Hotaru no Hikari

23Mar08

Title: ホタルノヒカリ
Title (romaji): Hotaru no Hikari
Title (English): Glow of Fireflies
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 10
Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-11 to 2007-Sept-12

A brilliant Japanese Drama once again.  The Synopsis [taken from DramaWiki]

Hotaru works for a famous interior design company. It’s a glamorous job but Hotaru’s private life is totally the opposite of glamorous. She lives alone, and when she isn’t working she’s mostly lazing about her rented house in training wear. She’s not interested in men. In fact, she isn’t interested in anything. “I’d rather lay around than fool around,” is her motto.Her landlord is a bar owner, and one day his son, who has just separated from his wife, comes to inspect the rental property, not knowing that someone is living there. He is shocked at the mess, but not as shocked as Hotaru. He turns out to be her boss, Takano. The fact that the two are living together is a mystery to everyone else at work. As the story goes on Hotaru falls in love Makoto, one of the employees at the company. With encouragement and sarcasm from Takano, Hotaru musters up the courage and goes with Makoto. And the rest well…just watch.

I loved the Drama as it depicts what a lot of people feel and do. Those who act and dress to impress, but when they return home they can finally become whom they truly are. The end of the Drama made me a bit disappointed. :-/

The actress that plays Hotaru is so pretty. Ayase Haruka the actress when she plays Hotaru at work, her appearance is just stunning. Not that she looks bad in casual wear, she’s just cuter in formal attire.
8.5/10

Hotaru No Hikari

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