Ami is a thoughtful and efficient secretary for a business with co-workers who like and care about her. She is engaged to a man named Kentaro (Katsumi Hyodo), but when he shamelessly boasts that he has been cheating on her, she calls it off.
Trying to deal with her feelings one night, she sees a man in a dating app that says he needs to marry a woman right away, no questions asked. This should clearly raise some alarms, but with the hurt in her heart from her fiance’s betrayal, Ami decides to click on the link in a spur of the moment act!
Fast forward a few days later, and the two are living together in Miura’s place as a newlywed couple! Though they seem like lovebirds, behind closed doors their relationship is purely platonic. Though mornings are cheerful and bright, this strange married couple have no physical relationship and in fact, do not even know where the other one works!
And so it is quite a shock for both when, one morning at the company, the elevator doors slide open…and the married couple comes face to face with each other!
The ride up is awkward as they pretend to not know each other, but once outside, they happily talk about the strange coincidence! “I guess we should keep out marriage a secret?” Ami says, and Miura is quick to agree. “Let’s keep it a secret for now”.
The couple is caught by some of the girls, to which Miura pretends he is talking to Ami about some business related quibble, and leaves. It’s here that Ami finds that the man she’s secretly married to is QUITE the catch and is extremely popular among the ladies!
No reason has been given for the circumstances in which Miura wanted to get married right away to a stranger, but as for Ami, she is falling fast for this thoughtful and soft spoken guy.
Despite their platonic partnership, Ami wants more, and even tries to push the agenda, dolling up and dressing in loose clothes for him. She gets Manatsu to drink beer with her, but he tells her that unless she really loves him , they shouldn’t do anything. But of course, Ami is already in love.
Very cute moment the next day when Ami decides to drop by and visit Miura in his office, just because. She looks so cute and you can see she REALLY likes him.
Going to the stairwell, Ami admits she has no reason to bother him and just wanted to see him. He tells her he ordered a package and that she should open it when she gets home.
Ami scampers off happily, but when a co-worker confronts Miura, we see that he may be hiding a darker agenda than an innocent marriage. What is the reason for this marriage facade, anyway? Why is he doing what he’s doing?
And what is going to happen to Ami, who is totally in love with the guy?
As she gets home and opens the parcel, we find that it is a box of CONDOMS, leading us to wonder…does this guy like Ami? Is their romance going to become a true one? Ah, we’ll have to keep watching to find out!
YES, this drama has an utterly RIDICULOUS premise: marriage to a stranger without knowing a SINGLE thing about them? And two beautiful looking people who shouldn't have any kind of problem getting marriage prospects, I might add!
All of this seems like a very whimsical manga story, but I DON'T CARE because Airi Matsui is simply KILLING it as the sweet Ami!! I already love this girl and this show is only making me love her even more!
Shanai Marriage Honey airs every Friday-Can't wait to see more of it!!!
Posted by zdorama @zdoramaagain.blogspot.com
