Thanks for starting this thread.

I can't wait to see Ueno Juri in this one.

snowsnoop wrote:

Thanks for starting this thread. I can't wait to see Ueno Juri in this one.

Same here.

If she livens up this drama like she did for Nodame, it should be a winner.

the pictures are already making me laugh!! i cant wait for this drama..it looks good.

Additional synopsis:

After Keita (Oda Yuji) discovers that his wife's mother, Rie (Otake Shinobu), was his former lover, she thrusts herself into the lives of the newly weds by coming to live together with them. This tragedy is compounded on the work front when in an about-turn from his present position, Keita finds himself in a new workplace full of women.

jade_frost wrote:

Additional synopsis: After Keita (Oda Yuji) discovers that his wife's mother, Rie (Otake Shinobu), was his former lover, she thrusts herself into the lives of the newly weds by coming to live together with them. This tragedy is compounded on the work front when in an about-turn from his present position, Keita finds himself in a new workplace full of women.

Yow, he's in sort of a mess, ne?

bmwracer wrote:

Yow, he's in sort of a mess, ne?

Yeah. Sheesh. He'll probably go from to to to

jade_frost wrote:

Yeah. Sheesh. He'll probably go from to to to

At least he has Juri-chan to come home to.


Though, her mom/his ex-lover will be there as well.

Dicey.

Beside the main actors, there's some impressive supporting cast...

Kusakari Masao (Shopping Hero, Iguana no musume)
http://jdorama.com/artiste.678.htm

Morisako Ei (Chibi Maruko-Chan, Nodame Cantabile)...the second cutest child in the world...
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Morisako_Ei
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Character profiles:

Keita (Oda Yuji) works as a senior engineer with the Mechanical Design Group at Pacific Electric's Strategic Digital Goods Development Centre. Because he is an experienced engineer who won a robot contest during his student days, Keita has great pride in his work and is inflexible in certain areas. He also displays an outgoing side, gets serious quickly, cannot drink alcohol, likes combat sports (probably wrestling). He's a honest Japanese man who has been single up till the age of 40, but then he meets Eren at one of the matches, develops feelings for her and then marries her.


Eren (Ueno Juri) is a student at Toyo Gakuen University. Born and raised in France, her perspective of romance and life is like that of a French. She is pretty and has a headstrong, romantic personality. Is her mother to thank for her free-spirited character?


Rie (Otake Shinobu) dated Keita 20 years ago when she attended a university near his. However, due to a difference in views, Rie heads to France. She goes to Paris to study to become a pianist and meets and marries Hirose. Rie now has four children and is living happily in France but meets Keita once again. She likes doing things according to her own whim and pushes people around but has little awareness of what she has done.

jade_frost wrote:

Eren (Ueno Juri) is a student at Toyo Gakuen University. Born and raised in France, her perspective of romance and life is like that of a French. She is pretty and has a headstrong, romantic personality. Is her mother to thank for her free-spirited character?

I'm dying to see if Juri-sama will end up speaking French in this drama. In the "Nodame Cantabile" manga Nodame learned French the weird way - through her favourite anime 'Puri Gorota' and a strange language handbook that teaches sentences such as "Help! I'm being raped!".

jade_frost wrote:

Character profiles: Keita (Oda Yuji) works as a senior engineer with the Mechanical Design Group at Pacific Electric's Strategic Digital Goods Development Centre. Because he is an experienced engineer who won a robot contest during his student days, Keita has great pride in his work and is inflexible in certain areas. He also displays an outgoing side. Gets serious quickly. Cannot drink alcohol. Likes combat sports (probably wrestling). He's a honest Japanese man who has been single up till the age of 40, but then he meets Eren at one of the matches, feels something for her and then marries her. Eren (Ueno Juri) is a student at Toyo Gakuen University. Born and raised in France, her perspective of romance and life is like that of a French. She is pretty and has a headstrong, romantic personality. Is her mother to thank for her free-spirited character? Rie (Otake Shinobu) dated Keita 20 years ago when she attended a university near his. However, due to a difference in views, Rie heads to France. She goes to Paris to study to become a pianist and meets and marries Hirose. Rie now has four children and is living happily in France but meets Keita once again. She likes doing things according to her own whim and pushes people around but has awareness of what she has done.

Nice.

Thanks for posting the info.

Can't wait for the series to hit the 'net.

And hopefully the subs won't be far behind.

Ugh realised I made some typo errors but have just edited it. Is any group subbing?

Since there's so much association with France, I suppose they will shoot some scenes on location? In Ep1, Keita and Eren revel in their bliss at the French resort town of Nice. They are there to obtain her parents permission to marry.

jade_frost wrote:

Ugh realised I made some typo errors but have just edited it. Is any group subbing?

I would think one of the sub groups out there would be dying to sub this drama, considering what a hot property Juri-chan is at the moment.

At least that's what I hope.

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Since there's so much association with France, I suppose they will shoot some scenes on location? In Ep1, Keita and Eren revel in their bliss at the French resort town of Nice. They are there to obtain her parents permission to marry.

Maybe they'll just take some location shots at the Huistenbosch...

bmwracer wrote:

Maybe they'll just take some location shots at the Huistenbosch...

God forbid!!

thtl wrote:

God forbid!!

LOL.

If they did take the time to be in France for Jodan ja nai!, maybe the could start planning for Nodame 2 while they're out there...