…with Satomi Ishihara. Of course, what were you expecting then? Definitely am not jumping into another new relationship with some girl for the time-being, period. Relationships are a definite no-no for me right now, cause it’s like having a heavy rock tied to my own body, full of heavy burdens. Been so emotionally weak, I doubt I would be able to survive another heart-breaking hazard course without even contemplating about suicide. *touch wood*

So who is she you might ask? Definitely not your typical japanese idol. Don’t believe me? Will present you people some screenies as proof later. Things aside, I’ve recently gotten myself back to the jdrama craze. Honestly I haven’t touched any jdrama since after ‘Good Luck‘ by Takuya Kimura and Kou Shibasaki, which is quite a while back (watched it in 2003). Since then I haven’t really picked up any jdramas to watch, one of the reasons is also because its practically impossible to buy any jdramas off the local market unless you import in online. But with BitTorrent available now, things were much easier. So I searched for some new dramas just released in Japan, and this drama called ‘H2‘ caught my eye. It was the casting roles that caught my eye at first, as I recognised two names from the cast names. One of them was Yui Ichikawa, who is a swimsuit gravure idol/singer that debuted back in 2002, and ever since then I’ve been checking out and following her works. Another one was Takayuki Yamada. I first noticed this guy from the jdrama ‘Long Love Letter‘ back in 2001 starring Takako Tokiwa and Kubozuka Yosuke in it. He was just acting as a minor role as one of the students, but his acting was kinda good, so somehow he caught my eye. H2 was not his first major role in a jdrama, after having checked out his portfolio of works recently, but it’s one of his bigger roles nonetheless. And like I said, with someone like Yui Ichikawa in it, how can I not watch? I haven’t caught any of her jdrama series before, so this was the time to check out hows her acting etc.

Anyway, after watching two episodes of ‘H2′, I can say I’m kinda impressed. This is the kind of jdrama that will let you experience the warmth and flow within the characters involved in the story-plot. I forgotten to mention about this too, but perhaps if you’re a manga/anime fan, you would have noticed that H2 this title may seem familiar to you. You’re not wrong, this was based on the popular base-ball manga/anime series by Mitsuru Adachi. I haven’t personally checked out the anime series myself, it’s a rather old series I think (produced back in 1994) but I think I will definitely take time to check out the series since I’ve heard some rave reviews abt this anime. So having said that, I can say I really like this jdrama. In fact I think I have hit on a good one for a restart, this is a rather good jdrama to boot with for the year. I haven’t really been watching much jdramas recently but I do have a picky taste, I pick what I watch, be it for animes or dramas, same like-wise for movies. Jdrama fans shouldn’t miss this really, it’s a new drama that just started showing this month on TBS Japan. If you’re on Starhub’s MaxTV service, I’m sure you won’t have any difficulty in catching this series every thursday.

So enough of the long-winded crapology, let me present you the screenies and you judge it for yourself. If this one can let me feel the urge to play base-ball (I’ve always wondered why in Singapore no-one ever talks about this sport) and also make my heart melt (complicated love tangles beats unrequited love triangle anyday) then I’m sure it will also do for you.

Did a nice banner for it, using the resources I can find on the internet.

The H2 characters/roles relationship flow-chart. Click for a bigger version.

A Japanese-newspaper article clip I found on the H2 jdrama.

Isn’t she cute? She has that rather angelic smile and nice eyes and lips, probably the sole reasons that managed to captured my heart already.

A japanese fashion magazine scan I found, that’s Satomi Ishihara on the left and Takayuki Yamada on the right. Very nice and hip-looking indeed.

Hope you guys like the screenies, it’s time for me to hit the sack. Sigh yet another late night again, don’t know why recently been sleeping late again, and I thought I had already got myself back to the normal sleeping routine a week ago. (._.)'’ Ok oyasumi nasai minna-san.