Kiss in Tokyo
Welcome to tonight's "Kiss in Tokyo".
I, Tama, will host the show.
Please relax and enjoy the show for the next four hours.
In fact, I went to see a fortune-teller recently.
She told me there's a possibility of falling in love,
but that I'd lose the opportunity because I always close my heart.
This can't be true.
What I need is courage to tell him about my feelings.
It's true that you need courage for that.
Have you ever done such a thing before?
So tonight, I'd like to hear your stories.
Hey you, now's not the time for yawning.
From heart-warming episodes
to fun stories, I'll be looking forward to it!
Please go ahead and send them to me!
We have a great view of the Lyrid Meteor Shower tonight.
It is rare for them to be seen in Tokyo sky.
Lyrids...
You guys all know that you can make your desires come true if you make a wish upon
a shooting star, right?
So why don't you tell the shooting stars tonight
about your feelings for that special someone?
I wish I can tell Irie about my feelings for him.
Tounan High School
Morning!
-Morning. -Good morning.
-You're early today. -Yeah. See you!
Dear Naoki Irie,
nice to meet you.
I'm Kotoko Aihara from Class F.
You wouldn't know who I am,
but I know who you are.
As I walked the road to this place with my mom,
as I noticed those flowers on the cherry blossom trees,
no flower could tell our story...
For two years I've admired you and
your intellect that shone on the first day of school.
I don't dare expect to be in the same class with you.
So I hereby write a letter about my feelings for you.
From the first moment I saw you,
a special feeling started to burst
inside me as if I got hit by a shooting star.
Um...
Who are you?
I'm Kotoko Aihara, from Class F.
Would you read this?
I like...
you.
I don't need it.
My first love seemed to be shattered just like that.
No way.
But an unbelievable
miracle happens from now on.
Playful Kiss ~Love in Tokyo~
Episode 1 Love Along with a Shooting Star
Tounan High School
Hey! That's Aihara from Class F.
She told Irie that she likes him.
That Kotoko Aihara told Irie that she likes him.
It seems like...
She really doesn't know a thing.
Poor thing.
Leave me alone!
Kotoko! You told Irie about your feelings?
Jinko! Please be quiet.
How do you know about it?
You tried to give him a letter right in front of the school gate. That's attracts too much attention!
Everyone in this school knows.
-I'm so embarrassed. -Why would you do that in front of the school gate?
It's like you are advertising them to know.
And to Irie...
Why would you do such reckless thing?
You know he won't accept it.
By any chance...
I thought he might like me
by any chance.
That would never happen. It's Naoki Irie!
As you already know, classes are divided by exam scores in this school.
Irie is the highest scorer in Class A, which has all kinds of top scorers.
Besides, he got the highest score in the last national exam.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do.
But few people actually do what they know.
Knowing is not enough. You must take action.
There's a rumor that says his IQ is 200.
He's a genius and good looking. Besides, his father is a president of a company.
IQ 200, Height 178cm, Weight 60kg
He speaks English fluently.
He's an athlete as well. He's a super boy.
Compared to him, we are in Class F.
We are like the losers of this school.
We live in different world.
But I tried my best.
In my freshman, sophomore and junior year,
I did my best to be placed at Class A along with Naoki.
What's wrong?
Kotoko,
you know what alphabet is, right?
Of course.
Then, count how many letters are there between A and F.
A, B, C, D, E, F.
That's right. It would be a miracle for someone in F to be placed in A.
The possibility is lower than winning a lottery.
The possibility is lower than seeing snow in summer.
Lower than getting hit by a shooting star?
What? What did you say?
Never mind.
Anyhow, we live in different world from him.
That's true, but before I graduate,
I wanted to let him know of my feelings.
How naive.
Please accept this.
Naoki is good looking, but he's known for his grumpy personality.
He's not interested in girls at all. You can't even count how many girls have given him letters.
There was no rumor of him seeing a girl at all.
Hey! Kotoko!
She told Irie she likes him.
Shut up! Shush!
He's 18 years old!
There's no way he's not interested in girls. He's not normal.
That's right. I'm sure there's more normal guy in this world that would suit Kotoko.
Kotoko!
Hey! Kotoko!
Kotoko! Move!
Hey!
Is it true that you got rejected by Irie from Class A after telling him about your feelings?
Kin! Too close!
You liked such nerd?
I'm here by your side.
I'm not yours.
I baked this for you
this morning.
Excuse me.
Open it!
Kin's Takoyaki.
Hurry.
Thank you!
So delicious.
Hey, hey, you need to spice it up.
You are really quick at changing your mood.
Well, Kin's good at cooking at least.
What do you mean "at least"?
No one's heart can compare to my heart for Kotoko.
Even if it were someone from Class A or a genius, mine's much better!
How dare he rejects Kotoko?
I'll take that as a challenge from him.
I'm sure he thinks he's something.
It's all right.
Like all of you say, I was too reckless.
Someone who wouldn't even read a letter is not good, right?
I...
I guess I'm not good at choosing guys.
So it's all right. I'm giving up.
Kotoko.
At this moment?
Well that's... I stayed overnight.
I was worried if I misspelled words, he would think I'm stupid.
I even looked up the kanji letters of my own name.
Ai
Hara
Koto
Ko
How stupid.
I was nervous.
I even skipped breakfast this morning.
So Kin, thank you.
I think I'll be able to survive morning classes with this.
You look the prettiest when you smile.
I can cook you as much as you want,
so cheer up.
Tasty!
You guys are eating too much!
You guys are cute.
-Let's sprinkle it as well. -Of course Kotoko is the cutest.
Kotoko, sorry! Teacher called us.
It's all right. I didn't even wait for a long time.
Let's go.
So is your new house all built?
Yes. We are moving in on Sunday.
Finally your own house!
Right? It will cheer me up.
That's right. They say your luck changes according to a place you live.
I hope so.
I'd like to believe it that way.
You believe so.
I believe so.
I'll go help.
Thank you.
So fun!
-Wow, that's huge. -Here!
I brought them.
Daddy!
Work properly, for the sake of Kotoko.
Good morning!
Everyone!
Thank you for coming.
Father!
I will do anything for Kotoko.
I'm Kinnosuke Ikezawa.
-I'm Kintaro. -I'm Dojo.
Please think of me as your own son.
You can ask me to do anything.
Kin, enough with your introduction! Move them!
-Okay. -I'm coming too!
Thank you so much.
It's Kin who invited everyone else.
He wanted to comfort you after what happened with Irie.
I see.
All right! Let's do it.
-This? -Yeah.
Go ahead.
You can take that to the second floor.
Second floor, right?
Heavy.
Second floor!
Thank you.
Thank you!
Thank you.
So we are done with packages.
All right!
Father, it's a good house.
Even though I wasn't a good man to my deceased wife and Kotoko,
I finally built this house,
along with Kotoko's help.
Everyone's watching!
It feels like something will happen when Kotoko gets married.
It's all right.
I'll always be his son.
Father,
please consider me your own son from now on.
Please call me Kin.
Thank you, everyone.
We were able to finish it quickly thanks to you guys.
Let's go in and have a meal together.
Right, Kotoko's father's a chef, right?
I'm excited!
Thank you.
Wait, wait!
Huh?
Don't you hear something weird?
I don't.
You must be mistaken.
I have a bad feeling.
What do you mean?
Huh? Shooting star?
What?
No way. It's the middle of the day.
Huh?
It got hit by a shooting star?
News 7:00
Today at noon,
a part of the Lyrids fell
and destroyed a house in Tokyo.
My daughter asked me what that was...
We interviewed the victim Shigeo Aihara.
It fell on our roof in a twinkle.
It rattled,
and then it collapsed.
It collapsed.
When it made a hole on my roof,
it wasn't that huge.
Well, luckily everyone was outside.
My deceased wife might have
saved us.
We worked hard to build that house. We don't have any other place to go.
According to the investigation, the meteor was only 3cm long.
An expert says that the meteor was only of a small significance,
and that jerry building is the cause of such collapse.
Next news.
Special break
I'm sorry. We are on a special break today.
Yes, please visit us next time.
Cheer up, Dad.
I worked hard up to these days.
We can do it again.
How am I supposed to run this restaurant?
I spent all my money for that house.
I can't even rent a room.
I mean...
A shooting star? Not even fire or an accident.
How ridiculous.
How unlucky I am.
That's not true. You are full of luck.
Well, if the star fell after we went in,
we might have all died.
Even if we were to survive, if you got your arms hurt, you won't be able to cook anymore.
Then, this restaurant would come to an end.
Right?
And here we are, with no trace of wounds at all.
We should be thankful. Can you think of a luckier thing than this?
We were really lucky.
Why?
You are really like your mom.
Your mom was really easygoing too.
Easygoing? Isn't there a better word than that?
Anyhow,
what would be the possibility of getting hit by a shooting star?
Shooting star? It was a meteor.
Well, it's more romantic to think of it as a shooting star.
It feels like something special will happen.
My gosh. You are really after your mom.
This is Aihara.
Yes.
Excuse me?
Okay.
Could you hold for a second?
Sir, there's someone who'd like to speak to you.
Okay.
This is Aihara, I'm sorry for the...
Huh?
Iri? How have you been? Everything's fine?
Oh, I should ask that myself.
Iri?
Oh, Aihara from Class F.
It's her house that collapsed, right?
Have you heard the news? It was in the newspaper as well.
Gosh, it wasn't a long ago that she got rejected by Irie...
Kotoko, who got hit by the Lyrids.
Bad luck continues. Aren't you haunted or something?
Kotoko! Kotoko!
Jinko, Satomi.
You are always the center of the attention.
I'm burning with shame.
Anyhow, have you found any place to stay? Are you all right?
Thank you. Well, we are going to stay at the house of my dad's friend.
Really? How did you find it?
He saw the news and called us.
Wow, what a nice guy. Thank goodness. I'm sure you will be lucky from now on.
Right? The possibility of getting hit by a shooting star is really low.
I'd like to believe such rare luck will come and find me.
That's you right there.
Right?
Please donate! 10 yen, 20 yen is fine!
5 yen is fine as well!
Yesterday, because of the fall of the Lyrids,
Kotoko Aihara from 3-F has lost her house.
We are raising fund for her. As students in the same school,
for Kotoko who has lost her house,
he's really dumb.
Well, it's Kin...
Kin! Stop it.
Here's Kotoko!
Even after what happened yesterday,
she's all cheerful and bright. She's cute today as well.
You make me cry.
Kin, stop it! You are a fool!
What do you mean? I'm doing this for you.
I don't want to attract any more attention in school!
Now you are the center of the attention.
More rumors coming.
Would you move?
Irie!
You are being rude.
Kotoko's really hurt right now. Who do you think did this?
The Lyrids, right?
That is a different part of the story! It's because you were being so cold-hearted!
What the...
Your cold heart was the cause for Kotoko's bad luck.
The chance of extraterrestrial planet impacting a human being is 1 to 500 million.
Planet?
Are you talking about a shooting star?
So I'm the cause of that 1-to-500 million
possibility event?
That's right.
Kin, that's too much.
So I'm quite amazing.
If I donate money, you won't say anything, right?
What?
Don't make a fool of me!
I wasted two years liking someone like you!
I don't need your pity.
Are you sure you are fine with that?
Of course. Do you even have a friend, treating people like that?
Look! I have tons of friends who help me when I'm in trouble.
Kin, Jinko and Satomi!
Kotoko, good job!
So I don't need your favor!
Take it, take it.
What, what's wrong with Class F?
Stop treating people like that!
So you are the talk of this town again.
You would be the only one arguing with Naoki Irie.
What should I do? I didn't mean to do that.
I'm sorry I made you leave school early.
No problem. It's an excused absence.
Teacher knows what happened.
This is Iri's house.
What a big house.
Iri's a president of a big company.
He graduated from Tokyo University.
Tokyo University... He must be someone great.
They would be able to hold a barbecue party.
RIE... Fomi... Fami...
Ah, Irie.
The Iries.
Irie?
I call him Iri because he's Irie.
Why Irie?
What's wrong?
Nothing.
Ai! Welcome!
What happened? You are late.
I'm sorry. I went to pick up some packages.
My gosh.
Welcome!
Wow, amazing.
I was just talking to myself.
Irie...
Welcome.
Make yourself at home.
I'm sorry, and thank you, Iri.
No problem.
Thank you.
What an accident it was. Please make yourself at home.
I'm his daughter, Kotoko. Nice to meet you.
What a cute daughter.
I only have sons.
You have sons?
I'll introduce him to you later. Come inlside.
Come, come!
Come inside.
Thank you.
Yuki!
Say hello to him. He's Mr. Aihara.
Oh, that's your son.
Good afternoon.
Nice to meet you, I'm Yuki Irie. I'm in third grade.
What a smart one.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, Yuki.
You are all tired, right? Come over here.
Excuse me.
Excuse me!
Go ahead.
I'm glad you like it. Take some more.
Thank you.
Kotoko, you've grown up very much.
Have I ever met you before?
I saw you at the restaurant when you were a baby.
You've been to my dad's restaurant?
Of course. We are hometown best friends
ever since we were in kindergarten.
Since both my parents worked,
I often went to Ai's house to have dinner.
When I was in college, I was a poor student,
So Ai always used to invite me.
I'm indebted to Ai.
What are you talking about? It was you who introduced my restaurant to all kinds of people.
Your college classmates, business partners,
there are tons of people who still visit me.
I'm here thanks to your effort.
After having each one's family
and job, we might have become a little distant,
but I was surprised after watching that news.
Well... It was sudden,
but I'm glad I get to see you again like this.
That's right.
Kotoko, please make yourself at home.
Okay. Thank you.
It seems like we have a special connection with you.
Speaking of the devil, my elder boy's back.
Elder boy?
What's wrong, Kotoko?
She's really powerful.
Sorry for being late. I'm Naoki.
Nice to meet you.
I heard it.
Kotoko and Naoki go to same school.
Is that so? Nice to meet you.
Kotoko, go ahead and greet him.
What's wrong, Kotoko?
Well... I was too surprised.
Mr. Iri and Naoki don't look alike at all.
You are being rude!
It's all right. My sons
all look alike their mom. They were lucky.
My gosh... Naoki, sit down.
Thank goodness both of you are safe.
You weren't inside the house?
If Kotoko didn't stop me, I would've been inside.
What a coincidence.
So how big was that meteor?
It was small like this.
Like 4cm long?
Can that make a house collapse?
But how thankful.
So Kotoko knew about Naoki.
Are you guys in the same class?
We are in very different classes, but I got to know her with a strange incident lately.
Right, Kotoko?
Well...
How great. You guys can get closer from now on.
Naoki's bit strange, right?
Please be gentle with him.
Naoki, I finished today's homework.
Yeah? Good job.
Well, there was a kanji letter I couldn't read.
Should I ask Kotoko about it today?
Why don't you?
Kotoko, can you teach me how to read kanji letters?
All right.
He's in third grade. I should be fine.
What's wrong?
Yuki, you are amazing.
You are studying very difficult kanji letters for your age.
So which one do you have question about?
This one.
This is...
Bunny's horn.
You are so stupid!
This is "tonikaku*". (*Anyhow)
You are in high school, and yet you can't even read this?
Yuki, what are you doing? Apologize!
"Anyhow", I don't like someone like you.
Hey! Yuki!
Hey!
I'm sorry.
It's all right. I couldn't answer his question.
It's all right! I'm sure he's doing that because he's shy.
Don't mind that, Kotoko.
Then,
Kotoko, would you like to take a look around your room?
Yeah!
I was excited. Over here.
Go ahead.
-I'd like some macane. -Macaroon? Macaroon.
I was just kidding.
How do you like it?
You don't like it?
Did I overdo it?
Since I only have sons,
I have always wanted to do something like this
for my daughter.
Princess-like room, dolls,
I'm very happy.
My mom passed away when I was young, so I have never been able to enjoy this girly stuff.
And my dad never cares about this kind of things.
So I was always jealous of my friends with
feminine outfit.
It feels like my dream came true.
So...
It has always been my dream to go shopping, watch movies, and change clothes with my daughter.
Let's be friends forever, Kotoko.
Okay!
This room used to be Yuki's.
Thanks to you, his desk is in my room now.
He's complaining about sharing a room.
We were having fun!
Naoki, don't ruin it.
That's why he was like that...
Anyhow, I don't like someone like you.
Don't worry, Kotoko.
Just make yourself at home. All right?
Okay.
Then, Naoki, help her unpack.
I'm going to go prepare dinner.
Tonight we are having sukiyaki.
Do you like sukiyaki?
I do!
Thank goodness! See you then!
Okay!
Well...
So,
what should I do to help you?
It's all right. I can do it myself.
Ah,
right.
I have no right to help you, right?
I don't care whether you exist or not.
Don't interrupt my life.
The chance of a man to get hit by a shooting star is 1 to 10 billion.
The chance of a high school girl
to live with a boy who just rejected her
would be like 1 to 1 billion.
Is this a beginning of something special?
Or...
Here it is.
Take some more.
Thank you!
Mr. Aihara, would you like some more?
Thank you.
Ai, is it all right for you to have bread for breakfast?
-Would you prefer some rice? -It's all right. It's fresh.
-Really? -Yeah.
It feels like I'm abroad.
It feels like I'm in Monaco.
Monaco?
I'm eating a breakfast
with Naoki...
Hot!
How tacky.
I'm done.
Already?
Kotoko, why don't you leave with him? Same school!
Okay.
Dad, here you go.
Thank you. Bye!
Bye!
-Hey... -Yes?
Would you step away from me?
Why?
I don't want to walk with a girl with crumbs on.
Stay at least 2 meters away from me.
Just walk behind me to learn the way to school.
And of course, don't tell anyone that we live together.
Don't talk to me at school.
You don't need to be so cold like that.
I don't want to get caught in a stupid rumor.
Stupid...?
I don't like stupid girls.
Gosh!
I can't believe I was in love with this kind of guy for two years.
I decided I would make him regret.
So even a genius has a weak point.
For a week before final exams, tutor me.
It's impossible to make someone stupid like you to be in the top 100 list.
Isn't something weird with her ever since she moved into a new house?
She left with another one already.
I feel like he's going to lose something precious if he keeps being that way.
Aihara!
Wouldn't Irie change his mind or something and ask Kotoko out?
Naoki! Thank you!