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chochajin ([personal profile] chochajin) wrote2007-08-06 07:45 pm

[Review]: Akihabara@Deep Ep.1 (with Toma XD)

So, I finally started to watch Akiba@Deep.
It was on my list for quite a long time now, but there were always dramas I was interested in more and yeah ... but knowing that Toma is in it mysteriously put it on TOP of my to-watch-list XDDDD



Information:
  • Title: アキハバラ@DEEP
  • Title (romaji): Akihabara@DEEP
  • Genre: Action
  • Episodes: 11 + Special (Secret)


  • Synopsis:
    Akihabara is a Tokyo district full of mangas, anime, electronics, video games, figurines, etc. It is a place that gathers fanatics of such themes, people who are commonly referred to as otaku. Page, Box, Akira, Taiko, Daruma, and Izumu are six otaku each with his/her own troubles and sought relief through a website called "Yui’s Lifeguard." When site owner Yui died of a mysterious death, the six who are each experts in their own fields gathered to form "Akihabara@DEEP", a "trouble shooter" group that vows to protect Akihabara and solve the problems of its inhabitants.
    (Source: DramaWiki)

    Hm, where to start?
    A lot of people told me it´s weird. I already knew that after looking at some of the pics, that´s prolly why I haven´t watched it immediately in 2006 XD
    Also this drama seems to be much older and not like one of 2006.
    But ever since Densha Otoko I really like Akihabara and Otakus XDDDDD~
    There are a lot of weirdos in it XD ... and Toma´s one of them. But Toma´s just not THAT weird, he´s not fit to be an otaku anyway XD
    It´s more like Takayuki in the Train Man movie. HE WAS TOO HANDSOME and thus nobody believed in his acting, I guess?
    It´s different with Toma, because he can be REALLY goofy and stuff, but seeing him among other otakus, he´s definitely NOT otaku-like - luckily <3333

    Let´s start with the other otakus in this show:



    Page! <3 He´s quite cute as well, although he was getting on my nerves as soon as he started to speak XDDDDD *coughs* (T__T) ....



    But he´s still cute! <33 ... but MUCH more otaku-like than Toma if you ask ME! XDDD
    Of course Page is Shunsuke which was together with Toma (and Pi XD) in Top4
    He´s also the first otaku we see in the show.

    But shortly after that .....



    YAAAAY Toma appears!!! \(^-^)/ ♥♥♥♥



    Somehow he looks like a soccer fan ... I think it´s because of his scarf XDDDD
    Anyway .. like I´ve written in my last few (tons of XD) Toma entries: I really think bright colors like yellow, red, green and blue suit him very well. I think the makers of this dramas thought so, too, because (just like in Hanakimi) he seems to be wearing ONLY these colors! XDDD
    YAAHOOO!



    *lol* I read MONKEY instincts at first. Of course I thought of Nakatsu, who is always called Monkey boy in the manga ;__; (I wonder why they don´t have that in the drama .. yah, yah I know Julia .. -___-)
    Oh and his name in this drama is BOX btw. XDDDDDDD WTF? XD But cute <33333
    BUT ZOMG HIS EXPRESSION!!!!!



    Well, the thing is that some guys/gangs thought it might be funny to hunt otakus in Aikiba and so they do it.
    Box and another otaku get caught by them and are beaten up badly. Because of some circumstances Page, Box and Taiko meet.
    All of them are otakus and have some kind of tick.
    If you don´t want to know yet, skip this please!:
    - Page usually doesn´t speak because he´s a stutterer.
    - Taiko freezes as soon as he sees blinking (?) things.
    - And Box thinks everything around him is filthy and that´s why he tries to keep everything clean. (I don´t know the English word for people like that? XD) But isn´t that the cutest tick by far? (*__*) XDDDDD




    Anyway the otaku hunting goes on and after one of the "maids" in a maid café got almost (?) raped they decide to do s.th. against it.
    Akira (the girl shown above) wants revenge for her co-worker (btw. she doesn´t look good in a maid outfit, don´t you think? XD).
    She wants to go after those guys, but our 3 otakus stop her and tell her that they´ll protect Akiba XDDDD



    *lol* XD Together with Akira they form a group called "Akihabara@Deep" and try to stop the otaku hunting with rather funny methods XDDDDD
    And while watching the scene where Akira is fighting (yeah, right the only one fighting is TEH girl XD) I really thought I was watching TEKKEN! XDDDD ahahaha~ so stupid (-_-)

    Well, that´s more or less what happened in the first episode :)



    This guy seems to be the cause of the otaku hunting and YET again I have to hate him ;__; ... I really thought I might like him after Bambino, but .... but ... AAARGH!!! *hits Kazuki*



    I´m really biased when it comes to him. But WOAH I think he´s the weirdest one of all in that show XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
    And STOP COPYING L YOU BASTARD!! *steals lollipops XD*


    Finally:



    Now I have to mention that I (for some reason) TOTALLY love guys with band-aids in their face! I TOTALLY LOVE THAT DON´T ASK ME WHY!!!
    So can you imagine what happened when I saw our beloved Toma with that????????? (*__________*) *faints multiple times* haaaaa~



    Well, that´s it. :)
    I can´t say much about the story, but I have a feeling that this is not the best drama I´ve ever watched XDDDDD ... but who cares? Toma is VERY VERY cute in that one and I think I would have fallen for him earlier if I just watched it in 2006 ;___; *headdesk*


    And tomorrow we´ll get more Toma love!!! Hanakimi 6 is on its way!! (*___*)

    I think the people on my f-list start to hate me for my entries are only about jdramas, especially Hanakimi and with that especially about Toma XDDDD AAAH gomen neeee! ;___; ... XDDD *runs*

    [identity profile] apsharha.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
    Hey what is this comment at the end of your entry! I'm 100% into the jdramas fandom so I love your rant XD
    I tried this drama sometimes ago but I didn't really like it! but it was before I started to heart Toma in Hana Kimi so maybe I should just try again *__*

    [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
    *lol* your icon XD

    Yeah, that goes for YOU, but some people on my f-list have NOTHING to do with jdrama and all XDDD ... they really will get annoyed, I think XD
    I see (*__*)
    Well, I don´t pay too much attention to the story, it´s more like I´m in Toma coma (*lol*) and don´t recognize much else then XDDDDD

    [identity profile] thomasvye.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
    ...Kitamura....Kazuki...*squee*

    I will watch this! :)

    [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
    *headdesk* he ... really ... has ... fans ... O__________________O .. *runs* XDDDDD

    Well, no. But like I said, I´m really biased XDDDD
    He´s PRETTY weird in this drama, perhaps you´ll like his role there XDDDD

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    [identity profile] andou-.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
    BOX ;_________; OMG, wie ich diese Rolle liebe!!!!! <333
    Schön, dass du es jetzt endlich gucken kannst *o*
    Er ist wirklich verdammt cute *________* Und nicht so ein
    Otaku wíe man denkt. Ach und gelb, grün und blau sind seine Farben.
    Ach und Page... *__* Handsome... suteki!!!
    Soll ich die jetzt mit wunderschönen Box & Caps zu spammen ?? ^__^v

    "... I really thought I might like him after Bambino, but .... but ... AAARGH!!! *hits Kazuki*" Du sprichst mir aus der Seele... ich habe auch so reagiert, als ich gemerkt
    habe... wer das ist...!!! Im Film spielt Kuranouske ( der bei Bambino Kuwahara-san spielt) Kazuki seine Rolle als Takeshi Nakagomi. .___."!

    [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
    ^____________________________^
    Er ist WIRKLICH verdammt cute *nick nick nick* *abgefallenen Kopf wieder aufheb* XD
    Ja, klar darfst du! Aber nur von Folge1 bis jetzt XDDD *loooool*

    WAAH?! Echt??? OMG!!!!!! ...... Das ist ja mal ein lustiger "Zufall" XD ... naja der Film kann warten, der hat keinen Toma XDDDDDD
    Na, ich kann Kazuki seit ich ihn in 14sai no haha gesehen habe nicht leiden. Die Rollen danach waren auch alles Ar***rollen XDDDD .... nur in Bambino ... die Rolle war total perfekt für ihn (*___*) .... naja mal sehen, ob mir seine Weirdheit noch gefällt XDDDD

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    [identity profile] prismatic-star.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
    I don't mind your jdrama entries~
    Just give Akihabara@Deep some time. It's only the first episode after all. I despised the beginning episode but as the story furthers more, you'll fall in love with the characters!

    [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
    *lol* thanks, that´s good to hear! <3
    Well, I will definitely watch the whole series and if it´s "only" for Toma, so yeah ^-^;;
    I´m looking forward to the next ep :)

    [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_usotsuki_/ 2007-08-06 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
    Da gibts eine Folge..*will nich spoilern*, aber wenn du die siehst mit deiner Pflaster_Liebe..dann stirbst du XDDDD

    [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
    OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!

    (*__*) ... ich darf gar nicht dran denken (*_____*) .... XDDDDDDD

    [identity profile] brandedwhite.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
    Hahhaha I see you're on a Toma spree now eh? You're seriously tempting me to watch all Toma dramas too! Lol.

    [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2007-08-07 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
    Ehehehe~ DO IT! (ô_ô) XDDDD
    ext_151240: (OTP ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ asdfghjl!)

    [identity profile] loonalovegood.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
    Diese Drama steht auch auf meiner to-do-Liste ganz oben ^^
    Obwohl... nach dem Film. Den dazugehörige Film will ich sogar noch mehr sehen *.* (der hat aber andere Schauspieler glaub ich).

    LOL Kitamura Kazuki. lolol
    Der Mann ist verblüffend, find ich. So un-glaublich wandelbar! Zuerst aufgefallen ist er mir in Yaoh, und als ich dann nachgegooglet hab, hab ich bemerkt, dass er in nem anderen Film die Hauptrolle gespielt hat, den ich ziemlich gerne mag (Ley Lines), dort aber VÖLLIG anders war. Boah. Und jetzt also ein Otaku *gg* schaut schon wieder total anders aus. Also sich in Rollen reinversetzen, das kann er.
    ext_151240: (Ursula MWAHAHA >D)

    [identity profile] loonalovegood.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
    Achja, und der Fußballfan-Vergleich ist wirklich treffend - so FC Schalke, würd ich sagen XDXD lol

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    [identity profile] kahel16.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
    I adore Toma here. But Akira is someone whom you have to be patient with, her acting skills are not so good. This drama's a nice one, the ending sorta-like-the-type-that-you-expect-to-happen-but-it's-different-yet-the-same type. Nicely done. And I love the fact that they are otakus. Watch episode 7 (I think) which is about Toma. I love him there and he's sooo adorable You just wanna hug him on that ep and tell him everything's okay.

    [identity profile] lydzi.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
    100% agree about Toma and bright colors ^^.

    OMG!! You just made me noticed that the CEO in Akihabara@DEEP is the same guy in Bambino :o!!!!! *completely shocked*.

    WTH? o_O They are so different o_O!!

    [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2007-08-07 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
    YAY!!!! ^_____^

    I can understand XDDD ... It was VERY HARD for me to like him in Bambino, because I hated him for his previous roles XDDDD ... but I managed to do so :P .... but in this role ... AAAH! .... he really has a lot of different faces, nee? ^^

    [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/__manga__/ 2007-08-06 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
    when i 'll finish to download densha otoko i'll tsart with Akihabara@Deep , thanks for the review ^-^

    hanaKimi

    [identity profile] thinking-lotus.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
    I watched 4 + 5 last night -- Toma IS AWESOME!!!! looking forward to more awesomeness. Between his laughs and shun's angst--aw, it was all good.

    aikihaibara@DEEP--d/l'd this, have yet to watch.

    [identity profile] mjmoon.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
    I actually saw this drama a long time ago, and just now I realized that the one who played Nakagomi Takeshi, was in Bambino O_o
    Kazuki's character kind of annoyed me a bit ^_^;;

    [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2007-08-07 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
    HAHA!!! XDDDDDD *coughs*
    This guy ... somehow you can´t ignore him, he has a special aura XDDD .... but I still don´t like him (only in Bambino XD)

    [identity profile] vinalovessushi.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
    my friend gave me a copy of this some time ago because she's a toma fan...at first she thought i won't like it because it's a bit weird, but when it comes to jdrama i like different kinds of genre...i really liked this drama, that's why i didn't have any doubts on toma's acting when he was chosen to play nakatsu, he was just so goofy in this one! i'm not a toma fan but he's enjoyable to watch...i really like the the uniqueness of the story, the cast just adds more color to it...wait till you get to episode 7, it's hilarious! my favorite episode!

    page's stuttering can be a bit annoying at times...and daruma's cosplaying was very enjoyable

    [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2007-08-07 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
    YAY!!! Can´t wait for ep7 then ^-^
    I´ve watched ep2 now and somehow I like it, although I´m pretty sure it won´t become one of my favs drama :) But I don´t think I´ll have problems to watch the WHOLE drama ^-^b
    And yay Toma´s so cute and goofy in there XDDD haha~

    That Daruma guy is pretty strange XD .. well gotta see more of him first XD

    [identity profile] kurikara-ryuoh.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
    MORE TOMA!!!!!!!!!! TOMA TOMA TOMA! don't stop the Toma!

    I heart you!

    [identity profile] keri-i.livejournal.com 2007-08-07 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
    i must say i totaly agree that toma is delicious =P
    haha
    i used to only have eyes for yamapi, but it's hard to resist when all his best friends are super hot :]

    [identity profile] himehikari.livejournal.com 2007-08-07 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
    Wow, a glimpse into the drama!Thank you. How i wish I could watch the drama...

    [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2007-08-07 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
    Well, you CAN watch it, neee? (o___O'') Or is there a kind of problem? (;___;)

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    [identity profile] shunluv.livejournal.com 2007-08-07 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
    omg...he say Malaysia (where i live) in Toma caps....hehe....where do u download this....i want to watch this...i like otaku drama after densha otoko...
    i dun hate u n pliz keep talking of Jdorama fandom...i become ur f-list bcoz of that

    [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2007-08-07 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
    I´ve downloaded it from D-Addicts via BitTorrent, but I´m pretty sure you can also find it @ [livejournal.com profile] jdramas ^-^b

    [identity profile] miximel.livejournal.com 2007-08-07 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
    Aw, don't be sorry! The world needs more J-drama posts, especially Toma-centric types. I wonder, did you like him in HYD2? Because I notice some Toma fans didn't, and I just don't get it. He's so beautiful in it, wears a beanie he looks unbelievable in, does the dorky thing so adorably well, and is the bad guy who isn't actually all that bad. I LOVE that type of character. My glasses fetish? Nothing to do with it. *cough*

    Anyways, I didn't even know Toma was in this drama! I heard of it, but always got it mixed up with IWGP, which I now see is completely different, lol. I want to watch this, but only for Toma's cuteness, which is impossible to resist ♥

    Yay for Hana Kimi episode 6! I am sooo tempted to watch it without subs the moment it's released D:

    [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2007-08-07 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
    Ahahaha~ *lol* thanks! <33
    Err, well besides the fact, that I did ignore him the first time I watched HYD2 ... XD yeah I like his role there, although I prefer his goofy/funny/cute side, I think ^-^ But I guess right now I´m totally in love with him and so I think almost EVERYTHING he does is great XDDD (*___*)

    Yah! I´ve totally fallen for his cuteness in this drama, so I don´t care much about the drama itself XD but I´ve now watched first half of ep2 and I kind of like it although it´ll prolly never be one of my favs <3 XDDD

    Ah, I think I can be patient and wait for the subs (T__T) ... I .... think .... *trembles* XD

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    [identity profile] neocopasetic.livejournal.com 2007-08-08 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
    A while ago, I considered trying this drama, because aside from HYD2, I wasn't interested in any of this year's spring dramas =P .. So I wanted to backtrack... somehow I never got around to it xD

    Is it worth it to sacrafice HD space??

    [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2007-08-08 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
    AAAH!!! Don´t ask me questions like that XDDDD
    Furthermore I really can´t say much after watching only 2 episodes so far. IT´S REALLY WEIRD AND STRANGE and I can´t say if it´s good enough for you and your HD space XDDDDD
    Perhaps you should only dl ep1 and check if it´s good or not?? And then you can dl the rest XD
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    [identity profile] kazu-kumaguro.livejournal.com 2007-08-08 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
    I love Toma but dunno why I can't the WHOLE drama (because I watch the ending so it means I finish it, right?)
    however I recomend you to watch Neverland (though in that dorama I prefer Koki than Toma, I mean the roles)

    [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2007-08-09 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
    AH! I´ve already downloaded the first 3 episodes of Neverland some time ago (when I realsized that Toma´s in it XDDD). Yes, I´ll definitely watch it :D Thanks for the rec! :33

    [identity profile] moosh.livejournal.com 2007-08-10 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
    I wanna dl this! >< >< It seems sooo good!

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    [identity profile] nanaichigo.livejournal.com 2007-09-17 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
    omg
    Toma ist einfach toll in Akihabara@DEEP, seine art ist teilweise wirklich wie bei Hana Kimi und der goldige Blick immer *roll roll*

    die erste Folge war langweilig und wären Page und Box nicht so zuckersüß bezetzt hätte ich wohl auch nicht weiter geschaut! aber es lohnt sich auf jedenfall :))

    [identity profile] maikue005.livejournal.com 2007-12-05 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
    this drama has made me aware of my own obsessions...

    i liked it alot.. especially the computer programer girl...she's so cool~

    [identity profile] currynana.livejournal.com 2008-01-10 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
    Ahhh!!! Help~~~ I went back to the Akihabara@Deep download page in your journal but...but...it's gone~~~ T.T And..I dont know where or what's a download filter...so, im terribly sorry im putting it here...i havent finish downloading it yet...is it possible to reopen it again? Gomen... ^^;

    [identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com 2008-01-10 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
    No, it´s not possible to reopen it again, but you can apply for the download filter here: http://chochajin.livejournal.com/100563.html

    ^__^ Take care!~

    [identity profile] ashchronicles.livejournal.com 2008-08-19 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
    uwaaa...~~XD
    i havent watch this drama yet!! juz got into j-drama recently..
    TT^TT i should have watched hana kimi earlier *sigh*
    haha..i sorta like otakus..lolz..and ur review seems interesting..
    i agree..toma-kun really doesnt look much of an otaku but lol..his dorkiness matched up~XD
    and yeah, bright colours are the best for him! i love all his outfits in hana kimi..! *steals closet*
    tsk..i'm downloading akanishi jin's yukan club rite now so i guessed i have to watch dat first..
    ^^ all ur j-drama updates are interesting to read though..i'm sure if u lose some contacts becoz of it, u'll gain twice becoz of it too..^^