No.of Eps: 9Yr/TV Stn: 2011/NTV
Cast:
Aibu Saki ~ Oba Nobuko
Hayami Mokomichi ~ Imai Taichi
Kuriyama Chiaki ~ Mimura Hitomi
Katsuji Ryo ~ Kazami Kensaku
Synopsis: (edited from Jdrama weblog)
Oba Nobuko came upon the strawberry shortcake of her dreams at some cake shop when she was 6 years old. After that, she single-mindedly “lived to eat” and weighed 78 kg by the time she was 22. However, she was dumped by her boyfriend, Kazami Kensaku. This spurred her to diet and she successfully lost over 30 kg within one year. She also got a job with Eden, the fashion magazine she adores. One day, Nobuko is ordered by her boss to go to cover an interview at Ange, a popular cake shop. In truth, Nobuko has been diagnosed by her family doctor as having a cake addiction, and cake shops are forbidden places to her. Once she takes a bite of a delicious cake, she cannot stop eating and she would rebound to her original 78 kg. Nobuko reluctantly takes her good friend, Hitomi, with her and heads to the cake shop which creates lines. She has a fateful encounter with the owner and patissier of Ange, Imai Taichi, and falls in love with him! She eats cakes for his sake, and her body …
Slacker's review:
I was glad to see my "Zettai Kareshi" couple returned in another rom-com. However, "Rebound" is not a good comeback from them. The plot was boring, lacked of climax, and it was weird to see the couple gained and lost weight at different timing. It's just unrealistic.
Aibu portrayed Nobuko well, especially when she found out that Hitomi also likes Taichi. Aibu was convincing and natural.
As for Hayami, this is definitely nt his best performance. I did not like Taichi somehow, and Hayami looked kind of sloppy here.I cld nt understand why Nobuko likes him. He's just not gd enough for her leh.
Hardly watch Kuriyama's drama, but she's not too bad too. Just a pity that I did not follow much on Hitomi.
Theme song is "Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire.
