"DOPE": Jinnai is "too cool" and "full of Tomoya Nakamura's charm"

The fifth episode of the drama series " DOPE " (TBS, Fridays at 10pm), starring Takahashi Kaito of the popular group "King & Prince" and actor Tomoya Nakamura , aired on August 1st. Social media was flooded with cheers for Nakamura's character, the narcotics control officer Jinnai, with people saying he was "too cool."

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The Special Investigation Unit launches a new undercover operation to crack down on dope and infiltrates a nightclub. Saiki (Takahashi) succeeds in making contact with a drug dealer, but is surrounded by fellow drug dealers, his identity is revealed, and he is assaulted.

"I'm going to kill you," Saiki says, pointing a gun at him. Just in the nick of time, Jinnai arrives.

"Yeeeesss, that's disgusting. Thanks for the favor," Jinnai said, pretending to be drunk. The drug dealers yelled at him, "We're taking over, get out!", but he saw an opportunity to attack. Saiki got out of the pinch.

Murasakibara ( Yudai Toyoda), who rushed over, was surprised and said, "That's too much," and Watanuki (Araki Yuko) chimed in, "Aren't you going overboard more than usual?"

Jinnai laughed and replied, "I was thinking of getting revenge on my cute junior (Saiki)," but then quickly put him down, saying, "Of course not. Don't get excited!"

On social media, the comments included, "From the action scenes to the conversations where he praises Saiki and then puts her down, every scene is packed with Tomoya Nakamura's charm," "Jinnai is so cool in the club scene! He can't possibly say, 'Don't get excited,'" "Jinnai is so invincible he's really cool, and Saiki's excitement is so cute," and "I love the scene in the club scene where Jinnai overdoes it on his partner and she says, 'No way. Don't get excited!'"

The story is based on the novel of the same name (Kadokawa Bunko) by Kizaki Chiaki, who made her debut as a novelist after winning the Grand Prize at the 20th Dengeki Novel Awards for her work "Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens." Set in a near-future Japan where a mysterious new drug called "DOPE" is rampant, the story follows rookie drug enforcement officer Saiki Yuto of the secret Narcotics Control Department's Special Investigation Division (Special Investigation Division) and his trainer Jinnai Teppei as they attempt to solve a mysterious case.