Over the weekend, I finally managed to catch up on the episodes I missed for Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu and a few other drama series. It’s always nolstagic to watch high school related dramas, thinking back to my seishun, the days and nights spent studying, the weird and strange things that a teenager would do, the era where hardly mobile phones were a luxury and dial-up was the norm of the day.
Of particular interest to me is episode 5, where Japanese play-on-words were applied to quotes from literature, maths formulae (eg. finding square and cubic roots) and the periodic table. I remember making up a poem to help me remember the first thirty or so elements of the periodic table:
清害李皮彭谭，旦养芙乃娜美，吕归林留虑亚假，丐抗泰凡各，蒙铁古涅同心，佳者深悉秀客
氢氦锂铍硼碳，氮氧氟氖钠镁，铝硅磷硫氯氩钾，钙钪钛钒铬，锰铁钴镍铜锌，镓锗砷硒溴氪
Even to this day, play-on-words, acronyms and so on still prove useful in all sorts of studying. For now, Ten Zulus Beat My Cat is the key.
Anyway, back to Taiyo, I really hope Hachi does not commit suicide in episode 8 tomorrow. I like this character, and the actor himself (Gakkun was really good in Proposal Daisakusen as well).
On a different note, having been a fan of Japanese dramas for a few years, I think I could perhaps check out a few American drama series as well, starting with House Season I.
