III : Craze

Up until this year, I have never been a fan of any one in particular. I was not really the type to follow TV shows, watching reruns enough times to memorize the episodes. Nor was I the type to search online to know the names of actors and actresses (and what current news and background information there was on them), much less find the movies and shows specific actors/actresses played in. Up until this year. More specifically, it's probably been about three months since I determined I had become a crazy fan of some actors/actresses/groups. Too bad I'm more into Asian dramas than English TV shows. I start interesting dramas, and when I see an actor/actress I have seen in a previously watched drama, I immediately want to find out their actual names, their background information, what other dramas they have acted in, etc. Too soon, I have become the fan who stalks actors and actresses through their dramas and appearances on talk shows. Who is to blame for my sudden fanaticism (I thank them very much)?

Mukai Osamu. In Nodame Cantabile.

In Mei-chan no Shitsuji.
In Atashinchi no Danshi.I never purposely stalk him through his dramas. He just pops up, and always, I am intrigued by his characters. Other dramas I've seen with him in: Honey and Clover (Hachimitsu to Clover) and Seigi no Mikata.

Horikita Maki. In Hanazakari no Kimitachi eIn Nobuta wo Produce, Kurosagi, Atashinchi no Danshi, Innocent Love, HINOKIO, and Seito Shokun. She has successfully portrayed various characters with amazing talent, and is only half a year older than I am!

There are more, like all the members of NEWS: Yamashita Tomohisa, Nishikido Ryo, Tegoshi Yuya, Masuda Takahisa, Koyama Keiichiro, and Kato Shigeaki; Nagasawa Masami; Ueno Juri; Mizukawa Asami; Kimura Takuya; and more. Maybe because I see their successfulness that I have become more of a fan than before, wanting to know more about their achievements and sometimes wanting to know their mistakes, like in bloopers, just to know that with their amazing acting, they still have their weaknesses. Everyone has their strongest talents and multiple weaknesses, but, as I focus on writing my personal statements for Pharmacy school, I can only easily list my weaknesses. My strengths? I am unsure. This craze only reminds me of that. But, sometimes it is wonderful to be trapped in the storylines of dramas.