comments on Last Friends

So today, I started watching Last Friends. My expectations were that it would be slow-moving, boring, and that I’d lose interest after the first episode. Wow, I was really wrong. So, I decided I’d post a few of my comments about the series as I watch it. Right now, I’m on episode 3 (just 3, I know).

First, the opening. The theme song, Prisoner of Love by Utada Hikaru is a great song. The first time I heard it, I went and downloaded it off Youtube. Onto my iPod it went. (By the way my iPod is a silver 8GB video nano and its name is Kudou for now. My 80GB video and my green 1st generation mini have all broken. Apple and I have a love/hate relationship.)  The song fits the drama so well. Every character has a love conflict - Michiru loves Sousuke, but is in an abusive relationship. Ruka loves Michiru, but Michiru is with Sousuke. And Takeru loves Ruka, but Ruka loves Michiru. The scenes in the opening show the love complications. I also really liked the red string – the akai ito – swirling through the curtains, and how all the characters wear white.

As for characters, I love Ruka – she’s boyish and thoughtful, and I like Takeru – he’s also thoughtful, and he seems sensible and cool. But, I really, really don’t like Michiru. She’s so weak-spirited. The first time Sousuke got violent with her, she should have left him. I try to understand that she still loves him, and believes he is sorry, but I just don’t see why she stays. He’s so controlling – she can’t go out without telling him when she’ll be back, she can’t cut men’s hair, she can’t see Ruka. I mean, GEEZ, cant she see he’s a jerk.  Oh, and the cafe scene in episode 3 made me really mad. Michiru was all like, “I’ve never felt loved…until I met Sousuke…he CAN go overboard…but I can feel his love…” Yeah, she can feel it through the bruises and cuts he gives her. And, on top of that, she says it in front of Ruka, who’s loved her more than anyone else in her sad little life from way back when they were in high school. MICHIRU, GET A GRIP!!!

Casting was done especially well for the show. Ryo Nishikido has this dark aura – perfect for a screwed up DV guy, and Eita is just awkward enough with that haircut to be potentially gay. The actors playing Michiru and Ruka are superb. To make me hate Michiru that much, come on. And Ruka has that boyish charm and stubborn personality.

well, that’s all for now, now that I’ve typed myself into a fit of anger. If I keep going, I’ll probably start foaming at the mouth. For the people who like Michiru, I’ll try to pity her life a bit more. But, if she doesn’t find a way to move in with Ruka, Takeru, Eri, and Ogurin soon, I might just have a cow.