family

Jiro Kanzaki (Kimura Takuya), is an ex-pro race car driver, but due to misbehavior, he is sent to live with his parents. When he arrives, he suddenly finds his house become a foster home for 12 children with differing personalities. His return brings a new depth to the household and influences people around him. It is the drama where I first saw most of the young popular actors now: Ueno Juri, Toda Erika, Kaho, Arioka Daiki, and Nakajima Yuto.

Mineta Chisato (Horikita Maki) was forced to live as a bum in order to hide from loansharks who are hounding her to pay off her dad’s debt. Then she met a weird old man who promised that he would pay off the debt under one condition: she would marry him. Forcefully, she said yes and end up with more problems than what she bargained for, taking care of 6 sons: Kaname Jun as Fuu, Okada Yoshinori as Takeru, Mukai Osamu as Sho, Yamamoto Yusuke as Masaru, Seto Koji as Satoru and Okayama Tomoki as Akira.

15-year-old Ikeuchi Aya (Sawajiri Erika) was an ordinary girl, until lately when she has been falling down often and walks strangely. She is diagnosed with a rare terminal illness called spinocerebellar degeneration, where the brain gradually deteriorates to the point where the person cannot walk, speak, write, or eat, but does not affect the mind. How will she and her family cope with this disease?