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).
Episode 33:
Daimonji Gengorou, a man who has hosted some of Kirari's past public appearances, is directing his first drama. He remembers her, and decides she is perfect to play the role of his daughter, Misako. Besides settling into a serious story (which she isn't used to - "Sonata" was as serious as it got), Kirari also has to deal with Haruko Mizura, an important and experienced actress who hails from the Higashiyama company (which Fubuki is from). Haruko (who will be Misako's grandmother) has always been strict towards new actors, and lately has taken mostly evil old lady roles, which makes things worse. Not only does she call Kirari slow at their first meeting, but she talks Daimonji into adding more "suffering" into Misako's role, supposedly to make the ending more "passionate" when Misako is reunited with her father. Kirari does what she can, but the older woman keeps stepping up the challenges, until finally crossing the line by throwing tea at Kirari and calling her performance pitiful. You can't simply act from the "outside" - one must pretend to actually be in the story - or at least, that's what she's told later, after being kicked out of the studio by Haruko. After working hard to pretend to be friends with Misako, Kirari comes to understand her assigned character, and begs to be included in the drama again. In the end, it's a showdown between skill and overcoming immediate changes, and Kirari learns another important lesson (Haruko does, too).
Episode 34:
Basically, Kirari is a special guest on SHIPS TV show, SHIPS BURABURA. This edition is live, and Hiroto is on location in Kirari's hometown. Kirari's eccentric grandmother, who would tell you she's Hiroto's #1 fan, finds out about it, and tries to get close to him. When finally given a chance to talk to the male idol, she kinda kidnaps him and takes him all over the place. When finally stopped, Kirari apologizes for her grandmother, and everything is, more or less, OK again. What really creeps Hiroto out, though, is the old woman's theory that he supposedly looks like Kirari's grandfather. When Kirari brings a picture of him to the office, they all see that they don't look alike at all - well, perhaps they have a siliar hairstyle.
The drama episode was cute, but frankly, I only watched the grandma episode so I could review it. Otherwise I have no real desire to see it.
Nice to see that Kirari is proving she's not just a pretty face that's better off sticking to sappy high school love stories. Did people in Japan ever actually dress like that, though? I'll have to look it up.
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