slice life

A hilarious portrayal of a 40 year old man (Abe Hiroshi) who cannot get married, not because he can’t find anyone, but because he just wants to be left alone to listen to classical music, build a Titanic ship replica and eat delicious food ALL by HIMSELF.

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.

A brilliant portrayal of a corrupt society in the eyes and behaviors of 6th graders and their relationship with the scariest teacher (Amami Yuki) ever.

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.

21 years old Tabuchi Kohei aka Bussan (Okada Junichi) finds out that he has cancer and only has 6 months to live. For those 6 months, he proposes to his closest friends, Bambi (Sakurai Sho), Ucchie (Okada Yoshinori), Master (Sato Ryuta) and Ani (Tsukamoto Takashi), a plan to steal from those who commit crimes. Hilarious antics totally occurs in that short 6 months.