[Drama] Jotei

2007

Episodes: 10

Starring: Kato Rosa, Matsuda Shota, Sakai Ayana, Maeda Ai, Saito Shota, Ihara Tsuyoshi,

Tachibana Ayaka was a normal highschool girl, though living in poverty and being looked down upon, she was happy. Her mother raised her alone by operating a snack bar. Snack bars are often though to have connections with prostitutions, thus Ayaka faced a hard time in school, though her mother clarified that she never sold her body for money.

When Ayaka's mother fell sick with terminal cancer, Ayaka decided to quit school to work for her mother's treatment fees. Right before she left, Sugino, the son of a powerful man who was trying to force Ayaka into selling her mother's shop, tried to rape her in school. When they were caught, they tried to shut her and paid her money for her store. She refused.

When her mother died, Ayaka found a letter with the name of her father, who was still alive. Her father dumped her mother when she was pregnant with Ayaka in order to gain power and wealth. This added oil into Ayaka's already burning hatred for rich and powerful man. This drama follows Ayaka's journey for revenge against such men by striving to be the top hostess. After being oppressed by the rich and powerful, Ayaka left Kumamoto and headed for Tokyo with her mind set on gaining power and MONAY using her feminine charms~

*****

[Spoilers]

Yet another one of many dramas, movies whatever... that tells you, whatever material wants that you strive for may not be what is important. At times, when you look back, you wonder if everything you sacrificed to get there is worthy of the ending you get.

Yeah, nice message. whatever... by the way... the hot dude in this drama is hot. xD

Matsuda Shota plays a dude who will help her rise to her desired number one spot. The way he appeared was totally cool! Damn, this is the first time I thought a yakuza character is shaggable. xD Though I have to say that his characters are rather bland and lack facial expression. xD I cannot tell if he is trying to project cockiness or sincerity at times. But its the same awkwardness that makes him so... ah~~ Yeah, that. His brother is more versatile and though they sometimes share the same blank expression, Ryuhei's characters work better. At least to me. And yes, I know Shota is the hotter one... but Ryuhei has a different type of attraction. Both brothers are excessively shy though.

Enough about hot brothers. Kato Rosa is pretty. Doesn't look older than I am but is older than I am. Totally like her. xD Watched her when she went on Domoto Tsuyoshi no Shoujiki Shindoi. First impression... thought she was a child actress. xD LOL. Yeah, whatever. Anyways, rumour has it she used to date... errr I forgot, its Jin or Pi or Jun. xD I forgot, its not like I keep up with who they are dating, you know? xD Yeah.

Sakai Ayana can play a bitch too eh? Thought she was always the kind hearted, perfect, rich, talented ex-girlfriend of the main male character. xD Can I go back to talking about Matsuda Shota now? You know I am dying to go on and on... but its just... yeah, I won't. xD LOL. xD

Ihara Tsuyoshi delivers his part with umph and manliness. I miss watching Letters From Iwojima. That horse riding character of his~ there's something about men and horses that I like. Of course... facial hair as well. Facial hair~

OMG Hayami Mokomichi is in there! Well playing Night has an effect on me in terms of his likability after all. But he is a complete asshole in here but then he has a conscience as well. xD Always preferred Soushi over Night in the drama though. xD Btw, its finished, Zettai Kareshi. Even if Shota is really tall as a Japanese, he cannot even compare with Hayami Mokomichi. That is how tall this man is. Seriously~ creepily tall. Too tall.

Date Naoto's infatuation with Ayaka and his dedication to help her without her knowing is unrealistic. And the man is probably stupid. xD But it works though, making girls fawning over this character. Ah~ From when she was a clumsy girl trying to brashly make her way up the social ladder to her being the most successful hostess in Ginza, Naoto was always there, supporting her unconditionally. Even as he was dying, he worked hard to ensure the realization of Ayaka's dream that became his dream as well. His dream as to watch Ayaka become the Jotei. T_T That's, that is just a killer for a hopeless romantic like... um... NOT ME. Oh shit, I wanna watch "Bara no nai Hanaya" isn't Matsuda Shota in that too?

Yeah, whatever. I won't have the same feeling of awe for him tomorrow. xD That's me. I forget.

I am really divided between serious dramas and stupid dramas (those with a comedic effect in every scene.) I would like to think that I prefer neither. It has got to be the cast that draws the viewers in anyways. I think nowadays, storylines are basically a copy of a copy of a copy. Say one drama is about shit happening to a pilot, they'd just change it for the next drama into shit happening to a lawyer. Same formula goes. Change the cast, throw in a few other influences. BAM, you have a new drama.

The cast the key. xD At least to me. I so finished this drama in one night... though the night extends to the morning. At 3.30 a.m. I am doing this entry. xD

Rating: 4/5 (Still cannot get over Naoto's rather tragic end to his young life.)



And... just because I feel like it and I totally think that god should make all men up to such standards.

[Drama] Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshi-tachi

The title literally means the Angels with Broken Wings and the theme song is "Resistance" by Nakashima Mika. We like Nakashima Mika.

Season 1


Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshi-tachi has two seasons, the first stars Ueto Aya, Horikita Maki, Yamada Yu and Ueno Juri as four girls who messed up in their lives and then got enlightened. Each girl are troubled by either money, regret, ambition and men respectively but eventually found their way back.

Episode 1 - Celeb (Ueto Aya)


Komine Nanako is from a modest background. Like every girl from a modest background, she looks up to the lives of the rich and famous. Nanako works hard everyday, including bedding men, but on a particular day of the week, she is able to live her dream as she becomes one of the special customers of a glamourous clothing shop. Dressed in her best, she visits that shop and befriended the owner who would bring dresses from the fashion capital of Paris just for Nanako. Every week, Nanako would spend her hard earned money on the expensive clothes. That is until one day, she befriended a young rich girl and learned that money cannot always buy happiness.

Episode 2 - Live Chat (Horikita Maki)


In the world of live chat, a girl known as Yuna has a job that requires her to chat to whoever that wanted to chat with her through the webcam. For some reason, this pretty girl is unwilling to go out into the real world and work there, thus she chats with people through a webcam for a living. When she goes out, she hides her face with whatever means possible and is extremely reclusive. That is until one day, a man came and chat with her and gave her encouraging words. She began to brighten up and is starting to be able to raise her head up high when she goes grocery shopping. That is until she found out who the man on the other side of the conversations is...

Episode 3 - Actress (Yamada Yu)


Yoshii Nao had an exchange of angry words with her parents when she decided that her family's doll-making business is not going to be part of her future. Nao had always wanted to be an actress and is prepared to move to Tokyo to try her hand in the acting world. But looking for opportunity is easier said and done as produces and casting directors everywhere decided that she isn't right for any major roles. Sick of being cast as an extra all the time, Nao ventured into the world of AV. Supporting herself by having a job as a hostess and having a hair stylist as an understanding boyfriend, she struggles to hide the AV job that she did. One day, her supposedly senile grandfather reunited with her in Tokyo and changes appear in her life.

Episode 4 - Slot (Ueno Juri)


Ryoko grew up without parents. She found herself being treated horribly by many of her boyfriends yet is willing to do anything just to be loved, such is the behavior of a child that grew up without the love of parents. One day, like any other day, Ryoko went home to see his boyfriend cuddling another girl, as angry as she was, she let it go. The next day she woke up to find her boyfriend gone and a little boy was left in his care. Convinced that this is the boyfriend's child she tried to contact the boyfriend, Kenji but failed. With no choice left, she had to take care of the child for a week, as mentioned by Kenji in a note on the table. Little did she know that this child will change the direction of her life and teach her things that she never knew about herself.

Season 2


This season tells the life changing story of four more young girls. At this point, it becomes a rather repetitive thing and kinda bores the shit out of me but then I have to finish it. And of course there's Oshinari Shugo in the second episode... la~ la~

Episode 1 - Impulse (Ishihara Satomi)


Yuri always sought for means to end her life. With a cold and uncaring single mother whom she thinks doesn't want to see her and her mundane convenience store job, she felt that she has no reason to live. Every time Yuri felt that she has to reason to live, she would climb to the top floor of a particular building and then hang at the corner, it is at that point between life and death that she decides which too choose. One day, a seemingly cheerful young man approaches her over and over again, often at the point where Yuri almost chose death, he saved her from it. Yuri soon learned a whole new perspective of life from the man named Hiroki.

Episode 2 - Sakura (Toda Erika)


Haruka is a girl that is dissatisfied with her poor parents and her father who seems to be too honest and stubborn. Because of her father's honesty, he got fired and the family struggles to send Haruka to university. This is when Haruka decided that she would become a 'Sakura' that is a girl who swindles the geeks at internet cafes. She would juggle a few men and have them buy her gifts which she would resell and earn money from that. By chance - or so she thought - she met Kouki, a handsome young man who is rich and ambitious. Haruka thought that she has found the man of her dreams but...

Episode 3 - Time (Kato Rosa)


Kana is a young competitive swimmer that is under a lot of pressure to be successful in the sport. With pressure from her father (her two siblings are swimming champions) and her coach, she seeks to release her tension by stealing goods for fun. She felt that she never had time for anything as her priority is swimming. One day, as usual, Kana does her theft-therapy at the same convenience story and she was caught by her childhood friend, Daisuke. The string of events that happened later that day will have an effect on her aim to win the competition. Kana slowly learned that she is striving blindly towards an aim that isn't really what she wanted.

Episode 4 - Merchandise (Karina)


Satou Yoshimi became Misaki when she went under the knife, threw away the face that she was born with and thus threw away her past. She became beautiful and is currently the top hostess at a hostess club. Her every wish will be made reality by her client, Maekawa who seeks to fulfill her wishes for his own pleasure. Even though she has many things that she didn't have before, somehow, she felt that something is missing. One evening, after work, she stopped by a pet shop and befriended one of the employees and a puppy at the shop. Slowly, she discovers what is the one thing that she desires most.