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.

Miori Takimoto: Hungry drama episode 10 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

 Sadly we're down to 2 episodes to go, will try to wrap this up quickly, notice the more I like a drama the shorter the recaps tend to be, perhaps because I don't want to spoil it too much as I really hope these want to make others watch it.
 Taku is still trying to get Chie to go out with him, she just can not say yes as she can't get over her feelings for Eisuke and don't think those feelings will ever change. Problem is will her love remain one sided or will Eisuke finally come around, least she still has a backup in Taku who doesn't seem like a bad guy, he's really turned over a leaf since the show started.
 But the story which tops Chie's one sided love is a potential problem for Eisuke and the restaurant. The landlord will not review their lease and they don't have much time to leave, they look for another location but cannot find one even close to being suitable. This sounds like something the rival restaurant owner Aso would have planned but her didn't, however he's come up with a nice plan for himself and Eisuke. That plan is for Eisuke to go train as a chef in France for two years and when he returns he'll become the head chef at  anew restaurant Aso would be opening in 2 years. Also he'd be willing to hire Kenta and Tsuyoshi until Eisuke comes back, it all sounds like a good plan for Eisuke's future but is he going to accept it?
 At the conclusion of this episode he's still a bit unsure of what to do, leave his girlfriend and ex band members or to stay and do whatever as he has no plans if the restaurant has to shut down. It's a big decision as it affects many people and the answer to that is in the next post as we look at the finale of this drama.

Miori Takimoto: Hungry drama episode 11 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

 And know with the final episode as Eisuke has to decide whether or not to go to France by himself for the next two years to go through chef training or to stay in Japan with no good options available for him there.
 With much agony behind his decision Eisuke has decided to leave the country and go through with the chef training. He was prepared to leave at any day but stumbled across his two kitchen helpers who were going to help him run his new restaurant in two years but they had been fired from their jobs and were going through some difficult times. This settled it for Eisuke who decided to remain in Japan and started working on the landlady and her husband to let him renew his lease for the restaurant. It wasn't easy to get her to come and taste one of his dishes, though he prepared an excellent French entree for her she still refused to let the restaurant stay.
 But this is when everyone's fave Chie came to the rescue! She heard that the restaurant was opening for that occasion and she rounded up all the old customers to come down for one final night. However so many people showed up and had such a fantastic time the landlady was overcome with emotions and finally relented and allowed Eisuke to keep operating his restaurant. Eisuke heard about what Chie did and had no clue on what to do, he feelings were growing for her but just not enough where they would be together. And to Taku's credit, even though he really wanted her to be his girlfriend he knew how she felt about Eisuke and never once put her down for it, he was quite understanding and always there for her. In a twist ending Chie sort of jumped Eisuke in the kitchen and was about to finally have that romantic yet one sided kiss with him when.....
 That 'when' will be left as a cliffhanger as maybe it'll give you a good reason to watch this drama, it far exceeded any expectations I had for it and now will have to revise my list for 2012 as this moved up to #1 for my fave drama from that year. Not a perfect series but there was zero wrong with it, moved at a good pace and had interesting characters and stories, highly recommend this show and will end up giving it a very high rating of a 9.5/10. Tons of Miori screenshots below to help you see more of what happened this last episode, she was the main reason I watched this drama and she was also the best in the show with her bubbly and charismatic acting but really 100% of the cast did a superb job.