Just finished watching the cute drama Hotaru no Hikari starring pretty Ayase Haruka as the title character Hotaru Amemiya, the OL who’s an efficient and orderly worker by day but a lazy, carefree slob at home!
I just loved this show! Every scene Ayase Haruka was in just lit up with her eccentric and hyper behavior! Though she’s a well established actress ( in dramas such as Sekai no Chuushin de Ai o Sakebu), this is the first drama I’ve ever seen her in, and I instantly developed a HUGE liking for her!
I’m a BIG fan of pretty clothes on pretty girls, and I have to say, I don’t think there was a single outfit of hers that I didn’t absolutely LOVE…that is, of course, her worktime/going out outfits…
Unfortunately, these beautiful dresses and blouse ensembles were ALWAYS balanced each episode by an abundant amount of scenes of Hotaru in her beloved sportwear/jersey/ boro-boro’s!!! ARGH!
Simply amazing that they can turn this cute but frumpy “Himono-Onna”..
Into this pretty and stylish “Admirable Girl”!
Strangely enough, she’s kind of playing a role like Ryoko Kuninaka’s "Chisato Tamura" character in Brother Beat, a cute but shy girl who has a hard time expressing herself to the man she loves. That’s really ironic, as Kuninaka ALSO appears in this drama playing Yuuka, Hotaru’s too-perfect arch-rival for the prize-of-the-office-catch Makoto!
One funny thing about the backdrop of the show was that the office where Hotaru and her company resides looks EXACTLY like the office in both “Haken No Hinkaku” and “Shiawase Ni Naritai”! Ahahahaha! But that’s OK, when you’ve got a show with such a winning cast and heartwarming storyline, you could be shooting the show in a barn and still come up roses!
Ah, another show that made me feel lonely and sad when it ended! I wanted more!
