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Boys With Spunk is a random series of entries based on a various range of boys for my mere enjoyment. Feel free to voice your opinion, agree or strongly disagree with me. I don't care. Just remember this is solely my opinion and my flailing enjoyment. ;)

Not everything I say will be wrong, or right. This is just going to be me basically flailing on particular boys. Whether they be fictional, non-fictional, an actor, artist or even an anime character.

They won't be necessarily hot/sexy/drop dead gorgeous, according to everyone, but they have the "there's-something-about-him Mary" feel. Well, to me.

(1) Spike Spiegel >> anime character
(2) Koide Keisuke >> actor
(3) Domoto Tsuyoshi >> idol/actor/artist
(4) Joseph Gordon-Levitt >> actor
(5) Kora Kengo >> actor/model
(6) Takaishi Takeru >> fanfiction character
(7) Pharrell Williams rapper/singer/composer just to name a few
(8) Matsuda Shota
(9) Nathan Scott

Because it's my 700th entry, I thought I'd celebrate it with another special BWS post instead of something sad about my life (lol). This boy happens to be Mr. Pharrell Williams.

There's just something about Pharrell Williams that catches the eye. Whether it be his music, smooth personality or downright swag - he's captivating. Not in a deluded Edward Cullen manner, mind you. Edward Cullen will never make it on my BWS list. Ever.




( Let him hypnotise you~ )

On top of all this, what guaranteed me to like him even more is his love for Japan & individuality. I watched Tokyo Rising on youtube (part i, part ii, part iii, part iv & part v) last year and it's an interesting documentary about fashion/art/music/the culture post the earthquake last year. He's one of the main speakers and, I don't know, but I gained much more respect for him after watching the documentary.

So yes, Pharrell William undeniably has spunk. ;)

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In a lame attempt to make myself feel better, I bring the 6th Boys With Spunk guy - Takeru Takaishi! Now, before you think it's the Digimon character (which he is in some sense), I'm actually going to be chattering about the fanfic Takeru Takaishi from the magnificent Seihad Trilogy. In other words, practically everyone on my f-list won't know what I'm rambling on about…but whatever. xD

Written by fanfiction writer TK Takaishi (wow, this is going to get even more confusing)…Takeru is one of the fictional characters I admire the most. He reminds me of goodness, hope, faith and who to turn to when everything in life goes down the drain.

Takeru Takaishi is an inspiration to me & I really do recommend people to check out the Seihad Trilogy for it truly is beautiful and a great pleasure to read. You don't have to know about about Digimon asides from their names to enjoy this story. I know a lot of of friends have told me to shut up about this, but NO...I SHALL NOT! :P

"Keep your eyes on the goal," Takeru said softly. "Remember, God's inheritance. What we'll gain at the end of this pilgrimage, will be far more than all the riches of this world put together…"

- Pilgrimage; Seihad Trilogy

( Who is Takeru? )
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I've been doing my resume for the past couple of hours, staring at the computer unblinkingly at the computer. Done most of it now, so I thought I'd have a break procrastinate and write this entry. However, this isn't really a break considering I'm typing my fingers off.

Who cares! After all, it's the 5th BWS. It's Kora Kengo!


( Kora Kengo's got style )
He's a really great actor. If you haven't seen anything of his, I really recommend that you go check him out!

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Basically K8's senpais (Mabo & Higashiyama) guested on their variety show. The theme was all about Johnny's Entertainment - quizzes + games. Forgive me, I ended up capping the game part more because well, it's the game segment.

Haven't picspammed Kanjani8 for a while, so I thought I would. I screencapped these a while ago, a day after this Shiwake episode aired...I just got all lazy and didn't post them up. Anywho, they're finally here now! This is a screencap heavy post, don't tell me that I didn't warn you ;)


You will quite possibly like this post if...
- You want to see Kanjani8 vs. Senpai
- You want to know who'll be the victor & who will lose their sanity? (not like they haven't already)
- You're fond of pretending to play basketball/ You like arm wrestling
- You think that Subaru has a superhuman strength
- You believe tsukkomis have the power to make people infertile
- You're curiously eager to know the definition of 'Shiiikuretto Ageenttoo Man'
- You want to know why Maru is making that attractive face? Well, why yes, it's normal for him to be making faces...but you want to see more, right? Right? RIGHT?
( Click here to be spammed your brains out with gooey goodness )
//and thus ends my language of flail. I hope you laughed @ my idiocy. :)

Oh, and since this was solely a Kanjani8 post, advita_ady created a Kanjani8 Gif Lyrics Tumblr account. If any of you guys are interested -> click here.

Who's one of my teenage year crushes? Joseph Gordon-Levitt is. ;)

He'll be the target for this entry. I didn't know how he was like when he not on screen, so I was pleasantly surprised when he energetically bounced off walls and did crazy flips on Saturday Night Live a couple of years ago. Let's just say I was impressively entertained. How can one not find someone like Joseph Gordon-Levitt charming? And, on the ironic side, he reminds me of the white version of Yosuke Kubozuka for both his topnotch acting skills & his appearance.



"Success is not important to me, nor are power or money. If the script feels good, then I'm in. It's that simple."

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

( Swag it like Levitt - be charmed! )
( & a picspam is a must, right? ;) )
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Next up to bat is Domoto Tsuyoshi for this Boys With Spunk edition :)

Surprised I chose him as my first Johnny's, ey? Haha. In all honesty, Tsuyoshi was the first ever JE idol I had witnessed act before with Summer Snow technically being the first JDrama I had seen. At that time I didn't even know the slightest bit about Johnny's Entertainment, which is why I only saw Tsuyoshi as an actor.

So yes. That's my rationale why I thought that it would be fitting to make Tsuyoshi my first JE boy to talk about! ^^


( Floral Shirt Attack!!! )
I think that's about it. To summarise, Tsuyoshi is a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. He has a heart of gold. In other words, he's amazing.

& thus ends my 666th post o_O

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And here I bring the second issue of Boys With Spunk ;) This time the focus will be on Koide Keisuke!

Since there are so many people that I want to post about, I was unsettled with who I wanted to chatter on about next. Ironically, I watched the latest episode of Strawberry Night a few days ago and I knew that I had to post about him next.



( Click for a dose of Koide Keisuke )
How Koide depicts his characters through his eyes, body language and tone of voice is really intricate and amazing. I still haven't watched him in that drama, Rookies, yet - but I will do so in the future. I look forward to seeing more of his acting roles in the future. If you have any other recommendations, let me know ;)

Previous BWS: (1) Spike Spiegel

This is the beginning to my "Boys with Spunk" Archive. I'll be posting an entry dedicated to a different boy every now and again, whether they be fictional, non-fictional, an actor, an artist to merely an anime character ;) They won't be necessarily hot/sexy/drop dead gorgeous, but they have the "there's-something-about-him Mary" feel. Well, to me.

Feel free to voice your opinion, agree or strongly disagree with me. I don't care. Just remember this is solely my opinion and my flailing enjoyment. ;)

"They say hunger is the best spice."

Spike Spiegel; Cowboy Bebop

**SEMI SPOILERS UNDER CUT**

( No one will ever define lazy-swag, unless you're Spike Spiegel. ;)  )
( How my man fights )
I think I've officially completed my gushing for today. He's just all sorts of amazing and rewatching the bebop movie recently is really tempting me to rewatch the whole anime all over again. Spike is such an eccentric character and it's always a pleasure watching him in every episode.

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You know that movie that you never get sick of? That movie that you are willing to rewatch over and over again? The one that you recommend to a friend, but you find yourself watching it again with them anyway, gushing over your favourite parts?

Well, Go (2001) is one of those movies for me. With this movie being over a decade old I can't help but love it more and more every time I watch it. And, to be honest, I can't believe I haven't ranted about it thoroughly on my journal yet. Since I rewatched it again today with a friend, I thought I might as well flail over it now xD

Starring my favourite Japanese actor Kubozuka Yosuke (Ping Pong, IWGP) & Shibasaki Kou (Orange Days, Sekai no Chuushin de Ai o Sakebu), Go is about a Korean boy who has been raised in Japan facing prejudice, delinquency and searching for his place in society. But above all, as he repeats countless of times taking forever to get to the point, that it's about his love story ;)

( Opening scene screencap spoilers - how to combat bullies )
From his exboxer amusingly abusive of a father, his adorable mother, his his crazy friends from his Korean school, his druggy friend that has a father who is the yakuza boss, the random police officer and taxi driver, to the thoughtfully intelligent Jong-li who dreams to be a comedian. The movie is all-rounded.

And yeah, my Kubozuka Yosuke bias plays a big part with me liking this movie too it can't be helped. If you click on my yosuke tag, you'll see me blabbering on about him a lot - but that's because he's bizarrely amazing. As Sugihara, you believe every word he says. He's such a believable character. When Sugihara gets angry, you can literally see his eyes fuming. When he is sad, you feel depressed with him. This is why it's so delightful to see Yosuke act whichever movie he's in.

That, my friend, is a great actor.