Miss Devil 終わり

I’d been dying to watch the drama “Miss Devil” starring the always svelte and gorgeous Nanao ever since I watched its very, first episode. Despite having to watch it un-subbed, I liked it a lot and was hoping some team would pick it up.

Well, that time finally came and I was able to get the entire series translated, and OH MAN, did it deliver! I loved, loved, LOVED this drama!!!

 At once reminding me of the Keiko Kitagawa drama “Ie Uru Onna” with its “strong female lead who is a genius at her job but lacking social skills”, the story of Miss Devil tells the tale of a cutthroat Human Resources Agent whose specialty is going to an ailing company and ruthlessly cutting out all the unnecessary workers by laying them off and advising them to turn in their resignations (thus the evil nickname)…

 

But as she vets out the ne’er do wells and the foot-draggers in the company, we realize there is a darker side to the insurance company that Tsubaki is trying to uncover!

 Nanao was simply AWESOME in this role, as we’ve seen from many, many shows, she has the flair for playing both pretty working girls AND psychotic killers, and the role of HR Rep Mako Tsubaki is a combination of BOTH!

Already pretty, I love how they accent her coldness by giving her heavy black mascara around her eyes and an almost white foundation, giving her an immediate startling and ghoulishly striking look, LOL!

  Very interesting storyline, but I think the thing that really MAKES this show is the dynamic between the cold and calculating Mako Tsubaki and her naive but hard-working and good-hearted underling Saito (Sexy Zone’s Shori Sato)…their interactions are fun as heck!!

 From the beginning they are butting heads- Nanano’s ruthless method of eliminating new hires in order to weed out the excess has Saito shaking his head, and when he is finally forced to choose one of his fellow peers in the room to axe, he cheekily chooses HER!
 He doesn’t get his wish, and must face her “evil eye” as she leaves the meeting (such a hilarious reaction from Saito, I kept rewinding this scene over and over, LOLOLOL)…

…But Saito’s troubles are only beginning, for when he is assigned to his department, he is utterly petrified to discover that Ms. Tsubaki is going to be his immediate supervisor!!!
With Saito firmly under her thumb, Mako gives Saito the business, forcing him to attend different departments each week and having to choose an employee to fire!!! And yet, despite her acidic demeanor, Saito learns to respect and even admire Ms. Tsubaki, and she in turn reveals a side of her no one knows about. Simply brilliant partnering!!

Once I started watching this show, I just couldn’t stop and only by sheer will did I manage to stretch it out to three days, and, having just finished the last episode, I can safely say that Miss Devil is once of the most enjoyable dramas I’ve recently seen!!!