple.
well that's my thoughts for this week for now. another superb epi that keeps me warm and fuzzy with that hugging scene...awwww....sweet.
ps; the video sites i have linked to previously have had the episode taken down so i removed the linkage. 19th aug 2009
3 comments:
Ya, I have to say I was jumping up and down when he hugged her. Way to go Naoki. Way to go Riko for hugging him back. >.<
I'm very disappoint by Naoki's reaction. It was too expressionless. Should have look confused or shock or something. I dunno Yamapi's acting isn't as good as Keiko's acting. She does a wonderful job as Riko. I can see the girly side as well as the strong personality.
Either way I can't wait to see them together, but Naoki please show a little more emotion like his smile at the end episode of episode 4 was priceless. We need more of that.
i so agreed. i too felt like he didnt have the approperiate reaction on his face during the hugging scene...
truthfully, when he cried, i couldnt really empathise him as well...i couldnt feel the sadness radiating from him, in fact i felt from the previous drama which he was a doctor in code blue that he doesnt have much emotional expression as well.
like u said, it was priceless when he smiled. so hopefully when riko and him are much settled, at least we get to see more smiles.... heh.
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