[DRAMA] - A Coin-operated Locker Story (Kojima Haruna)

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  1. AKB69

    AKB69 Kenkyuusei

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    who wouldn't want to be punished by Haruna :p :twisted:

    damn, only 4 eps....... sucks
     
  2. dracomalfoy

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    CMON its just a play, she's always been nice to me :oops: .
    The real hentai guy is the cameraman. He's dead for sure :evil:
     
  3. makistar

    makistar Kenkyuusei Retired Staff

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  4. InsaneLampshade

    InsaneLampshade Kenkyuusei

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    Another good episode. :)

    Gotta love that the pervy guy just does what she says now, lol.

    ...i wonder if she'll ever meet her mother. :confused:
     
  5. haruna_hamasaki

    haruna_hamasaki Senbatsu Staff Member Studio48 Admin

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    I don't understand why she always sleeps at the office and not going home.
     
  6. InsaneLampshade

    InsaneLampshade Kenkyuusei

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    Neither do i. >_< Does she have a home if she was abandoned in a coin locker? Maybe she's just waiting there with all the other unclaimed items waiting for someone to claim her. >_<
     
  7. makistar

    makistar Kenkyuusei Retired Staff

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    we'll find out next week...the last episode
    preview is on the official site
     
  8. Wordsmith

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  9. kms

    kms Kenkyuusei

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    thanks for letting me knw that ep 3 is available.


    kms
     
  10. Maruna

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    thankz alot Wordsmith
     
  11. haruna_hamasaki

    haruna_hamasaki Senbatsu Staff Member Studio48 Admin

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    If she was abandoned in the coin locker,
    how did she grow up?
    how did she get a baby picture of her own?
    how did she know about it?
    *curious*
     
  12. nihonjinjanai

    nihonjinjanai Kenkyuusei

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    ^maybe we'll know in the next episode.
    so, her name is miki, written with the kanji for "mirai". hooo..interesting.
     
  13. kms

    kms Kenkyuusei

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    I think the locker room is her home, the person that picked her up is the that person who she is with is that person in charge, mabe that person does not have a home himself and live in the locker room.

    the photo was taken by that person in charge of the lockers, so that Haruna know what she looks like when she was a baby, or may be when one day her real parents shows up, there is proof of what she wll look like.


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  14. girlwatcher1983

    girlwatcher1983 Kenkyuusei

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    To answer haruna_hamasaki Question: On the website for the show mentions she is a runaway (not 100%sure of the translation). It is fairly common even today teenagers that are runaways to live in the downtown areas like Tokyo's Shibuya district (NOTE the music video” Seifuku ga Jama wo Suru” takes place in Shibuya.

    She made some kind of deal with the locker/station attendant she does his job for him in exchange for living in the storeroom/office. It stared out when he said something to the words “I am sick and need to go to the men’s restroom can you watch the office for me” in the first episode.

    The reason for so much unknown information is to get you to watch the next episode in the series. It’s just like anime they want to keep you tuned in and watching to sell more advertising.
     
  15. girlwatcher1983

    girlwatcher1983 Kenkyuusei

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    I am not sure but I think she (Haruna's character) has an abandonment issue. She criticized the mother of the two children for playing Pachinko ball games and not spending more time with her children.

    Oh yes, one more thing if you were interested in the girl in the bikini (from episode “KEY 2”)
    I found the Guest star’s information and pictures on the net
    Yumi Sugimoto (杉本有美)
    Profession: Actress and model
    Birthdate: 1989-Apr-1
    Birthplace: Osaka prefecture
    T166 B82 W58 H85cm
    Talent agency: Tambourine
     
  16. haruna_hamasaki

    haruna_hamasaki Senbatsu Staff Member Studio48 Admin

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    Thanks for the explanation girlwatcher1983. At last I got some ideas of how this short drama about.
     
  17. dracomalfoy

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    So there were background plot infos on the website, huh?
    No wonder take for granted ignorant viewer like me never get the story straight :cry:
     
  18. girlwatcher1983

    girlwatcher1983 Kenkyuusei

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    I am going out on an extreme theory here. I think I know what the final plot of this story is. The character that Haruna plays is in reality a Guardian Angel; in form of a schoolgirl, sent to protect the unborn child of the pregnant teenage schoolgirl, the one wearing the sailor seifuku outfit. She has been waiting for her opportunity, which is to come soon. No, I have not read the manga.

    There is a problem of child neglect and abandonment in Japan. Yes, there are many cases of children being abandon in coin-operated locker. This short film might be trying to make a moral point.

    This would explain her actions in the first three episodes.

    There is even a novel and movie base on a similar story called “Coin Locker Babies”.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_Locker_Babies

    I found out which train station that this is suppose to take place at. It is Shinjuku Station, located in Shinjuku and Shibuya wards in Tokyo, Japan. The name is the opening video shot (新宿駅 Shinjuku-eki?). This is the second busiest train station in the world in terms of number of passengers. I took me a while I had only the picture to go by.

    Warning:
    TV-Asahi Corp. has claim copyright infringements and asked the videos be removed from youtube.com.

    Be scared, be kind of scared?

    The good news is they only removed the videos that were titled in Japanese Kenji.

    I think we’re safe until they figure that out.

    My videos (Private Princess) I posted are still on youtube.com HoriPro has not done searches in English as well.
     
  19. kms

    kms Kenkyuusei

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    anyone interested in a chinese sub verion of ep 1, let me know and i'll post a link.


    kms
     
  20. haruna_hamasaki

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    *still waiting for last episode*
    I don't know how will it end. *curious*
     

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