I've read the Nyokei Kazoku thread. It sounds like a jolly depressing story with so many schemy folks. It's nice that your TV station shows such doramas. We generally get the more popular ones (if any at all) or those that are 'guaranteed' to fare well by virtue of the artiste lineup.

bmwracer wrote:

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

Can't wait for Ep8! Seems like there's a power shift. Fall of the old and rise of the new. Sato Koichi isn't some simple hotel manager. Wonder what happens to Ryoko. Things don't look very favourable for her from the looks of the trailer.

jade_frost wrote:

I've read the Nyokei Kazoku thread. It sounds like a jolly depressing story with so many schemy folks.

It is to a large degree, yet I'm still watching it for various (obvious) reasons.

It'll be very disappointing if there's no payoff at the end, but we'll see...

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It's nice that your TV station shows such doramas.

Yeah, but I wish we had more. With English subtitles.

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Can't wait for Ep8! Seems like there's a power shift. Fall of the old and rise of the new. Sato Koichi isn't some simple hotel manager. Wonder what happens to Ryoko. Things don't look very favourable for her from the looks of the trailer.

From what I gather, she's very manipulative in the movie, so she might be getting her just desserts.

Episode 8.

i got ep eight d/l'ed, going to scan thru it, where are the damn subs...lol, j/k, i know one lucky day we'll get some subs for this.

nice screen caps, b, thanks.

qilver wrote:

i got ep eight d/l'ed, going to scan thru it, where are the damn subs...lol, j/k, i know one lucky day we'll get some subs for this. nice screen caps, b, thanks.

Sadly, without a "trendy" cast, we may never see them.

dochira wrote:

Sadly, without a "trendy" cast, we may never see them.

Exactly.

dochira wrote:

Sadly, without a "trendy" cast, we may never see them.

guess the fansubbers didn't hang around to continue that series, as well as some other new ones...Rondo, 2nd House, and a few others, they left after subbing ep1...

Ryoko's life is threatened in Ep 8? She's hanging out alot with the policeman.

dochira wrote:

Sadly, without a "trendy" cast, we may never see them.

Yeah. Pity though. The plot is rather riveting and the cast is a rather heavyweight one.

I can help with the translation from Japanese to English if anyone's interested. I'm glad I understand Chinese (and a moderate amount of Japanese) so I get my weekly fix.

jade_frost wrote:

Ryoko's life is threatened in Ep 8? She's hanging out alot with the policeman.

Hmm, this is like the third time she's been paired up (so to speak) with that actor: this drama, Kurokawa No Techo, and Sonagi...

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I can help with the translation from Japanese to English if anyone's interested. I'm glad I understand Chinese (and a moderate amount of Japanese) so I get my weekly fix.

Cool.

Hmm, to do the fansub, I would think you'd probably need a pretty dedicated number of people to get the task done.

bmwracer wrote:

Hmm, this is like the third time she's been paired up (so to speak) with that actor: this drama, Kurokawa No Techo, and Sonagi

Toru Nakamura!

I can't believe I felt sad for the old man, Kitou, in Ep8 despite all his despicable deeds. Looks like Ryoko is in for a tough ride for the next episode. I somehow can't banish the thought that she will most probably aim that short blade Kitou gave her at Sato Koichi's character.

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Sato Koichi's character Kotaki is an undercover (not a very scrupulous one). He's not a hotel manager but actually a special investigator who tackles corruption. Ryoko's secretary at Masquerade works for him. He's always kept Ryoko at arm's length even though any idiot can tell she's in love with him but now he's suddenly doing an about turn and acting affectionate towards her. Smells fishy.

Yup, that's the guy, Toru-san. Good actor.

Actually he was also in that Takarazuka movie with Ryoko-chan back in 2000...

Thanks for the spoiler info.

Episode 9 tonight.

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Flame on...! (according to the new reports)

bmwracer wrote:

Episode 9 tonight. Click on button to reveal/hide spoiler: Flame on...! (according to the new reports)

It seems its the last episode. I expected it to last 10 episodes.

jade_frost wrote:

It seems its the last episode. I expected it to last 10 episodes.

Yeah, I just noticed that on the official site.

Was the ending inconclusive?

Episode 9 (final?).

bmwracer wrote:

Episode 9 (final?).

i guess it is the last episode, i thought there would be more...like up to 11...

nice screen caps B

qilver wrote:

i guess it is the last episode, i thought there would be more...like up to 11... nice screen caps B

Thanks, but I just copied 'em from the website.

bmwracer wrote:

Thanks, but I just copied 'em from the website.

let me know if you want a copy.

qilver wrote:

let me know if you want a copy.

Sure I do.

That way, it'll take the burden off of Doch...


Besides, I still owe you a copy of Okusama.....

bmwracer wrote:

Sure I do. That way, it'll take the burden off of Doch... Besides, I still owe you a copy of Okusama.....

sounds good...but we can hold off until we meet up for lunch, or i can mail it, when i feel better(ankle), i am still recovering, but getting better. I have your copy here.