1:35 am - 02/04/2013
Actress Riisa Naka (23) took to twitter to express her outrage over the dating ban imposed on AKB48 members.
The latest scandal engulfing the group involves Minami Minegishi (20), who shaved her hair in penance for breaking AKB48's dating rules after it was reported by tabloid Shukan Bunshun that she had spent the night at her boyfriend's place. Naka publicly criticized the no-dating rule through a series of tweets.
"I feel bad that (Minegishi) can't experience dating like any other normal person. That much she should be allowed, she's human after all," wrote the actress.
"Idols should only be expected to be idols when they're on TV. If you can't respect someone's privacy then you have no business calling yourself a fan," Naka also said.
When asked by her followers what she would do if her agency tried to impose a dating ban on her, Naka candidly answered "I would disregard it entirely, lol."
"You only live once so I say make the most of it!! A dating ban is a dehumanizing rule," she added.
source: Yahoo! Japan
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Japanese actress Riisa Naka criticizes AKB48's "dehumanizing" dating ban
Actress Riisa Naka (23) took to twitter to express her outrage over the dating ban imposed on AKB48 members.
The latest scandal engulfing the group involves Minami Minegishi (20), who shaved her hair in penance for breaking AKB48's dating rules after it was reported by tabloid Shukan Bunshun that she had spent the night at her boyfriend's place. Naka publicly criticized the no-dating rule through a series of tweets.
"I feel bad that (Minegishi) can't experience dating like any other normal person. That much she should be allowed, she's human after all," wrote the actress.
"Idols should only be expected to be idols when they're on TV. If you can't respect someone's privacy then you have no business calling yourself a fan," Naka also said.
When asked by her followers what she would do if her agency tried to impose a dating ban on her, Naka candidly answered "I would disregard it entirely, lol."
"You only live once so I say make the most of it!! A dating ban is a dehumanizing rule," she added.
source: Yahoo! Japan
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(on a happier note, is that icon from You're Beautiful? It's adorable :)
and yes it is! Even after all these years it's still one of my most favorite dramas ever. The cast was so great and they're so cute and get along so well. :D
and OMG yessss. Jang Geun Seok's smile KILLED me in that drama. So cuteeeeee. You're Beautiful made me such a fan of both of them! :)
I will say though that JGS has gotten a bit too into the whole singer/rocker 'career'. I get that he wants to explore it and stuff but it's crazy how he's had concerts and is now in a project group lol. He should go back to acting :P...but even then his last two acting roles had that rocker type image to them. That one drama he did with Moon Geun Young was such a flop LOLOL. I <3 him but he needs to get back on track and pick better roles.
Him and Park Shin Hye should collab again!!
Oh, and btw, I see you like Shin Min Ah and Lee Jun Ki! I ishh watched Arang and the Magistrate. How did you like the drama?
And don't even get me started on JGS's smile. I've read about smiles transforming faces, but in his case if I wasn't actually watching his expression change as it happened I would've sworn he was a completely different person! Even if all the drama roles he's had since have been a variation on Taekyung (bad boy/rocker/cool image). And that Moon Geun-young drama was such a waste of him, her, AND Kim Jae-wook, ugh. The one he did with Yoona wasn't all bad, but he does need to start diversifying his acting roles again, it's a waste of his chops to be playing emo bad-boy princes all the time when they have none of the awesomeness of this: (and yeah, he and PSH need to work together again in something other than CFs, it sucks that leads in kdrama rarely work together twice :/)
As for Arang, I LOVED IT. I wasn't expecting to, tbqh. I liked LJK and SMA in other dramas before this but wasn't expecting it to be so good - I'm not normally into fantasy sageuks but their worldbuilding was fantastic and LJK has a tendency to overact but when they put a lid on it he's just amazing. And on the shallow side, I loved that he looks like a really hot human now as opposed to a manga fairy prince - he and SMA need to work together again even if it's rare.
Sorry for the tl;dr but I should prob. ask - on the Park Shin-hye front, are you watching Flower Boy Next Door? It's the best work she's done since You're Beautiful, and I adore her main leading man too.
Oh and yeah, Love Rain wasn't all that bad but he does need to get away from the same type of characters (even then though, I feel like if the character is written well like Taekyung, I would still be okay with him playing emo-i have a messed up past/family/parents characters haha)
I think what I loved about Taekyung's character is that he just had a lot of depth and there were just so many sides to him (that was believable, too and not OOC). Also, he was such a dork, a bit dumb at times, and hoity toity but in a funny and laughable way.
And as for Arang and the Magistrate, I had high hopes for it (because I adore Shin Min Ah) and also because I had actually never seen Lee Jun Ki in a drama before. I watched him on Family Outing and thought he was hilarious so I was interested to see him in a drama. I think I watched about half of the drama and then started ishh skipping through it. I didn't hate it but didn't love it either. I felt bad for that prince guy who killed her by accident though. That storyline kept me interested for awhile and yeah.
Yess I am watching Flower Boy Next Door! I was excited when I heard she was doing another drama! This is definitely a step up from her last drama with Yonghwa. They have no chemistry as leads and that drama was kind of boring. LOL. And I agree! The lead actor is adorable (which is probably why I like the drama as well!) Yonghwa was just always sulking and mehh. LOL.
That's why I love him too - the emo prince stereotype gets lampooned and subverted so hard with him, it's adorable. (normal characters of that 'type' wouldn't get the pig-rabbit scene, or about a hundred things they did to him in that drama lol)
FBND >>>>>>>>> Heartstrings, that's for sure. Heartstrings was ok enough in places, but really kinda meh even though Yonghwa did improve slightly from You're Beautiful (and their dead-fish kisses, ugh)
Edited at 2013-02-04 12:36 pm (UTC)
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