Jotei: Matsuda Shota as a hottie gangster: how could you go wrong?

[dangermousie]

I have added another drama to my already overflowing roster: jdrama Jotei, currently airing, about a formerly innocent school girl who decides to achieve revenge through becoming top hostess (read 'whore') and who meets a hot (obviously) gangster played by Matsuda Shota who decides to help her and who falls for her.

I blame anime-heart and nihongofrancais. Their write-ups promised me sale of virginity by heroine, acid throwing by rivals, beat up and angsty Matsuda Shota, and more ugly clothes then a couple kdramas put together.

I was a goner from the moment when I found about the scene where heroine gets acid thrown on her and is protected from same by her otp (who I assume didn't get harmed too badly because damaging Matsuda Shota must be some sort of a heinous crime).

I am convinced the acid was whatever was left over from what the writers were on.

My melodrama and cheesiness lover is rejoicing.

P.S.
I have also been promised kissing.

Comments

[callmecaito.livejournal.com]

I love walking into my local conbini and getting a glimpse of that same hotness gracing the cover of magazines, along with Horikita Maki and Sakurai Sho and Ninomiya Kazunari and God bless it, Kimura Takuya is everywhere.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

*is jealous*

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

*shakes head*

Though I must say...you do make it sound quite tempting...

Oh, watched the first 2 eps of Sword Stained With Royal Blood earlier...quite good despite some slightly copy editting, no real fantasy stuff (so far it's more of the Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon style, which I prefer) and his "Property of Qing Qing"(OTP) tattoo is already starting to appear...even though he thinks she's a boy(for some reason, wuxia heroes are amazingly easy to convince their future OTPs are boys...)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thanks re: Sword. Cross-dressing and lack of fantasy are huge plus points, actually!

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Yes, they are. Part of why I'm enjoying it, plot and characterwise, more than I have a lot of others. I'm up to ep 8 now...I ADORE the way Chengzhi(he knows Qing Qing is a girl now) doesn't care that she likes to dress as a boy...he just introduces her as whatever she's dressed like that day. They're very much "friends becoming more than friends" *though she was visibly smitten from the start.)

Also, Qing Qing's parents? Best wuxia backstory ever! Seriously.

[vierran45.livejournal.com]

Completely OT, but if you remember my raving about the Takizawa Enbujo stageshow, lookie here... (And if you don't, it's FANTASTIC! Worth every penny I paid for the DVD!)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *loves*

[janlake83.livejournal.com]

ahhhh jotei... i have yet to start it....... i wanna see it now...... but maybe after coffee prince...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

CP takes priority over almost everything anyway :)

[allbloomedout.livejournal.com]

I thought I was only one watching this! :P

I am convinced the acid was whatever was left over from what the writers were on. LMAO so true!

I think one of my favorite parts was from episode 1 when they were on the beach and she told him her story. And then the cheesiest line i ever heard in any drama "I won't make love with your body but your heart." I was won over :P

[ginzarhapsody.livejournal.com]

I think one of my favorite parts was from episode 1 when they were on the beach and she told him her story. And then the cheesiest line i ever heard in any drama "I won't make love with your body but your heart." I was won over :P

That is like my favoritest line ever too!!! I'm absolutely ADDICTED TO THIS DRAMA~!! :D

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heeeee. So much cheese might be ubhealthy for those with high cholesterol but I must have!

[akosikae.livejournal.com]

O M G

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Exactly :)

[thinking-lotus.livejournal.com]

oh yes, Matsuda Shota ftw as angsty hot cute incredibly understanding fake boyfriend!

Not only does this dorama have kissing, it has REAL SIMULATED SEX. lol.

I did a picspam and recap of the 1st ep at my lj.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOL.

It was your picspam that was at fault, in adding this on my list :)

[hope-fuleigh.livejournal.com]

It's so cracktastically melodramatic and cheesy, it's so very awful that it's FANTASTIC. I've only seen two episodes of it so far, but as you said, Matsuda Shota as a gangster with angst and OTPness with a girl determined to be a top hostess, how could that possibly go wrong?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

very awful that it's FANTASTIC.

Sounds as it it was made for me!

[wistfulmemory.livejournal.com]

I'm really enjoying this drama. I can't wait to see what you think of it.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Crack like this? Is totally my thing.

[ginzarhapsody.livejournal.com]

...becoming top hostess (read 'whore')...

Hostesses aren't whores in the true sense. Yes, there are whores amongst hostesses, that is for sure, but in reality, hostess clubs are fantasy words created by women where men can go to relax before the return to harsh reality. Sex is not necessarily required, though it does sometimes follow.

I pick issue with "hostess = whore" equation because host clubs are essentially the same as hostess clubs and hosts don't get labeled as such as often. Jotei definitely plays up that idea of hostesses using sex to climb the ladder of success, but it isn't always that way.

Enough of my commentary. ;P I do hope you enjoy it because when I started watching this, I just knew it'd be perfect for you. :D

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

hosts don't get labeled as such as often

Interesting. I sort of associate both with 'putting out' pretty equally, but that's just me. I do think it's a sleazy type of job, regardless of the gender. But hey, I am not going to be watching Jotei for its moral fibre but the melodrama :)