Oh. She Sings, Too?

13 10 2008

I was surfing the blogs that I check daily and I saw some huge hype about a new single from Aragaki Yui.  I’ve only heard of her from Code Blue, so I figured I’d check it out, and apparently she’s some huge deal.  I knew she was a model and an actress, but apparently she started a singing career two years ago and it’s been very successful.  Blogs usually like to stretch the truth on that, so I checked her out on the PPN, and she has indeed had quite a successful two releases for a model/actress (as they usually don’t do too well when they try singing).

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Code Blue

3 10 2008

If any of you happen to remember, I was really excited about Code Blue this summer because it has two of my favorite drama actors, Yamashita Tomohisa and Toda Erika, starring in it.  It took me a lot longer than I expected to watch this (I’ve been really busy with school and only watched about one episode every week or less), but I feel like spreading it out just added to the suspense that you’re supposed to experience when watching this.

It’s one of the better dramas that I watched, not the best, but what really caught me about this drama is (on top of it being something that I would have never watched if it weren’t for Yamapi and Erika) that it’s some of the best acting that I’ve ever seen (once again, not the best, but it’s in the top three for me).  At times the acting just blew me away.  It’s definitely not your average drama acting.

(Beware: spoilers ahead)

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