Way Of Blue Sky

Stayed back to watch 'Way Of Blue Sky' in office today. It's hard to get into a movie where all the actors/actresses are by Japanese television standards, ugly. Especially when the girls aren't cute. You can tell how low the movie budget is when they can't even buy sailor school uniforms for the the actresses.

The main actor (forgot his name) is planning to move to the USA to play basketball. Trouble is, he can't even act like he can play. At least Erika Sawajiri (1 litre of tears) and Erika Toda (Nobuta wo Produce) could act like that they could play B-ball. And here we have a) a guy, b)the school basketball captain, who can't even do a lay-up. That's disgraceful.

The look on his face says even he can't believe there are so many girls crazy for him.

The girl in the middle looks like a Filipino maid.

The rest of the show is a typical high-school harem. 5 girls want to confess their love for him before he leaves but he already has someone among them in mind. Like so many harem-anime i've seen before the girls are broken down into the usual stereotypes, there's the studious/shy type, the sporty-type, the transfer student, the childhood friend and the best-friend type. Not having someone cute to root for, i went for the childhood friend (4th from the left) to end up with him. Boy was i disappointed. The storyline was flat and took itself too seriously You would think and hope the director would add some love scenes to save the viewer from boredom but alas it was not to be.

If you want to watch a real live-action harem, look no further than this drama, 'Shimokita Glory Days'. A mark of a good harem is the amount of panty-shots and nosebleeds the male character gets and this show has no lack of that. But if you do pick this up please know that it has quite a few nude scenes (no sex) so watch it when you're alone. I can't say much for the storyline for this drama but at least the actresses are pretty.

More of a visual treat than a film for thought.