Despite her past, Momoko is a bright, cheerful and hard-working girl beloved by her manager Hinako Ichihara (Eiko Koike) and co-workers alike! She is diligent in her work, and she is destined to meet the man of her future through this job…
Manato Yoshioka (Kento Hayashi, FINALLY back to playing more gentle characters) is an affable guy working as a Cargo deliveryman under the care of Satoshi Takada (Naohito Fujiki). And of course, one of their main stops is T's Crafts and Home, the very same warehouse that Momoko works at!!!
He is a thoughtful person and thought little gestures (like repairing a broken trinket), he manages to make a nice impression with the wide-eyed Momoko!
All that orangey Halloween wonderment aside, Nee-san no Koibito seems like your average romance drama, but with character you like well enough that you’re willing to take a ride with them!
Bonus points for special appearance by Emi Wakui as Manato’s clingy old Mother (yes, she playing old mothers now, who would have EVER thunk it)...
As well as picking actress NAO for Momoko’s best friend Miyuki Hamano... As you all know, Nao has real experience playing the best friend of the main characters for some time now, LOL. Truthfully, I’m ready to see her in some starring vehicle, but for now it's nice to see here here….
Will continue to see where this drama is heading!
PS: Went looking up Halloween in Japan, and now I can see why I don't see much of in in Nihongo stuff. Apparently it's only recently that they've been embracing the holiday, and even them, only the costume part (you know Japan is Koo-Koo for Cosplay), and not so much the whole "Trick or Treat" and Jack 'o' Lantern thing...
Hmm, The more you know!
Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com
