Holy Boys Over Flowers, Batman, we’ve got yet another teenage romcom centered around four Unattainable Demigod Lads with the wacky comedy drama "Onzoshi Boys" from 2019! This time Riku Nikaido (Hayato Isomura), Taiga Sainji (Hiroki Iijima), Teru Minai (Yu Inaba), and Tastsunori Date (Ryosuke Yamamoto) are the four superstar heirs to huge family fortunes. Besides their family wealth, these boys exceed in everything else, sports, arts and leisure, and are virtually untouchable for the millions of average girls who swoon over them~ And so it is that when they announce lottery where girls can enter and be chosen to participate in a reality show-like program and hopefully MARRY one of them, the reaction is not unlike Charlie and The Chocolate Factory's Golden Tickets with every girl falling over herself to get her entry in!One of these young hopefuls is a cute and cheerful girl named Mugi Aihara (Yuna Taira). The daughter of a modest bakery business couple (with Atsuko Sakurai as Mom, yes boys we are getting older when we see Atsuko playing parental figures) she is down to earth and unassuming, all of which makes you want to root for her when she becomes one of the few chosen to participate in the primary tournament!!!From the get go Mugi shows that she is a lot more unpolished when she is the only one who shows up at the gala event in a top and culottes, while all other ladies show off their best party dresses.Still, it’s this humble side of her that eventually catches the eye of the four young lads. Whereas all the other girls pout and preen for the cameras, Mugi is seen happily pigging out on all the delicious finger foods laid out!! They chuckle at her antics and I gotta admit I was right there with them!Finally it comes time for the girls who will participate in the reality show, and through sheer random chance, Mugi ends up being the last contestant chosen! Her unabashed excitement is evident, though there are some in the group who aren’t too happy at the news!Along with other hopefuls like Yu Shibayama ( Natsuki Okamoto) and Fumino Ono (Rena Takeda), Mugi gets ready to take on the Noble Pince Challenge! How will our wide-eyed young heroine make out?
Ahhh, I know I’m not really the target audience for this obvious “Hana Yori Dango” knockoff Shoujo Manga style drama, but I’ve been waiting to see actress Yuna Taira in a starring role even since she won me over as the VERY sassy niece of Hiroshi Abe in the ‘Kekkon Dekinai Otoko” series:She was so charismatic and cool as the only one in the family who could boss around Shinsuke, and she is simple WONDERFUL in the role of Mugi Aihara!!!
This scene says everything you need to know about Mugi’s personality. The Host tells her they will be judged on secret things. “What secret things?” she asks, to which the host says, “If I told you, they wouldn't be secret, would they?”Mugi realizes she just asked a dumb question,, but when another contestant calls her out and teases her for it, “Ha-ha, you got scolded! Don’t worry about it!”, instead of getting mad or offended, Mugi can only laugh at herself, LOLOL
It’s reasons like this that you want to see good things for her. Such a sweet character!!! PS: Someone uploaded Onzoshi Boys a couple of weeks ago on Nyaa and on a whim decided to check it out. Since they uploaded it only recently, I was surprised when I found out this drama was from mid 2019, thought it was brand new!
Nonetheless, been rather enjoying this one!
EDIT: Okay, watched a few more episodes and sad to say, after episode 2 Mugi stops being the main character and instead shares equally with the two other girls. Still OK but not as fun as when Mugi was the main focus. My opinion, anyway.
