My Boss, My Hero *and my loneliness*

Today, my mom, my sister and my dad are arriving from Manila after being there for a week or so. But suddenly, I wanna be alone. Maybe it was because I feel bad because they weren't able to buy me that frickin dress. But I guess I'm grown used to being alone. I really am an introvert, ain't I? And besides, I enjoyed the whole week they were away. I was able to host a swim and a sleepover, I downloaded a whole bunch of KAT-TUN goodies and I re-discovered my love for Japan, which was good. The only downside was I had trouble sleeping right away because I was afraid I'd find a white-dressed girl with long hair and a deep-rooted grudge when I opened my eyes. Plus, the crickets outside were distracting me a lot. It would have been a good time to listen to good music. Unfortunately, I still haven't received any updates on my broken mp4 from Abenson.

So last night, I slept smiling. I just finished My Boss, My Hero.



It's a very beautiful and funny school drama about a third generation Yakuza heir, Makio Sakiki (Nagase Tomoya, lead singer of TOKIO), 27 years old, Scorpio *lol*. He would have been perfect for boss except that he's VERY stupid. He blew this 27 Million Yen deal because he didn't know what 27+5+5 is. So in order to correct this, his father sends him back to high-school. He opposes this but if he refused, his father would make his younger brother the boss. He didn't want that so he finally agreed.

With the help of his faithful underlings, the most loyal perhaps is Kazu (played by Koki *yay*), he is able to go to St. Agnes (his high-school) without being exposed. There he meets Jun Sakurakoji (Tegoshi Yuya of NEWS), which he calls Sakura-something, and Hikari Umemura, the midget, who would eventually become a lumbrjack and who constantly whack his heart stupid. I find this really funny. A lady-killer 27-year-old Yakuza boss getting all stutter-y and lovey-dovey over a little girl ten years his junior.

I also like Sakura-something. He calls Makio "Makky". Pretty tacky to call a Yakuza boss such a cute name, huh? First, "Makky" is annoyed with Jun but eventually they become very good friends. His homeroom teacher, Masami-sensei (Kashii Yuu) also plays an important role in his life. She gives him a reason to learn and encourages him to go on forward. Makio starts to adjust to his classmates and has fun with them. He even appoints himself the class leader and he I say he did a pretty good job. He brought a class full of indifferent students together and was able to establish a sense of friendship among all of them.

In the end though, their rival gang exposed him and he was expelled, unable to graduate. He got elected boss but he voluntarily gave up the position to his younger brother and went back to high-school in another school.

The drama ended up good and it made me cry a lot. I guess it shows that even for a 27-year-old Yakuza, it's not too late to experience youth, love and friendship. The drama was just about those. And now, I'm suddenly getting nostalgic. I want high-school once more!!!