Another drama that I SWORE I finished a long time ago, was surprised to see this one in my “unwatched” folder. And going through the episodes, seems I DID watch a lot of it, but decided it would be a welcome chance to watch the entire series all over again!
Will say, it TOTALLY rekindled my love for precious Aya Oomasa, she is SUCH a sweetie as the sensitive and shy wallflower Sunako, you wanted to hug her in every episode!
A wonderfully morose girl with a taste for the macabre (think Wednesday Addams), it's a gas watching her as she deals with living with a room full of shining “ikemen” (Kazuya Kamenashi, Hiroki Uchi, Yuya Tegoshi, etc, was this drama produced by Johnnys?) who, tasked with the job of transforming Sunako into a "lady", in turn learn to become better people themselves.
Such a great show, and if the drama seemed full of guys, they made sure the show had its share of hot chicks as well! One huge bonus was seeing babealicious Ranko Kanbe as the bouncy Noi Kasahara...
Some of you may remember I fell in love with Ranko thru her appearance on Arashi’s “Mannequin5 segment, this is the first time I’m seeing her in a drama! Such a bubbly and warm personality and such an "anime" style voice!!
As well naughty Aki Hoshino as a very stalkery rival to Ranko for the boys affections, this was the first time I saw Aki as a character and not just a pretty model...in fact, this might be the first time I'm seeing her NOT showing off those ample assets of hers, and instead, looked like quite the dainty young girl!
And DAMN, special mention MUST be made of how damn SEXY feakin’ Reiko Takashima is in this as the matriarchal Landlord of the eccentric household…back in the day she was really a spicy item and it’s cool to see her STILL workin’ that sass!
This show was a real treat to watch!!!!