Been listening to this playlist a lot recently. Guess the whole Ruka x Michiru relationship on Last Friends got to me. Ah, the classic gay girl falls in love with straight best friend storyline... Cliched but all of us who's been through it knows just how much it can hurt. To be so close and yet so far. To quote Shizuru in Dorapanda Tours: Katakoi Mania,
"Even if it was just the air, I couldn't bridge the gap between us..."
I absolutely love Prisoner of Love, the opening theme of Last Friends, by Utada Hikaru! It's so beautiful, so addictive that I've been playing it over and over again. Heck I even looked up the lyrics just to be able to sing along to it! Lol...
Lyrics(both japanese and english version taken from here)
I'm a prisoner of love Prisoner of love Just a prisoner of love I'm just a prisoner of love A prisoner of love
Heiki na kao de uso wo tsuite Waratte iyake ga sashite Raku bakari shiyou to shite ita With an indifferent face you tell a lie Laughing until you feel sick "Let's have nothing but fun" you said Naimononedari buru-su Mina yasuragi wo motomete iru Michitariteru noni ubaiau Ai no kage wo otte iru Feeling blue over desiring the impossible Everyone is seeking tranquility You're struggling, but you've had enough Now you're chasing after a shadow of love Taikutsu na mainichi ga kyuu ni kagayakidashita Anata ga arawareta ano hi kara Kodoku demo tsurakutemo heiki da to omoeta I'm just a prisoner of love Just a prisoner of love Since the day you appeared My dull "everyday"s have begun to shine Now I'm able to think, "Feeling loneliness, being in pain - that's not so bad" I'm just a prisoner of love Just a prisoner of love
Prisoner of love Prisoner of love I'm a prisoner of love
Yameru toki mo sukoyaka naru toki mo Arashi no hi mo hare no hi mo tomo ni ayumou Through painful times and healthy times, Stormy days and sunny days, let's walk on together I'm gonna tell you the truth Hitoshirezu tsurai michi wo erabu watashi wo ouen shite kureru Anata dake wo tomo to yobu I'm gonna tell you the truth I chose an unforeseeably painful path and you came to support me You're the only one I can call a friend Tsuyogari ya yokubari ga muimi ni narimashita Anata ni ai sareta ano hi kara Jiyuu demo yoyuu demo hitori ja munashii wa I'm just a prisoner of love Just a prisoner of love Fake displays of strength and avarice have become meaningless I've been in love with you since that day When I'm free, with time to spare, there's no life in being alone I'm just a prisoner of love Just a prisoner of love Oh mou sukoshi da yo Don't you give up Oh misutenai zettai ni Oh... Just a little more Don't you give up Oh don't ever abandon me Zankoku na genjitsu ga futari wo hikisakeba Yori issou tsuyoku hikareau Ikura demo ikura demo ganbareru ki ga shita I'm just a prisoner of love Just a prisoner of love If the cruelty of reality tries to tear us apart We'll be drawn more closely to one another Somehow, somehow, I have a feeling we'll be able to stand firm I'm just a prisoner of love Just a prisoner of love Arifureta nichijou ga kyuu ni kagayakidashita Kokoro wo ubawareta ano hi kara Kodoku demo tsurakutemo heiki da to omoeta I'm just a prisoner of love Just a prisoner of love Every day banalities quickly begin to shine brilliantly You stole my heart that day Loneliness and pain, I thought I could deal with I'm just a prisoner of love Just a prisoner of love I'm a prisoner of love Prisoner of love Prisoner of love I'm just a prisoner of love I'm a prisoner of love
Stay with me, stay with me My baby, say you love me Stay with me, stay with me Hitori ni sasenai Stay with me, stay with me My baby, say you love me Stay with me, stay with me Don't leave me alone again
Still can't get enough of it? Then watch the video!
After watching the opening theme on Blammer's blog, I decided to watch this new j-dorama called Rasuto Furenzu or Last Friends which is currently airing in Japan. Even at episode 2, this drama left me on the edge, wanting to kill -yes, seriously kill- a certain character, feeling and emphasizing with the pain of another, and wanting to knock some sense into a few others. And now at episode 4, I'm hooked.
Domestic violence (DV), emotional blackmail, unrequited shoujo-ai, a spineless young man who still loves his wife despite her cheating on him in his own home, a mysterious past which scarred a man enough to make him afraid of sex... These are just some of the issues addressed in this wonderfully made drama. You can literally feel each character's internal struggle over the secrets they are hiding.
Ah, the beauty of angsty dramas...
Share-house group picture
Ruka meets Michiru (Tribute to Haruka/Michiru from Sailormoon?)
One can only wonder how this is gonna end up.. A tragedy perhaps, judging from the opening of the show where a pregnant Michiru wonders if the death (hopefully Sousuke's) could be avoided if she had the ability to understand people's hearts- and I'm guessing, Ruka's heart in particular. Or perhaps they'll throw in an ambiguously happy ending where Ruka and Michiru finally meet again (KnM anyone?). All I can say is that at the moment I(and other viewers alike) would gladly follow the journey of this heartwrenching drama to the end... Watch it here! ^_______^
ps. And the death had better not be Takeru's! Or Eri's for that matter! -scoobz-
"Even if it was just the air, I couldn't bridge the gap between us..."
