Go on a short trip with travel agents. They know how to get around.
Aoi Wakana is Honjoji Rika - she's a bit of a cartophile. She doesn't mind being alone. Not one lil bit 〰 All she needs is a 🗺. Sato Kanta plays Ohara Takuya. Both leads are good, but he makes the show. He's pure & earnest. It's adorable. Kamo is a kitty that he rescued. Abused in her previous home, she's only recently started turning her back to show her tail to him; a sign of trust. So when their workplace announces that somebody #single would be selected to head up the new Anchorage branch (ALASKA!?), he couldn't bear the thought of taking his 🐱 there. He couldn't bear the thought of leaving her with someone else, either.
In the meantime, Rika looked up all the stats for Anchorage and studied it on the map. It's over 5000km from Japan... She ain't going there! When she runs into Takuya on their day off, she suggests they enter a fake engagement and start planning their wedding. That way, they will no longer be considered single, and as such, they won't be forced to move to The Wall, um, I mean Alaska.
Planning a wedding is much like planning a trip, anyway. Rika begins mapping it out. She doesn't just map out the wedding but the whole relationship, rather - dates, cover stories, places. Travel agents? She shoulda been CIA. These 2 are positively brilliant (mostly Rika). They are navigating flawlessly! /Except for/ that one time at work when somebody overheard them discussing their dastardly plans ~ Now they are being anonymously threatened with exposure. OH NO!!!
Forget that! Even WORSE - Their parents found out (half of) the truth. They think their kids are engaged!
Rika and Takuya are socially awkward and withdrawn (they each portrayed trees in school plays). Rika has true grit. She will hunker down and handle situations that arise. He's a big marshmallow. Together, they are just cute. This show is adorbs.
As they get deeper into their ruse, they are forced to get deeper into their ruse. "What!? You are going home and not taking Rika?" The office is scandalized (if they only knew). Rika ends up going home to meet Takuya's family. They have to act like they are living together and invite the work friends over. Suspicions still aren't entirely diffused so they are forced to scurry for 10 episodes. They scurry so much they hardly realize what's happening to their hearts.
MFTW is a 2022 release that is rated 7.4 on MDL. It is 1 season consisting of 10 30-40-minute episodes. Kanome Keiko & Takaishi Akihiko are the screenwriters. It was adapted from the manga "Kekkon Surutte, Hontou Desu ka? - 365 Days to the Wedding" by Wakaki Tamiki, whose most popular work is: The World God Only Knows. The director is Miyawaki Ryo.
"When I was little I thought adults were good at everything... But the older I get, the more confused I am about how the world works." As they spend time together, Takuya gradually opens up to Rika more. Always reserved on the outside, Takuya has no clue that his endearing authenticity is crumbling Rika from the inside out. She's one to chart things out and lay down parameters. With all the sincerity he can muster, earnestly trying to roll with Rika's crazy ideas, watching Takuya is... Simple and cute... I feel like a hot cocoa, about now.
It gets more endearing as the episodes trek by. He's shy, but he can rise to the occasion. She's terrified of her feelings. Simply being /touched/ freaks her out, but she's falling for him. She's quite a bit like Kamo.
MFTW is intended to be simple escapism. The pithy soundtrack augments the lite mood perfectly. It is relaxing and sweet. Some will find too simple, but sometimes that is exactly what we're looking for. It's a purrrfectly comfortable excursion.
There's final content after the credits roll in ep10.
〰🖍 IMHO
📣7.7 📝7.4 🎭7.6 💓6.5 🦋5 🌞6 🎨6 🎵/🔊6.8 😅3.7 😭1.5 😱2 😯3 🤔4 💤0 🔚7.8
Age 12+ Language: su©k; Marital troubles, a kid looks for a missing dad, adult situations - It's all tame but probably not meant for elementary schoolers.
Re-📺? Toss up.
In order of ~lite&trite~ to ~heavy&serious~ you may also like:
Japanese lite romcoms: Maid Sama (10), Mischievous Kiss Love in Tokyo (7.8), Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions (8.4), Toradora (8.5)
Korean Modern Day:
Mad For Each Other 7.8 ~silly fun;
My Secret Romance 7 (if you ff thru overdone flashbacks);
A Witch's Love 7.8;
Love to Hate You 8.9;
Her Private Life 8;
Touch your heart 8.2;
Romance is a bonus book 7.9;
Boys Over Flowers 8 ~ melodrama to the max;
Crash Landing On You 9.1;
Oh My Ghost 10;
It's Okay Not To Be Okay 9;
Love Struck in the City 7.3;
Hospital Playlist 9;
My Mister 9.5;
More Than Friends 8;
I'll See You When the Weather is Fine 9;
Something in the Rain 9.
