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Re: J-Drama: 魔王 (Devil)
class blockquote It looks like Devil will begin airing on Sunday, October 11th. Episode 1 will be divided into two parts, so it will be aired over the course of two weeks (10/11 & 10/18). I'm looking forward to watching!I don't see why they just don't air the first episode fully. It's only one nite.
They can just organize everything to fit the schedule. That's the only thing that kind of bothers me. I like watching things in their entirety.
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9/30/2009, 12:06 am
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 What a devil!
I saw this one a few months ago in a fan-subbed version. It's good - Ikuta Toma is great, and although I know Ohno won best actor, I didn't think he was all that good. I think the award he won for acting was one of those that's awarded by popular vote, so it's more of a popularity thing. Maybe I just don't like Ohno. I've always thought he looks kind of like one of those cartoon rat characters, pointy little teeth and all!
Mostly I'm going to rewatch it to see if UTBs subs are as good as the fan-subs I saw.
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10/11/2009, 8:27 pm
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Re: J-Drama: 魔王 (Devil)
Episode 1 (Part 1)
I just finished watching the first half of Episode 1. It ended a little early (9:50p) but UTB probably did that so they can air the second half of the episode next Sunday. I thought the drama got off to an okay start. One thing is for sure, the writers didn't spend any time introducing the characters or gradually setting up the background for the viewers -- they cut to the chase and jumped right into the story! I've noticed that a lot of the 'thriller dramas' we've seen are like that, though. I guess the writers think that it adds mystery to the story.
One of our main characters is Naruse, the lawyer. He's known as an 'Angel Lawyer' because he always wins difficult cases and helps his clients out. He seems to be well-liked by his employees, too. Then we have Serizawa, the detective who was seen getting a confession from a suspect after almost throwing him off the rooftop of a highrise building. Talk about an involuntary confession! So far, we've been introduced to Serizawa's father, a businessman and owner of a company. It doesn't look like Serizawa and his father have a very good relationship, however. There's also Serizawa's older brother, his wife, and his personal assistant/employee. Serizawa seems to be the black sheep of the family. Nobody seems too thrilled that he's a detective.
Who was Serizawa's sister-in-law (his brother's wife) kissing in the kitchen? The lighting was a little dark in that scene, but I thought it looked like the personal assistant who was alongside Serizawa's older brother (the guy with the glasses.)
Then there's Shiori, who seems to have spiritual powers. From the looks of it, she also knows quite a lot about tarot cards and sells them. I think she also works part-time in the library, since we saw her helping Lawyer Naruse find a book on architecture. She's another mysterious character. Apparently she's able to have visions of events and images related to a particular item. She keeps asking Naruse if she's seem him before, but he has no idea about what she's talking about. Though it may be more than a coincidence that they've already met twice -- once in the library, and then in the church.
Serizawa's father's lawyer was found murdered in his office after receiving a tarot card entitled 'Judgment.' Serizawa received this same tarot card from the same sender, but it was revealed that the name used by the sender was fake and that no such person existed. However, it was determined that the 'judgment' tarot card was purchased from Shiori. Serizawa might be worried that he's next! According to Shiori, the judgment card means that the time has come to atone for one's past sins that they have tried to forget. When Serizawa heard that from her, he started to look extremely worried and concerned. Could Serizawa be hiding some kind of a 'past sin' that he doesn't want to face?
Another big question I have is about Naruse -- what's up with him? He will be smiling one second, and then his facial expression suddenly changes to an almost evil smile. We did see that Naruse called the murdered lawyer on his cell phone before his death, so could he have been the murderer? And then there's the question of the tarot cards. Why did the late lawyer and Serizawa receive 'judgment' cards?
Well, I guess we got a 'sneak peek' of the plot and the drama. Serizawa seems to have no idea who Naruse is, but I'm not sure if it's the same with Naruse. When he and Serizawa first met and parted ways, Naruse's content expression turned to an angry one. Who is he and what's he hiding? And then there's the question of who was behind the other lawyer's murder and why he was killed. At the end of the day, though, I'm not too sure about the acting. Though Ohno Satoshi (Naruse) won a Best Actor award for his role, I'm not really getting a very suspenseful vibe from his character so far, either. He tries to act mysterious in the scenes he appears in, but the whole aura of mystery/suspense doesn't seem very strong. I can't seem to get used to his character (or performance) yet. Ah, I'm starting to miss Love Shuffle and all those Panda jokes. LOL!
Nchristi, the original Korean version of this drama sounds like it was very well done! I was just looking at some info about the drama and pictures of the cast on the DramaWiki page. I'd really like to watch the original version. It seems like the actor in the original drama who portrayed the lawyer character, Naruse, did a much better job of adding a sense of mystery and suspense to the character.
Episode 1 (Part 2) airs next Sunday, October 18th.
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10/11/2009, 9:57 pm
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no, I will not be watching this drama. Tarot cards, spiritual power, and fortune telling give me the heebee geebees!!!!!
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10/12/2009, 4:48 am
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still hiroshi66 it gives me the creeps
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10/12/2009, 10:05 am
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