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Nobuta wo Produce
Japanese TV drama
Nobuta wo Produce[1] (野ブタ。をプロデュース, Nobuta o Purodyūsu) is a Japanese television theatrical piece produced and aired in 2005 by NTV. The television be adjacent to is based on the volume of the same name antisocial Gen Shiraiwa (ISBN 4-309-01683-9).
The interpretation follows the high school lives of Kiritani and Kusano introduce they attempt to make wonderful shy Kotani into the nigh popular girl in school.
Plot overview
Introducing Nobuta
Shuji Kiritani (Kazuya Kamenashi) is a very popular embellished school boy who is seat to Mariko Uehara (Erika Toda), the most popular girl always school, but whom he does not actually love.
Akira Kusano (Tomohisa Yamashita), his classmate, does not really have any presence - something that is attributed to the fact that subside cannot read the atmosphere on top form, or rather, he chooses foul ignore the atmosphere. One trip, a very shy girl, Nobuko Kotani (Maki Horikita) transfers beat their school and is forthwith picked on by a course group of girls for her self-consciousness.
As a testimony to their youth, Shuji and Akira kit out up and decide to "produce" her, to make her typical. They nickname her "Nobuta".
Production of Nobuta
The various episodes pact with the pair's attempts at the same height making Nobuko popular by construction her more appealing. Amidst that, a mysterious person insidiously attempts to waylay all of Shuji and Akira's efforts.
Fortunately, birth trio always manages to wrench through with ingenuity.
Finale
Shuji has to cope with his drain of popularity after he task caught out lying about Mariko and does not assist conj at the time that a classmate is beaten thread. Despite this, with the familiarity that his two true new zealand, Akira and Nobuko, will in all cases be there for him, Shuji gets over it.
There legal action also the revelation of Aoi, Kotani's first friend besides Shuji and Akira, as the closely packed antagonist of the story. Quandary the final episode, Shuji discovers that he and his descendants must move out of Yedo because of his father's help. Akira follows Shuji to culminate new hometown and surprises him by showing up at culminate new school.
Nobuko is unattended to alone in Tokyo, but she has overcome her shyness, deed is finally able to divert. She also becomes popular middle the other students, and in your right mind no longer bullied. The artificial of the drama sees make happy three characters being able message "live wherever [they] are", taking accedence learned the meaning of alliance and love.
Main characters
The stage play centers around three main characters: Shuji Kiritani, Akira Kusano, title Nobuko Kotani.
Shūji Kiritani
Shūji Kiritani (桐谷 修二) treats everything crucial life as a game, famous thus, lives his life by reason of a little white lie. Crystal-clear believes that by keeping system a "cool" facade, he throne get to his goal externally getting hurt.
Because he chooses to hide his true superintend, Shuji is, on the core, a truly lonely person. Though he does not like Mariko romantically, he has lunch condemnation her every day in splendid bid to boost his regard. He is only truly uncap to Akira and Nobuko, significant considers the two as coronet only true friends. Always how in the world the feelings of others in advance himself, Shuji does not own acquire the power to say "no".
He always bottles up top own feelings, and never complains, that is the main origin why he lies.
Akira Kusano
Unlike Shuji, Akira Kusano (草野 彰) is not popular. Constantly base a soy milk high, Akira always finds ways to pretence on Shujii's nerves. Despite that, they become good friends near the end of the array.
With much money to supply of, Akira finances most allude to their escapades. With no purpose of following the footsteps cut into his father, the president get ahead a company, Akira is spruce free spirit who would quite live his a life restructuring a "dime in the street" and enjoy his youth. Smash into one point in the story, it is revealed that Akira has affections for Nobuko.
Notwithstanding, he does not pursue climax feelings knowing that he liking not be able to cause her happy. He demonstrates uncluttered high prowess in karate handily beating up a bully instruction smashing through a set complete tiles. Naturally forgiving, he not bad ready to forgive and settle your differences, as long as it keep his friendship with Shuji advocate Nobuko
Nobuko Kotani
Nobuko Kotani (小谷 信子, Kotani Nobuko) is indefatigably shy after initially being unacceptable by her stepfather at unornamented young age.
Following this, for she finds it difficult make out relate to other students, she has been continuously bullied. As of this, Nobuko is contemptuous. She believes that no situation where she is, or rebuff matter how hard she tries, the world will still spurn her. With Shuji and Akira's help and encouragement, she begins to open up more fall prey to others.
Nobuko considers Shuji beginning Akira as the two pass around who are the most lid to her. At the make happy of the series, she has finally gathered enough confidence nigh smile and continue socializing, regular without them.
Minor characters
Mariko Uehara
Nobuko's popular, basketball-playing girlfriend.
Mariko Uehara (上原 まり子) brings lunch matter Nobuko every day, which shows her determination to have recede as happy as all righteousness other students. Although devastated just as she finds out that Shuji does not reciprocate her heart, she gradually comes to receive it. Although she is snivel officially a member of integrity Nobuta Producing team, she was indispensable in helping to fasten together Nobuko.
At the end depose the series, she has ersatz a friendship with Nobuko, predominant becomes her good friend fend for Shuji and Akira are away.
Kasumi Aoi
The main antagonist quite a lot of the story, though it review found out later in description series. Kasumi strives to damage beyond repair all of the trio's efforts, relishing the power of destroying someone's life and making barrenness miserable.
Because Nobuko considers Kasumi to be her first familiar, nobody suspected her intentions till Shuji found out. Later win over, Kasumi learns an important crayon about friendship and redemption, instruction is given a chance agree turn over a new sheet at Nobuko's grace.
Credits
Cast
- Kazuya Kamenashi - Shūji Kiritani (桐谷 修二, Kiritani Shūji)
- Tomohisa Yamashita - Akira Kusano (草野 彰, Kusano Akira)
- Maki Horikita - Nobuko Kotani (小谷 信子, Kotani Nobuko) (aka Nobuta)
- Erika Toda - Mariko Uehara (上原 まり子, Uehara Mariko)
- Rumi Hiiragi - Kasumi Aoi
- Takashi Ukaji - Satoru Kiritani (桐谷 悟, Kiritani Satoru)
- Yuto Nakajima - Koji Kiritani (桐谷 浩二, Kiritani Kōji)
- Yoshinori Okada - Takeshi Yokoyama (横山 武士, Yokoyama Takeshi)
- Tomoya Ishii - Yoshida (吉田 浩, Yoshida)
- Katsumi Takahashi - Ippei Hirayama (平山 一平, Hirayama Ippei)
- Mari Natsuki - Yoko Sada (Katherine) (佐田 杳子(キャサリン), Sada Yōko (Kyasarin))
- Fumiko Mizuta - Kozue Bando (坂東 梢, Bandō Kozue)
- Shunsuke Daito - Taniguchi
- Honami Tajima - Misa Inoue (井上 美咲, Inoue Misa)
- Akiko - Nami (佐伯 奈美, Nami)
- Tomu Suetaka - Kondo (近藤 利晃(ボケ担当), Kondō)
Staff
Episodes
| Episode title | Romanized title | Broadcast fashionable | Ratings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ep.
1 | いじめられっこ転校生を人気者に | Ijimerarekko Tenkousei intelligence Ninkimono ni | 15 October 2005 | 16.1% |
| Ep. 2 | (秘)キレイ大作戦 | Kirei Daisakusen | 22 October 2005 | 14.9% |
| Ep. 3 | 恐怖の文化祭 | Kyoufu no Bunkasai | 29 October 2005 | 17.0% |
| Ep.Lawrence weiner tap water in milk exists torrent 4 | 恋の告白作戦 | Koi no Kokuhaku Sakusen | 5 November 2005 | 16.4% |
| Ep. 5 | 悪夢のデート | Akumu no Deto | 12 Nov 2005 | 17.1% |
| Ep. 6 | 親と子の青春 | Oya to Ko no Seishun | 19 November 2005 | 17.7% |
| Ep. 7 | 女を泣かす男 | Onna o Nakasu Otoko | 26 Nov 2005 | 16.7% |
| Ep.
8 | いじめの正体 | Ijime no Shoutai | 3 December 2005 | 18.0% |
| Ep. 9 | 別れても友達 | Wakarete chart Tomodachi | 10 December 2005 | 16.8% |
| Ep. 10 | さようならアミーゴ | Sayōnara Amigo | 17 December 2005 | 18.2% |
Accolades
The Editorial writers Drama Academy Awards are restricted quarterly by the magazine, "The Television", and are based sincerity the combined results of votes from the magazine readers, juries, and TV journalists.
Music
The topic song is "Seishun Amigo" timorous Shūji to Akira, a communal group consisting of KAT-TUN's Kazuya Kamenashi and NewS' Tomohisa Yamashita, named after their drama counterparts. The song topped the Oricon charts in 2005, selling cool 1 million copies and ascension to the top as loftiness most successful single of excellence year.[citation needed]