Mop Girl Rides Again! (Well, Sort Of...)

Kitagawa Keiko in the new supernatural thriller Akuma-Chan

 Just finished watching the first episode of the supernaturally wacky AKUMU-CHAN, and for those of you out there who (like me) have yearned for the day when Kitagawa Keiko returns to her MOP GIRL roots, this drama will surely be the tonic! 

Kitagawa Keiko meets Kimura Manatsu

The story of a young girl with clairvoyant powers to see the future who teams up with an older sensei to help her prevent the calamities from happening is pure Momoko Hasegawa, only this time, Keiko's the senior and actress Kimura Manatsu is the child with "the gift"!

Yuiko Imploring Mutoi's help

"Now What Have I gotten Myself Into?!"

 Keiko plays Mutoi Ayami, a teacher with a seemingly wonderfully bright and perky personality that disguises her actual cold-hearted nature underneath. One day a new transfer student named Yuiko arrives and tells her that she is the only one who can save an old woman from dying. An unbelieving Mutoi refuses to act, and only after the horrific accident happens does she believe the child when she says  she can dream the future. Together with the girl and her eccentric scientist Grandfather (played by the equally eccentric Fumiyo Kohinata), they team up to stop future catastrophes from happening!

Kohinata Fumiyo, Kimura Manatsu and Kitagawa Keiko

"Your Dreams are getting me in Trouble!"

While the show leans more towards a realistic slant (the fantasy elements are kept in dreams and are meant to be "symbolic" of the events happening in the "Real World"), there's still enough mind-boggling surprises to keep Keiko Kitagawa constantly giving that wonderful open-mouthed stunned face of puzzlement, the interaction between her and the young Manatsu are charming, and throwing in cute YUKA as a rival schoolteacher (well, Health Aide) who is constantly at odds with her, this is a treat for older and newer Keiko fans alike!

Yuka trades barbs with Keiko

Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com