Ryoma-Den [Episode 7] : Episode Summary

SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS!

Thanks to Angelreii for the summary.

NHK World Premium > Schedules > Historical Drama "RYOMADEN" Eps. 7

Feb 14 (Sun) 18:10-18:55

Note : The time is Singapore time, in Japan should be 19.10. Apparently due to winter olympics, Ryoma-Den will be shown 50 minutes earlier than the usual time slot of 20:00 Japan time for the duration of the sports. This is confirmed for NHK World Premium. Please check your own TV schedule for more information. I am not sure if this applies for NHK General or those watching through Keyhole. Will update later. 

Ryoma returns to Tosa and Yataro takes him to see Kawada Shoryo, a painter who tells them the superiority of Western civilization. Learning that Ryoma had seen the US fleet, Shoryo becomes interested in Ryoma and stays at his home where Hachihei had fallen ill. Kao turns down Yataro's proposal but helps him travel to Edo which was his dream. Ryoma takes his father to the beach and talks about his dream to take his family on a journey aboard a boat he built. Hachihei passes away shortly after.

Ryoma-Den [Episode 6] : Episode summary, Review, Previews, Torrents, Ratings

UPDATES - 09.02.2010
Added a new torrent link.


UPDATES - 08.02.2010
HD torrent is available! Link added. More torrent files I think will be added in a day or 2. Also added ratings figure.

THE FOLLOWING WERE ALL POSTED ON 07 FEBUARY 2010 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.

THE EPISODE SUMMARY

Thanks to AngelReii for the following info.

Historical Drama "RYOMADEN" Eps. 6
Feb 7 (Sun) 19:00-19:45 (Japan time)

Sana urges Ryoma to apologize to his sword master in order to resume his practice, but he shows no intention to take back his words for he found sword fighting useless. The US fleet led by Commodore Perry arrives in Japan again which hikes tension among antiforeigner supporters. Ryoma sees Yoshida Shoin from Choshu clan, who planned to smuggle onto the fleet with his ambition to see the world with his own eyes. Shoin tells Ryoma to take quick action rather than being caught in worries.

More after Read More.

About Masha ... Q&A during his birthday

THE FOLLOWING WAS FIRST POSTED ON 07.02.2010 UNLESS WHERE INDICATED 

UPDATES - 08.02.2010

Added some clarification on some terms thanks to Izumisano as well as one final question that I did not add.

I found some interesting translation about the questions Masha answered during his ANN show on 06.02.2010, that was on his birthday, considered a birthday special segment. As translated by Mashamasha from the HK Discussion forum (post 88 page 6). Those in [ ] in bold is by me. And some comments on his birthday cake(s). All after Read More.

Ryoma-Den [Episode 3] : Story summary, review, English translation, torrent, soft subs & ratings report

08.02.2010

Soft subs available. Download the suitable format.

05.02.2010

Added the link to the translation for entire episode 3 after Read More. I believe soft sub will be out very soon.

20.01.2010

Finally a higher quality torrent, labelled as Source 2. But interestingly, highest quality source has yet to release his version. I wonder why ... Also added the highest quality torrent as Source 3. And added where you can watch Chinese subbed episode 3 online labelled as Source 2.

19.01.2010

Added torrent file, place to watch online and some more plot summary. All after Read More link.

Lookout for this post for all on Episode 3! By the way NHK is in Keyhole TV list again but who knows, come 7pm (Japan time)/8pm (Malaysian time), it might disappear again. Thank God for torrents! Apparently Chinese subs are out. Hopefully there will English subs soon.

OFFICIAL SUMMARY
Episode 3 : Gitegata no Tabi (偽手形の旅 Journey of the Forged Permit)

Thanks to AngelReii of MashaPlus Info Forums for the info.

NHK World Premium > Historical Drama "RYOMADEN" Eps. 3

Jan 17 (Sun) 20:00-20:45

Ryoma finally is permitted to go to Edo to refine his sword skills. As he launched on his journey with Mizobuchi, Yataro appears and asks them to take him with them because he did not have enough money for the trip. Takechi, Ryoma's childhood friend, remains in Tosa and practices his sword. Kao, who still had feelings for Ryoma, turns down the proposal. At the last checkpoint in Shikoku, a guard discovers that Yataro's permit was forged.

All after Read More link.

It's Only Love / Sorry Baby [Single] : Full track list

His 9th single, released on 24.03.1994, the PV for the single It's Only Love gave me the shock of my life. You can check out the screencaptures and where to download the PV in the post under the label "It's Only Love". 1994 is really quite far away but the PV featured an obviously at least half naked woman! Must be seen to be believed. Anyway I like both songs, in particular Sorry Baby because of a concert version. It's Only Love is often sung in concerts by the way. The vocals here improved somewhat even if he sounded like he was shouting. Could this be the first single reaching no. 1 in the Oricon charts I wonder? Anyway sold a staggering 1,175,570 copies! That's in millions!

The following is the full track list of this album and whereever noted means the following either combination. Please take note ALL posts about songs come with an embedded video either the concert version, PV version or just the song version found in Youtube or uploaded somewhere and played through an embedded radio player. Some may contain screencaptures taken from the video source.

[EL]English only [RL]Romaji only [KL]Kanji only & the various combination [English title]English translation of the original title in Japanese [Nb]Remarks or notes by me. If you don't see any indicator for EL, RL or KL, it means it is not translated yet at all.

You will also find the following songs individually in the Albums list and Songs list in the left panel.

All My Loving / Koibito [Single] : Full track list

Could it be a coincidence that both songs were covered by famous HK artistes? All My Loving by super famous, one of HK's Four Heavenly Kings, Leon Lai (which was a themesong for a TVB series to which he played the lead and he sounded very much like Masha back in those days and stopped improving since then) and Koibito by Ekin Cheng who was never a good singer anyway but a very iconic actor? Could it be the HK counterparts were listening to this one single SINGLE? You can check out the cover versions in the Label "[MEDIA] Music :: Cover versions :: Masha's songs".

Anyway, released on 29.09.1993, his 8th single offered 2 songs and sold more than 550,000 copies. Definitely a consistent trend back in those days. He may sell lesser now BUT that is because internet downloads and such were not taken into account. Imagine if it did, legal and illegal means just for computation sake, I have no doubt he might achieve half of Sakurazaka sale each time! I don't like Koibito but All My Loving is fun, fast and full of beats. His vocals however were... well it was back in those days ...

The following is the full track list of this album and whereever noted means the following either combination. Please take note ALL posts about songs come with an embedded video either the concert version, PV version or just the song version found in Youtube or uploaded somewhere and played through an embedded radio player. Some may contain screencaptures taken from the video source.

[EL]English only [RL]Romaji only [KL]Kanji only & the various combination [English title]English translation of the original title in Japanese [Nb]Remarks or notes by me. If you don't see any indicator for EL, RL or KL, it means it is not translated yet at all.

You will also find the following songs individually in the Albums list and Songs list in the left panel.

Melody/Baby Baby [Single] : Full track list

I would think this single is the start of his success at the charts and album sales from the figures I see. Can't be difficult to understand why; Melody is really a very melodic and easy to listen song. From the facts and figures, this is also the beginning of his songs' dominance in CMs. Now I understand where a bulk of his income came from back in those days! And from Jpop Stop!, this single sold close to 600,000 copies! Considering back in those days there weren't much piracy and internet downloadings, and in Japan alone, this figure is to me incredibly high. Anyway released on 02.06.1993.

The following is the full track list of this album and whereever noted means the following either combination. Please take note ALL posts about songs come with an embedded video either the concert version, PV version or just the song version found in Youtube or uploaded somewhere and played through an embedded radio player. Some may contain screencaptures taken from the video source.

[EL]English only [RL]Romaji only [KL]Kanji only & the various combination [English title]English translation of the original title in Japanese [Nb]Remarks or notes by me. If you don't see any indicator for EL, RL or KL, it means it is not translated yet at all.

You will also find the following songs individually in the Albums list and Songs list in the left panel.

Yakusoku no Oka [Single] : Full track list

I'm sorry, I just can't think when I look at how high he wore his jeans, which is a clear indication the era when this single was released! I am glad even how you wear your jeans have evolved to a more sensible height from hip ratio! Anyway this is his 6th single with 2 singles offered. Even earlier on in his career his songs have been used in dramas and etc, this one no less.

The following is the full track list of this album and whereever noted means the following either combination. Please take note ALL posts about songs come with an embedded video either the concert version, PV version or just the song version found in Youtube or uploaded somewhere and played through an embedded radio player. Some may contain screencaptures taken from the video source.

[EL]English only [RL]Romaji only [KL]Kanji only & the various combination [English title]English translation of the original title in Japanese [Nb]Remarks or notes by me. If you don't see any indicator for EL, RL or KL, it means it is not translated yet at all.

You will also find the following songs individually in the Albums list and Songs list in the left panel.

Good Night [Single] : Full track list

Good Night is his 5th single offering 2 songs released on 21.05.1992. I can say for sure Good Night the single in this single is a really good song. The vocals however had much left to be desired. And the titles were long back in those time. Of course not as long as his concert titles. A bit of comment on the album cover. So young! Back then he was 23 only!

The following is the full track list of this album and whereever noted means the following either combination. Please take note ALL posts about songs come with an embedded video either the concert version, PV version or just the song version found in Youtube or uploaded somewhere and played through an embedded radio player. Some may contain screencaptures taken from the video source.

[EL]English only [RL]Romaji only [KL]Kanji only & the various combination [English title]English translation of the original title in Japanese [Nb]Remarks or notes by me. If you don't see any indicator for EL, RL or KL, it means it is not translated yet at all.

You will also find the following songs individually in the Albums list and Songs list in the left panel.

Woh Wow / Tada Boku ga Kawatta [Single] : Full track list

This was his 4th single consisting of 2 songs released in 21.10.1991. It is also his first single to chart on the Oricon charts.

The following is the full track list of this album and whereever noted means the following either combination. Please take note ALL posts about songs come with an embedded video either the concert version, PV version or just the song version found in Youtube or uploaded somewhere and played through an embedded radio player. Some may contain screencaptures taken from the video source.

[EL]English only [RL]Romaji only [KL]Kanji only & the various combination [English title]English translation of the original title in Japanese [Nb]Remarks or notes by me. If you don't see any indicator for EL, RL or KL, it means it is not translated yet at all.

You will also find the following songs individually in the Albums list and Songs list in the left panel.