Japan, and even some of the .” Director: Hayama Hiroki, Sato Genka & Tsuzuki Junichi Writer: Nezu Rika & Kawashima Sumino When I watched this 4-part JDrama recently it raised a couple of interesting thoughts about Japanese culture that I wanted to write about. I often watch Japanese films and dramas (or dorama/ドラマ as they are known in Japan) not only because they are entertaining but to help my Japanese studies. Hearing the vocabulary and grammer that I have learnt used by native speakers is very useful and I feel that it has I really helped my listening and pronunciation skills as well as my general understanding of the language. The stories depicted on screen, though obviously not accurate portrayals of real life, can offer an insight into some interesting aspects of Japanese culture too. The rather lengthy title of Ketsuekigata Betsu Onna ga Kekkon Suru Houhou translates to something like 'How Women of Different Blood Types Get Married' which brings us to our first insight into Japanese culture - blood type as a predictor of personality.

As many of you are probably aware the practice of assigning different personality and character traits to the four different ketsuekigata or blood types; A, B, O and AB is as popular in Japan as horoscopes are here in the west. Just as many people here in the UK believe that certain characteristics are common to all people of the same star sign, in Japan each of the 4 different blood types are assigned a set personality traits. sushi grade fish naples flPeople with Type A blood are said to be the most sensible, patient and responsible but they can also be stubborn and tense. pedir sushi online florianopolisThose with Type B blood are thought to be wild, creative and passionate but also selfish, irresponsible and unpredictable. sushi grade salmon san antonio

Type O blood dictates an agreeable, sociable and optimistic personality but also a tendency to be vain, rude and arrogant. Finally, people with Type AB blood are said to be like Geminis as they have a split personality being both cool, controlled and rational and indecisive, forgetful and irresponsible. feng sushi menu pdfIt is common for manga, anime and computer games characters to be assigned a blood type as part of their background information, even company mascots are sometimes given a specific blood type.sushi grade fish essex In each episode of the 4-part drama Ketsuekigata Betsu Onna ga Kekkon Suru Houhou a young woman by the name of Harukawa Sachie meets her future husband and falls in love. sushi maker tupperware indonesia

Each episode sees the character played by a different actress and assigned a different blood type resulting in 4 different stories. In episode 1 Sachie is played by the actress Kato Rosa and has Type A blood. She plays an OL who works in the accountancy department of a small company who harbours a secret love for her colleague Watanabe Makoto. Just as her blood type dictates she is serious, responsible and fastidious. Episode 2 sees Shaku Yumiko play Sachie as a writer of popular romance dramas with Type B blood who is struggling to write another hit script when she falls in love with Hozumi Akihiko, a TV prop man and artist. Typical to her blood type she is more focused on the creativity and passion of her ideas than the practicality of realising them. In episode 3 Kashii Yu plays Sachie as part-time worker in a furniture shop with Type O blood who lives at home with her parents and floats aimlessly through life doing as little as possible. She fits to the Type O stereotype in that she is optimistic, loveable and friendly but veers more towards irresponsible and lazy than vain and arrogant.

She falls in love with visiting Taiwanese designer Eddy Chan. In the final episode Mizukawa Asami plays Sachie as a Type AB engineering student who finds romance with the widowed professor Gondawara Hitoshi. Her character is typical of the AB personality in that she is cool, controlled and focused on her work however, she reveals a warm and loving side when she begins tutoring Gondawara's daughter. The second thought that I had whilst watching Ketsuekigata Betsu Onna ga Kekkon Suru Hoho was that, though some of the themes and story-lines are similar, Japanese romance dramas portray much more innocent and old-fashioned relationships than we usually see in the west. There is often very little physical contact with emotion and passion expressed through tearful admissions of love and marriage proposals sometimes preceding the first kiss. Do not read on if you don't want to know how Ketsuekigata Betsu Onna ga Kekkon Suru Hoho ends In episode 3 of Ketsuekigata Betsu Onna ga Kekkon Suru Hoho, in a tale very reminiscent of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Sachie clashes with the arrogant Eddy Chan who berates her for her carefree and unprofessional attitude.

After several attempts to prove him wrong he eventually succumbs to her happy optimism and asks her to marry him and move to Taiwan. After thinking over his proposal Sachie realises that she loves him too and sets off for the airport. And all this before any kiss or first date. This story's theme of Sachie being bullied and insulted by the socially elite Chan also reminded me a lot of the relationship between Makino and Domyoji in the very popular Hana Yori Dango.What is your favorite word? The people that I love and the things that I love, are undoubtedly my greatest insights. The sound of nature, the laughter of a... Thank you @rambo & @missy <3 and thank you all for all your support. - What is your favorite word? - What is your least favorite word? - What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? - Sadness, brokenhearted, butterflies in the stomach... - What turns you off? - People who try to hurt me... or boikot me - What is your...

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