TV | Just Watched: Grace and Frankie (Sunday Shorts)

Hi there, beauties! How are you all doing?

Welcome to another of my Sunday Shorts posts! Today, I'll be talking about yet another Netflix Original series, Grace and Frankie. Check out the trailer below  ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ




I absolutely adore this show. I watched it all the way through twice within two weeks! I didn't mean to ahaha, I enjoyed it that much that I was looking for something similar in the "Because you watched 'Grace and Frankie'" section, but there was nothing similar enough there so I just watched it again!

Like always, I won't tell you more than what the trailer does. Basically, both Grace (Jane Fonda) and Frankie's (Lily Tomlin) husbands decide to divorce them, in order to marry each other! Whaaaaaaaaaat ヽ(ﾟДﾟ)ﾉ This is like, after fifty~ years of marriage, when they're in their seventies, and after spending that long together, thinking you know someone, to have that bombshell dropped? Phew, forget about it!

It's an incredibly good show! Honestly, it's fantastic at showing both sides to the story, because obviously at first you're angry at the husbands for betraying Grace and Frankie, but then you learn how they've been in love and hiding it for decades, and it's just a great and brutally honest example of how nothing is black and white, especially in relationships.

I enjoyed this so much. It's incredibly refreshing to have a show centered on the later stages of life, and to have a show focused on the end of a relationship, and how it makes way for new beginnings and connections. It was a fantastic reality check, as you honestly never know how your life is going to turn out, and the terrifying knowledge that you aren't always going to know the person you're with 100%, even if you've been together over 50 years, people always surprise you. What a terrifying thought, eh! (,,#ﾟДﾟ)

But no really, Grace and Frankie is charming, honest, funny, and so much more. I would really recommend it to anyone who fancies whiling away their Sunday afternoon on Netflix ahaha, it's very witty and genuinely lovely. Just very enjoyable to watch, really ＾ω＾

Have you watched Grace and Frankie? Are there any series you're watching on Netflix right now? Let me know in the comments below!

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TV | Just Watched: Sense8 (Sunday Shorts)

Good evening, all my fellow lazy Sundayers!

This Sunday Shorts piece will be focused on the Netflix Original series Sense8, a science fiction TV series that I finished watching a couple of weeks ago. It's intense, has a unique plot, and is very interesting to watch! So let's dive in  (⌒▽⌒)☆


I won't say anymore than what you can see from the trailer/first episode kind of deal. Sense8 revolves around eight people who discover that they are "sensates"; people emotionally and mentally linked with seven other individuals from across the world. Their journey begins after each one of them witnesses the suicide of their 'mother' Angelica, which allows them to be effectively reborn, as sensates.

It's pretty freaking cool ahaha. While I'd always feel as though my privacy was being invaded, being linked to seven other people, being able to speak their language, use their skills, their knowledge, and know that you're never truly alone? It's a fascinating premise, and if their lives weren't threatened by those who sought to destroy them, I'd be pretty happy if I was one of them. But, there's a downside to everything, and in the show Sense8 each character is effectively on the run from the minute they're reborn, from the man who effectively drove their 'mother' to suicide in order to escape him.

For reals, Netflix are just rolling out top quality shows now, one after the other, and this is one of them. Honestly, such an interesting idea! I was hooked from the trailer to be honest, I thought it was just such a unique storyline, and ended up binging all twelve episodes over the next couple of days. I would seriously recommend it, it covers everything from culture, sexuality, violence, religion, you name it. It can't get boring 'cause no two characters are even slightly the same!

I would seriously recommend this show! Have you watched Sense8? Have you liked any other Netflix Original shows? If you have any recommendations, then let me know in the comments below!

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TV | Just Watched: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Sunday Shorts)

Hi everybody! Welcome to another Sunday Shorts! I meant to do a post before, but I had an essay due in Friday, and you know how it goes ヽ(*’-^*)。

I quite like these posts, makes a change from being obsessed with (and therefore spending far too much money on) Korean beauty products ahahaha. I've given you a couple of books recently, but Easter break has arrived, which means that as I'm not gonna be getting the train anymore, I won't be reading. I just have other things to do, like studying, plus I have a book at home I'm reading at the moment (Lirael, if anyone's interested). So, I have wayyy more time on my hands to do things like, I don't know, watch TV ahahaha.

I'm a bit of a Netflix binger. But come on, who isn't nowadays?  (≧∇≦)/ A show that came out earlier this month on Netflix as an original series was Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, a show by Tina Fey (30 Rock, etc.).




Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is about a woman who was kept underground in an apocalypse bunker for 15 years, after she was kidnapped at the age of 14. Told by her captor that the world had ended, she and three other women (two captured, one who willingly joned the cult) lived in close quarters believing everything outside was hellfire and being told their crazy preacher kidnapper's own personal warped version of the bible. After being rescued, Kimmy tries to live her life and experience the world as much as possible, starting with moving to New York City!
I really liked this series. I really enjoyed 30 Rock so I figured I'd like this as well, but I actually much, much prefer it! I thought it was a really funny show, and downright hilarious in places (Titus in the last episode, for instance ahahaha), plus all the way through it was just so happy and nice that I ended up sitting through every episode with a big smile slapped on my face ahaha  ヽ(*⌒∇⌒*)ﾉ
It's short and sweet, only 13 episodes I think, and it's kind of just a joy to watch. That sounds dumb, but it's true! It's funny, it's feel-good, the storyline is a fascinating premise which is bizarre to watch in comedy form, but it kind of works. I binge watched this in like, two days ahahah, I just thought it was plain lovely and funny. I'd really recommend it if you're in need of a new feel-good comedy show to watch!
Have you seen Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt? What did you think of it? Let me know in the comments below!
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TV | Just Watched: Desi Rascals (Sunday Shorts)

Hello all my lovelies!

So, I've decided to start a new little series called Sunday Shorts. At the moment my blog is 100% Asian exports like makeup and TV shows, so I decided to start a little series where I make just a short post every Sunday about whatever I've been doing recently, like a book I've just read, a game I'm playing, or like this one, a TV show I've just watched. Which, as of Friday which was the season finale, is Desi Rascals!




Desi Rascals was on Sky Living, and was touted as the Asian The Only Way Is Essex as the creator of it helped to create DR, but I can't really comment on the similarities as I've never seen TOWIE ahaha. It shows the lives of the British-Asian community in London, and is apparently the first reality show that features a multi-generational cast (although I've seen Made in Chelsea, and a few Mums make a regular appearance, but I think the difference is that they're not official members of the cast? I don't know).

I've absolutely adored this show. They just confirmed yesterday that there's going to be a second season, which I'm super happy about. It's a lot different than the other reality shows I've watched like MiC and Geordie Shore, as this one is actually just nice. The parents and their children (well, they're adults obviously) all just seem like really nice people, they're all very caring and have serious relationships like regular adults, not like the people from GS or MiC. I mean, the first episode showed Shreena and Prakash's wedding for crying out loud ahahaha. There's obviously drama thrown in, but there's no real relationship drama except nice drama like proposals, and their parents meddling a little, but you can see it's just because they care!

It is by far my favourite reality show, I just think everyone in it is absolutely lovely! Even my boyfriend can actually stand to watch it ahahaha. Obviously there are a couple of people you love to hate, but even then you can actually see their side of it sometimes. You really care about all the characters, and obviously my favourite characters/couple are Moses and Jo! #TeamMoJo ahahaha

I would definitely recommend Desi Rascals. It was on Sky Living so I'm sure it's on catch up if you have Sky or Virgin or something. It's really interesting to see how the second generation balances their culture with modern life, their interactions with their friends and partners, and trying to keep themselves and their parents happy with their decisions and actions.

I've really, really enjoyed it, and I can't wait for the second series! Have you watched Desi Rascals? What did you think? Let me know in the comments below ♪(ﾟ▽^*)ﾉ⌒☆

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J-Drama | Just Watched: Heartbroken Chocolatier (Shitsuren Chocolatier/失恋ショコラティエ)

Well, I tell a lie. I've not really "Just Watched" this series, more like I watched it almost a year ago now (!!!) and forgot I had this post in my drafts ahahaha. Then again, the timing with Valentine's Day just a couple of days around the corner is just too perfect to miss (oﾟ▽ﾟ)oニパッ

Even though I watched it so long ago, I still remember it really well. Which kind of just goes to show that I must have really liked it if I still remember it to this day! Without further ado, on with the review of the Heartbroken Chocolatier!


I couldn't find an actual trailer, apologies!
Sota (Matsumoto Jun) is head over heels in love with a girl in the year above at school, Saeko (Ishihara Satomi), who doesn't return his feelings. However, as she loves chocolate, he tries to get close to her by attempting to make the perfect chocolates for her, and even receives a kiss at Christmas. However, she rejects his gifts of chocolates the day before Valentine's Day, saying she wasn't even aware they were dating, leaving Sota heartbroken.

In order to make her return his feelings, Sota decides to move to Paris to study under the greatest chocolatiers, at Saeko's favourite chocolate shop. His dream is to make Saeko the perfect chocolates, so that she'll fall in love with him. A few years later, he returns from Paris and opens up his very own chocolate shop with his old friend Inoue Kaoruko (Mizukawa Asami) and his half-Parisian half-Japanese chocolate making partner Olivier Tréluyer (Mizobata Junpei). Saeko is really happy he's home, and is so impressed by his chocolate making skills that she even asks him to make her wedding cake... wait, WHAT?

I both loved and hated this series. But the reason why I didn't like it is also a testament to how well written the characters were; they actually acted like people (selfish, selfish people ahaha), and while I hated a few decisions that they made, ultimately it reflected the characters personalities, rather than trying to be a sugary sweet drama series (although I tend to see that more in k-dramas).

It's actually a lot funnier than I was anticipating, but then again I wasn't sure what to expect when I saw the series was set in a chocolate shop, or when the title already had the word heartbroken in it. There is a LOT of unrequited love in this series. Like, a lot a lot ahaha. And it features Kiko Mizuhara in it, who's definitely been more of a hot topic of late... G-Dragon, anyone?

All in all I'd recommend it, even if the main character does bang on about the girl he has a one-sided love for just a little too~ much in my opinion. It's sweet, it's funny, and you do feel for the characters even if they do do hurtful or selfish things sometimes, 'cause at the end of the day they're going through a rough time. Unrequited love is never fun! （´。＿。｀）ゞぅぅぅ…

Have you watched Heartbroken Chocolatier? And also, Happy Valentine's Day! (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡

Coming soon: Boku no Ita Jikan review!
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J-Drama | Just Watched: Last Cinderella (ラスト シンデレラ)

Hi everyone! While it may say "Just Watched" in the title, that is a LIE, because I am lazy, and snoozy, and actually watched this about three months ago and am only just getting around to writing about it. But, I have finally worked up the energy to write this little review, simply because this Jdorama is just beautiful, and lovely, and oof, Haruma Miura (∩◕▽◕∩)

Apologies for the Spanish subtitles, this was the only version of the opening I could find!
Toyoma Sakura (Shinohara Ryoko) is a 39 year old woman who's completely focused on her career, and is completely disinterested in finding love or getting married, much to the chagrin of her mother. However, as her 40th birthday approaches, she starts to feel more and more masculine, and worries about her ability to have children due to her age. When she's passed over for promotion yet again, to cheer her up one of her clients invites her to a goukon (合コン), a group blind date at a hotel, and with the persuasion of her friends she decides to attend.
At the goukon she meets Hiroto Saeki (Miura Haruma), a 24 year old pro BMX rider who helps her find her missing shoe, just like Cinderella! Watch as she stumbles through this new relationship with a much younger man, with the help of her friends who have problems of their own, this series shows new sides to love and different relationships ∩(❛ω❛#)∩

I absolutely loved watching this series! I thought it was really sweet and funny, I really enjoyed the friendships that the three main female characters had, and I was on the edge of my seat when a love triangle started to develop... I'll say no more ahahaha, just that if you want a really feel good Jdrama, this is absolutely ideal. I LOVED the ending, and am now obsessed with Miura Haruma, he is just absolutely delicious ahaha!

As of now, I use Last Cinderella as the measuring stick for all other dramas I've watched in terms of storyline and loveable characters, and so far no others have compared. Sorry for getting all mushy on you ahahaha, but this series is still No 1 in my mind, and is probably gonna stay my favourite for a loooooooong time ahahahaha o｜｡￣▽￣｡｜o

Have you watched Last Cinderella? What's your favourite Jdrama? Let me know in the comments!

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J-Drama | Just Watched: Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu (私が恋愛できない理由)

Recently I've started trying to delve a little deeper into what Japan has to offer in terms of good television, and thanks to my reading of Tofugu, I've stumbled across the existence of Japanese Dramas, otherwise known as J-Dramas/Jdramas or J-Doramas/Jdoramas, and even found one that comes highly recommended: Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu (私が恋愛できない理由), or The Reason I Can't Find My Love.




I knew it was only one series long, but I didn't realise that there were only ten episodes, and therefore found myself watching the last 20 minutes of it with this sudden realisation that it was about to end, which I was severely unprepared for. I'd completely fallen in love with the three main characters Emi Fujii (Karina Nose), Mako Hanazuma (Yuko Oshima who is actually a member of the Japanese girl group AKB48), and Saki Ogura (Yuriko Yoshitaka), and had managed to burn through all ten episodes of the show in about a day and a half (although that's nothing remarkable, that's just how I watch TV series) by accident, as I just couldn't get enough.

The storyline is very sweet, it's about three young women who knew each other from their school's drama club who wind up living together. Each one has their own unique trouble with love, and gain support, comfort, and the harsh truth about whatever situation they're in from the other two. One of the taglines is that "women's friendship is thinner than ham", meaning that as soon as a guy comes along the girl starts ignoring her friends because she's loved up, which these three manage to thankfully disprove. It's all about trying to get out of the "love desert", and trying to find love, but knowing that staying true to yourself and following your own dream is what's most important.

Given the fact that I'm not Japanese *cry*, there were definitely some cultural parts that aren't mirrored in England which threw me now and again, but I can't exactly nitpick them as what was going on was always easy to understand (with the subtitles on... har har). It's given me the Japanese Drama bug, although I've done a 180 in terms of genre and have started watching a Detective show which I'll probably do a review on once I've watched a few more episodes. I decided I couldn't watch another romance-themed one, as I'm still in mourning over the ending of The Reason I Can't Find My Love.

Do you like J-Dramas? Have you watched 私が恋愛できない理由?

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Anime | Just Watched: Shingeki No Kyojin (進撃の巨人) / Attack on Titan

Yet another anime I found via the use of Tumblr, Shingeki No Kyojin (進撃の巨人), otherwise known as Attack on Titan, is fucking amazing. If I was wearing socks, it could have literally blown them off. Everyone has been blowing up about this series, and it's soooooooo easy to see why; it's genuinely incredible. I just watched the last episode of the season, and all I can say is that I hope they make a second one, because I accidentally read a spoiler from the manga series and it was a damn good twist that needs to be seen!


Shingeki no Kyojin revolves around a boy called Eren Yeager, the girl his family took in, Mikasa Ackerman, and their friend Armin Arlert. They and the rest of human civilisation live inside fifty metre tall walls, built over a hundred years ago to protect them from the Titans; giant, humanoid creatures that love nothing more than devouring humans. After living in peace and protection from the Titans for over a century, their peace is shattered in an instant when one day, a sixty foot Titan and an Armoured Titan destroy the most outer walls, allowing the usual Titans to flood into Eren's town, eating everyone they can get their disgusting hands on.

After suffering loss from the ruins of his home, Eren swears revenge against the Titans, and enlists in military training, with the aim of becoming a member of the Survey Corps. Otherwise known as the Recon Corps or Scouting Legion, this group of elite soldiers are the only members of humanity who dare to venture outside of the walls, utilising the military Manoeuvre Gear to take down Titans, sometimes bringing them back for scientific study in the hopes of learning more about them. Graduating in the top ten of his military class, alongside Mikasa and Armin, and with the threat of new and even more lethal Titans, Eren and his friends join the Survey Corps, with Eren's heart burning with revenge...

Essentially, this series is THE SHIT. Every man and his dog seems to have been watching this, and I have fucking loved every second of it from start to finish. It keeps you on the edge of your seat all the way through each episode, it's jam-packed with major adrenalin rushes and oh my god THE FEELS. I was cheering for Eren every step of the way, I think he's a fantastic main character and a gorram (bonus points if you know where that word's from) amazing protagonist! I was fucking addicted to this series, I'm genuinely gutted that it's over and I can promise you this, the second that I get some free time I'm going to start reading the manga series as it's still ongoing. I'm praying to who the hell knows what for a second series, and I'm keeping my ear to the ground!

Overall:

Plot: ♥♥♥♥♥
Characters: ♥♥♥♥♥
Visuals: ♥♥♥♥♥
Audio: ♥♥♥♥♥

Recommendation: FUCK YES!!! If you like anime even a smidgen then why the hell aren't you watching this?? It's amazing, there are practically no words for it, I've genuinely struggled writing this blog post and have made up for the lack of actual sentences with swear words (as I do in real life), because it's just AWESOME. That's pretty much all there is to it! It's a heavy duty and hard hitting anime series, and I almost wish I hadn't ranked others I'd watched so highly, because this outranks all of them with ease. Full marks in all departments. Go Eren!!

Have you watched Shingeki no Kyojin? Do you like anime? Let me know! :)

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Anime | Just Watched: Deadman Wonderland (デッドマンワンダーランド)

So my best friend Ashleigh came over for the Bank Holiday Weekend, and as well as devoting ourselves to vodka two nights in a row, in our semi-hungover states we managed to devour all twelve episodes of this amazing series we found called Deadman Wonderland (デッドマンワンダーランド). This series had us hooked within the first few minutes of the first episode, as it started the whole series off with a bang, and leaves you genuinely needing to watch every single episode for some clue as to how and why these events occurred.

The series revolves around a fourteen year old boy called Ganta Igarashi, whose entire class was slaughtered in front of his very eyes by a "Red Man". This Red Man embedded a red crystal within Ganta's chest as a parting gift, and left him as the sole suspect of the massacre, with Ganta being given a Death Sentence in prison for this crime. Ganta is then sent to Japan's only privately owned prison: Deadman Wonderland, a theme-park style incarceration facility...


The prison has a few ways of life, in particular the three Cs: Collars, Candy, and Cast Points. Every inmate wears a Collar that slowly injects a lethal poison into the wearer's bloodstream; three days of this and you die, unless you eat a Candy. These Candies are peculiar sweets that combat the Collar's poison, and can be acquired via various prison activities, or purchased with Cast Points. Cast Points are the prison's currency, which are also earned via prison activities. These activities are mainly spectacles for the public to enjoy, and are performed in front of live audiences, as well as involve death for a lot of the prisoners who compete.

Thankfully for Ganta, he has the help of Shiro, an odd and mysterious girl who he used to know as a small child, and who possesses amazing strength and agility, and appears to live in the prison somewhere, despite not being a prisoner. Shiro is an excellent contrast to the dark and gory aspects of this anime series, as she acts like a child, driven only by her love for Ganta and snacks. Whenever it seems like things are getting a bit too much within the prison, Shiro is there to provide childlike wonder and innocence, effectively neutralising any feelings of depression felt by Ganta (or by the audience) as best she can.

The gore is ever present within Deadman Wonderland, especially given the abilities of the Deadmen and now, thanks to the Red Man's crystal, Ganta of being blood manipulators. These Deadmen are special prisoners hidden from the rest of Wonderland, who possess the Branches of Sin, which gives them the power to transform their blood into weapons. Each of the Deadmen are forced to participate in fights to the death using their Sin in horrific one on one matches knows as Carnival Corpse, which are run by the Promoter and bid on by anonymous spectators. Despite the dog eat dog world of Deadman Wonderland, Ganta manages to befriend some of his fellow Deadmen, and continues on his hunt to find the Red Man and prove his innocence...

So, basically, Deadman Wonderland is AMAZING. Neither I nor my friend could get enough of this series, it's beyond interesting and we spent half as much time analysing every little detail as we did actually watching each episode. Its storyline is so freaking unique, and kept us guessing with every twist and turn. I've never seen an anime like this one before, and ignoring the OVA, I wish that more episodes could be made! This kind of leads me on to my next point;

As I've found with a lot of one series animes, a hell of a lot of questions go unanswered. I do wish some more things had been covered, but I feel that this may be due to the fact that they're only allotted twelve episodes to get their whole story out, and some things need to be cut in order to properly develop some characters, or to get to a semi-conclusive ending. The ending was, in fact, a really intriguing and ambiguous way to end it, they didn't just cut out some characters or abruptly end the series like I've seen with some, and instead gave it what I think is the most perfect and suitable open ending that Deadman Wonderland could get. Overall:


Plot: ♥♥♥♥♥
Visuals: ♥♥♥♥♥
Audio: ♥♥♥♥♥
Characters: ♥♥♥♥♥

Recommendation: YES. I cannot stress this enough. DW is an absolute home run. I had to add in Characters as a new category because this anime did a supremely good job at fleshing them out with a backstory, save for the one you want to learn about the most, but that was kind of the point. This anime keeps you on the edge of your seat all the way through, and if you like anime, for the love of crap watch this one right now.

Have you heard of Deadman Wonderland? Do you like watching anime?

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Anime | Just Watched: Karneval (カーニヴァル)

I recently finished watching a thirteen episode long josei anime series called Karneval. I first discovered it on Tumblr when I was reblogging Fairy Tale gifs and saw some beautiful, action-packed gifs of what I then learnt was Karneval (カーニヴァル).

Karneval is based on a manga series of the same name by Touya Mikanagi, and revolves around two guys called Nai (white hair) and Gareki (black hair). Nai is looking for Karoku, a man he used to live with who took care of him, and then one day left and never came back. The only trace of him was blood on the sand and a bracelet, which Nai wears at all times. Gareki saves Nai, who was imprisoned by a Varuga - a human who has been altered to become a monster inside and also out, displaying horrible powers and strength.

When escaping, they encounter two members of Circus, the most powerful defence organisation for the government. These members recognise Nai's bracelet as an out of date Circus I.D. bracelet (one which gives the wearer extraordinary fighting skills and powers), and take him and Gareki with them back to their ship. What follows from there in the series is these two, along with Yogi (far right) and Tsukumo (far left) as their protectors, and the many dangers and adventures they encounter as Nai searches for Karoku, and Circus tries to take down the organisation Kafka, the source of the Varuga.


I literally just finished the last episode, and OH MY GOD, THE FEELS. This anime really knows how to tug at the heartstrings, it's all about loss and danger, and the importance of finding friendship and a makeshift family even in the darkest of times. It looks gorgeous, the outro track is extremely catchy, and the plot line is really incredible, it's very detailed and tries to give all of the characters a back story. I really hope there's a second series, because IT CANNOT END LIKE THIS. Gareki-kunnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!

Plot: ♥♥♥♥♥
Visuals:♥♥♥♥♥
Audio:♥♥♥♥♥
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