ジウ 警視庁特殊犯捜査係 (Jiu)

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ジウ　警視庁特殊犯捜査係 (Jiu) is a Japanese drama in 9 episodes from 2011 based on a novel suspense serie by Tetsuya Honda.

The Japanese S.I.T. (special investigation team) police organization have two women in the team. Misaki is very warm and feminine and turned toward negotiation. Motoko is more athletic and tend to solve the cases by force which end up with having her transfered to the S.A.T. the special intervention unit normally reserved to men. Both girls are trying to track down Jiu, the perpetrator of very brutal kidnapping crimes.
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Casting : 

黒木メイサ as Motoko Isaki
多部未華子 as Misaki Kadokura
城田優 as Takashi Amamiya
北村有起哉 as Hiroki Azuma
김명수(L) as Jiu (Jiu is the Chinese character played by a Korean guy in a Japanese drama... interesting)
飯田基祐 as Numaguchi
伊武雅刀 as Kensuke Asai


I like this drama because it is filled with suspense. Also my favorite charactere is Motoko she is more my type. I also like Jiu's personality even if he is the bad guy in the story.

Rainbow catcher (JulNoWriMo part)

Last July I participated to JulNoWriMo and at the same time to Camp NaNo. This works on the same principle as NaNoWriMo you need to write a certain amount of words to win. I might have been really busy with other stuff at that time because I just realized few days ago that I didn't brag about winning... wait I was traveling in Ireland and France at that time. So I didn't have time to blog post about it !! Anyway the fact is that I actually won JulNoWriMo (and failed AugNoWriMo) with a partial novel called "Rainbow catcher".
The novel is about a boy who travel into a very desert country to catch the purple rainbow he needs for his younger sister's heart surgery. I know it sounds a little crazy but well you'll have to read it to make up your mind about it.
I'm uploading it now because I'm intending to finish this story this month while participating to JanNoWriMo 2012. During the summer it was really easy to write something which took place in a desert as it was really hot. Now that we are in the middle of winter, it seems a little bit more difficult. Anyway, we will see the outcome soon I believe.
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NaNoWriMo 2011: Detective story Epilogue

Once upon a time or more exactly when I was kid there was this commercial on TV about dish washing product which went something like : "When there is no more, there is still some", meaning that you could do all your dishes still when the bottle was looking empty if you really tried to empty it more. In a way it was a very educational things somehow, against waste maybe, good for the environment as you didn't need to use a lot to be efficient or to tell you to finish what you start. Or maybe it's just me getting a little bit crazy about it tonight. What I actually want to say is of course I finished "Harajuku Kiss" few weeks ago but I wanted to add a little something about my characters so when you were thinking it was over, here you got a little more.
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NaNoWriMo 2011: Detective story part 1
NaNoWriMo 2011: Detective story part 2
NaNoWriMo 2011: Detective story part 3
NaNoWriMo 2011: Detective story part 4
NaNoWriMo 2011: Detective story part 5
NaNoWriMo 2011: Detective story part 6
NaNoWriMo 2011: Detective story end

ゴンゾウ / 伝説の刑事

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ゴンゾウ / 伝説の刑事 is a Japanese drama in 10 episodes from 2008.

Traumatized by a weird homicide case which happened three years ago and still gives him nightmare, one of the best investigator of the Tokyo Police forces is now Chief of the equipement section and named ゴンゾウ. He basically does nothing all day and him who was once a heavy smoker just eat candies. But as a violinist ask him to find her violin which was stolen in the train, the past catch up with him and he is once again plunged into the old unresolved murder case.
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Casting : 

内野聖陽 as  ゴンゾウ
筒井道隆 as Seiichi Sakuma
本仮屋ユイカ as Endou
大塚寧々as Dr. Risa Matsuo
高橋一生 as Yuuji Hibino
内田朝陽 as Otobe Isao

I like how this drama starts really funny and then turns totally psychotic. This is one of the quality of the Japanese drama I have seen so far. I also like the recurrent questions without answers until the end.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !! Part 2

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I have been walking around Tokyo with my friends, looking for the Winter Illumination.The first part showed the Blue Forest only as it is a very beautifully illuminated scenery and I have been there few times. This part shows the illumination in the rest of the city with the very special show in Roppongi and the diamonds in the Yumiroland attraction park. I hope you'll enjoy, Happy New Year !!
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !! Part 1

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It's this time of the year when we are supposed to be happy, to be nice to everyone, to believe in Christmas magic. But most people are just busy buying presents just for the sake of it and counting how many they will get under the Christmas tree.
I didn't buy any presents this year, I didn't decorate a Christmas tree, I didn't cook a fancy meal for everyone to enjoy while being stressed out about how Christmas Eve was going to end up, if every one was going to be happy with their presents. Actually this year I didn't worry about Christmas at all, I just relax and enjoy the present time. I was told that I lack Christmas Spirit and maybe I do but I actually really enjoyed my Christmas this year and the wonderful present Santa gave me (had been asking a lot for this one but no, you won't know what it is, it's my secret.)
Anyway, I hope every body also manage to enjoy this busy time of the year in their own way and to bring some more joy to your new year celebration, here are the lights from Tokyo.
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NaNoWriMo 2011: Detective story end

Last Monday, I actually finished to write "Harajuku kiss". I'm not totally sure if I'm totally happy with the ending or not yet but I tend to always rewrite the ending when editing to publish the novel anyway so the ending might change as well as other part of the story. I know that you have been waiting for a long time for the ending so here it is, I hope you'll enjoy this little Christmas present.
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The other particularity of this novel is that it actually takes place in a real place and not a place that I totally made up like for Demon Soul or Attic Mirror. On Tuesday I went back to that place again but not on my own this time. How it was on that day and what happened there was like I was really part of the story minus the murder and minus the Kiss.