Thursday, September 13, 2007

Another dose of Gokusen

My Supre Lip Gloss:



That's the one I wanted~

the code is: 03 Vanilla & Cocoa; DOUBLE ENDED LIP GLOSS, 6ml.

I bought it at the Supre shop at City, and their house-brand cosmetics are located near the counter. You'll see a shelf there :) I went back there 1 week before flying back but this flavour finished its stock ;____; ... so Mei Theng, if you happen to go Perth City and pass by there, please please pretty please help me check whether they have it or not :D arigato!!!


Didn't I mentioned previously that there wasn't enough Gokusen? I downloaded the manga, till the recent chapter :D... the first 2-3 volumes are basically the repeat of what is in the anime. Even so, there were some differences in comparison. For example, Fuji (the tosa dog) appeared since the first epi (in the anime) but in the manga, he only appeared in volume 8 (or was it 7...?). Anyway it's all good hahahahaha!





Kumiko experienced changes in art. From volume 1, till volume 9. As of above, from left, Kumiko in vol 1, volume 4, volume 6 and lastly volume 9.



Kumiko's character in the anime is consistent therefore there were no problem with it.


Shin's character, on the other hand I believe undergo a tremendous evolution of art. It's similiar to Kumiko's positive changes, as he looked rather different in every volume. Even so, if you compare to how he looked in vol 1 and the latest vol 9, the changes had been too obvious!!!


From left to right, top to bottom: Shin in the first volume of manga, volume 2, volume 4, volume 5, volume 7, and last but not least from volume 9.



Morimoto-sensei's art became more refine in later volumes, as her sketching and drawing improved. The Shin in anime is indeed goodlooking, which was why I was shocked when I first read the first volume of the manga.




In the anime, the art was consistent therefore there's nothing to complain about LOL.



Hahahahahahaha well above is one of the scenes now shown in the anime. As a matter of fact the whole chapter wasn't produced in the animation. Shinohara-sensei was sick (or was it he got hurt? forgot...) and since he lived alone, Wakamatsu insisted that sensei should stay behind in their group, to which Shinohara couldn't decline. Kumiko winked happily to Wakamatsu who winked back and went off. Then Tetsu came to announce that sensei's room is ready (and that the room assigned to Shinohara was one of the smaller ones in their residence). Kumiko was angry and pulled Wakamatsu, who whispered softly to his ojou: "I thought that room was nearer since its just beside ojou's room..." Kumiko then released Tetsu and patted him on his back, followed by a thumbs up and an evil smile.

And then her two underlings suggested that they'd help Kumiko to "take care" of him and so that she could have some "fun" with him LOL. The image above appreared in Kumiko's head and she hit them. No wonder its the yakuza hahahahaha!



Another one of the funny part that wasn't shown in the anime was that in volume 4, Shin saved Kyou who was fighting on the street. Kyou then said he's repay him back and brought Shin with him to underground gambling and introduced Shin as his "brother" (not blood brother in this case, but brother as seen in the yakuza organization), with the nickname: Young Master Red Lion, much to Shin's dismay. He thought the name was lame but the others were in awed. Kyou lost most of his money and before long Shin grasp the nature of the game and took over. He had a winning streak and turned the tables for Kyou. Everyone was astounded by his "skills" and was sure that he'd be their boss someday (LOL).


Next Kyou brought him to a brothel. He picked the woman for Shin (the worse one out of the last two choice) but Shin ran off. Kyou then make Shin came along for their last destination, the hostess's club and two ladies sat down with Shin. Not long after that, Shin was drunk and dozed off. Sayuri-san then came out and was surprised to see Shin there. She then warned the two hostess on what they teach the young man because he's ojou's student. Next thing we see is that Kumiki woke up to see Shin sleeping in her living room. Shin mumbled something bout, "Please... no... don't rub ... not there..." to which an angry Kumiki shook him and said, "OH! "THERE" huh! WHERE IS YOUR "THERE!? HUH!? BRAT!"

In Vol 6, a new character came to light. His name is Inubou and he's also from the yakuza just like Kumiko. Inubou was transferred to Kumiko's class from his previous school due to some problems. They soon found out. Inubou though possesses a cute face (to which Fujiyama tried to trade by offering 4 of her class's boys), he'd turned into a scary when he's frightened or felt threatened.

In volume 8, one of the funniest volume among all, Noda casually asked Shin something due to his curiosity as to whether Shin likes Kumiko. After a pause, he said "I think... probably..." and shocked the rest of his gang. Following up to his confession, the next day Ucchi came up with an "idea" to make Shin and Kumiko closer. They created a 'rumoured' ghost story and asked Kumiko to come along with them to investigate it. When they reached the filing room, the gang pushed her inside along with Shin and locked them there. Kumiko then said maybe they'd have to spend the night here. All of a sudden both of them felt the awkwardness, and asked each other to say something.

Next up in volume 8 we have a suspected stalker to be following Fujiyama. Her bra got stolen and she felt as though someone's always following her. Kumiko then took the initiave to help Fujiyama and made everyone to join in. They were to escort Fujiyama home in pairs (well I don't see the point since they move in line of twos). Noda was saying that through her clothes, its obvious that Kumiko's a teacher and that she needed to change so that she and Shin can act as lovers (?) LOL. She complied and changed into a school student's uniform. I love the part where Shin saw her and then fell off his chair. He's always someone with composure and to see him act like that is simply priceless!!! Shin did not gave his opinion but I wonder what he really thinks of Kumiko in uniform? He should at least blush a little LOL


Then, still in volume 8 we have the festival. Shin went to Kumiko's house to return Fuji (who frequented his place). He was shocked by the scene of all the men dressed in Fundoshi. When Kyou asked Shin to dress like them, he declined. He was then struck by nother surprise when Shinohara appeared in fundoshi. Kyou then exclaimed that Shinohara is the "Festival Lawyer" and Shinohara replied that in the Kuroda family, whoever doesn't participate in the festival isn't a man. Kyou then slapped the fundoshi on Shin invitingly. Shin have no idea what came into him as he appeared in fundoshi after changing. Kumiko and his grandfather came out. When she saw Shin in fundoshi, she was totally enraptured and entranced by him.


When Kyou asked Shin to join in the competition in which the one who managed to snatch the ball is the winner, again Shin declined. But when Kyou said, "Ojou said whoever got the ball is the manliest of all." and the fact that last year Shinohara was the winner, it successfully provoked Shin into going for it.

The brawl continued and Shin hung onto Shinohara tightly to avoid him from getting the ball. The funny part was that Kumiko couldn't stand watching the the mess and asked someone to get her a fundoshi! However while everyone were busy fighting among each other, someone reached for the ball and grabbed it. Much to the dismay of the audiences, they shouted discouraging words and insult to the winner because they were cheering for Shin and Shinohara. LOL so most of them didn't think the winner deserved it and no one could bother with him at all... poor thing... though he won, I believe he didn't felt like a winner hahahahahaha

Unbelievably true, Shirokin High School might be starting its plan to organiza a co-ed school. When middle schooler girls from other schools were invited to Shirokin for an open day, the boys were behaving incredibly well. As a matter to fact, they looked so well-groomed that they don't even look like delinquents! Even Kumiko couldn't recognize Ucchi (and truthfully speaking, except for Kuma I don't think I'll be able to recognize ANY of them)!!!

K, till then... I'll be talking about something else :D ... I think that's enough of Gokusen for a while now!

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