Sunday, April 27, 2008

proposal daisakusen

i tried to start watching coffee prince again. i struggled to finish one episode.

then i read something about the special episode of proposal daisakusen, and vaguely remembered that there was such a drama. so i decided to see if it was available on crunchyroll.

and i watched 5 episodes straight. so that's the difference. haven't watched a really good drama since kekkon. ok, i haven't watched any dramas since the time before i left, when i started on coffee prince.

but this Proposal Daisakusen had everything. Comic relief, lessons, memories, touching moments...

When it comes to the person you love the most in all your life, when you decide to part with that person, exactly at that very moment, you realize it was that person. But it’s too late.

anyway, the story is about Ken(yamashita tomohisa) attending the wedding of his friend Rei (masami nagasawa). they have been together since elementary school, but nothing ever happened between them. so as he watched the wedding, the slide show, he is filled with regrets. the genie residing in the church decides to give him a chance to go back into the past to change things. but he realises that every little thing he changes is somehow not enough.

which just serves to remind us: much as we would like to think that by changing one single thing, we can change the whole future, it isn't always so. in fact, a lot of times, something is the result of many. it cannot be brushed aside so simply.

to compound the problem, new situations crop up, so what happens is that he changes one thing, and that leads to an unintended consequence that he did not factor into his calculations.

basically as you watch him stumble, you cringe and think: is that still not enough?

and i recall a line from band ohne name's take my heart: wie weit muss ich noch gehen, um bei dir zu sein

how far more must i go, to be by your side?

and the first few times he went back, his attitude was the same as before, proud, inconsiderate and all. that's partly why he didnt manage to change much.

which tells u: if god gives you a second chance, and you don't treasure it, then there is nothing more he can do for you.

and another thing which the genie keeps repeating: if you failed the first time, and you get a second chance, from where are you going to get that confidence to get things right this time?

not encouraging, but food for thought. i guess the answer would be to get it in your head that

it is now or never, you have nothing to lose.



i think what is really good about this drama is that they always have new tricks. just when you think: now what? they pull off a surprise.

and the acting is really good.

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