Our drama opens with the sombre scene of a funeral. Kazama Kubota’s (Arata Iura) father was a factory owner, but due to dealings with a shady company helmed by a businessman named Murooka (Shingo Tsurumi), he was forced into bankruptcy and committed suicide.
Kubota holds Murooka personally responsible for his father’s death, and can hardly hold his frustrations in when the man arrives to pay his respects at the funeral.
After the funeral, Kubota is out having a smoke when his cousin Mitsuru (Bakarythm) comes out to talk. they share memories of the Father, and looking over how angry Kubota is, Mitsuru asks in a concerned voice, “You’re not thinking about getting revenge, are you?” To which Kubota adamantly denies.
And then, getting up to leave, Mitsuru says, “”Cause if you WERE…I’d help you.”And as the two look at each other, a silent pact is made….
The set-up seems so ominous and at first you might be thinking you’ve begun watching a very dark and serious drama… But as soon as the credits are over, you see JUST what kind of show you’re getting into, when we see the two men talking about planning the murder…while peeing and arguing about whose house they should hold the meeting at!
In the end, none of them wants the other guy to come to his house and they end up at a family restaurant, AHAHAHA!
First order of business: what is the NAME of their murder plan?
The two toss out various names and though they think they’re slick and secretive, they keep getting interrupted mid-sentence by the waitress bringing them their food! Oh my GOD, I was laughing SO HARD!!!
“I’m thinking “Project M”….
"Project M?"
“Your sticky udon, Sir!”
. . .
"Okay...what's next?"
The two toss out various names and though they think they’re slick and secretive, they keep getting interrupted mid-sentence by the waitress bringing them their food! Oh my GOD, I was laughing SO HARD!!!
“Your meat platter, Sir!”
LOL
As kids laugh out loud and play chase master, they finally figure out that a restaurant isn’t the best place to begin planning a murder, luckily Kazuma knows a guy named Hayato who has a flat that is unoccupied which they can use.
It’s a stylish place and the two get down to nailing down a name for their wonderful murder plans!
The two work hard at the list, and they’ve just about agreed to pick “Burning Flames Of Vengeance”...
...when who should burst in but Hayato (Kaii Gamon) and a hostess he picked up at a club!
"I was in the neighborhood and thought I’d drop by, but you can continue to do what you were doing!” he says, eager to show his DJ stereo set-up to the girl.
“Hey, what’s that?” he asks, seeing the list of names, and Mitsuru is horrified to hear Kazama tell Hayato everything!
“Hayato, I have to tell you- I believe a man named Murooka is responsible for my father's death, and we're planning to take revenge. This is a list of names for our plan to kill him!” he blurts, to Hayato’s amazement.
A panicking Mitsuru pulls Kazama outside and scolds him for telling, but Kazama assures him that Hayato is OK.
“But what about that girl?”, he wonders, looking in on the two. "If Hayato trusts her, then I'm sure she’s fine", Kazama concludes.
Indeed, not only can the girl be trusted, once they are back inside and have resumed picking out a name for their murder plan, the sassy girl strides over to give them HER OWN opinion on their list!
Her name is Konoha (a VERY sassy and sexy Mayu Hotta) and, looking over their list, remarks, “Wouldn’t it be better to name your plan something completely unrelated to the murder?”, noting that most of their choices refer to the revenge.
"Let's see...what would a good name be..." On a whim, she picks up a flyer and exclaims, “here, what about Strawberry Fair? It’s completely unrelated!" The boys nod in awe and thus the plan is dubbed so!
How were you gonna kill the guy?” she asks, now completely interested in their plans, and when they say poison, she gives them a complete run-down of the pros and cons of poisoning someone. She really seems to know her stuff, and she even adds, “from watching crime drama on TV, I can tell you the top five ways to kill somebody!”
And with that, the Hostess gives the guys a real textbook schoolin’ on murder!
After their very informative lesson in ways to kill someone, she gives them her card and with a twinkle in her eye, says, “Call me if you need any more help!”
MY! Looks like the boys' Murder Plans are off to a GREAT start!!!
AHAHAHA!
Oh boy, as you all know, I’m a HUGE fan of Bakarythm’s “Suteki Na Sen Taxi” series, and when I saw he was writing and starring in this drama, I was hoping for some Sen Taxi style nuttiness- and that’s JUST what I got!
This show is already so much fun, and when the episode ended I was like “NOOOOOO! I want to see MORE!!!” Promises to be a terrific little show!!!
And MAN, Mayu Hotta…You know, I had only just started liking her through her performance in Kiken na Venus, but WOW, she simply STOLE the SHOW in this first episode!!! 
Now I’m wondering if I should check out “Itoshi no Nina”!
And with that, the Hostess gives the guys a real textbook schoolin’ on murder!
Oh boy, as you all know, I’m a HUGE fan of Bakarythm’s “Suteki Na Sen Taxi” series, and when I saw he was writing and starring in this drama, I was hoping for some Sen Taxi style nuttiness- and that’s JUST what I got!
