LOOK, KIDS ARE ADORABLE, OKAY?
So... you know Zenkai Girl, that drama I've been making fun of since it was first announced? The one with the stupid premise and horrible promos?
Yeah.
I watched it.
...
Does anyone have some crow I can eat?
Fabulous heroine, hot love interest(s), adorable kids, hijinks balanced with family drama, awesome ladies running all over the place (including a hilarious five-year-old girl who is basically a tiny hair-flipping version of Genghis Khan), and oh did I mention the OTP has ALREADY ACHIEVED KISSING?
I can't believe I'm saying this about a drama I used to mock so relentlessly. But... IT'S REALLY KIND OF AWESOME.
Wakaba is a smart, ambitious law student who graduated at the top of her class and dreams of becoming an international lawyer. She wants it all - wealth, fame, beauty, success.
Her secret? She grew up poor and has worked her ass off to get where she is. She lives in a tiny one-room apartment filled with law books and fueled by daydreams. She fantasizes about wealth and fame and private jets, and goddamnit, no one is going to stop her!
Except maybe this girl.
See, Wakaba lost her first job before it even began, when the company that hired her bottomed out. She wound up throwing herself at the nearest firm and praying for mercy before its God - a high-powered lady BAMF.
SAY HELLO TO THE HBIC. \o/
Lady Boss tells Wakaba that she'll hire her, but it'll cost a personal favor. She needs someone to babysit her daughter until the regular nanny comes back in three months. Does Wakaba have what it takes?
NOT IN THE SLIGHTEST.
Hinata is basically a tiny version of her mother, aka Tyra Banks meets Vlad the Impaler. She's only five, but she's already smarter and more self-assured than most adults... and she knows it.
HINATA: NOT GIVING A FUCK SINCE 2011.
Wakaba tries really, really hard to be a good babysitter. Does she secretly love kids and want to save Hinata from her rich but lonely upbringing? NOT REALLY. She just wants that fucking jet.
I really can't explain how totally awesome Wakaba is. She's like... part BOSS, part SPEC, and part Yankumi. She wears track suits and power suits equally. She's been working toward her dream since before she wore a training bra. She threatens people when lawsuits when she gets flustered.
Wakaba's "I can't believe everyone around me is such a moron" face.
Wakaba's effect on children.
Wakaba mentally ranking the men at work and strategically flirting with the most eligible bachelor. XD
What other people see...
WHAT WAKABA SEES.
This is Shota, a relaxed, fun-loving SAHD. He's completely at odds with Wakaba's type-A personality... could they be the OTP?!?!
He encourages fun! She thinks he's a loser! But his son just so happens to be the tiny little OTP of Hinata's heart, so their fate was sealed from the first fake nipple.
SO CUTE.
Also, surprisingly effective at breaking your heart. ;____;
Shota's son isn't actually his own - his ex-wife just ran off and left him in Shota's care. I'm telling you this because you'll eventually ship them all as one big happy family, and you should know it's totally okay because no one is actually related.
THAT IS NOT AN "OUR-FAKE-KIDS-ARE-IN-LOVE-AND-WE'RE-JUST-ALONG-FOR-THE-RIDE" LOOK. That is an "oh my god you are so amazing and I think you should marry me" look.
Seriously, it takes Shota all of five minutes to fall in love with her. He doesn't care that she's rude and pushy and direct, he LIKES it. He thinks it's amazing that she's so "honest." I APPROVE OF HIS APPROVAL.
Case in point: Wakaba gets drunk, calls him out, and they get into a long-winded argument about kissing, which ends with Wakaba declaring "a kiss doesn't have to mean anything" and LAYING ONE ON HIM TO PROVE IT.
Yes, she GRABS HIS HAIR and reels him in and he's totally helpless to stop it. HAHAHAHAHA.
CHANGE YOUR UNDERWEAR, GIRL, CAUSE LOVE IS HERE.
And hey, if they don't work out, there's always Hot Bachelor.
Yeah.
I watched it.
...
Does anyone have some crow I can eat?
Fabulous heroine, hot love interest(s), adorable kids, hijinks balanced with family drama, awesome ladies running all over the place (including a hilarious five-year-old girl who is basically a tiny hair-flipping version of Genghis Khan), and oh did I mention the OTP has ALREADY ACHIEVED KISSING?
I can't believe I'm saying this about a drama I used to mock so relentlessly. But... IT'S REALLY KIND OF AWESOME.
Wakaba is a smart, ambitious law student who graduated at the top of her class and dreams of becoming an international lawyer. She wants it all - wealth, fame, beauty, success.
Her secret? She grew up poor and has worked her ass off to get where she is. She lives in a tiny one-room apartment filled with law books and fueled by daydreams. She fantasizes about wealth and fame and private jets, and goddamnit, no one is going to stop her!
Except maybe this girl.
See, Wakaba lost her first job before it even began, when the company that hired her bottomed out. She wound up throwing herself at the nearest firm and praying for mercy before its God - a high-powered lady BAMF.
SAY HELLO TO THE HBIC. \o/
Lady Boss tells Wakaba that she'll hire her, but it'll cost a personal favor. She needs someone to babysit her daughter until the regular nanny comes back in three months. Does Wakaba have what it takes?
NOT IN THE SLIGHTEST.
Hinata is basically a tiny version of her mother, aka Tyra Banks meets Vlad the Impaler. She's only five, but she's already smarter and more self-assured than most adults... and she knows it.
HINATA: NOT GIVING A FUCK SINCE 2011.
Wakaba tries really, really hard to be a good babysitter. Does she secretly love kids and want to save Hinata from her rich but lonely upbringing? NOT REALLY. She just wants that fucking jet.
I really can't explain how totally awesome Wakaba is. She's like... part BOSS, part SPEC, and part Yankumi. She wears track suits and power suits equally. She's been working toward her dream since before she wore a training bra. She threatens people when lawsuits when she gets flustered.
Wakaba's "I can't believe everyone around me is such a moron" face.
Wakaba's effect on children.
Wakaba mentally ranking the men at work and strategically flirting with the most eligible bachelor. XD
What other people see...
WHAT WAKABA SEES.
This is Shota, a relaxed, fun-loving SAHD. He's completely at odds with Wakaba's type-A personality... could they be the OTP?!?!
He encourages fun! She thinks he's a loser! But his son just so happens to be the tiny little OTP of Hinata's heart, so their fate was sealed from the first fake nipple.
SO CUTE.
Also, surprisingly effective at breaking your heart. ;____;
Shota's son isn't actually his own - his ex-wife just ran off and left him in Shota's care. I'm telling you this because you'll eventually ship them all as one big happy family, and you should know it's totally okay because no one is actually related.
THAT IS NOT AN "OUR-FAKE-KIDS-ARE-IN-LOVE-AND-WE'RE-JUST-ALONG-FOR-THE-RIDE" LOOK. That is an "oh my god you are so amazing and I think you should marry me" look.
Seriously, it takes Shota all of five minutes to fall in love with her. He doesn't care that she's rude and pushy and direct, he LIKES it. He thinks it's amazing that she's so "honest." I APPROVE OF HIS APPROVAL.
Case in point: Wakaba gets drunk, calls him out, and they get into a long-winded argument about kissing, which ends with Wakaba declaring "a kiss doesn't have to mean anything" and LAYING ONE ON HIM TO PROVE IT.
Yes, she GRABS HIS HAIR and reels him in and he's totally helpless to stop it. HAHAHAHAHA.
CHANGE YOUR UNDERWEAR, GIRL, CAUSE LOVE IS HERE.
And hey, if they don't work out, there's always Hot Bachelor.