Now that the drama Nee-chan no Koibito is all completed and subbed, it was time to begin watching it, and MAN, is it great! The story of a bright and optimistic young woman working to take care of her three younger brothers and who meets a gentle young man with a troubled past is completely captivating on its own, but what REALLY did it for me was actress Kasumi Arimura in the title role of Momoko Adachi!
Holy Cats, Kasumi is SUCH a dazzling ray of sunshine that she just brightens up EVERY scene, making for one totally enjoyable drama experience! I tell you, she was so cute that I found myself screencapping left and right, and before I knew it I was crushing on her HARD!
Been years since I first saw Kasumi Arimura as the precocious Miyabe Masaki in the Erika Toda Keizoku drama SPEC:Birth:
Even in that SPEC drama I noted how sassy the young Kasumi was, gushing about her on the blog here, and I was curious to see what she would do next! I saw her next as Jun Matsumoto’s little sister in the drama “Shitsuren Chocolatier” and she would play little sis to another Johnny’s actor Aiba Masaki in the suspense drama “Yokoso Wagaya E. Am I sensing typecasting here? LOL
She finally grew into starring roles as the main heroine of such dramas as “Itsuka Kono Koi wo Omoidashite Kitto Naite Shimau” and later “Soshite Ikuru”, both fine dramas but oh so sombre!
After the odd “Arimura Kasumi no Satsukyu” (in which we see a fictional life of Kasumi's)
it was time for something a bit more bright and FUN, and we finally got it with the utterly GENKI drama “Nee-chan no Koibito” !!
Good gravy, could Kasumi possibly be any more ADORABLE??? EASILY her BEST role yet!!
Now If you'll excuse me, I gotta get BACK to finish watching this AWESOME drama!!!