No.of Eps: 11
Yr/TV Stn: 2012/Fuji TV
Cast:
Oguri Shun ~ Hyuga Toru
Iura Arata ~ Asahina Kosuke
Ishihara Satomi ~ Natsui Makoto
Aibu Saki ~ Asahina Yoko
Synopsis: (edited from Asianwiki)
29-year-old Toru Hyuga is a wealthy man. He first started to run an internet website from his small room and his hobby began to make a lot of money. He dropped out of high school and formed software company Next Innovation with his friend Kosuke Asahina. The company became very successful. Today, Next Innovation is the top tech company where young people want to work the most. However, Toru has trouble recognizing the faces of people and he is looking for Chihiro Sawaki, who is his mother. His mother left Toru when he was very young. One day, Toru finds a woman named Chihiro Sawaki in his company...
Makoto Natsui is in the 4th year at prestigious Tokyo University, but she still has trouble in finding a job. As time goes by, she gets more nervous. One day, Makoto sees a magazine featuring an interview with Toru Hyuga. She goes back to her apartment and does research on his company Next Innovation.
Makoto then attends a presentation for new recruits at Next Innovation. Toru walks up to the platform and gives a speech to the potential new hirees. While giving his speech, Toru humiliates Makoto in front of the others. She is embarrassed, but stands in front of him and talks back to him. Toru asks her for her name. She tells him her name is Chihiro Sawaki. As soon as Toru hears the name, he becomes confused.
Review:
I have not found a Japanese drama so addictive for a long time. RMPM is somewhat a romance drama, but I think it's more about Hyuga's story. Basically Hyuga is mirroring Facebook's creator Mark Zuckerberg. Hyuga is an IT geek, besides coming out with creative innovations, he cld not seem to "function" well in his daily life. Unable to remember people's name is one good example. The drama's main plot direction is the relationship between Hyuga and Asahina. Asahina's betrayal was quite dumb, but this also made Hyuga grow and become a better man. The next side plot is Hyuga and Natsui's romance, which most of us waited for more developments. Haha! I am glad we got a satisfying ending, and the ending itself was properly done.
It has been quite sometime since I last watched Oguri's drama. He did a good job as Hyuga! The geeky aura came out so naturally from him. Lolz! Chemistry with Arata was amazing, though they are both guys. Haha! I actually looked forward to Hyuga and Natsui's scenes in every episode, and I really heart them.
Ishihara did not impress me with her previous roles, but for once, I found that she's great as Natsui. Many people mentioned she resembled Ariel Lin, and true enough, she looked like Ariel, and her character was somewhat like Ariel's Xiang Qin in ISWAK. Haha! Natsui is not a montone character. She is growing as well - from a grad who cld not find a job, to someone who assisted Hyuga to achieve something, and most importantly, she changed her man! Haha!
I was surprised to see Aibu in supporting roles recently. What happened? Anyway, Yoko's image was quite matured for Aibu, who is commonly seen with a more kawaii image. Yoko is a very straightfoward and daring woman, unlike Natsui. She chased after Hyuga, but did not help him when she found out about her brother's wrongdoings. It's a pity that I did not like Aibu's character here.
Enjoyed Miwa's songs in the drama. I've been playing them in my mp3 :)
