Miori Takimoto: Hungry drama episode 9 recap and screenshots

Main cast:

Osamu Mukai as Eisuke Yamate- chef, owner and ex-bass player

Miori Takimoto as Chie Okusu- college student who has a crush on Eisuke and his food

Ryoko Kuninaka as Maria Tachibana- Eisuke's girlfriend

Goro Inagaki as Tokio Aso- rival restaurant owner

Ren Osugi as Taro Yamate- Eisuke's father who lives with him

Takashi Tsukamoto as Kenta Sumiyoshi- kitchen helper and ex-guitarist

Shohei Miura as Taku Hiratsuka- restaurant maitre d' and ex-vocalist

Kaname Kawabata as Tsuyoshi Fujisawa- kitchen helper and ex-drummer

Hairi Katagiri as Chikako Ebina- inept restaurant helper

Rio Yamashita as Nana Takagi- college student and Chie's best friend

Getting down they say to the bitter end though this drama has been anything but bitter, bitter part is that there's only 3 more episodes to view as I've enjoyed this so much up until now, so let's take some quick looks at these last few episodes.
 The kitchen staff is back after briefly leaving and things at the restaurant are running a bit more smoothly, still not a ton of customers coming in every night but it's slowly increasing. Kenta, Eisuke's best friend from the band and one of the kitchen helpers is getting married to his long time girlfriend with the reception being held at the restaurant, of course there were a few minor snags that happened. Main one was that Eisuke was challenged by the chef from the rival restaurant Gasterea, the challenge was which of their creations were the best. This was to be decided by the guests attending the reception, there was no real wager on the line but that wouldn't have mattered as the cooking challenge ended up being a draw! Besides that cooking challenge the reception went well but sure all are wondering what's happening with Chie(Miori)?
 She professed her 'love' to Eisuke's girlfriend who didn't know what to think, seems as though knowing she has a challenger for Eisuke's heart has made her support the restaurant a bit more. Chie did tell Eisuke later on that she had no romantic feelings for him but that was not a true statement from her as she's really feeling hurt, especially when she saw the newlyweds together. By episodes end she was really down as you can see by the screenshots, what is going to happen to the incredibly sweet Chie who still has a potential suitor in Taku?
 We may answer that a bit in the next recap or then again perhaps not, Chie doesn't seem to want to give up easily and though he won't admit it to anyone Eisuke has also developed feelings for her. Two more recaps to go now which you can view right after this one and of course ending off with many screenshots from the adorable Miori.