dochira wrote:

I know I've grabbed the first three episodes. The fourth one was recently added (earlier this morning), so it will appear in a download queue shortly.

You da man...!

Episode 5.

Any members from Japan watching this drama? How is it so far?

Episode 6.

bmwracer wrote:

Any members from Japan watching this drama? How is it so far?

dramatic, even though i don't understand a word, ok...maybe some words here and there i recognize, but mostly, i am lost. I wish they had subs for this one, it looks very interesting. I got all eps so far and will finish out the series.

qilver wrote:

dramatic, even though i don't understand a word, ok...maybe some words here and there i recognize, but mostly, i am lost. I wish they had subs for this one, it looks very interesting. I got all eps so far and will finish out the series.

You want heavy drama, check out Nyokei Kazoku... It's interesting and frustrating at the same time.

From Japan Times:

Match point for women on top of the game

By MARK SCHREIBER

Weekly Playboy (Feb. 14)
In its original meaning, kemonomichi is a trail (michi) made by deer, boar and other animals (kemono) in the wild. The expression became popular as a metaphor for the human underworld through Matsumoto Seicho's 1962 novel "Kemonomichi (Animal Path)" and the subsequent film (1965) and TV (1982) dramatizations, about people whose ambition drives them to descend to the level of beasts.

Recently, "Kemonomichi" was reincarnated each Thursday night as a serial on the TV Asahi network. In the latest version, 30-year-old female lead Ryoko Yonekura appears as Tamiko Narusawa, a scheming vixen who'll stop at nothing -- even the murder of her own husband -- to become the mistress of an influential wheeler-dealer.

Yonekura's bath scene in one early episode, Weekly Playboy relates tongue-in-cheek, was so revealing that some male viewers complained of hanaji-buu (nosebleeds).

While the story's characters' transgressions may be somewhat exaggerated, this male-orientated magazine suggests the TV drama represents a fairly faithful reflection of certain women in real life.

"It may not be as glamorous as in the TV drama, but there's no shortage of women who landed jobs as secretaries to Diet members, or who own shops, or who are employed at companies of Diet members' supporters -- through their hold on men," says political commentator Harumi Arima.

jade_frost wrote:

Yonekura's bath scene in one early episode, Weekly Playboy relates tongue-in-cheek, was so revealing that some male viewers complained of hanaji-buu (nosebleeds).

Yow.

I'm getting one just thinking about Ryoko-chan.


Thanks for the article...!

bmwracer wrote:

Yow. I'm getting one just thinking about Ryoko-chan. Thanks for the article...!

More screen caps from a fan site, if you haven't already seen them:
http://ryokopics.jugem.jp/?cid=2

jade_frost wrote:

More screen caps from a fan site, if you haven't already seen them: http://ryokopics.jugem.jp/?cid=2

Thanks for the link...!

This site looks familiar... I think this person has posted here before.

The old man, Kitou, makes my skin crawl. He's like a sex fiend.

Is anyone translating Kemonomichi to English?

jade_frost wrote:

The old man, Kitou, makes my skin crawl. He's like a sex fiend.

From the pics of the guy, I can understand.

I guess that's why he got torched, ne?

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Is anyone translating Kemonomichi to English?

Not that I know of.

I am hopeful, now that I've seen Nyokei Kazoku with English subs.

bmwracer wrote:

Not that I know of. I am hopeful, now that I've seen Nyokei Kazoku with English subs.

yeah, i hope it gets sub'd in eng soon too, nonetheless, this is one of the new j-dramas i've been keeping up on, and episode 8 is next.

The old man got torched? Hmm, so far he's been busy taking people who stand in his way down. He's almost untouchable.

I haven't watched episode 7 yet! Wonder what exactly Sato Koichi's Kotaki is up to. I thought he looked pretty pleased with himself when Kitou summoned him. Is it some grudge that makes him want to wreck vengeance?

jade_frost wrote:

The old man got torched?

That's what I read somewhere... Hope I didn't spoil anything for you.

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Hmm, so far he's been busy taking people who stand in his way down. He's almost untouchable.

Maybe that's the set up: "the bigger they are......."

bmwracer wrote:

That's what I read somewhere... Hope I didn't spoil anything for you.

Nah not at all. I'm looking forward to his death! But he's not as loathsome as Uehara Misa's character. She is downright irritating.

Can't wait to find out what will happen in Ep8. It's getting more interesting because everyone seems to have his/her own agenda.

jade_frost wrote:

Nah not at all. I'm looking forward to his death! But he's not as loathsome as Uehara Misa's character. She is downright irritating. Can't wait to find out what will happen in Ep8. It's getting more interesting because everyone seems to have his/her own agenda.

Interesting that you should say that: have you seen Nyokei Kazoku?

Every despicable person in that show has their own agenda as well... And maybe even Ryoko-chan.

Episode 7.

bmwracer wrote:

Interesting that you should say that: have you seen Nyokei Kazoku? Every despicable person in that show has their own agenda as well... And maybe even Ryoko-chan.

No I haven't seen Nyokei Kazoku. Did you enjoy it???

*possible spoilers*

In Kemonomichi, Ryoko seems purely driven by her desire to make her mark in the jewellery world, both as a designer and a businesswoman. Toru Nakamura who initially wanted to nab Ryoko has now set his eyes on something bigger - her backer, Kitou Kotaro. Sato Koichi's motive still isn't clear. At first it seemed that he craved power, but it appears that it might not be the case. Is he really concerned about Ryoko's predicament or is she merely his tool? That isn't apparent too. Uehara Misa, who was honing her craft with Ryoko earlier in the show and acquainted with the deceased husband, seems to exhibit an unusually strong desire to see Ryoko arrested for her husband's death. And Ryoko's secretary actually works for Sato Koichi and has been keeping tabs of all her movements.

jade_frost wrote:

No I haven't seen Nyokei Kazoku. Did you enjoy it???

I've seen the first seven episodes... Episode 8 airs this Sunday.

Check out the Nyokei Kazoku thread.... It's quite hard too watch.

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*possible spoilers* In Kemonomichi, Ryoko seems purely driven by her desire to make her mark in the jewellery world, both as a designer and a businesswoman. Toru Nakamura who initially wanted to nab Ryoko has now set his eyes on something bigger - her backer, Kitou Kotaro. Sato Koichi's motive still isn't clear. At first it seemed that he craved power, but it appears that it might not be the case. Is he really concerned about Ryoko's predicament or is she merely his tool? That isn't apparent too. Uehara Misa, who was honing her craft with Ryoko earlier in the show and acquainted with the deceased husband, seems to exhibit an unusually strong desire to see Ryoko arrested for her husband's death. And Ryoko's secretary actually works for Sato Koichi and has been keeping tabs of all her movements.

Cool.

Can't wait to get my hands on it, subs or no.