arsinoi ([info]arsinoi) wrote,
@ 2007-11-09 14:37:00
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Crack Post: When J-dramas meet Greece
I knew I had to make this post someday but I kept forgetting it until I came across the last photo... Anyway, you guys will be surprised at how many Greek random elements can be found in J-dramas. Especially dramas that star guys from JE! I have watched over 100 dramas and heres some of the things I found extremely funny when watching mostly cause they are Greek!


No 1 
Let's start with an old drama: Long Vacation
A 1996 Summer drama that starred Kimura Takuya and Yamaguchi Tomoko
The drama is a classic, everyone who says that he/she is a jdrama fan should have watched it already. Anyways, the heroes used to hang out in a club, where the heroine's brother (played by Takenouchi Yutaka) worked. That club's name was:...


Club Θέατρον! (Theatron) It's the greek name for theater. As you can see it's written in Greek! At some point the protagonist says: 'At that club with the greek letters outside'. Lol! Of course! He can't read Greek now can he? I wanna go to that club if it's not already torn down! The building looks old...


No2
More recent Summer 2007: Yamada Taro Monogatari
Starring Nino and Sho from Arashi! It's my favorite drama! It's so Arashified I can't help but love it! 
Our hero, Yamada Taro is so poor he can't even feed his family properly. So he remembers smells from various foods and imagines them when he eats his poor-made rice. In the first episode he stops to smell the divine smell of...


The picture speaks for itself. For those who can't read katakana it says souvlaki (suburaki)! Our Greek specialty! With pork gyros! Lol! Notice the Greek flag on the sign? And Sho trying to hide? I guess this is the closest these guys will come to Greece! :(  I wonder if Nino likes souvlaki! But God! It's so expensive in Japan! 500 yen (approx 3 Euros) ? In Greece you can get it with  1,50 Euros! I guess it's a delicacy there! Sushi is hella expensive here too! 


No 3
A 2007 spring drama: Tokkyu Tanaka 3go
Starring Tanaka Koki (<3) and Kuriyama Chiaki
Our hero loves to wear jerseys from European teams. He once wore a Barcelona and an Ajax jersey. Two widely know teams. In the end of episode 4 however and at the start of episode 5 he wore this:


Roflmao! lol! lol! lol! AEK Athens! Lmao! Lol! I fell from my chair when I saw it! And kept laughing the whole time he wore it and couldn't focus at the story! Jeez! This is hilarious! AEK Athens? Was the team known in Japan? Where the hell did he find that jersey? Muwahahaha! My dad is an AEK fan! And my grandma too! And now Koki probably as well! ^^


No 4
A 2006 Special: Jitensha Shonenki
Starring Yasuda Shota and Maruyama Ryuhei (from Kanjani8)
Ok so our heroes love bicycles and on one of their excursions they meet an old man who owns a canteen and says he travelled across Europe on his bicycle! He even made some friends and they talk on Msn! These friends are:


Greek islanders! Rofl! (I won't resize the picture cause it's already bad quality!) The guys on the left are Cretan! I guess the picture was taken at a traditional dance festival or something cause Greeks don't tend to wander around wearing traditional clothing like the Japanese! lol! Notice the names on the msn chat widow? Kallas and Pita! Lmao! Extrememly ridiculous! But maybe that's what comes to the minds of the Japanese when they hear Greece! The English conversation is T_T. "How is bicycle?" Dear! Greeks learn English from kindergarten! Unless the Greek guy's name is Mitsaras and he lives in Ano Kolopeteinitsa, where surprisingly they have Internet! Opa!


No 5 (This is the best!!!) 
A 2003 Winter drama: Good Luck!
Starring Kimura Takuya and Shibasaki Kou
It's a drama about a co-pilot and his relationship with his co-workers etc. It's a nice drama but what mad it nicer is something I noticed on the 2nd episode! Our hero wandered around his house in informal clothing. His blouse had some yellow letters that reminded me of something! I though "No way it can be that! Absolutely no way!" But then it came: a close-up! I died! IT WAS WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS! The great KimuTaku wore a blouse that wrote:


MALAKA!!!!!! In greek lettering!!! Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! *dies* Ok for an explanation to those who are not Greek. 'Malaka' is the most common and lowly curse word in Greek vocabulary. It's so widely used it came to mean 'buddy' (kinda like how black people call each other nigga) but it actually means masturbator. Boys mostly use it and their conversations are like this:
 - Hi, malaka!
 - Whoa! Malaka! Long time no see!
 - How is your family malaka?
 - Good! Malaka! And yours?
(Ugh! That's why I hate Greek boys nowadays! So lowly and ugly vocabulary! They even use it in front of girls)
BUT getting past that the fact that KimuTaku wears a blouse like this is purely amusing! Did the people who picked this out for him know it's meaning? If they did they are really cool! 
(Και να μη αναφέρω το τρία από κάτω... Είναι σα να λέεϊ: Μαλάκα πάρε τρία! Κατάμουτρα στους θεατές!)
 
Lol! I love J-dramas! There are other dramas and movies too (all starring Johnny's) that have Greek references : namely Stand Up!!, Boku Dake no Madonna and Fantastipo. But I won't elaborate on that now. I wish I can find more references in the future!
 
 



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[info]winkychan
2007-11-09 01:52 pm UTC (link)
It's great deshou, when you see your country mentioned by JE boys ne ^^
And as I'm half-Greek, it makes me happy too (AAAAAAH SOUFLAKIIIIIIIIIII <3<3<3<3<3<3<3)

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[info]arsinoi
2007-11-09 02:12 pm UTC (link)
No wayyyyyyy! you're half-Greek! I'm dying! Really? From which part of your family?

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[info]winkychan
2007-11-09 02:29 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I'm Greek from my father side. Actually, half the population of my small town is Greek, and all from the same island (as i am too). I'm from Kalymnos, it's a small island near Rhodos. I went there two times with my dad, but as I've been raised only with my mum alone, I don't have that much of Greek cultural background ^^;;;
But I'll kill to eat ντολμάς XDDDDDDD

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[info]arsinoi
2007-11-09 02:47 pm UTC (link)
I haven't been to Kalymnos but my dad has and says it a beautiful island. It's where they dive for sponges. They are worldwide famous! So we have more in common! Aside from being Arashi fans! Yay! So you're half eh? I always thought half people were gorgeous! They have inherited 2 cultures and 2 languages already! (for me who loves foreign languages it's a big advantage!) XD Να σαι καλά! ^^

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[info]winkychan
2007-11-09 04:42 pm UTC (link)
They're worldwide famous?? ôO I saw the sponges thing on the shore, being dried but didn't know it was the speciality of the island actually *feels less dumb today XD*
Yeah we have something more in common \o/
Well as I said, as I've been raised by my mom, I can't speak Greek at all (even if, as i was young, and i stayed there for one month when I first went there, and I was in the middle of my family, everybody was talking to me in Greek and in the end I could kinda make out what they said, even if I couldn't answer, I also learnt how to read it by watching the advertisings on the streets and asking my father what each letter meant)

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[info]arsinoi
2007-11-09 05:55 pm UTC (link)
Well, you know, Greek is hella difficult! Even Greeks have trouble laerning Grammar. And the vocabulary is so huge I kept discovering words until my last high school years! Well you can't help it if you were raised solely by your mom. In Japan we met a girl by accident who was half-Greek, half-Japanese. She had trouble speaking in Greek, even though her Greek father lived there. But she was so cute! We found her on Himeji (it's not a big city) and she heard us speaking and approached us! Unbelievable huh?

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[info]winkychan
2007-11-09 06:14 pm UTC (link)
Well, nothing compares to the French having enormous difficulties to learn French grammar too XDDDDDD
Oooh that girl must have been so pretty, half-Japanese are so cute, I'm jealous XDDDDDD
I love when you're able to meet people randomly like, that's what make travelling so enjoyable ne, I love meeting people from eveywhere in the world, that was a wonderful experience ne!

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[info]marilena_r
2007-11-09 05:58 pm UTC (link)
O Koki me fanela tis AEK! Auto itan to pio koulo apo ola!!!

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[info]arsinoi
2007-11-09 09:40 pm UTC (link)
Koulo de les tipota! Ahaha! To sxolio tou ksaderfou mou: Ma AEK vrhke na foresei? Xathhke o Thrylos?

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[info]steve_c9
2007-11-10 02:30 pm UTC (link)
ΧΑΧΑΧΑΧΑΧΑΧΑ!!!!Πολύ πλάκα!Μερικές φορές αυτοί οι Ιάπωνες μας κάνουν να χτυπάμε το κεφάλι μας στο τοίχο.Καλά και με το 'ΜΑΛΑΚΑ' στο τέλος ήρθε η αποθέωση και ξεράθηκα στο γέλιο!

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[info]arsinoi
2007-11-10 10:02 pm UTC (link)
Nai kai gw otan to eida gelaga polles wres! Prepei na to postarw se kana ellhniko site me ta paraksena tou kosmou...

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[info]riku_tsuyoi
2007-11-12 07:00 am UTC (link)
I haven't seen most of these, but that's cool! :D

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[info]arsinoi
2007-11-12 11:15 am UTC (link)
I usually pay a lot of attention to those little details! You should watch Long Vacation. Totally recommended, it's legendary! XD

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[info]riku_tsuyoi
2007-11-13 02:55 am UTC (link)
Haha, thanks for the recommendation! I'll take a look at it when I have time for another drama. C: How many episodes are there, ne?

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[info]arsinoi
2007-11-13 02:15 pm UTC (link)
11 like most Jdramas. It's subbed by Jtv!

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[info]riku_tsuyoi
2007-11-14 06:24 am UTC (link)
OH! Okay, I shall download it sometime soon! :D Thanks, ne!

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