Twilight or The Vampire Diaries

I know, this isn't Anime, but I thought this could potentially relate, since I talked about Vampire Knight in my other posts and this debate has been on for a long time. Which one is better?

To be honest? I love them both.
I've known The Vampire Diaries book longer than Twilight. But I've seen the Twilight movie first.
Both have their good and bad.

I like how Twilight stayed true to the book. I enjoyed the books, and they always seem to be better than the movies. Both forms. The characters look as close to the books as possible, even going as far as wearing contacts.
The Vampire Diaries on the other hand, went on its own path. I really like the books, and I especially loved Bonnie McCollough. Don't get me wrong, I think the casting is great, but some things just isn't really there.

However, I really like TVD's creativity and also the interactions between the vampires. The details and stories behind all the vampires were very enjoyable to watch. There are also a lot of humorous intereactions between all of the characters.
Twilight on the other hand, has little of the other vampires for the majority of the films, and sometimes, it can be really serious. I really wanted the Rosalie and Jacob interactions in the last movie, but it was cut out...

I love these books, and now the movie/show. So instead of arguing which one is better, why don't fans look on the other side, and you just might appreciate something else from another point of view.

Special A

If I had their brains, I would be able to post more often and won't have to worry about school.

Meteor Garden

So I've let myself get hooked with another drama. I've fallen into the trap set for the female population yet again. This time, it was the drama I've mentioned in my last post.

Can you match all the characters in each version?

I watched the Taiwanese version just less than a decade ago, back when I didn't even know how deep love was in comparison to a crush.

Although I knew that the manga had to come first in order for all the other adaptions to take place, I have to admit that I did not know there was an anime for Meteor Garden until recently, after all the versions were out.

The Korean version was the best. It portrayed many of the other characters more and not just focusing on the main characters.

The last one is the mainland China version. With a different plot for their second season and the different way that F4 met, I think that this drama strayed away from the original manga the most. But since I haven't watched the japanese one yet...

Shugo Chara

The only anime I can think of that relates to Easter whatsoever is this one.

Summary:
The heroine of the story, Amu Hinamori, is a student at Seiyo Elementary.^[3] At first glance, her classmates refer to her as "cool and spicy" and rumors speculate about her personal life. However, her real personality is that of a very shy girl who has trouble showing her true personality. One night, Amu wishes for the courage to show her "would-be" self, and the next morning finds three brightly colored eggs—red, blue, and green—in her bed. At first, she is alarmed, but realizes she must have really wished to change. These eggs hatch into three Guardian Characters: Ran, Miki, and Su. The Guardian Characters aid Amu in discovering who she truly is and help fulfill Amu's dreams. Amu's life becomes much more complex as she struggles to deal with her "would-be" selves and the Seiyo Elementary's Guardians, who each have a Guardian Character of their own. Later on,they recruit Amu as the "Joker" to search for X Eggs and X Characters, the corrupted forms of people's dreams, so the Guardians can purify their dreams.
Meanwhile, the Easter Company is extracting people's eggs in search of a special egg called the Embryo. The Embryo is believed to grant any wish to the one who possesses it. However, the process creates X Eggs and X Characters. It is described as an all white egg while normal heart's eggs have a yellow heart and yellow wings on it.
Later on in the series, a fourth (yellow) egg named Diamond is born. Unlike Amu's other Guardian Characters, she is only seen a few times in the series. Due to Amu's mixed feelings before Diamond was born, she becomes an X character and is "stolen" by Utau Hoshina, who uses Diamond for her concerts planned by Easter. Later on, Diamond is purified and becomes a regular Guardian Character. She would then would appear in times of heavy crisis.
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Yes, the bad guys are called Easter, trying to take people's eggs. Ironic much?
As for me, I'm a Tadamu fan. As much as I love Ikuto, the age gap sort of weirded me out.


Happy Easter!

Itazura Na Kiss

This first started out as a Manga, than it was adapted into a Japanese drama, Taiwanese drama, when that got popular, it was turned into an anime, then a korean drama,(I think thats the order).
Right now, besides reading Skip Beat fan fiction on my free time, I'm also watching the korean version (already watched the taiwanese one)

This isn't the only manga who was was adapted into so many versions. Another one, meteor Garden, was also a manga that had an anime and 4 live drama adaptions.  Don't think I'm going to watch the anime or the japanese version.
Once or twice of the same storyline is ok, but more than that is too much for me (personal experience from Meteor Garden).
If you'll notice, many of the asian dramas, especially taiwanese dramas, are adapted from manga or anime.

Skip Beat

Here it is, my current obsession:

Summary:
Skip Beat! follows the story of Kyoko Mogami, a sixteen year-old girl who loves her childhood friend, Sho Fuwa (Shotaro), but is betrayed by him. Having spent a large part of her childhood at Shotaro's parents' inn, she learned a great deal about hostelry and other such jobs. Shotaro, not wishing to take over his parents' business, moves to Tokyo to pursue a career in music. Sho, as he is called by his fans, asks Kyoko to leave high school and her life in Kyoto Prefecture behind to help him. Upon arrival in Tokyo, Kyoko lives an unreasonably frugal life, spending nothing on herself and doing whatever she can for Sho, who eventually becomes ranked seventh of the top twenty most popular entertainers of Japan. One day, she overhears Shotaro complaining about her to his manager, saying that she is a boring and plain girl. He proceeds to sweet-talk and flirt with his manager, in stark contrast to the cold and demanding attitude he usually exhibits towards Kyoko. Kyoko doesn't shed many tears when she learns that Sho thinks she's only good for housekeeping. Instead, her "Pandora's box" opens and she vows vengeance on Sho. As she is carried away by security, Sho mockingly tells her that if she wants revenge, she had better become a bigger star than he is. And so, Kyoko changes her appearance and enters the entertainment industry, facing many challenges along the way. Skip Beat! follows Kyoko's journey to climb the showbiz ladder as she meets interesting people, troublemakers and friends alike, with hopes of getting revenge on Shotaro, as well as regaining the sense of compassion that she had lost when her heart was broken by him. As Kyoko cultivates her acting and friendships, she soon discovers a sense of self separate from her initial plans for revenge.
(Wikipedia)
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It took a while for me to get hooked on this anime.
First, it was recommended to me by a friend, I did finish watching the anime, but didn't feel the urge to go on to the manga, so I left it at that. Then, the rumor of a real drama adaption came out, and I decided to go back to read a few chapters of the manga.
But now that everything had died down, and I am really running out of dramas, I decided to go back to this.
The animation for this anime is a bit weird. Although Sho and Kyoko is the same age, Sho looks way older to me.
I love Kyoko's personality, but Ren sort of creeps me out with his smile at times. No offense to anyone since I love Ren too.
Favourite episode? Definitely the one where Kyoko hurt her angles, but still continued to act in a painful position. (Episode 7)

Preferences anyone?

1. thick, dirty blond hair + blue eyes
2. neat blond hair + green eyes
3. dark red hair + blue eyes
   
4. orange hair + red eyes