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Mars 战神 Barbie Xu, Vic Zhou Rate Topic: ****- 8 Votes

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Posted 20 January 2004 - 04:44 AM

MARS (战神)
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featuring : Vic Zhou and Barbie Xu
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Information on Mars:

Program Hours : 13 episodes
Program length : 90 minutes
Filming Period : February to May 2004
Broadcast time : 21:00
Airing time : TBA
Production Team:
Producer: Angie Chai
Director: Yueh Hsun Tsai (MGI Director)
Cast: Vic Chou and Barbie Hsu
Coordinator : Bunny Chen
Script writer: Mag Shu, Meu Chen Yu

Presscon in Taiwan : February 13, 2004

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About the Story:

Chi Lo thinks Lin is a troublemaker and flirts with girls. The fear Chi has with men give her no intention to get to know Lin. Chi doesn’t say anything except drawing a map to Lin. Chi doesn’t know and realize she drew a map on the scarf of Mother and Son painting made by Chi. She doesn’t know Lin is touched by that painting. Thus, Lin becomes Chi’s classmate and wants to know this shy, anti-social girl. He even volunteers to be her model in her painting sessions.

In the beginning, Chi fears Lin, but as she was getting to know him better, she couldn’t not help but like this cool but passionate man. Chi changes her perspective of Lin after a sexual harassment incident.

Lin is a very popular guy; girls like him and Chi could feel the sights from the other girls when she is with Lin. Mei, Lin’s ex-girlfriend, an overbearing girl. She likes to give trouble to Chi and threatens her. Chi has the courage to dispel those threats from Mei because she loves Lin. They fell in love and Lin protects Chi with his life. Lin has an unknown past. Chi discovers that the relationship between Lin and his father is strained. Lin’s father wants to control Lin, but Lin’s mother told Lin: “never trust the word of that man” before she passed away.

An appearance of Lin’s loved on Sa-Zi triggers a fight.

Lin has a twin brother Sam, and because Sa-Zi’s appearance, Sam commits suicide in front of Lin. Lin has too many regrets about his brother’s death. Because of this Lin is confined to the psychiatric hospital for two years.

A beautiful and smart young guy Tong Dao (Comic Boys), comes from the same hospital as Lin. He wants to separate Chi and Lin because he believes Lin is a person who is just like him. Tong Dao even finds out that her stepfather raped Chi when she was young.

Chi is very strong and gets her courage from Lin. She has decided to face herself against Tong Dao.

Lin eventually realizes that the thing that is bothering him is not his own guilt; instead it is his fear towards happiness.

At the end, because the love he has from Chi, Lin goes back to the racetrack again. The moment he crashes his motor he sees his brother Sam again they will see each other again, but not yet… because at that moment he has the greatest thing on earth called ~ LOVE.

Finally realized, the greatest enemy of darkness is called LOVE.

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Da S refuses to do bed scene with Zai Zai? Angie Chai’s new idol drama “God Mars” will begin shooting after Chinese New Year. Right now the male and female leads are busy attending classes and deciding on apparel. However, rumors have spread that Da S requested that the bed scenes in the drama be cut since she feels that there are too many. Angie Chai expressed, “She’s very into it, and also very persistent. Like her hair cannot be ironed, cut, dyed, can’t be a lot of bed scenes and intimate scenes. We are still communicating.”

This idol drama is adapted from the Japanese manga “Mars.” Zai Zai portrays twin brothers, personality split, a candid kind-heart, a violent impulsive and the female lead Da S is a autism tendency artist. In order to act his roles, Zai Zai is currently receiving training for racing. Da S is also taking art classes arranged by director Cai Yue Xun.

Da S, who treasures her hair, puts forward “5 no no’s.” Hair can’t be cut, can’t be ironed, and can’t be dyed; unnecessary bed scenes should be reduced as much as possible and kissing scenes can’t be excessive. Angie Chai is full of headaches. A few days ago she invited well-known designers and hairdressers to consult with. Under all kinds of restrictions she attempted to find the most suitable for Da S and Zai Zai’s appearances to make it refreshing for audiences. She expressed, “Basically, in the drama, Da S wears simple attire and her hair and make-up can be simple. Zai Zai on the other hand will have to be spent more on.

As for the bed scenes and kissing scenes issue, Da S’ agent Su Ying Tian says, “She has looked at the drama script and the original, there are some bed scenes, and more than a few kissing scenes. Generally, the scale can’t be too overboard, she will not reject, and also reminded Zai Zai that he must not create laughing scenes.”

Does deleting bed scenes have anything to do with her boyfriend, Lan Zheng Long? The management company and manufacturing unit both expressed, “No it isn’t, it’s only the drama by the drama, don’t think too much of it.” The fact is Da S and Zai Zai had kissing scenes in “Meteor Garden 1 & 2.” Bed scene is with Jerry Yan, but it was just qing ting dian shui (directly translated as dragonfly stroking water) never really experiencing “God Mar’s” scale. This is a test for the two of them.

Source: Lian He Bao

Translated by Amy

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Posted 20 January 2004 - 04:49 AM

I'm very much excited! It's a wish come true for me because even in Meteor Garden 1, I really would like the two of them to end up with each other. No offense to the Jerry-Barbie fans.

BTW, the series would start filming after the Chinese New Year. :)

I really can sense a new craze... The next big thing!!!

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Posted 22 January 2004 - 04:57 AM

zaizai and barbie moments...........

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Jerry and Barbie for REAL LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

another one..... :lol:

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Posted 22 January 2004 - 01:35 PM

Heya, guys!!! I'm posting pix of Barbie and Vic together... yeah... well... since we don't have any pix of them of their new series, God Mars, I'll just post their pix when Barbie surprised ZAIZAI in the album promotion of Vic, the Remember I Love You album... that is... She came over to the place to help ZAIZAI promote it... What a nice gal... isn't she? ;)

Actually, I've already posted some of these pix in the Barbie Hsu Thread but I hope it's ok to repost it in here... Enjoy. :worship


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ZZ to B: "Take this album as a sign of my love and loyalty, in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, til death do us part..."
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Posted 22 January 2004 - 02:12 PM

I've found these reviews of the manga (comics) counterpart of the series inJ-Fan Manga Site. I wanna share it with you guys so you would have an idea of how the story of Barbie and Vic's series will flow. Here's what they have to say about it:

Artist: Fuyumi Soryo
Author of review: Karen D.
Date review submitted: June 10, 2003


I haven't read a more romantic manga in my life. Mars is beautiful, and a true masterpiece.

The story starts off with a girl named Kira who's sketching drawings at the park. Suddenly, this guy, Rei, goes up to her and asks for direction to a hospital. She quickly draws the direction for him on a piece of paper, without noticing that on the back is a sketch of a mother and a child. She leaves quickly after because she's shy and doesn't talk to guys. Later at school, who else buy Rei show's up at Kira's class. He sits next to her, and in her head she doesn't think he would remember her. Instead, he DOES notice her and starts whispering to her to get her attention. Since she's so shy, she tries to ignore him so she won't get in trouble. Rei gently pulls her braided hair and says "Hey, I'm talking to you." Impossible to believe, but Rei saved the paper she gave him because of the picture on the back. Rei finds the picture to be a symbol reflecting his own life.

From there on, the romance between Kira and Rei just gets bigger and bigger. Their first kiss is a scene to remember. There's action, racing, suspense, a lot of drama and love, and some comedy here and there. Even without the comedy, this manga would do just fine since it's a definite page-turner. The art is also just as beautiful as the story. It's very detailed in every single line, and the facial expressions are so powerful that it will have you laughing when they're laughing and crying when they're crying. This manga is good to share with your non-manga friends; I'm sure they'll love it.

Overall Rating: 9

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Posted 22 January 2004 - 02:19 PM

Artist: Fuyumi Soryo
Author of review: rinangel
Date review submitted: July 13, 2003


A bad boy can change a good girl forever.

Well, that one sentence pretty much says it all. Kira is a very shy young unpopular girl who loves to draw (VERY well). Rei is a punk who smokes, swears, and is popular with girls and guys alike. Rei asks Kira for directions to the hospital one day, and Kira quickly sketches him a map of where the hospital is on the back of a sketch of a mother holding a child, and takes off as she was never fond of Rei for his bad reputation, and also because she's too shy to speak to anyone. Out of no where, Rei saves Kira in the art room when she's being sexually harassed by a teacher (yes, it's quite gross.)

Kira sees Rei kiss a statue of the Greek god, Mars, and immediately realizes his beauty. The two quickly become girlfriend and boyfriend. Other females become jealous of Kira for this, and this conflict continues on into the later volumes.

I for one, thought Mars was a so-so book. The "opposites attract" idea wasn't at all original, though they made it seem like it was supposed to be. I really can't see what beauty Rei has. Big eyes, strange smile? I don't find that thrilling. It seems like the artist is trying to build a plot, but after a while, it feels like the same thing with a few things added. I couldn't feel much suspense either. Rei and Kira are a close couple, and nothing can change that. The artwork isn't all that beautiful. The eyes are too big (Kira's in particular) and is it just me, or does Rei look like a girl on the first volume cover? But what Mars really lacks is an original plot... or maybe I'm just not into romance.

Overall Rating: 6

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Posted 23 January 2004 - 03:41 PM

HERE IT IS!!! The synopsis of "MARS", the original manga (Japanese comics) version... Wow... the story is just too romantic... can't really wait to watch the live-action drama of these... Of course, to be portrayed by Barbie and Vic... kilig!

MARS Manga Synopsis

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* Kira Aso : a shy art student
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* Rei Kashino : a rebellious motorcycle racer, and a handsome playboy, with warped personality....

Imagine what kind of romance this odd couple has.

Difficult.

Both have dark pasts (Kira was raped by her stepfather, and Rei saw both his mother and twin brother (Sei) commit suicide).

As these two battle their personal demons, they learn to not only love each other, but themselves.

Before she knows Rei well, Kira thinks that Rei is just a rude playboy. On the other hand she considers Mr.Yoshioka, the English teacher, as a polite man. However after Rei saves her from being raped at the art room by Mr. Yoshioka, she learns that people can't be judged by their outer looks. From here on Kira is interested to Rei, and since he is so handsome, she is asking him to model for her painting.

Harumi, Rei's old friend, who is in love with him, is jealous to Kira. She brings her to a quiet place, and demands Kira not to speak to Rei again, or she will burn Kira's hand with cigarette. Unconsciously, Kira asks "If I cry for a week because of the pain it causes will it be ok for me to like Rei?". Suddenly Kira realizes that she falls in love to Rei.

Harumi is even more upset now. She threaten Kira to give Rei up. If she doesn't want to, then Harumi will break her hand, so that Kira will never able to paint again. Just when Harumi is about to break Kira's hand, Kira screams "Sorry Rei, for not being able to give you my drawings" (Rei loves Kira's drawings). This forces Harumi to stop, since she realizes just how deep Kira's feeling for Rei is.

Rei, who is very angry to Harumi for what she just did, shows his warped personality. He threatens Harumi back that if she ever lays her hands on Kira again, he will avenge Kira by killing Harumi.

That night Rei visits Kira at her house, and gives Kira her first kiss.

Kira's painting with Rei as the model is named Mars (as in Mars: the god of war). It won the first place in a competition, hence become pretty famous. Lots of people from Rei's past are able to track Rei's whereabouts again because of it.

Shiori Sakurazawa-- Rei's beautiful ex-girlfriend who is still deeply in love with him and wants Rei back.

Masao Kirisima-- A pretty boy who Rei once save from being killed by hostile bullies. He hates Kira because in his view she makes Rei 'weak' (Rei used to be a wild child delinquent, a side Masao loves the most from Rei).

Masao tried hard to separate the couple, to the point of attempting to kill Kira. He is mean and mentally ill.

As if these problems are not enough, Rei's mother asks her stepfather to come back -- and he tries to rape Kira again. Kira is running away from her home and staying at Rei's apartment-but soon her stepfather discovered her, and tried to bring her back. Rei punches him, and almost make him fall from the top of the apartment.

Angrily, Kira's stepfather screamed that he would bring law to this finish the matters. Realized that from the publics' eyes Kira's stepfather is a flawless and responsible businessman, while he is just an ex-child delinquent, Rei (who is absolutely against Kira 'stays' at the same place with her stepfather), ask for his father's help. It turned out Rei's father is a very wealthy and influential man, with his help Kira's stepfather dropped his plan to sue Rei.

However in order to get his father's help, Rei made a promise not to drive motorcycle again (which is very sad since he loves racing so much and dreamed of becoming a world-class racer someday). He also has to prepare himself to inherit the family's corporation.

Kira and Rei now stay at Rei's father house, a place where Rei spends his childhood with his mother and twin brother Sei. Kira soon revealed that Rei and Sei are the sons of Rei's current father's brother (in other words, Rei's current father is actually his uncle). Rei's mother had an affair with Rei's biological father when she is married to Rei's current father, and when she was pregnant with the twins, Rei's biological father died in a car racing crash (Now we know where Rei gets his talent and love to race).

Since he can't have any child of his own, Rei's current father (a very wise and kind person) loves the twins as his own. Rei's mother, who doubts this, becomes overprotective to the children. She became a paranoid, who always think that her husband hates and will hurt the twins. She finally tried to kill the twins herself, luckily a maid saw this and she can be stopped. Later she hangs herself.

Sei (Rei's twin) and Rei grows very close to each other. Sei, just like Kira, loves to paint. He was a weak child, who was constantly being bullied by his classmates. Rei, as the strong one of the two, was always there to protect Sei. Sei loves Rei, and the real reason he commited a suicide (as written in Sei's suicide note that was found accidentally by Kira), is because he was too scared of being apart from Rei. By committed a suicide, he wanted to leave a big scar on Rei's heart and was hoping that Rei will also join him soon.

Everything seem to be perfect.

Rei's father lets him race again (he realizes that Rei will never ever be able to lead the corporation well, and suited better to the race world). Rei and Kira are back to Rei's old apartment (where they feel more at home), and they are getting married at a wedding-registry (legally married).

But Masao is back!!! He stabbed Rei (he wants Rei dead!!), since he knows about the wedding and realizes that he will never get his old 'wild' Rei back.

Kira and some of the couple's friends run to hospital, and sit at the waiting room (Rei's dad also come)…..then to her horror Kira sees Sei's ghost (still looks like 15 year old boy-- in the high school uniform in which he committed suicide in) walks to the surgery room, smiling to her.

In his dream, Rei found himself standing in the top of the school building where Sei committed a jump-suicide some 2 or 3 years back. Rei reaches out to Sei, both are smiling to each other, when suddenly the door slams, and Kira appears. Rei looked at Sei and said 'sorry'. With this word, Sei's image fades to thin air. Rei's then gains his consciousness....

All are well again---finally---at the final chapter Rei visits his father at his office. He brings the painting---MARS---Kira's gift to Rei's father to hang at his office. He asks Rei to have a child soon, since he is now married already anyway, to succeed the family's business (Rei just think 'hey, we can't have a child just like that, we're not like dogs you know?')

Then he meets Kira, who gave him Sei's suicide note. Rei just laugh at the letter. He can't understand why Sei thought of such things and committed a suicide. Then Rei burned the letter. He said when Sei can meet him again it will be when he is very old.

The story ends with a big race where Rei participates, Kira and Rei's father are also there-watching.

credit goes to vigxi

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Posted 24 January 2004 - 02:45 PM

Heya, guys... looking for the summaries of each volumes of MARS manga? Here it is. Tnx to rui_maan of TV Series Fans for the link. ;)
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Posted 24 January 2004 - 02:50 PM

meteor_shower08, on Jan 24 2004, 02:11 PM, said:

what? barbie will get rape? no way!!! <_<

Yeah... uh... well... it looks something like it... if the producer wants to follow the story of the manga... then Barbie would be raped. Vic is there to save her anyway the next time... so don't worry!
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elizabeth_j18, on Jan 24 2004, 02:45 PM, said:

Heya, guys... looking for the summaries of each volumes of MARS manga? Here it is. Tnx to rui_maan of TV Series Fans for the link. ;)

:worship great! thanks for posting it here.... hmmm i thought that the twins (Zai zai and Zai zai) will grew up together... :down badly the one atempted suicide... too bad..
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elizabeth_j18, on Jan 24 2004, 02:50 PM, said:

Yeah... uh... well... it looks something like it... if the producer wants to follow the story of the manga... then Barbie would be raped. Vic is there to save her anyway the next time... so don't worry!
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i THINK THAT THE BED SCENES WOULD BE THAT EXPLICIT, MUCH MORE WITH THE RAPE SCENE - MAYBE "AN IMPLIED" RAPE SCENE - USE OF SHADOWS OR AN AFTERMATH - TORN DRESS, DISHELVE HAIR., THOSE SORT OF VISUAL EFFECTS!
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Post icon  Posted 26 January 2004 - 08:09 AM

i think that's cool... if the director of the serie will used that strategy, then barbie won't have any hesitant to do the scene... :lol:
JIA YOU BARBIE AND VIC!!! :wasntme

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Posted 28 January 2004 - 03:40 PM

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Posted 28 January 2004 - 06:03 PM

I can't wait for this series! After doing Love Storm I just can't imagine how much more Zai Zai will look better in this series. Anyway, if you guys are interested please watch my self-made music videos on Lei & Shan Cai & 1 for Xi Men and Xiao You.

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Posted 29 January 2004 - 04:28 AM

here's volume 1 that a nice person sent me from another forum.

Volume 1.
Kira is sketching in the park when she meets Rei, who asks her for directions to a nearby hospital. She draws him a map and hands it to him, then runs away without saying a word, which mystifies him.
Kira returns home to tell her mother she's just met a disagreeable person from her class. She recalls Rei secretly smoking at school and making out with some random girl, and thinks that she hates him.
Rei is visiting a friend of his at the hospital, Katayama Akitaka, who was injured at the Italy GP (motorcycle racing? yes I think so). He has had to have his leg amputated due to the accident, and will be retiring from racing. As he recalls his near-death experience, Rei wonders about death and human mortality.
Akitaka's wife, Kyoko, has a talk with Rei. She convinces him to keep the map Kira drew him when she finds the drawing Kira did on the other side of the paper. The drawing surprises Rei, who hadn't noticed it before. Kyoko gives Rei Akitaka's motorcycle, since he cannot ride anymore, and cautions Rei to be careful. Rei tells her it doesn't matter whether he dies or not, as no one will care. She tells him that's not true, as she and Akitaka care for him, and that someday he will find the person for whom his existence will be the most important thing in the world. Later, Kyoko and Akitaka talk about Rei and his reckless way of racing, as though he's making a bet or playing a video game with his life. Why is he like this, at 16?
Next day -
Another day at school. Kira sits by herself, antisocial-seeming. The other girls avoid her and talk about how weird and unfeeling she is. Kira feels that she's different/isolated from the others, and thinks that it's easier for her this way. Rei arrives at school via motorcycle. Teachers yell at him, but the classmates welcome him back, especially Harumi, who apparently has an undying crush on him even though Rei is dating an older [third-year] girl from another class. Rei has a seat in front of his friend, Tatsuya, which happens to be across the aisle from Kira. She wonders apprehensively whether he remembers her. As she fervently hopes that he doesn't, he glances at her and points in recognition [to her disappointment]. He immediately starts talking to her, while she tries to ignore him. To get her attention, he grabs one of her braids, and is pelted by a chalkboard eraser from the teacher.
Tatsuya tells Rei to give up on Kira, since he's known her since junior high and can attest to the fact that she's extreeemely antisocial with a phobia of males and only spends her time drawing.
In English class, the teacher defends Kira to some of her classmates. Rei throws her a note saying that her drawing of mother and child was on the back of the map she gave him. Rei asks her, at recess, about the drawing's origins, and tells her he kept it because it's a good drawing. Kira feels strange that even though Rei's only said a few words to her, she feels so familiar with him. After school Rei goes to "work," (betting on basketball games he plays with Tatsuya against some other guys) borrowing Kira's hairtie and promising to double her money. His attentions to Kira (who doesn't seem to know quite how to respond) are noticed by classmates, including Harumi, who doesn't look too pleased. After the game Rei remembers he's got Kira's hairtie and goes to return it to her.
Kira's still alone in the arts room drawing when the English teacher from before comes in. He comments on her drawing, and starts to molest her. Kira's frightened, paralyzed, and unable to make a sound. At this strategic moment Rei comes in, asking the teacher when he became advisor to the art club? He indirectly threatens the teacher with a matte knife, and scares him away. He then tells Kira to at least do something when she's in that sort of situation, and that when she just sits and looks pathetic it makes people want to bully her. He notices her drawing--she's sketching a bust of Mars. She tells him about the god of war, and Rei reponds that though the god is so brave, he looks very--er--lovable? kissable? desirable? eh. Rei kisses the stone bust of Mars on the lips.
Next day people try talking Rei into joining the basketball team since he's so good. He declines, saying he has to work. They say he's into motorcycle racing so of course isn't interested in dinky school clubs. When he was 14, he won the...in Chinese, it sounds like Lin Lu, which might be something else completely in Japanese...endurance races. Rei returns Kira's drawing. She offers to give him the completed painting of the piece when she finishes. In payment for the painting, Rei decides he wants to do something for Kira, and offers to protect her. He also jokingly offers the "use of his body" whenever she wants it. ^_- Kira stares, then takes him up on his offer! (which startles Rei into falling down the stairs ^_-;;) She actually wants him to be a model for her.
As he's sitting for Kira, Rei says there's this rumor/superstition going around that the world is coming to an end. Kira asks if he'll be sad if the world ends...he replies no, he thinks it'll be fun/interesting, and wonders how it will end. He thinks the feelings of fear and anticipation will be interesting, and falls asleep. Kira gets a good look at him, and realizes he's really good-looking, finally understanding other girls' attraction to him.
Rei and his girlfriend break up. Seems the relationship was mostly physical.
Kira thinks that Rei, despite doing all sorts of crazy things, isn't really a bad person.
The English teacher wakes Rei up in class and tells him to make a sentence w/ a vocab word, hoping to embarrass him when he doesn't know how. Rei, with a smile, makes a sentence about the teacher sexually harrassing students, saying he can't be taken advantage of in this (English) respect since he lived in LA from ages 6~14.
Rei finds there's something wrong with his motorcycle and barely escapes a collision with a truck. He guesses the English teacher did it. He threatens him again, scaring him so much that he resigns.
Rei jokes with Harumi in class. Kira overhears and laughs, Harumi gets pissed, and kicks Kira's desk "on accident." Kira cuts herself with her matte knife as a result (she was sharpening a pencil). Rei licks her wound. Tatsuya yells at him about this later. It seems that Tatsuya has had a crush on Kira since junior high. He says Rei's attentions to Kira will cause her problems among the girls in their class.
Harumi and her friends corner Kira, slapping, threatening, and generally bullying her. They throw her shoes into the furnace. Rei notices Kira's shoeless state and asks about it. She replies that it's her own problem; none of his previous girlfriends has ever been bullied, so it's not his fault she's got a victim personality. She refuses to fight back since it only leads to more fighting, and she's afraid of a lot of things. She leaves to walk home in socks, as Rei thinks she has a really good temper. He offers her a ride home which she, despite fears of bullying, accepts. She doesn't know what the future will bring, but decides to do as she wants anyway. Both Tatsuya and Harumi are shocked to see Rei and Kira riding off together.
Rei tells Kira about seeing her for the first time at the park, going to see his friend at the hospital. Kira tells him she understands his longing for speed (on motorcycle), since after the initial fear passes, the feeling one gets going so fast is worth dying for. Rei thanks her for trusting him with her life, at which she's moved to tears. Her mother comes along and finds them there, and thinks Rei is harassing her daughter. Kira clears up the misunderstanding, and before Rei leaves he shakes hands with her mother and asks Kira whether she has any bad feelings towards Tatsuya. Kira replies no, why? But Rei doesn't answer.
Akitaka talks to Rei about entering in this 8hr motorcycle race. He offers to borrow an HRC or WORKS MACHINE (I have no idea what those are...) for him. Akitaka wants to coach Rei, because scouts are looking for young talent for the GP500 and he thinks Rei could do it.
Kira's mother forbids her to ride on a motorcycle again. She says it's dangerous, and also that Rei doesn't look like a very responsible person. Kira bursts out at her mother, saying Rei is a good person and that her mother shouldn't judge by appearances, as some people look nice and responsible on the outside, but really do horrible things, as her mother should know quite well. She goes to her room and wonders whether Rei ever, like her, thinks about dying.
Harumi is waiting for Rei outside his apartment building. She asks why he let Kira ride with him when he'd refused her earlier (told her he didn't give people rides). Rei realizes it's Harumi who has been bullying Kira, and says he doesn't have to explain anything to her. He tells her he only slept with her because she attracted him, and that it was (rough rough translation) all just a game. Harumi runs away crying. Rei is angry at the way everybody seems to think that someone else can be their property.
Next day Rei tries to get Kira and Tatsuya together. He leaves them alone at a lunch table (though looking back once at Kira) after he tells Kira that Tatsuya likes her. Tatsuya tells Kira (who's surprised that anyone actually could like her) that actually lots of guys liked/were interested in her but she always ignored them. Rei was the first to actually go talk to her in the open. Kira tells him Rei asked her for her mother-child drawing, so she was flattered. Tatsuya tells her it's understandable that Rei should want that drawing, since his mother died when he was small.
The girls in their class take Kira away for "a talk." Harumi threatens Kira again, this time with cigarette burns, but Kira, though crying, doesn't promise anything. (no details here...too much trouble) Harumi then prepares to break Kira's fingers with a weight so she can never draw again. Kira says that if her right hand can't be used, she has her left hand; if no hands, she has her feet; if not her feet, then her mouth--unless Harumi is going to break (?) her mouth as well. As Harumi reaches back to strike, Kira, crying, apologizes to Rei for not being able to finish his painting.
Rei notices Kira and Harumi are both gone from the classroom, and runs off to find Kira in case anything happens. Tatsuya pursues. Rei arrives to find Kira scared but unharmed. He hugs her, then suddenly lets go because of Tatsuya. Tatsuya later threatens Rei, since it's his fault that Kira is being bullied.
Kira realizes that she really likes Rei.
Rei has a "talk" with Harumi, basically telling her he'll kill her if she does anything to Kira. He's serious.
Tatsuya talks to Harumi. She tells him, crying, that Rei and Kira actually like each other but don't realize it.
Kira thinks about hearing Rei's heartbeat that day when he hugged her, and thinks it would be all right if she couldn't draw again. Rei shows up to check on Kira at home. She asks why he doesn't like Harumi, when Harumi likes him so much. Rei just says that he doesn't see why he should like her. All the girls only like him because he's a nice trophy boyfriend. He says that as long as the girl was cute, it was okay, because he never thought about it too much as his head is empty. Kira protests, saying he's not empty-headed, because she can sense "colors" on him. Beautiful colors...and yet some tinged with tragedy or sorrow.
Kira's hair gets tangled in Rei's bracelet. He says it's a protective charm; he doesn't believe in that sort of thing, but after he wore it, he won the 4hr motorcycle race. Kira thinks it's beautiful, so he gives it to her. He puts it on her wrist...and kisses her.
Kira watches him drive off, wondering why the motorcycle sounds like crying...
Rei tells Kira the next day that their kiss didn't mean anything, and she agrees, saying it's just him playing around and she doesn't mind. I think Tatsuya overhears this conversation.
Rei and Tatsuya have a talk on the roof and Tatsuya tells Rei he's giving up on Kira, and is going off to skateboard to clear his mind. He leaves, saying he'll be rooting for "you two idiots," which Rei doesn't get. ;;
Harumi tells Kira that if she keeps going seriously with Rei, she'll end up paying with her life. (This could be taken as a threat from Harumi, but actually just sounds like a dire warning.)
End Volume 1.
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<_< hmm.. kinda agree with you..'because zai zai's face is very sweet and innocent... :huh: i think jerry will be a good option too...just like his character in Meteor Garden...he's good on portrayals of being"arrogant, sweet and loving at the same time" hehehe..can't help but remembering the sweetie old times of MG.... :lol: Zai zai is suit on portraying a "boynextdoor" type of guy... his other character in GOD mARS who is the twin brother of Rei is suited to him...( a simple guy who is very talented)

Well... i think that this will be a good challenge for him... doing that role of Rei...I know he can do it 'because he's really a good actor... :worship
i wish you gooduck zaizai! JIA YOU!!! :lol:

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Posted 30 January 2004 - 05:10 AM

If you want the complete synopsis of Mars go to this link...

http://www.geocites..../marsintro.html

I'm on volume 3 and all I can say is that it is really a good story!!! clapclap ca'nt wait for it to be shown here!! :whistle

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Posted 30 January 2004 - 12:42 PM

dana, on Jan 29 2004, 12:01 PM, said:

when i read the sinopsis here i really can't wait this series to come out...if the vcd come out in my country i don't have any doubt to grab one i don't care the stories was bad or not because i know the barbie and vic very capable to handle their role...now from meteor fever to MARS fever in 2004...

sometimes i think Vanness is really suit for the role of Kira...because he looks more agressive and active one but doesn't matter as long as not the ape was leading the role ...i must say never....ha..ha.. >:)

dana, ummm... I don't think Vanness can play the role of KIRA... because... you know... he simply doesn't seem to suit the role of a LEADING LADY here... if it happens... this series would become a big scandal... but hey I know that you meant it REI... I'm just kidding! :)
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Posted 30 January 2004 - 04:45 PM

janna, on Jan 30 2004, 01:44 AM, said:

<_< hmm.. kinda agree with you..'because zai zai's face is very sweet and innocent...  :huh: i think jerry will be a good option too...just like his character in Meteor Garden...he's good on portrayals of being"arrogant, sweet and loving at the same time" hehehe..can't help but remembering the sweetie old times of MG....  :lol: Zai zai is suit on portraying a "boynextdoor" type of guy... his other character in GOD mARS who is the twin brother of Rei is suited to him...( a simple guy who is very talented)

Well... i think that this will be a good challenge for him... doing that role of Rei...I know he can do it 'because he's really a good actor... :worship
i wish you gooduck zaizai! JIA YOU!!!  :lol:

Zaizai isn't new in portraying roles of a bad boy because he already became one in his previous series, LOVE STORM. So I guess he could give justice to the character of REI in the manga. Besides, REI is described in the comics as a very handsome young guy, though a womanizer, but through true love, he would later change. And I think, the role fits Zaizai so well.
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Posted 30 January 2004 - 05:28 PM

ZZ rides motorcycle, fears Da S will get hurt

After Zai Zai, Vic Zhou, is done passing his New Year¡¦s he will be meeting a new challenge. In his new idol drama ¡§Mars,¡¨ which will start filming soon, he will portray 5 roles. In fact not only will he ride a heavy-duty motorcycle in this new drama, but he will also expose a large back view, ZZ has new class work to do.

Even though it¡¦s also adapted from a Japanese manga like ¡§Meteor Garden¡¨ and ¡§Poor Prince¡¨ the content of this new drama, ¡§Mars,¡¨ isn¡¦t the same as ordinary idol dramas. ZZ, who has already pass K progenitor before, seriously said, ¡§This isn¡¦t the average girl manga, there are many scenes with personality splits. Moreover, I have to portray 5 different roles. Right now when I have the time I would hurriedly read psychology books and watch movies with plots that contain personality splits.¡¨

¡§Mars¡¨ will start filming early February. The male lead is Zai Zai and female lead is his buddy Da S. Not only is this film different from his previous ones, first of all, Zai Zai will have to take on the challenge of riding a heavy-duty motorcycle. He said, ¡§I¡¦m not worried about myself, instead I¡¦m more worried about Miss Barbie Hsu.¡¨

¡§I will ride motorcycle 125, but the heavy-duty motorcycle in the drama needs to make records, so I can seek to learn a bit.¡¨ In the drama Zai Zai gets to drive Da S with a heavy-duty motorcycle. It¡¦s supposed to be a very mistral drama but Zai Zai expressed, ¡§I¡¦ve already talked with Da S earlier, if I yell jump then you have to jump. I¡¦m very afraid of her role in drama. It would be a waste if parts of the plots were cut in the end.¡¨

In ¡§Mars,¡¨ Zai Zai has a few scenes where he exposes his back, in accordance to the plot, exposing his muscles. However Zai Zai¡¦s back ¡§is the same as the average man, has no muscles,¡¨ he frankly admitted. Therefore he took advantage of the time he had before the drama starts filming to at once get some muscles to emerge.

Zai Zai complained, ¡§Before, when studying we participated in the tian jing team. After coming to Taipei, becoming a public character, campaigns have become inconvenient.¡¨ The doctor also told him that humpback could be caused by no growth of back muscle.¡¨ Besides revealing his back, will there be any other parts exposed in the drama? Before Zai Zai could reply, his broker at the side immediately pointed out, ¡§Can¡¦t!¡¨

Source: Lian He Wan Bao

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Thanks to Faiful 4ever pichayaaznbabe of leehom.conforums.com and joeyclaire of onlyf4

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Posted 30 January 2004 - 08:10 PM

i know GOD MARS is a very awesome but if it happens that another actor and not zaizai will portray it.. then I WONT WATCH IT...

ONLY ZAIZAI for me will do!
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[COLOnoreferalsCrimson] :oopsie i wonder how its going with the rumored ASOS/F4 feud? Barbie Hsu is reportedly NOT in good terms with F4 (other than Vic who is the only one able to tolerate her "prima donna-ness") ever since the middle shooting mf MG1? Specifically when she and "that cousin guy for hire" in MG1 got hitched as a couple, causing lots of "jealousy" issues on the set (of MG2) forcing shooting to stop.

Notice they (ASOS & F4) never interacted in ALL their Manila Concerts?

Well as for me personally since I like Vanness Wu, I hope he has better movies in the can other than Star Runner (which was a pretty lame and insipid story. I sat thru 2 showings of it just DROOLING over him. Other than that forget the story! WHAT STORY?!?!).

And whats this dating porn star Vivien!!!??! Ugh talk about outlets for lust...

I hope hope hope he does well in the MTV-Asia Awards hosting stint. :flex [COLOnoreferalsCrimson]
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Here's Volume 2 of God Mars

Volume 2.

A bunch of girls follow Rei around and ask him about being Kira's model. He jokingly says that yes, he poses nude for Kira. Before he can turn to say "Just kidding!" though, the girls've all run off and started pushing Kira around, begging to see the pictures of Rei she's drawn. She shows them (all "sleeping Rei" because Rei keeps falling asleep while sitting for her), and they think she's hiding the nude pictures since she doesn't have any. Rumors are flying all around school that Rei, who's the school's famous player type, and Kira, the school's most unnoticeable girl, are an item. Lots of people speculate as to whether they've gone all the way yet, since Rei is known for moving fast. ^_^;;;

Rei and Kira have a suggestive sounding conversation in class ^_-;; (it's like...Rei is trying to do something, and Kira's saying like, no don't do that here! etc etc..)...turns out Rei's trying to copy the answers off Kira's test since he sits across the aisle, and Kira doesn't want to let him. They're fighting over Kira's test when suddenly it rips in half and they both get into trouble ;).

The advisor doesn't know what to do with Rei, since he doesn't seem to have any long-term goals. The teachers talk about him, saying that he had the best entrance exam scores, but ever since high school began (they're second-years...which is our junior year, here in the US) Rei has been this problem student. The only thing is, Rei is really popular and charismatic, and whatever class he's in will have really good student relations.

Rei and Kira are sitting together at lunch, talking about having to make up their tests. Kira suggests that Rei isn't stupid, he just doesn't *want* to study. Rei tells her he just doesn't care. He didn't want to come to high school in first place, but his father said that if he made it in, he would be allowed to move out on his own. Rei says he hates his father, who always treats him like an invalid.

Rei's ex comes along and tries to make Kira jealous by hanging all over Rei. She makes a snide comment about Kira being the type of girl who..er..changes a lot after the first time sleeping with a guy...Rei then tells Kira they should try it! His ex is totally shocked that they haven't slept together already, knowing Rei, and Rei says that they've just been talking (rough translation), and that with his ex, they could only sleep together because they were both such idiots that there really wasn't anything else they could do together. ^_-;;;

Tatsuya and Kira have a talk. Tatsuya tells her that Rei might actually be experiencing love for the first time with her, so he doesn't know how to act really. He tells her that all the relationships before were just girls who came chasing after Rei, and Rei was pretty much just an unfeeling, unthinking animal. ;)

Kira draws Rei while he plays with her gameboy. He asks her when the painting will be done (mother-child), and she lies and says that it might take a while. Actually, she hasn't even started--but she's afraid that once she finishes and gives it to him, they won't have any reason to hang out together anymore. Rei wishes he could go outside, and Kira feels horrible for keeping him chained to a chair, so to speak. As Rei moves around, another guy in the art room asks him to please stay still so he can draw him. Rei gets really angry that this guy is drawing him without permission, and rips the drawing the guy had started into pieces. Kira tells him that was unnecessary, and Rei grudgingly apologizes before leaving. The guy, Kurasawa, asks Kira to ask Rei if he'll pose for him.

Rei refuses to sit for Kurasawa, though when Kira mentions that Kurasawa will pay, Rei seems to be interested. Kira tells him more about Kurasawa (so Rei doesn't think he has any ulterior, scary motives...heh), like the fact that he got into some exhibition ranking thing and also that one of his works is used for..uh..something or other, whatever, I'm not too certain. It's this girl playing a flute, though. Rei looks at it, and says that he thinks it's kind of "bad." Kurasawa overhears this, and asks him why he thinks it's bad. Rei says that it's got good technical elements (drawn very well), but there's no feeling or substance behind it. Kurasawa gets really pissed off hearing this, and tells Rei that he's so ignorant and barbaric [sort of] that he wouldn't understand art. Rei agrees with him, and says that since he's so ignorant and barbaric, nobody would really like a drawing with him as the subject anyway, and turns down Kurasawa's offer to be a model.

Angry, Kurasawa knocks over Kira's easel. The folder with the sketch of mother and child falls onto the ground, and Kurasawa eyes it.

After that, Kira doesn't want to keep asking Rei to model for her, since the last time he came to the art room was such a bad experience. People around school wonder what's happened to Rei, as he's never out playing ball anymore. Turns out he's started going to the library to study. Kira tries to convince him that he isn't stupid; that he just lets himself slack off. She says he's really good at manipulating (that's not a very good word, but it's the best I could think of) people's emotions, and is very perceptive. Like the time in the art room when he scared the English teacher away. Rei tells her that he actually was serious, when he threatened the teacher. Kira suddenly recalls Harumi's warning (I guess it really was a warning, since in this flashback it has her saying that 'if she has a serious relationship with Rei, she'll eventually get killed'), and wonders why she feels so frightened.

Kira can't find her mother-child sketch anywhere. She searches all over at home, but has no luck.

Next morning, Kira goes to the breakfast table to find a drawing of a mother and child that looks suspiciously like hers in the newspaper!!! It's by Kurasawa, and it's won a prize!!! She finds Kurasawa at school, but he just gives her a cold glare and says that she shouldn't assume so much, and that it's just coincidence that her drawing and his painting should have the same theme.

Someone shows Rei the picture in the newspaper. He asks someone what class Kurasawa is in, and finds that he's in the same class as Rei's ex-gf. He goes there, and his ex thinks he's there to start up again with her. But no, Rei goes directly to Kurasawa and hits him, calling him a thief. He starts a fight in the classroom, and threatens to break Kurasawa's fingers. (GRRRRR!!! DO IT DO IT!!! I HATE KURASAWA!!! ::jen shakes in fury::) He sees Kira in the doorway, though, crying, and stops. The teachers try to find out what exactly happened, but Kurasawa says he "doesn't know," and Rei refuses to say either--just says he didn't like the way Kurasawa looked. Rei gets suspended from school. Kira and Tatsuya talk about this, and Kira cries. Tatsuya doesn't understand why Rei didn't just tell the truth, but Kira tells him it's because nobody would believe Rei over Kurasawa, especially since they have no proof (her original sketch is still missing. Gee...I wonder where it went!!). She doesn't care about winning a prize; she just keeps thinking that it was the picture she wanted to give to Rei.

The teachers talk to Rei about the suspension, feeling a little bad for such a harsh punishment. Rei doesn't care. They say he should go home to his father, who is really worried about him. Rei considers this, but makes no promises. The teachers talk about him after he leaves, saying that they can't really blame him for certain things, since he probably hasn't forgotten "what happened two years ago" and that even an adult wouldn't necessarily have borne it well.

A third-year comes to ask Rei to meet Kurasawa to talk. Rei goes with him. Turns out it's not Kurasawa, but some of the third-years who want to beat on Rei for thinking he can just run into a third-year classroom and beat people up. They manage to beat him pretty well (well, it's three on one and they take him by surprise) until they try to cut his face with a knife and he bites the guy's hand till it bleeds, and then the fight changes and Rei ends up beating the three guys up ^_^. He's busy dunking one of the guys' heads into the swimming pool when Tatsuya stops him (he almost drowned the guy), and he sees Kira crying and leaves the guys alone.

Kira begs Kurasawa to give her back her sketch, if he has it. She tells him about wanting to give the painting to Rei when she was done with it. Kurasawa doesn't answer her and runs off.

Some third year girls corner Kira and bully her, because she caused all the commotion that happened in their class. Kira gets angry, and talks back. Harumi comes to Kira's rescue, and tells the girls off. Kira asks Harumi about her previous threat to her (about risk of death if continued relationship etc etc). Harumi tells her about this time when Rei told her he almost killed a neighborhood bully when he was small (in LA). He had put a gun into the bully's mouth, but the gun hadn't been loaded so he hadn't ended up doing anything. Harumi said that incident stayed in her mind and frightened her.

Kira finds her sketch in its folder, sitting on her easel in the art room. Seems Kurasawa has given it back.

Kira asks Tatsuya for Rei's address so she can go find him; his suspension has already ended but he hasn't come back to school. She goes to find Rei despite Tatsuya's warnings, feeling that she's not afraid of anything this time.

Kira finds the door unlocked and enters, and gets pelted with a shoe. She finds Rei lying facedown on the ground, dirty and covered in bruises, and unresponsive to any of her attempts to wake him up. Alarmed, she cries for help. A neighbor (this burly looking man) comes along and shakes Rei around like a rag doll, and he wakes up ^_^.

Rei and Kira talk for a while about various things--Rei has had to work during his suspension because his father has refused to pay for his living expenses. He says his father is afraid of him, and thinks he's mentally unstable and has had him sent to the mental ward of a hospital to have treatment. Kira is shocked, and Rei tells her he's just joking. Kira tells him she thinks the truly scary people are people like Kurasawa or the English teacher. She gives him the sketch of the mother and child. Rei talks about his mother--how she was always in the hospital, and how he was afraid to be touched by her hand because it looked like a ghost's. Kira says he can do whatever he wants with the sketch, because it's his now, and Rei burns it.

Kira is about to leave when Rei stops her and asks her if she wants to go out and do something. Neither of them knows what to do, so they wander around town for a while. Some modeling scouts stop Rei, and he tells them he's already hired to another agency to get them off his back. Kira suggests they go to an art museum, but when they get there she realizes that Rei probably won't enjoy it. He says, however, that he thinks it's good to get some dose of culture, and points to little works of art around them--the security guard sleeping, some old ladies gossipping, and some other scenes that he gives funny names to, which cracks Kira up.

As they're riding on the metro, Kira tells Rei about her father, who she used to draw with, but was killed in a car accident when she was in elementary school. As they're talking, they notice a guy smoking in the crowded car. They get annoyed, and when the guy gets out another cigarette to light up again, Rei holds out his lighter. The guy thanks him, and Rei flicks the lighter so that the flame rises so high it singes the man's face and hair. Rei and Kira take off running with the man in hot pursuit, and manage to escape on another metro train (though when Kira says the man's eyebrows were singed off, Rei starts shouting for the man to keep chasing their train so he can get a good look at them ;D).

They stop at a mall, and Kira goes to buy art supplies while Rei goes off to the bookstore. They agree to meet up, but lose each other. They finally meet up again on the escalator, and to avoid getting separated again, Rei takes Kira's hand. ;)

They meet this old lady who seems to recognize Rei, but calls him Sei. It seems Rei has a twin brother named Sei who used to volunteer at a nursing home, which is how this old lady knew him. Rei tells her Sei is fine, and they part. Kira asks about Sei, and Rei shows her a picture. They look exactly the same...but Kira recognizes which is Rei, since she says he has this quirk where he always raises one of his eyebrows when he smiles. Rei tells her Sei had a personality exactly opposite his--he'd often been bullied, and Rei always had to be the one who defended/avenged him. Rei tells her Sei has actually died--but he didn't want to worry the nice old woman who he'd probably never see again, which is why he lied. At that moment, there's a commotion nearby where someone has committed suicide by jumping off a building. Rei takes Kira away, but as the ambulance sirens sound, he starts to hold his head and complain about the noise. He runs to an alley, his mind full of memories of someone turning their back and a scarf falling through the air.

Kira runs after Rei and finds him collapsed in the alley. She remembers scenes from her father's deathbed, where her mother is crying for him to open his eyes. She feels like the scene is repeating itself here with Rei, and desperately tries to wake him, starting with CPR. Rei comes to, and tells her that he has this problem with his nerves...

They part at Kira's house, and Rei promises to go to the hospital to get checked up on, and tells Kira to wear jeans the next day so they can go somewhere on his motorcycle after school. They kiss.

Next day Rei shows up at school, and admits laughingly to Tatsuya that it's Kira's influence. Harumi and Kira talk on the roof, and Harumi finds out Rei and Kira have "only kissed." (haha..she's really shocked. Rei's too famous for his fast-paced life, I suppose. ^_-) It seems Harumi and Kira have become quite good friends. ^_^ Tatsuya and Rei are talking about the same thing, and Rei says just kissing Kira makes his heart beat fast ^_- (kyaaaaa!!!) Tatsuya says Rei's becoming more civilized. ^_^;

The third-years that Rei beat up last time see him and ask him to join them to beat up some delinquents from another school :). Rei refuses. Rei meets up with Kurasawa in the hall, and they talk. Kurasawa tells Rei that he's sorry about what happened, but Rei says he really doesn't care about Kurasawa's life. Kurasawa gets very defensive, and starts talking about how Rei can't understand the pressures he has to undergo because everybody has so many expectations of him. Rei agrees that he can't understand, and also says that it's okay, the next time he's under pressure all he has to do is go steal somebody else's work and pass it off as his own, and he'll do fine.

Rei and Kira are in the basketball courts talking about going to college. Rei finds it ironic that someone with Kira's talent can't go to art college because she has no money and no father, while someone like him who doesn't want to go to college (only wants to race motorcycles for a living) has a father with plenty of money who's dying for him to go. Just then there's a commotion as it turns out Kurasawa has flung himself from the school roof. Kira's afraid this will make Rei's nerve problem act up again, but he assures her he's fine. (I think this is the sweetest picture in this tank ^_^)

Kira and Tatsuya have a talk; Kira asks Tatsuya whether he knows about Rei's nerve problem. Tatsuya doesn't know anything about it, and wonders how Rei would have this problem. Kira thinks about it and wonders whether it has anything to do with Rei's brother Sei's death. Turns out Tatsuya doesn't know about Sei, either. Kira tells him about it, but asks him not to talk about Sei in front of Rei.

Rei goes to the hospital and watches the kids in the mental ward drawing. He talks to the doctor there, telling him that he lied to him, and that he really hasn't recovered completely. The doctor tells him that they were certain he had already reached the safe stage and had pretty much returned to normal before they released him; that mental health and physical health are completely different--there is no "healing" of mental wounds as there is of physical wounds--that healing all depends on the individual's ability to conquer and deal with the wound.

The tank ends with the doctor asking Rei whether he still thinks he killed his brother. There's a picture of a boy calling "Sei!" and of another identical boy turning and jumping from a roof.

End Volume 2.

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Posted 03 February 2004 - 08:43 AM

Thanks to the popularity of series such as SAILOR MOON, MARMALADE BOY and FUSHIGI YUUGI, shojo anime and manga have garnered plenty of fans in the USA—a market that has, until recently, been almost exclusively dominated by the shonen genre. While popular in countries such as Thailand or Korea, Japanese manga still has little more than a niche audience in the USA and many of the best titles never see the light of day.
MARS, a long running series by Souryuu Fuyumi, is one such manga. Currently up to its ninth volume, it is a powerful story of two high school students, a shy girl and a young man full of anger, who fall in love despite their extreme differences. But as ugly secrets and shocking pasts slowly come to the surface, their relationship is driven to the breaking point in a storm of taut emotion. Souryou crafts a tight, balanced plot that leaves no room for boredom or complaint.
It is a theme that has been done thousands of time before, so MARS makes no claim to originality. It is in the art and the execution that it outshines the competition. There are so many stories that simply throw misunderstanding after misunderstanding, rival after rival, at two people who profess to love each other more than anything yet degenerate into petty squabbles caused by their own insecurities. How many times have you felt the urge to yell at a character for displaying the ultimate in stupidity? MARS has been running for several years, and the grace with which it step-sides these pitfalls is most certainly a factor behind its popularity.
The manga starts off focused on a girl named Kira. She is a talented artist, but her quiet and assuming nature leaves her with few friends, and, because of her rather extreme reactions of fear to the opposite sex, the boys tend to avoid her. However, when Kira runs into Rei, the "bad boy" of her school, she becomes drawn to him in a way which even she cannot understand. Rei represents a complete opposite: a playboy who is arrogant, rebellious, impulsive and violent. He is handsome to the point of almost being a work of art. To everyone's surprise, Kira suddenly asks Rei to be a model, and, even more surprisingly, Rei agrees. The title MARS refers to the Roman god of war, which is what Kira's interpretation of the fire and anger within Rei turns out to be.
Their relationship begins in the art classroom, is shaken by personal demons, then grows and strengthens despite the odds. Later volumes delve into Rei's past and shed light on his self-destructive nature, and further on we learn more about Kira as well. At no point does the author let them appear as anything less than two selfless people in love who do their best to surmount crises that they have little control over.
This story would be far less successful if not for Souryou's art. Her characters are tall and lanky, the lines fine but confident. There are few backgrounds, but that is because Souryou puts all her energy into people. She excels at facial expressions, especially those of strong emotions such as shock, disbelief or desperation. As for the overall look, imaginative angles and skillful panel layouts make this a joy to page through.
As far as shojo titles go, MARS is in the category aimed at older teenagers. Its rather forward approach to topics such as sex and suicide may surprise those unfamiliar with the genre, but, because it does not skirt or focus solely on these concepts, it maintains a sense of reality despite what are admittedly extreme circumstances.
With hundreds of titles sitting on the shelves, buying manga is a real hit or miss experience. This is one title that I stand solidly behind—you don't come across something this good everyday
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Posted 03 February 2004 - 12:16 PM

trinity0713, on Feb 2 2004, 11:31 PM, said:

[COLOnoreferalsCrimson] :oopsie i wonder how its going with the rumored ASOS/F4 feud? Barbie Hsu is reportedly NOT in good terms with F4 (other than Vic who is the only one able to tolerate her "prima donna-ness") ever since the middle shooting mf MG1? Specifically when she and "that cousin guy for hire" in MG1 got hitched as a couple, causing lots of "jealousy" issues on the set (of MG2) forcing shooting to stop.

Notice they (ASOS & F4) never interacted in ALL their Manila Concerts?

Well as for me personally since I like Vanness Wu, I hope he has better movies in the can other than Star Runner (which was a pretty lame and insipid story. I sat thru 2 showings of it just DROOLING over him. Other than that forget the story! WHAT STORY?!?!).

And whats this dating porn star Vivien!!!??! Ugh talk about outlets for lust...

I hope hope hope he does well in the MTV-Asia Awards hosting stint.  :flex [COLOnoreferalsCrimson]

yeah... that F4 not in good terms with ASOS is so true... i think its more like Jerry and Barbie not in good terms... which is really sad... :down i hope they become friends... or more than that clapclap hehehe... JERRY AND BARBIE 4 LYF! :wub:
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Posted 03 February 2004 - 04:31 PM

Sorry, but I beg to disagree. And I don't think that F4 and SOS are not in good terms. If you guys notice that they don't interact with each other during their concert in the Philippines, I strongly believe that they are just doing their job professionally. They are entertainers, right? They travel all the way from Taiwan to reach out to their Filipino fans, not simply to mingle just by themselves in the back stage. Or you guys don't want them to show up performing in the stage because they are busy chit-chatting, talking, laughing and all right there at the back stage...

Hello, they've known each other for so long now and I think those petty stuffs can ruin their friendship just like that...

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Posted 04 February 2004 - 09:36 AM

i dont't think that f4 and barbie hsu are not in good terms because they still promote their shows and movies in ASOS 100%.....like ken and vic promoting love storm........vic promoting his album........and then last january 2004 while vic promoting his new album, barbie surprise him and get his first authograph on his album.......so the rumor is not true...maybe the reason why they did not perform on the same stage is that it is not indicated in their contract..... :hug
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Posted 04 February 2004 - 10:05 AM

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Posted 05 February 2004 - 04:43 PM

Vic Zhou (Zai Zai) challenges a split personality role
In his new drama “God Mars” he portrays a racecar person with 2 different personalities. For this reason, he has watched his health, learned to ride heavy modeled cars, and also frequently watched movies to speculate his acting skills. He has been seen previously by Apple Daily going to see a physiologist. Da S, who will be acting with him in “God Mars,” has been suffering cyclothymia, which has caused her some complications. This time, portraying a difficult role, would he be afraid of sinking too into the drama and not being able to come back out? He replied. “I really wanted to enter the drama and not come back out!”

After “Meteor Garden” Zai Zai and Da S will be working together once again. In “God Mars” they are a couple of miserable lives. In the manga, the male character sees his twin brother commit suicide, which led him to have a split personality. And the female’s stepfather abuses her. The story is rather depressing.

Many drama seniors such as Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung and others have been too into their roles and were unable to draw away from their roles. Zai Zai said, “Even such a great actor as Tony Leung wasn’t able to avoid this kind of complication, of coarse it’ll be impossible for me to refrain from. However, at the present stage, I instead really want to experience this type of ‘into the drama’ feel because this means that I portrayed the role very well.”

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Post icon  Posted 09 February 2004 - 09:20 AM

:oopsie hello everybody... i just finish my new creation...hope you'll like this... :lol:

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blush :lol: :)
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Posted 10 February 2004 - 03:39 PM

Filming of Zhan Shen

Zai Zai’s new drama "War-god" begins shooting with big S in the Chungli Yuan Wisdom University. Zhou Yumin (ZaiZai) and Xu Xi Yuan (Da S) attended the opening ceremony to begin shooting.

ZZ just came back from HK the night before, his next schedule will include shooting in Japan for a car-race scene. For this scenes, he must attend intensive training class for car racing. Yesterday early morning, when testing the road he easily mastered the path.

"War-god" first day of shooting is held at the campus field/ground, ZZ plays a bad student, wearing leather jacket, beautiful women in his side, enter the classroom, causing uproar jealous from his schoolmates, but the female students actually loudly shouted: "Your male student is very disgusting Yeh!!!"

At the shooting ceremony, as ZZ & Da S are already familiar with each other & have known each other since MG, they had a friendly and extremely harmonious chat.

thanks to pepss of pure4.net

Source: apple daily

thanks to mishieru of onlyf4

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Posted 11 February 2004 - 03:01 PM

vic filming "god mars"!!! :)

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Pls credit Michelle - http://onlyf4.proboards4.com if u wish to post the above translation elsewhere.
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Posted 11 February 2004 - 05:15 PM

BARBIE AND ZAIZAI in MARS

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thanks to vicchoufamily and hsabingzhou of f4pilipinas
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Posted 12 February 2004 - 03:39 AM

Yesterday the idol drama "God Mars" Zhong Li Yuan Zi University. The male and female leads, ZZ and Da S, attended the opening ceremony. When ZZ usually drives his remodeled BMW he's very bold. In order to portray like a real motorcycle racer, yesterday morning, he once again tested the heavy motorcycle.

"God Mars," manufactured by Angie Cai and directed by Cai Yue Xun, is adapted from the Japanese manga Mars. ZZ is recieving as high as 200,000TWD per episode, being named as "Big Brother of Taiwanese Male Idols." In the drama he will have 2 roles, playing as twins. The younger brother is shrewd and the big brother is a motorcyle racer, downright challenging.

Racing clothes shuai
The other night, ZZ rushed back to Taiwan from HK for the purpose of filming in Japan next month for the racing parts. He has already attended some training courses for riding the heavy motorcycle. He tested early in the morning yesterday. Regarding cars, he can be named as a speeder. But facing a heavy motorcycle and also recieved training, he said, "Still have to be careful!" Mars first filming location was at an university. ZZ, who plays as a bad student, wore racer apparel, enters the classroom with a book/magazine with a beautiful lady on it in his hands, causing an uproar from the male students. But the female students scream loudl, "You guys are so sickening!"

During the opening ceremony, ZZ, Da S, Comic Boy and others lit incense and prayed. Da S, afraid of the cold, besides wearing a sweater, scarf, she also wore a jacket along with the crew to keep warm. Because before when she was filming "Meteor Garden" with ZZ they are already familar with each other. The two talk and laugh in harmony.

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Posted 12 February 2004 - 11:39 PM

This was the attached write-up...
I proofread the translation of altavista…
I hope this comes close….
The word in [ ] are the words used by altavista which I edited…
Mostly I rehashed the sentences to give more meaning…ewan!!!!
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Big S & Zaizai hand in hand to do / makes / shoots [cooperates] the idol play "war-god"

Entertainer: Big S, Zaizai, An Juncan, Lai Yayan
Cai Yuexun: repairs the outstanding regular script,
The place: Taibei time: 2004-02-12

After “Meteor Garden" caused a stir in Southeast Asia, Big S and Zaizai under the production of Chai Zhiping are tasked to perform the idol drama “WAR-GOD� which is a well-known Japanese cartoon series. Also Big S and Zaizai are together once again after the MG series. In this play is the "the meteor garden" director Cai Yuexun who was tasked to direct said series. It is believed that this awesome [gold] combination will arouse large quantities of movie fans' interest. However, the actors also expressed that this play is different from the former [MG Series] as to the challenge in the roles their playing. To strictly checks is the famous director Cai Yuexun, who as early as in a month, handled jointly with the day work and the personnel to go far to the Japanese Sendai, to complete the velodrome or the scenery work. After this play begins shooting and as the scenes transforms one after the other, the entire production team will be stationed in Japan, the Mainland, and Taiwan. All three places to carry on the photography. According to producer, Chai Zhiping to keep the budget estimate that, "The war-god" needs, each volume of cost of productions which will be spent will reach as high as ??? 3.5 million Yuan, possibly it will be the most expensive production ever made for a play or series in Taiwan throughout history. This play most receives the person/viewer to focus his/their attention on Big S and Zaizai‘s bed or kissing scenes. As to the kissing scenes, Big S said that, "I think/[want] [with the] Zaizai is such a mature [ripe] person to work with [cooperation], actually I also feel completely relieved, moreover my [the] boyfriend doesn’t care about the bed play scenes [criterion]. I think Cai will make the scenes discretely and under his specialized direction, we should be able to execute [process] the scenes well. Moreover Zaizai is also a very good person, so it should not [the actor] be a question."

Zaizai is very happy that he can perform or play the role as a match racer because in secret he picture himself as a mechanical man. This vehicle race and the machine has a connection, in addition he can [may] ride the heavy locomotive and that makes him really excited. Asked if he is [can be] afraid of heavy locomotive, Zaizai said I ride a bicycle so I’m not afraid. I am more [compare] worried for Big S. Before I specially went to the gym for a healthy body to prepare for this play, practice the heavy locomotive, even have have it tested.

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Reason for edit:: Removed broken [img] tags :)

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Post icon  Posted 13 February 2004 - 01:25 AM

new wallie i made for all of you...enjoy GOD MARS!!! clapclap

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Posted 13 February 2004 - 06:09 AM

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More GOD MARS pix from SINA.

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Reason for edit:: New AF-Rule: Max. 3 Pictures Per Post; please leave the rest as normal links-- thank you! :)

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Post icon  Posted 14 February 2004 - 05:17 AM

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!!! :wub:

Here's my Zai Zai & Barbie creation for you, guys! (Together again...) blush

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Reminiscing good old times, ey!? Another one of my Zai Zai & Barbie creation... :hug


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