Thursday, February 18, 2021

The Devil Wears Prada, Japan Version

 
The story of the meek assistant and the domineering boss is an oft used trope of dramas, yet “Oh! My Boss! Koi wa Bessatsu de!” manages to make it fun and interesting show, one which I couldn't stop watching!
M
one Kamishiraishi is the shy and reserved Nami Suzuki, a girl who has only come to Tokyo to follow her childhood crush, but by chance ends up working for a new Fashion Magazine as the harried assistant of the Devilishly demanding supervisor Reiko Horai.
From day one Nami is put to task answering to all of Horai’s demands, running back and forth with parcels, setting up meetings, calling cabs and of course getting her coffee first thing in the morning! Horai has been appointed to held the launch of a new fashion magazine and she intends to put everyone to work to achieve her goals!
Wehn Nami feels she can’t go on, a young man whom she has met by chance, a pro photographer named Junnosuke (Yuta Tamamori) is there to offer support and keep her going.
Indeed, she soon becomes charmed by this guy and when he asks her help in pretending to be his girlfriend to get his parents off his back about marriage proposals, she jumps at the chance!
And so begins Nami’s double life of playing girlfriend to the kind Junnosuke while at the same time juggling the crushing task of being Reiko Horai’s overwhelmed assistant! 
Mone Kamishiraishi is slowly becoming a new fave of mine with her sweet and innocent portrayals of the wide-eyed, naive girls in the big city!
Like her earlier character Nanase Sakura in the drama “Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Dokomademo”, Mone completely captures the small-town girl dazzled by the bright lights off the big city whose sincerity wins over even the hardest of hearts!
Posted by Zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com