Jiu, Episode 4

The Actors

Rape-Huggist: Shirota Yu ♂
Rape-Huggee: Kuroki Meisa ♀


The Context
They are both elite police-force members. Basically, think of the Samuel L Jackson film S.W.A.T. where the guy is Colin Farrell, and she is Michelle Rodriguez. In fact, ever since first making this obvservation, I cannot look at Kuroki Meisa without thinking that she is the Asian version of Michelle Rodriguez. They are both incredibly attractive, but they always take on roles that make them butch, they always wear tank tops (or "wifebeaters) and they often die.

Here is a quick comparison I microsoft painted-up:

Although Kuroki takes the glamour edge, this is just ridiculous - these are the exact same jackets and low-cut wife-beaters they are wearing. I wonder how many times Rodriguez has been rape hugged over her acting career.




The Result
This is a very successful rape-hug, as later in this episode they are shown in post-coitus before she gets up and leaves him when you can tell that he really wants to spoon.

The Depiction
This is a fighting rape-hug. A bit earlier on in the series she destroys three of her elite police force male colleagues (breaking of of their arms in the process), so we all know that she can fight - and unlike most female actresses Meisa is actually convicing as a quality fighter. However, she tests her luck again, and he fends her off like a small child, wraps her up so she doesn't end up hurting herself, and rape-hugs her against her own free will. This makes it one of the rare rape-hugs in Japanese doramas where the rape-huggee is actually stuggling.



Awkwardometor ☆

Yes, this is a from-behind rape-hug that happens at night which usually would jack up the awkardometor a few stars. This scores low on the awkwardometor because she kind of deserved it by throwing a punch at an obviously superior fighter, and unless you are a total badass who is willing to punch a female in the face, the only acceptable way to fight a woman is by wrapping her up. (The other "options" are to take a beating, or to fight using another female's fists Jet Li & Aaliyah style.) So, really he did exactly the right thing, right up until the moment that he thinks "she's throwing a punch on me, that must means she likes me." Well, unfortunately his hunch proved correct, but I'm going out on a limb to say that he hit the freaking jackpot. The odds of this working were astoundingly low, and seriously, if Meisa stopped taking on roles where she is trying to be a bad-ass tom-boy, she would be the hottest J-dorama actress, so screw this guy. But in the end, this is a rape-hug merely due to him extending a counter wrap-up long enough for it to be awkward and him to get a boner. So as much as I hated this rape-hug and everything it mis-represents, it scores a measly one star.

Video
A most disappointingly short fight-scene that quickly turns creepy.