Ge-ge-ge no nyoubou (wife) -- Starts 3/29
This was being advertised Monday, March 8, as we left Japan. I think it's the next morning drama (asadora). It looks intriguing, although it's sort of an unusual premise. First, you have to know that Ge-ge-ge no kitaro is a very popular manga and anime that was popular when we came to Japan 20 some years ago. I watched the TV show regularly when I was learning Japanese.
That story was about a one-eyed boy who helps protect people from monsters, and sometimes, vice versa. His father is an eyeball, with a tiny body. He has various friends who are monsters of different kinds, and the show is just a lot of fun.
Apparently the drama that is coming is about a young woman who marries the artist who draws Ge-ge-ge. He's a starving artist, absent-minded but devoted to his art. The marriage is arranged by the families. So the ads include bits about her first impression of her new home -- with holes in the windows, little or no furniture, but an artist's workroom stuffed with stacks of books and papers. And the visit of the bill collectors. They also showed him sneaking his glasses on to see the house that he is visiting while they are arranging a wedding.
So we have the absent-minded poor artist, and the shy but practical young wife. I predict a plot with the woman taking charge and building the business, while he draws and draws and draws. It will be very interesting to see how they use the Ge-ge-ge story or background. I couldn't tell from the little bits whether they are going to have stories from that background woven into the romance of getting to know each other -- after the wedding. But it could be fun.
That story was about a one-eyed boy who helps protect people from monsters, and sometimes, vice versa. His father is an eyeball, with a tiny body. He has various friends who are monsters of different kinds, and the show is just a lot of fun.
Apparently the drama that is coming is about a young woman who marries the artist who draws Ge-ge-ge. He's a starving artist, absent-minded but devoted to his art. The marriage is arranged by the families. So the ads include bits about her first impression of her new home -- with holes in the windows, little or no furniture, but an artist's workroom stuffed with stacks of books and papers. And the visit of the bill collectors. They also showed him sneaking his glasses on to see the house that he is visiting while they are arranging a wedding.
So we have the absent-minded poor artist, and the shy but practical young wife. I predict a plot with the woman taking charge and building the business, while he draws and draws and draws. It will be very interesting to see how they use the Ge-ge-ge story or background. I couldn't tell from the little bits whether they are going to have stories from that background woven into the romance of getting to know each other -- after the wedding. But it could be fun.