(きらりん☆レボリューション) 2006
Kirari (voiced by Koharu Kusumi of Morning Musume!) is a middle schooler who LOVES her food. So much so that it's scary! While girls her age swoon over idols, Kirari swoons over her dad's cooking, and couldn't care less about the life of a celebrity. But when she saves the pet turtle of Seiji of pop group SHIPS and falls in love, she decides to become an idol herself so that they can be together (or so she hopes).
Takada Pianu has made his professional decision - Hiroto is it. And yes, the kiss still stands. As if she'd forgotten, now Kirari is in worse shape about it than she was before. She faints in a firey fit of blushing, and has to be taken to the nurse's office. Even after she comes to, and Seiji gives her the script to read (which she finds to be touching), things aren't much better. Hiroto seems hurt that the idea of doing such a thing with him upsets her so much, and tells her he'll try to get Seiji to switch (Seiji had left the room to take a phone call at this point), but Kirari assures him it's fine. After all, Seiji doesn't care. They both agree to work hard and make a drama that will take Japan's breath away.
On the first day of filming, Kirari meets another obsticle. She doesn't know how to pretend to be in love (which is odd... I thought she already LOVED Seiji? I guess it was just like-like?). While Hiroto slips into the character of Haru almost flawlessly, Airi (Kirari) stumbles and bumbles and fails miserably (she even freaks and crashes into a tree). Seeing the hopeless situation, Mr. Pianu postpones until the next day. In tears, she tells SHIPS of this important lack of experience. Seiji offers to take her on a date, so she can understand having a boyfriend first-hand. But Hiroto warns of rumors that might start, so Seiji makes it a three people date (oh sure, very normal).
This san-nin deito, however, does not go as planned. They have to dress in disguise and be careful not to bring attention to themselves, making it awkward choosing a place to go. Maybe 5 or 10 minutes into it, Seiji spots a turtle in a pet shop window, deciding to buy Kame-san a wife, and abandons them. Hiroto and Kirari are on their own, but they don't notice until it's too late. A passing group of females remark on how cute the couple with the cat looks, and Kirari doesn't know what to make of it. Are they really a good match? She has another panic attack and runs into a wall, injuring herself. Hiroto inspects the bruise - it's not serious. He briefly holds her hand and tells her to grab onto his hoodie to stay close in the crowd.
Poor Kirari is now emotionally confused. Hiroto, though always angry, is gentle, and has been a constant helper and advisor. Yet, she likes Seiji, why is she thinking about another guy? What is she to do? Are these strange feelings similar to being in love? Caught up in her internal struggle, she isn't paying attention and bumps into an exceptionally lovey-dovey boyfriend and girlfriend. Somehow, through them, Kirari comes to understand Airi.
The next day, as if the world is against her, she botches up her first line by tripping and falling on her face. The production crew doesn't know what to make of this girl. Why was she chosen, again? But Kirari manages to save her screwup and Hiroto helps ad-lib the rest of the scene. The crew applauds her sudden change, Pianu is happy that things are going smoothly. But he makes the mistake of mentioning the kiss again (I swear he has some kind of obsession with it), and Kirari (who seems like she's forgotten AGAIN) , swirls her eyes and blushes.
I can definitely see why Hiroto was picked in the show. If Seiji had been the one, she probably would've been EXCITED, to the point where she'd want to do it right away. With that, there's not really any drama, is there? Now, some would call Seiji an idiot - if he was interested or wanted any chance with Kirari, why would he wander off on the date HE planned? But I personally think he did it on purpose.
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