Some Tina Tamashiro Goodness

 Another show I’m watching is “Shachiku OL Chiemaru Nikki” starring Tina Tamashiro as a clueless newbie Chieko Tsukimaru trying to learn the ropes at her new Marketing Job while  dealing with indifferent colleagues and a screamy outlandish Boss (Yusuke Hirayama)!

Though she had dreams of becoming one of the svelte working set, her meek attitude and overbearing supervisors have instead made her into a veritable corporate slave!

This is another one of those 10 minute long shows comprised of about 15 chapters which have become popular lately. Couldn’t work for a serious drama, but for a lighthearted comedy like this one, it’s just about perfect!

Below: Chieko doesn't know with Omiyage, you’re supposed to only take one, AHAHAHA

As you all know well, I ADORE Tina Tamashiro since her stint as the gentle train otaku Michiko in Tetsu Ota Michiko 2 man Kiiro, and somehow this drama has the same vibe since we spend most of the time just following Chieko bumbling through her work days and lamenting her bad decisions as she walks home each day. VERY cute!

Of course, each episode ends with Chieko looking optimistically for the next day in hopes of someday getting a HANG of this thing called work!

A perfect show for the  Tina Tamashiro fan....

Up In The Air with "Nice Flight"

Airport-based Romcom featuring a young pilot named Sui Kurata (Yuta Tamamori) who finds a connection to the voice of an air-traffic tower controller when she guides he and his co-pilot Nanami Kitami (Michiko Kichise) out of a tense landing situation.

Drawn to the soothing and concise voice during his missions, he becomes obsessed with finding the woman behind the voice in hopes of thanking her for her service…little does he know but he’s already bumped into her!

Her name is Mayu Shibuya (Anne Nakamura), and though she is stoic and sure-footed behind the microphone of the Air Traffic tower, she is a gruff and introverted person outside, and after literally bumping into Kurata outside, has decidedly negative feeling towards him!

During a goukon (of sorts) which CA Rikako (Tomoka Kurokawa) has put together (to hook up with a mechanic James (Ukon Onoe), LOL), both Kurata and Shibuya are rooked into attending, and when he realizes both Shibuya and new trainee Kasumi Kawahara (Tina Tamashiro) work in the control tower, Kurata asks if any of them know the woman behind the voice.

Though both girls know it is Shibuya that Kurata is looking for, they say not a word, and in fact Kurata manages to get even further under Shibuya’s skin!

Things could have been left at that, but when Shibuya’s bicycle chain breaks as she's ready to go home, Kurata takes it upon himself to repair it, and a truce is made. For the first time, Shibuya can see the good side of him!

It’s during this short time that they make a connection between each other, alas it is seemingly too late as the crafty Kawahara, who is interested in Kurata, has lied and taken credit as the woman whose voice he was looking for! (Nooooo Tina!!!!)

A fairly basic Airport drama of which we’ve seen many times, I suspect the bulk of this show will be the usual: irate or incapacitated passenger problems, prideful or put-out personnel, etc, however it features a nice cast and I’ve been looking forward to seeing Anne Nakamura branch off into bigger roles like this!

PS: While I was anticipating this drama for the Anne Nakamura goodness, I had no idea Tina Tamashiro was going to be a part of it til she tweeted out some behind the scenes pics on her twitter before the first episode!!

Awww, so glad to be seeing her again, even though it seems a very naughty role at that!

Just what are you up to, Tina?!