Japanese dramas have a knack for tapping into the zeitgeist, and a forthcoming offering from TV Tokyo in cooperation with Spotify aims to be even more ambitious by bringing the zeitgeist to a Japanese drama.
¡°¡± stars Marika Ito as Misono Takamura, a podcaster who hosts a show about ch¨¥n meshi (chain restaurant food). She will go to real-life venues, eat her favorite dishes and talk about them starting July 8. (There¡¯s a Japanese phrase that goes ¡±o-kuchi ni aimashitara,¡± which you say when you hope someone likes the food you¡¯re serving ¡ª the title swaps o-kuchi [mouth] for o-mimi [ears].)
Along the way, the audience will get to hear about the protagonist¡¯s personal life, too. It¡¯s as if we¡¯re getting the lovechild of the 1996 rom-com series ¡°¡± and the American ¡°¡± podcast.
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