The Return of Ayase Haruka

Ayase Haruka in Kyouwa Kaisha Yasumimasu

  Seems like its been quite some time since I’ve watched anything with Ayase Haruka, the actress who almost singlehandedly brought me back to the j-drama fandom with her turn as the loveable Hotaru Amemiya in Hotaru No Hikari back in the day. I began watching her latest drama Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasu not knowing what to expect, but once I got into it, whaddaya know, the old feels came right back to me and I found my self falling back in love with her!

Above and below: Ayase Haruka as Aoishi Hanae

Kyou Wa Kaisha Yasumimasu deals with an efficient Office Clerk named Aoishi Hanae who, upon reaching 30 years, is not only inexperienced in love, but still a shy virgin to boot! When a chance meeting with a cool young coworker named Tanokura Yuto (Fukushi Sota) turns to physical contact, Hanae’s world is rocked as she knows nothing about how to react for her “first time”. Should she be bold about it? Not talk about it? Or simply quit work so as to never have to deal with him again?

Fukushi Sota as Tanokura Yuto

Interdepartment Relation Problems Brewing

 These questions are hard enough to deal with, but Hanae also has to put up with her curious, meddling and zany co-workers, among them Okawa Hitomi (Naka Risa), a vivacious sexy young thang, the outgoing hyperactive loudmouth Oshiro (Taguchi Junnosuke), and Asao Yu (Tamaki Hiroshi), the wise and knowledgeable CEO who has ALSO taken a shine to Hanae and her doings!

Naka Riisa

Taguchi Junnosuke

Above and below: Tamaki Hiroshi as Asao Yu

 As usual with most of the movies and dramas I’ve loved with Ayase Haruka in them, it’s her shy, naïve and innocent facial expressions and body language that really sells her characters to me- From Hotaru Amemiya in Hotaru No Hikari to Tachibana Saki in JIN, you always feel the warmth and sincerity in her roles, you can now add Aoishi Hanae to that list!

Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com