It's been a while since the last time I wrote about Jdrama. I decided to write about Kindaichi 2014 because I got so hooked on this drama. It's one of those dramas I would re-watch many times and never get bored. It's a live-action drama from the famous manga Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo. This has been the xxx times that Ryosuke plays the role of detective. I heard the mangaka was especially waiting for him to grow up to play as Kindaichi. How interesting is that? If you like comedy, detective, mystery, thriller, and romance mixed as one, this will be your cup of tea.
This drama revolves around a high school student named Hajime Kindaichi (Ryosuke Yamada). A grandson of a famous detective, Kousuke Kindaichi. Hajime has an IQ of 180, but instead of using it to study, he uses his intelligence to analyze the size of a woman's boobs (he's a pervert indeed, but in a comedy way lol) and doing silly stuff. Hajime's ability in reading kanji is also very poor that he often misunderstands the true meaning of the words. Hajime always lives so carefreely, but behind his foolishness, Hajime able to solve various difficult cases, just like his grandfather. That's why he has a good relationship with Kenmochi Isamu, the police detective, and often helps him solve difficult cases that seemed impossible. Along with his childhood friend, Miyuki Nanase (Haruna Kawaguchi), and his kouhai (junior) Saki Ryuji (Daiki Arioka), Hajime tried to uncover the truth behind many mysteries and murders which happened around him.
The series also highlighted the rivalry between Hajime and Youchi Takato (Hiroki Narimiya), a villain who called himself thecrime producer, a puppet master from hell. Takato made the crime scenarios to lead those who have grudges on certain people to be able to fulfill their revenge by murdering their enemies in the most horrific way. Takato always able to escape from the police by disguising himself as many different people. He challenges Hajime to solve the mysteries behind the murder tricks he made.
Takato never knew his true father and been abandoned since he was a kid. Hajime somehow believes that Takato has human emotion too behind his evilness, and after some incidents between them, Hajime promised that someday he would find Takato's father.
What makes this drama interesting for me?
1. Ryosuke's many faces
Ryosuke as Kindaichi was able to show his really dorky side so well, and suddenly in one second, he could also change into a completely different character: genius and calm. He can be foolish and cool at the same time, like you want to repeat all of his foolish scenes because it's so hilarious but you also want to see his serious side when he solves those cases. The character he portrays is really entertaining, his foolishness seems so natural and you don't get bored watching him (thanks to his extremely beautiful face too) 😁
2. Hajime and Miyuki's relationship
Romance is not the main focus of this kind of drama, but we can see clearly that Hajime and Miyuki actually have soft spot for each other, and Hajime is so protective of her. Some silliness between the two childhood friends were shown nicely, it makes you want to have a childhood friend whom you can fall in love with LOL. It's not exaggerated, and yet still makes you squealed over their cute chemistry.
3. The cases were based on its original manga
Especially if you're a fan of the manga, you can look forward to watching how the cases in the manga being adapted into live-action. But they also made it different so you can still try to solve the puzzles along with Hajime. This is one of the best detective dramas I have ever watched.
4. Takato's charm despite of his evilness
Hiroki totally makes a good portrayal as the sadistic and evil Takato, but at the same time, he can steal your heart with his brilliant acting and charisma. The intense look and coldness around him made you scared but you also want to love him in episode 9 when he saved his sister. Hiroki made Takato's character which was scary in the manga becomes more likable.
Japan is the best when it comes to the suspense and thriller genres. You really feel the intense mystery. I can't even watch it at night because it's too scary for me. I wish they will make the 2nd season for this drama with the same actors, since Ryosuke and Haruna still look like high school students, and the story is great as well. I still want Akechi's character to be adapted in live action too. That would be interesting. And I strongly recommend this drama to everyone. I hope this will be your reference in choosing good Jdramas to watch.
Thank you for reading, bye bye :)
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A friend decides to disappear due to anxiety and the inability to socialize, feeling so negative all the time, he gave up on life and dreams. So, he decides to close the door for everyone and locks himself in a house of solitude. Not long after that, a group of friends who are his best friends came to rescue him and make sure that everything's gonna be alright and they will always be there for him. They don't give up on him and help him get through the hell called loneliness. The only thing they want for this friendship is the happiness of others.
eg:
- Naruto and Sakura to Sasuke
- Akira and Nobuta to Shuji
- Miyuki and Saki to Hajime
- Ron and Hermione to Harry
and so many others
Don't you wish that you could live in a parallel universe someday? A world who gives you hope and no matter how many times you fall, you know you can always count on others and believe in them.
In real life...
An emo person is meant to be alone. When a friend is gone, it doesn't matter because you will always encounter new ones who may be better than them. If a friend decides to give up, we will think that it is his right to give up and that he knows what he must do to his life, so why bother to ask? People get annoyed with someone who has so many insecurities and thinks that it's not their business to get involved in such dramatic life because everyone has their own problem, so you have to be strong and don't count on others. In real life, even friendship needs reward: if they are not fun enough or useful enough, we may just become a colleague, not friends.
Real-life taught us to be strong because, in the end, we are alone. If you give up, no one will pity on you, so you just have to get courage and live on.
The beauty of friendship in a parallel universe does not exist in real life. If you have that kind of friendship, you are lucky and blessed, you must treasure it. But if you don't, you have to survive this life although you are alone. Go travel, buy ice cream, do small things that makes you happier, although you are alone, you can be happy too.
Everyone wishes to have the best of both worlds. But if you only have one, at least you have one thing for sure from both worlds: the strength to keep on living. The world that gives you strength from the existence of friendship, and the world that taught you to gain strength from yourself. At last, the most important thing is you can continue living. With or without people.
This morning, I went to CFD all by myself. I always love to see the crowd in CFD. They look healthy and full of life. They are walking, biking, skateboarding, no public transportation. Just a crowd who wants to get sweaty and healthy with their loved ones. Then, I drop by at my older brother's event: 25th years of International Children Day by ECPAT Indonesia. There are so many people who hold some celebrations and so many interesting booths, it was marvelous. It's been a while since I felt so alive, lol~
Selamat Hari Anak Internasional. Save the Children. Save humanity.
Every problem, sadness, pain... the more I feel it, the more I can't let it out. I need to be alone to be completely mad and punish myself because I can't stop my mind from thinking of bad things. This has been going for quite a while. The worst part is... when I can't really control it, I will start hurting myself. It's like I'm trying to live by feeling the pain in my body. By doing this, the pain in my heart will slowly fade away, not really disappear (they're always there actually), at least I feel more relieved after I hurt myself. Slowly, the thoughts of having this in me make me feel even less confident. I began separating myself from people because I felt so different and out of place with them. I get paranoid all the time, bad dreams felt so real that I can wake up in tears and need time to realize they were just dreams. Every bad thing feels two times worse, and I can never see the light ever since.
But I keep on living, while I realized I'm getting more anti-social and more nervous than I was. The more painful is because I can't tell this to anyone, not even to my parents. My insomnia is getting worse this year. I enjoyed loneliness and solitude more than ever, although I can feel that somewhere in my heart is screaming, asking for help, but then I would think that no one will hear, and even if they hear me, they won't come. Because in the end, you are alone in this life. I stop putting expectations. I don't know if I still have a dream to fulfill. Everything was blank and I can't think of something good to dream of. I know that society only accepts those who have the bravery and can speak their mind out loud. I can't do that. Trust me, I have tried to change so many times, but I'm still the same nervous-unconfident girl.
The only light in my life is indeed my faith in Allah. If I don't have faith in him, I might have ended my life a long time ago. I know my life won't be the same, I know I can't change the past, but I want to enjoy the future without any regrets. I dream that someday I will have full control of my own emotion and don't hurt myself anymore. I dream that in the future, I will be able to fulfill one dream at least. My dream is not something that can be seen or recognized by people. My dream is for one day, I will become fully happy... and not even a single pain left in me.
This story has been around in Java island and Indonesia even before the Majapahit era, it was brought by a hermit from India named Ajisaka who traveled to Indonesia. I tried to watch it because my dad is a fan of Mahabharat ever since he was a child. The story and characters are familiar, so I started to give it a try. I got hooked by the sacred language they are using in the dialogue. The metaphor filled with moral lessons sometimes makes us wondered and surprised by the perspective they offered to us. The story itself is brilliant. I have finished all the 267 episodes and all I can say is..... this series is truly a brilliant masterpiece.
The Great Woman and what it means of becoming a wife from the perspective of an ancient story...
Gandhari
Gandhari is the princess of the Gandhara Kingdom. She is the wife of Dhritharashtra, prince of Hastinapura who has been blind since birth. To show devotion to her husband, she oath to blindfold her eyes forever so she can feel the darkness like her husband and therefore their souls would be intertwined. Dhritharashtra hated her for doing such a selfish thing because he wanted her to be his eyes, but Gandhari never gives up on trying to please her husband and take care of her hundred children. She's always trying to make them follow the dharma. Although her act of blindfolding herself is her devotion to her husband, it caused her to never really be able to keep track of her own sons which being possessed by hatred planted by Shankuni, her brother who's longing for revenge to Hastinapura for causing his sister living a miserable life filled with darkness. Gandhari is the most miserable Queen, she has evil sons but she loves them dearly and try her best to protect them from doing evil things, and she fights all her life to be accepted by her husband. Kunti Kunti is one of the ladies who has been blessed to keep herself a virgin due to the curse that's given to her husband Pandu to not do any sexual activity with his wives or else he would die, Kunti stays virgin until her death. Kunti followed Pandu to the forest for exile, she served her husband with full devotion. Kunti has a special boon from Sage Durvasa where she can summon any Gods and they will bless her with a son who possessed the same character and power as them. The children would be considered as the sons of her husband, Pandu. Because of this ability, Kunti has 3 powerful sons, each of them was born from five Gods respectively. They are Yudhistira, Bhima, and Arjuna. Kunti shared the boon with Pandu's second wife, Madri, who bore Nakula and Sahadeva. They are known as Pandava. After the death of Pandu and Madri, Kunti takes care of her five sons alone and teaches them dharma. Before her marriage with Pandu, Kunti mistakenly summon Lord Surya which results in her giving birth to Karna. But, because she didn't want to ruin her father's reputation, she was forced to throw her baby into the Gangga river. She asked Lord Surya to protect Karna and that's why Karna is blessed with a divine shield and earrings which will protect his body. Draupadi The Princess of Panchala was born from the sacrificing fire, the beautiful Draupadi. Her father, Drupada, consumed by anger on Draupadi's birth, asking the Gods to give him the most beautiful daughter in the world who would face the dirtiest act in her life, and yet she would remain pure and clean. She has to live a miserable life and yet she will remain strong. She will face a lot of injustices in her life, and yet she would remain kind. The king wasn't sure that God would be able to give him that kind of daughter, but then Draupadi was born. Her fate from her father's wish on her birth starts to occur. She had to marry all five Pandava because of Kunti's mistaken order and sacrifice her happiness. She only wanted to marry Arjuna, but for the sake of the brothers, she agreed to marry the five. In Hindu mythology, it is also the epitome of a woman's power where one woman can take care of five strong men and devote herself to them. Draupadi has a boon that makes her remain a virgin and keep herself pure by entering the sacrifice fire each year. Draupadi is the kind of wife who will speak her mind to her husband when something is wrong and she is not afraid of people's judgment. As a wife of five husbands, Draupadi has to serve all five of them and be the consort of them. She has to love them equally. Her duty is 5 times more difficult than a normal wife. The Disrobing of Draupadi
One of the reasons that Kurukshetra war happened was because of the disrobing of Draupadi in Hastinapura court after Yudhistira lost the dice game from Shankuni and Duryodhana. She was dragged forcibly into the court hall so the Kaurava could insult her in front of her husbands and all of the people in the hall. Durshashana dragged her by her hair and tried to disrobe her 'sari' in front of people, following Duryodhana's order. The Pandavas and other people like Bhisma, Drona, and the others who are supposed to be faithful in dharma are forced to be silent because of their old beliefs that they have to obey the King's order. Since Duryodhana has won the game and Yudhistira was forcibly had staked Draupadi, everyone else agreed that Duryodhana has the right to Draupadi, but Draupadi did not accept this treachery and keeps trying to save her dignity and honor. She repeatedly questions the legality of the right of Yudhishthira to place her at stake. At the last effort, she prayed to Lord Krishna to protect her because no one in the hall could. As Dushasana unwraps layers and layers of her sari, her sari keeps getting extended, everyone looks upon in awe, and Dushasana himself is forced to stop due to exhaustion. Krishna protected Draupadi.
The Heroes Karna
Karna is the son of Suryadev and Kunti, the oldest brother of Pandava. After Kunti throw baby Karna in the Gangga river, he was found by Adhirata, the charioteer of Hastinapura, and his wife Radha. Since then, Karna is known as Radheya (Radha's son), son of sudra. A sudra has no right to learn about the art of battle, while Karna has a natural talent of great archery. People humiliated his talent to the point that Karna wants to prove to the world that even a son of a charioteer could be the greatest warrior in the world. Karna wants to be respected and appreciated by his talent and power and not his caste. During this struggle, Duryodhana, prince of Kaurava, offers friendship to him and helps him get the respect that he deserves. Karna was crown the King of Angga so people would never make fun of his caste anymore, and this results in Karna being forever tied with prince Duryodhana. As payback for his debt, he promised to always protect the Prince with his own power. At the same time, Karna also raises hostility with Arjuna and the Pandavas. He wants to know who is the greatest archer in the world. He or Arjuna. Although he is siding with the Kaurava, Karna always tries to stick with his own dharma. He considers Duryodhana as his true friend and wants to protect him from doing evil things, but the Prince always reminds him about his debt, and Karna is forced to do things against his own faith and principle. Karna alone possessed all the five dharma qualities in each Pandavas: wisdom, strength, patience, beauty, and intelligence. He has the most tragic life in my opinion :")
Ever since Kunti saw Karna's divine shield appeared in the battlefield between Karna and Arjuna, Kunti knows that he is her son that she threw in the Gangga river years ago. Kunti desperately wants to tell Karna about his true identity as one of the Pandavas and shower him with the love she never gives after all the years passed, but she never gains the courage to tell his son the truth. While Karna, being ignorant of the true relationship hidden, always has a strong affection towards Kunti as if she is his own mother. Karna loves the Queen and whenever he sees Kunti's sadness, he would feel miserable as well. Despite his hostility and hatred towards Pandavas, he never has the idea to kill them using evil deceit like what Kaurava always does. Karna wants to fight them fairly on the real battlefield to show his competency. After he learned the truth about his birth, Karna promised Kunti that he will protect the life of the five of her sons and she only has to mourn one son's death. Only Karna or Arjuna.
The Pandava
The Five sons of Pandu: Yudhistira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva are the epitome of five Dharma: wisdom, strength, courage, beauty, and intelligence. 1. Yudhistira, the son of Lord Dharma / Yama, he is the rightful heir to the throne. He is the most virtuous, honest, and truthful king of all times. 2. Bhima, the son of Lord Bayu, God of Wind. He has the power of 1000 elephants, the master of mace and so wrathful that it's impossible to even for Lord Indra to subdue him on the battlefield. Bhima also called Wrekodara because of his giant appetite. 3.Arjuna, the son of Lord Indra, God of Thunder, he is handsome and the greatest archer. He is one whose mind is clean of all impurities. He is strong and the dearest friend of Lord Krishna. He possessed kindness and bravery and Yudhistira refers to him as the main hero of Pandava. 4.Nakula, the son of Lord Ashwini, he is the most handsome in the Kuru lineage and pretty much obsessed with his own beauty, lol. He has a special connection with animals and he is intelligent and an expert in healing and medication. He is the dearest brother of Bhima. He is the one who can calm Bhima's anger. 5.Sahadeva, the son of Lord Ashwini, the youngest brother, twin of Nakula, possessed almost the same knowledge and power as Nakula such as medication and healing, except that he is much calmer and quiet than Nakula. He is the most intelligent and he can see the future, but he is cursed that he will die if he tells anyone about the future he sees.
The Pandavas completed each other with their respective talent and knowledge. Just like what Kunti said, the five of them have to stick together no matter what and no one would be able to defeat them, not even a hundred of Kauravas. They always obey Yudhistira's order as the oldest son and they are bound to protect each other. They love their mother Kunti so much and respect their wife, Draupadi.
The Villains
Before they went to Hastinapura, the Pandava lived in the forest with their parents: Pandu, Kunti, and Madri, but after Pandu and Madri's death, they are brought back to Hastinapura by the Queen Mother, Satyawati. They met their cousins, the Kaurava for the first time at a very young age. Although the brothers had no aim for power nor the throne, Shankuni had been provoking his nephews that the Pandava are their enemies who will steal the throne from them. That's why the Kaurava hated the Pandava so much and keep rivaling them in any aspect. Thus started the hostility between Kaurava and Pandava.
1. Shankuni
He is indeed the one who is responsible for everything that happened in the Mahabharat's war. He is the one who provokes the Kaurava to hate their cousins, Pandava. He is cruel and smart, not a very good warrior, that's why he uses many deceptions to fulfill his plan and revenge. He has a dice that will only do what he wishes for, and he used it to deceive Pandava and Draupadi in the dice game. You hate him and his evilness, but you know the show would not be complete without him. He is indeed evil but funny at the same time, it is more entertaining when he faces Vasudeva Krishna, lol. They both are intelligent and cunning, yet the other's purpose was to re-establish dharma while the other one is to fulfill his own revenge. The actor who portrayed it is very convincing and makes you hate him but you will also miss his hilariousness.
2. Duryodhana
I will feel pity for him, not having a chance to learn about dharma nor do the right thing. All of his life has been possessed by the evil uncle, Shankuni. All he knows is he has to win the throne for him because his father is the king and he has to defeat the Pandava. He is stubborn and probably the most arrogant person, but he has good qualities as a human. At least in the Baghavat Gita, he is not as evil as in the starplus mahabharat. He actually respects and trusts his best friend, Karna, he loves his brothers, and he respects his wife. But aside from that, he conspired with Shankuni to destroy his own cousins and disrobe Draupadi. He wants the throne for himself. Nevertheless, he is a brave warrior.
Vasudeva Krishna
At first, Krishna only appeared as the storyteller and one who taught us the moral lessons behind every episode in Mahabharat. He eventually joined in the serial as a real characterand be the most important role, one who leads the Pandavas to reach their victory and re-establish dharma once again. If Shankuni is the one who plotted all the evil things to destroy the Pandavas, then Krishna is the one who will help the Pandavas fight those efforts of Shankuni. In terms of intelligence, he and Shankuni are an equal match. Since Krishna is an avatar of Lord Wisnu, he has all the magical abilities to destroy evils and change people's hearts. He actually teaches you the true meaning of everything that happened in this world from the perspective you have never imagined before. You will fall in love with Krishna. It's impossible not to. He is the most significant character in the story and Saurabh Raj Jain made a great portrayal. I can't imagine anyone else playing the role of Krishna and Lord Wisnu because of him.
The Soundtracks
I must say that Mahabharat has one of the best soundtracks. Every main character has their own theme song. Especially Krishna, he has a number of songs for himself, one of them are made from Baghavat Gita's sastra. The best theme songs go to Krishna, Karna, Arjuna, Abhimanyu, and Draupadi's theme songs.
Sometimes our heartache comes from our own minds. We feel so miserable when something doesn't go the way we want it to be. We will blame other people for not cooperating with us. The truth is, it's our own expectations that make us suffer in the end.
So, should we give up?
Do we have no choice but to stop putting high expectations?
Should we run away from the things we have started because of our own heartache?
Maybe a life without anyone would be better, we think.
Everyone has been in that state. A state where we think the world is unfair and we want to run away from it. A state where we think everyone else is just getting in our way to reach our dreams. The journey where we face the most difficult times and hit the wall that seems can't be broken. We're stuck. We feel depressed and keep questioning, "why can't this happen the way I plan it? I've worked hard. I've put a lot of effort into it?"
The answer for everything is very easy yet very hard to apply: patience
That's right. Patience. It is a very simple solution for all of our problems in the world, but why is it so hard for us to be patient when things start to go wrong? Why do we choose to put our anger first instead of our patience? Everyone knows: an angry heart will never result a good thing especially when making decision, but we suddenly forget about that when something disappointed us. We may not be born with the same character and attitude, we will always find someone or something that doesn't match our character, but we don't have to face that with anger. We just have to be open-minded and again, always be patient.
"Oh, it's easy for you to tell us to be patient, you don't know what I feel, you don't know what I'm going through..!"
Some stubborn minds might think that way, but again, it's because it loses its patience that our minds refuse to listen to any advice. Life is about our process to grow up. Growing up isn't always about 12 to 25 and then you officially become an adult. Growing up is about the growth of characters as well. That's why even if you're going to 40 or 80, you will keep growing up as long as there's something inside of you that you need to change. As long as you keep trying to make yourself a better person, it's called growing up. The more we grow, the more patient we should be, because of the more challenging life ahead of us. That's why maturity is not just about numbers.
And above all, we have to keep asking for His guidance so we will not get lost. Patience can be granted to you if you keep trying and learn to apply it in your life and as long as you keep asking for Allah SWT for it. Once you master the knowledge of patience, the world will be yours, because nothing can get you down and nothing can destroy your spirit. Be patient and be thankful, always.
Although he can be so annoying sometimes (or most of the time), we all agree that he's the clown of the family, our source of laugh, and without him around, it feels lonely here. But this is life. He's a boy, he needs to 'hijrah' no matter what so he can live independently. We are also proud of him that he managed to get into Sebelas Maret University. You know, we had to fight with him to force him to study so he would do well on the exam. A lot of arguments and fights before his leaving because we were not sure that he would be able to live alone in Solo. He's the youngest, and he acts like 12 years old most of the time, so it's normal for us to be worried. Anyway, we know that in the end, life would force him to get out of his comfort zone, and now it has been a month since he started living alone in Solo. Usually, my mom had to wake him up in the morning. Trust me, it is not an easy job. He sleeps like a dead person. But now, he is forced to wake up by himself if he doesn't want to be late for college. So far, I guess it went well. It must be a lot of trouble for him at first, but we have faith in him that he will do well. Life will teach him to live by himself. Maybe this way, he can finally learn to be responsible.
But still... he is the youngest in the family, therefore, we love him the most. And I miss my naughty one, my partner in crime, one who fights with me and then forgives and forgets.
I wish he will do well and this will be a turning point in his life. We are family, we are bound to live separately in the end, but our hearts and souls are tied by one thing called love. That's the thing that will connect us with everyone that is dear to us.
This drama revolves around a high school student named Hajime Kindaichi (Ryosuke Yamada). A grandson of a famous detective, Kousuke Kindaichi. Hajime has an IQ of 180, but instead of using it to study, he uses his intelligence to analyze the size of a woman's boobs (he's a pervert indeed, but in a comedy way lol) and doing silly stuff. Hajime's ability in reading kanji is also very poor that he often misunderstands the true meaning of the words. Hajime always lives so carefreely, but behind his foolishness, Hajime able to solve various difficult cases, just like his grandfather. That's why he has a good relationship with Kenmochi Isamu, the police detective, and often helps him solve difficult cases that seemed impossible. Along with his childhood friend, Miyuki Nanase (Haruna Kawaguchi), and his kouhai (junior) Saki Ryuji (Daiki Arioka), Hajime tried to uncover the truth behind many mysteries and murders which happened around him.
Takato never knew his true father and been abandoned since he was a kid. Hajime somehow believes that Takato has human emotion too behind his evilness, and after some incidents between them, Hajime promised that someday he would find Takato's father.
1. Ryosuke's many faces
3. The cases were based on its original manga
Hiroki totally makes a good portrayal as the sadistic and evil Takato, but at the same time, he can steal your heart with his brilliant acting and charisma. The intense look and coldness around him made you scared but you also want to love him in episode 9 when he saved his sister. Hiroki made Takato's character which was scary in the manga becomes more likable.
