Jotei

hmmm, so how's this drama fairing so far?

Watched three episodes so far, I can say that I really like the storyline.
It's all about Nightlife and Clubs, Hostesses etc ..
Looking forward to how the relationship will develop between Naoto and ayaka ..

Does anyone finish ep5?
It's very exciting~
Poor Ayaka, Naoto is so cool to her...

Not there yet, could you please post a spoiler tag next time?

Lifo wrote:

hmmm, so how's this drama fairing so far?

Watched three episodes so far, I can say that I really like the storyline.
It's all about Nightlife and Clubs, Hostesses etc ..
Looking forward to how the relationship will develop between Naoto and ayaka ..


Not there yet, could you please post a spoiler tag next time?

sorry for that..
I will edit it

I think it's a really exciting drama
the fashion and plots are good
Both Rosa and Shota (Matsuda Shota) act well
It's a pity that there are only 9 episodes :puppydog:

btw, the theme song is excellent :mrgreen:

Spoiler — click to reveal

Kaoru is a bit crazy in ep8, it seems it will be very exiting in ep8~
also, Hayami Mocomichi is so handsome in ep8, good interaction with Rosa

Also I had bought TV Japan
there is an interview of Rosa-chan and Shota-kun
so I scan it :mrgreen:
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wen_yamada Wow, thanks for those scans! :woot: Shota looks so evil....but smexy :D

biteme_lestat wrote:wen_yamada Wow, thanks for those scans! :woot: Shota looks so evil....but smexy :D

You are welcome :woot:
I still got an interview of Rosa (Of course it's about Jotei)
Maybe I can scan when I am free~ :mrgreen:

I started watching this series without any expectations, and so I was glad that it turn out pretty good. But I thought it was pretty short...this coming weekend, the last ep will air...so that makes it 8 episodes in total. Hoping for a decent ending now.

romi510 wrote:I started watching this series without any expectations, and so I was glad that it turn out pretty good. But I thought it was pretty short...this coming weekend, the last ep will air...so that makes it 8 episodes in total. Hoping for a decent ending now.

actually I just found that there is total 10 episodes :woot:
I saw it from wikipedia Japan
also I confirm it on the TV magazine of Japan
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wen_yamada wrote:
actually I just found that there is total 10 episodes :woot:
I saw it from wikipedia Japan
also I confirm it on the TV magazine of Japan

But in last week's ep, in the forecast of the next ep at the end, it says "Last Episode" @@//
And I've made a mistake, counting today's ep, it will 9 in total.

Now I am confuse!

romi510 wrote:

But in last week's ep, in the forecast of the next ep at the end, it says "Last Episode" @@//
And I've made a mistake, counting today's ep, it will 9 in total.

Now I am confuse!

Let me post this...
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so there are totally 10 episodes~
It's from wikipedia
(I think maybe the last episodes are divided to part 1 &2)

I just watched this last nite, now I'm up to ep 8 :D .... it's good!!!! I know the story is kinda immoral but the intrigue was cool! full of conspiration. Rosa's acting a bit stiff but as time goes she look better.

Shota is the usual character, I found it slightly similiar with his character in Liar Game, cynical and bitter. When he enter the sauna room topless, he is so skinny! I can see his bones stick out :p also why would he using sunnies at night? apart from it, I kinda enjoy his present .. :victory:

wen_yamada wrote:Also I had bought TV Japan
there is an interview of Rosa-chan and Shota-kun
so I scan it :mrgreen:
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thanx a lot for ur scan m(_ _)m

Is it just me or Matsuda Shota's getting skinnier in Jotei? I don't recall him being that skinny in Liar Game.

Anyhow, the story of Jotei, I think, is good. It's a dark dorama with lots of betrayal, back-stabbing and cat-fights. The only thing that (in my personal opinion) doesn't add up is the relationship between Naoto and Ayaka. I don't think it's developed well in the story, it was too rushed. I mean, how they first met was very well put, but then... the relationship was forced and so it doesn't make sense to me.

Here's a Yakuza (repeat, a yakuza, supposedly-come-from-a-dark-underworld-which-involes-dark-nightlife-which-includes-lots-of-hostess yakuza), meeting a girl from out of nowhere several times only, listen to her story and ambition only briefly, then he suddenly has deep feelings for her, deep enough to make him quits being a yakuza and aims to become a king of kurofuku?? I mean, that sudden?? :crazy: Not making any sense. :shakehead:

But apart from the poor relationship development, the story is superb and pretty realistic. Ayaka doesn't always win, but she evolved, took the failure as learning experience, and so it turned her into an even stronger person. Now I know being a woman IS a power. :naughty:


Oh btw, I still think Matsuda Shota is best with Erika Toda on screen.
:mrgreen:

I'm looking for a subbed version of this.. uhm.. you guys know where I can find it? I've been dying to see this drama :puppydog:

http://www.crunchyroll.com/showseries?id=5249

http://aznv.tv/en/drama/p.iD-MzY3/

http://tinyurl.com/364oyn

well I'm looking for the torrent to dload :sweat:

kisarazu wrote:well I'm looking for the torrent to dload :sweat:

http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/torrents.php?search=jotei&type=&sub=View+all&sort=

but those are raw..there's no english sub version.. i did looked at d-addicts before posting it here..

bmwracer wrote:
Jeez, you don't have to be mean about it....

that's okay she/he did give the links anyway but I was a little offended by it though..

kisarazu wrote:that's okay she/he did give the links anyway but I was a little offended by it though..

I'll edit the post... You didn't deserve to be talked to that way... :grumble: