Ga-Ga over Gokusen

Ok, so I haven't been active for several months but that doesn't mean I kicked the bucket. I was swamped with work and going to and fro to Manila to give John2 lots of love and moral support for his Bar exams. But that's not why I'm posting right now. I only post when my hormones are in an uproar about something and boy are they in overdrive today!!!

I recently finished watching the Live Action version of Gokusen and came upon one of the most delicious living, breathing males I've ever seen in my whole life (sighs for emphasis). His character in the series is Sawada Shin but his real name is Jun Matsumoto from a J-pop group named Arashi. Actually, I've seen Arashi MTVs on Animax a lot but I never really recognized Jun...not until he played Sawada in Gokusen. Let me tell you that if there was a heartbeat-meter around, it wouldv'e popped after taking mine...hehe! Anyway, I've noticed that I have this really vulnerable tendency to fall in love with the character, not with the actor and I don't know if that's the case with Jun. You see, he plays the brooding, quiet, and coolest-guy-in-campus role in Gokusen but offsets all that with his underlying manliness and what I call "suavely rough yet polite" demeanor (is there even such a thing?). In any case, I noticed that I tend to gravitate towards guys of this type haha! Oh well, I'm drooling nonsensically now. The thing is, Gokusen illustrates the exact feelings that I have as a teacher. It consists of simple one-shot plots that show the relationship growth of teacher Yankumi with her "hooligan"-type students, Shin included. This teacher doesn't stop just at the four walls of the classroom. She'd make Dangerous Minds look like crap. Of course, the fact that Yankumi came from a Yakuza family helps a lot in dealing with her rowdy students but what really got me "here" was when she told her students that it doens't matter if they don't do well academically just as long as they try their best and "their hearts are in the right place." The students said Yankumi never judged them by their looks or language or grades alone. She saw through them. I could relate a lot to Yankumi. We both teach in an all-boys school but unlike her, my kids are fairly well-disciplined. I have a Shin Sawada in class too *smiles mysteriously*. He has so many walls built around him but I'm trying to put cracks in the foundation. Maybe someday, I can be a real Yankumi to him...a teacher he'll always trust. Ahhh...the drama! Hahahaha! I'm being weird as usual. Anyway, Jun Matsumoto is gorgeous and he's perfect as Shin. I pray to God I get lots of Shin-dreams every night. Ha!

Comments

[JoRDaN]

Look who's here! It's been a while. The last time you were yourself was before the flood. And now, rising from an unfruitful hybernation, you suddenly threw us with these Gokusen and all that jazz. Didn't we deserve some "I miss you guys" or "what's up?" Hehe. Okay, I understand how out and out obsessed you are with this Gokusen but failing to text even a half-baked otaku like me is upsetting...to quote Naruto's famous phrase..."datte bayyo..." I know you're a go-getter, and you definitely beaver away. So what's up? Not that you are keeping me posted nowadays like what you were doing before. I'm clueless. Anyhow, it's nice to have you back again. Hope that this raging hormones of yours will break all hell loose and give you good hair days.

A warm hug from an old, forgotten Jedi...

[DYU-AN]

ay! so you like Gokusen??? as for me, I am going LOKO for Gankatsuou, the anime adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo. I bought its dvd set just to have it in my collection of anime archives.

[Yanagi]

Hai, hai shu-chan totally nutzoid over Gokusen...well Sawada Shin anyway, haha! I can totally relate to the student-teacher thing between him and Yankumi. I think I have Gankatsuou but haven't watched it yet but I might seeing you going loco over it, it must be hella good, hehe. Besides, I did watch the anime version of Count of Monte Cristo and I kinda liked it as well.

Hi there Jo! Sorry for not texting...just some really knotty things that need to be unstrung right now ^_^. You're welcome to talk to me here though. Btw, I don't particularly like Naruto sooo...^_~

[JoRDaN]

I still love naruto... hehehe. Sorry for the late reply, been busy, too. Judging from the post you have had, I believe you have already gotten over your problem. Wish you all the best in life. In 30 years I don't know, you might be the owner of the plush, top law firm in the land (not the infamous John-Grishams-The-Firm type of firm, though hehe) or the next Supreme Court Chief Justice (but I'll forget I've known you if you metamorphose into another Mirriam Defensor Santiago hahahaha). You crazy little otaku, get a husband now!! hahaha

[Yanagi]

You hit a nerve there Jo. I HATE John Grisham, I LOATHE Miriam and anything that has nothing to do with anime or anime philosophy just totally blanks out on me. Yup, I'm over THAT problem but I have a new one now. Betcha Yankumi never had something like this! But oh well, if it weren't for problems I might end up thinking I'll be dead soon but since they keep coming, that means I still have a lotta time to rough it out here in this darn world.