Sapuri, Episode 2

The Actors

Rape-Huggist: Eita ♂
Rape-Huggee: Ito Misaki ♀

The Context

He is a young, successful employee who is romantically only interested in his first love. She is a coworker who very much likes him and is frustrated with him being such a pussy. 

The Result

Considering what is written in the above paragraph, coupled with the fact that he rape-hugs her, you would think that this is finally the moment that they get together. Although I am not condoning the rape-hug gesture, perhaps she could un-make it a rape-hug by applying some pressure in return and saying how long she has waited for this moment. However, conditioned by years of Japanese rape-hug culture and the fact that all of Misaki Ito's characters are useless pieces of crap without any personality, she remains completely limp. They then stand in that awkward motion for about one minute of dorama playing time, long enough for some awkward dialogue (see the screen cap below) and for someone to accidentally walk in on them. Eventually, Eita's character apologises for his rash action and [spoiler alert] their genitals never touch.

The Depiction

Here we see the confident male preconceiving his actions, before taking the two strides and quickly evades the suggestion that he might be diving in for the kiss by swerving left - on which side cars drive in Japan - and remaining firmly in place for the long minute of this scene. Also, the scene is dramatically lit by a setting sun behind them in the board room they are in, and the orchestral music reaches its climax.

Awkwardometor ☆☆☆☆

Despite the expectation that the girl would be happy to be hugged, this rape hug is extremely awkward due to the extended duration of the hug and that at no point does she show any real emotion. Hell, I felt extremely awkward after a few seconds. At some point, you would expect Eita to think: 

"Why isn't she hugging me back? Maybe I should let go. Nah, that's impossible - I'm Eita. This is ging greaaaat!"  

Then somebody sees them, and instead of calling the police or informing HR of sexual harrassment, she thinks that this is a romantic moment and presumes that these two are dating, when in reality, you would get the same kind of experience with Ito Misaki as a sex doll. It's at times like these that I really hate Japanese Prime-time doramas (among many other legitimate reasons). I was surprised that this was the only rape-hug in the entire series, so there's at least that.

Video

Witness the lack of emotional depth in real time!