Yui Aragaki: "Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu" drama episode three recap with screenshots

 Start Date: October 11, 2016 airs at 10:00 pm on TBS

Main Cast:

Yui Aragaki as Miyuri Moriyama

Gen Hoshino as Hiramasa Tsuzaki

Yuriko Ishida as Yuri Tsuchiya

Takashi Ukaji as Tochio Moriyama

Yasuka Tomita as Sakura Moriyama

Ryohei Otani as Ryota Kazami

Arata Furata as Yoritsuna Numata

Takashi Fujii as Hideshi Hino

Erina Mano as Yasue Tanaka

 Had planned on doing back to back recap posts for the this and the fourth episode but unfortunately that one hasn't been subbed yet. Didn't want to fall too far behind so hence this post for an episode that was just so-so after two solid shows. It ended on an interesting cliffhanger and have skimmed through the next episode which may be the best one yet.
 Married life can probably be a bit boring at times. not talking from experience on that. Though it's a 'contract/sham marriage' Miyuri and Hiramasa have hit the boredom or frustration stage after only living together for about a month. Hiramasa has become a bit quiet towards Miyuri, to me the main reason is that he's falling for her and Miyuri us going through the same thing but neither will talk about their emotions.
 Even asking Hiramasa if she could buy a new rice cooker was a challenge for Miyuri, he kind of mumbles to her to do whatever she wants. Shortly before the purchase of the new rice cooker which Miyuri really wanted Hirasama drops a bombshell on her. She's been sleeping on a futon on the living room, their not sleeping together has almost exposed their secret to his co-workers.

 Hirasama thinks the pair should move into a two bedroom apartment, 2LDK, they soon begin checking places out. But there's always something wrong with each apartment to Hirasama, too far from the station, the rent's too high, etc. There is a reason for Hirasama's grumblings which pop up a few times during the show.
 Hirasama has zero confidence about himself when it comes to women. The sham marriage took his parents by surprise as they figured he would remain single for his entire life. He's become very jealous of of Miyuri as she is getting along so well with Kasami who is one of his co-workers. Those reasons have been why Hirasama has been so down and hard to get along with, seems as though Miyuri hasn't been able to detect his jealous feelings.
 The pair end up going out on an outing once again with Hirasama's co-workers Kazami and Numata, this time they're joined by Miyuri's aunt Yuri. It's a bit uncomfortable for Hirasama as Miyuri and Kasami seem to get along so well and she's constantly praising him. The couple tell everyone they're looking for a new apartment but it has to be one with two bedrooms. Naturally the others are wondering why a married couple would need two bedrooms but the issue manages to blow over thanks to Numata of all people. In episode two he deduced the pair's marriage is a sham after visiting their apartment, there's something fishy about him sticking up for Hiramasa and Miyuri.

Yuri had offered a two bedroom apartment for them but Hiramasa declined and we'll soon find out why. However Kasami was looking for a bigger place and takes up Yuri's offer though the pair are a bit cold towards each other, have a feeling those two will soon become an item. The outing was a grape picking one and the fivesome ended up at a grape orchard(?) to begin picking.
 Hirasama was still noticing how well Miyuri and Kasami got along and went his own way after a while. Miyuri caught up with him and they finally had a heart to heart talk. It wasn't a long talk but the right things were said as Hirasama admitted the insecurities he has around women. That didn't seem to bother Miyuri at all, she did confess to him that she does like Kasami but only as a person and likes Hirasama so much more.
 That short talk seemed to clear the air and now the couple have put their moving plans on hold though it was something Hirasama had decided a few days before. But there was one more major event that was about to happen, it took place right at the end of the show so guess we can consider it a cliffhanger.

 Kasami had confronted Hirasama at their office and said something which will change the course of this series. He told Hirasama that he knew for sure the marriage was a contract one which left Hirasama looking more scared then a victim in a horror film. We don't know what was said after between the two but hours later Kasami runs into Miyuri.
 The scene was only for about thirty seconds, you can see two of the screenshots above. Kasami told Miyuri that he had a talk with Hirasama and let her know too that he knew the marriage was a sham. At first Miyuri didn't know how to respond and even less after the news Kasami related to her. Somehow Kasami had convinced Hirasama to 'share'  Miyuri with him, to do his cleaning, cooking and other things in his new apartment. If the answer was no then he would reveal their secret to everyone, though we didn't see it have to presume Hirasama gave in.
 And that's what the episode ended off with, didn't see that coming at all and not sure what evidence Kasami has that it's a fake marriage. How everything is going to work out won't be revealed until the next episode which I've skimmed though and it looks so much better than this one.

 It certainly wasn't a bad episode but not as interesting or as fun as the first two shows. Next episode looks to be the best of the bunch, actually this was an okay show for the last twenty minutes as the first half seemed to drag by. As soon as the fourth episode is subbed will be back with that recap.
 Ratings for the show have been solid for the last two episodes. After starting of with a rating of 10.3% it's risen to 12.3 and 12.5% and usually the ratings for dramas are the opposite with them falling and not rising.

Yui Aragaki: "Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu" drama episode two recap with screenshots

 Start Date: October 11, 2016 airs at 10:00 pm on TBS

Main Cast:

Yui Aragaki as Miyuri Moriyama

Gen Hoshino as Hiramasa Tsuzaki

Yuriko Ishida as Yuri Tsuchiya

Takashi Ukaji as Tochio Moriyama

Yasuka Tomita as Sakura Moriyama

Ryohei Otani as Ryota Kazami

Arata Furata as Yoritsuna Numata

Takashi Fujii as Hideshi Hino

Erina Mano as Yasue Tanaka

 This is one of those dramas which is a solid watch yet not an easy one to recap. It's not a confusing show to follow nor are there so many things going on it's hard to keep track of. Perhaps those who have watched the first two episodes know what I mean, it's even hard to explain here why it's a difficult show to post about. Then again I just may be a bit brain dead(as usual) which makes even my name hard to recap.
 If you haven't read the recap for the first episode then would suggest checking that out as I don't plan on talking about the events from that show. One thing I will bring up is the 'de-facto marriage', wasn't sure what that meant but it was described a bit in the beginning. In simple terms it means a couple who live together yet aren't legally married. The reason Miyuri and Hiramasa are doing that is that she's living with him as a full time housekeeper yet they've told both of their parents they're about to be married the regular way.

 Those two screenshots were from the opening scene, can't understand what was going on along with what was going on with some brief scenes in the first episode being shot documentary style. Perhaps that will be explained later but as of now have no clue why Miyuri was appearing on a Channel 23 newscast. Back to the story and the about to be wedded couple have met each others parents. Both had thought there were going to be difficulties getting their parent's permissions but there were none but then again they didn't let on what kind of marriage it was.
 There were really only two major scenes in the show, the beginning where the above took place and the end when two of Hiramasa's co-workers visited their apartment. The middle portion was mainly about Miyuri and Hiramasa getting to know each other better and they seem to be getting along very well even though she's been only living with him for a few days. As a matter of fact they haven't mentioned it to each other but they are quickly falling for each other or at least developing some caring feelings, hasn't happened yet but that first spat is probably coming up very soon.

 Hiramasa's 'marriage' has certainly shocked a few people at his office, they had no idea he even had a girlfriend and most presumed he would always remain a bachelor. Few times he's referred himself to Miyuri as a 'professional bachelor' as he also though he would always remain single. Two of his co-workers don't believe that he did get married and think the whole story is a sham, they wanted to visit him at his apartment but Hirasama wouldn't allow it.
 He did invite one co-worker, Hino, to his residence as he was married with children. But on that day one of his children fell ill, much to the dismay of Hiramasa the two co-workers who thought the marriage was a sham, Kazami and Numata, showed up to take Hino's place. Hiramasa and Miyuri worked frantically to get the apartment spruced up to make it look like they were a married couple, it worked until the very end.
 Kazami and Numata stayed for dinner, Numata was very impressed with Miyuri's cooking and it turns out she got the recipes from a food blog that Numata writes. The pair are getting ready to leave when a thunderous storm hits, all the trains are out of service and they're forced to spend the night at Hiramasa's apartment.

 Hiramasa has a one bedroom apartment, Miyuri has been sleeping on a futon in the living room. But now that his two co-workers are forced to spend the night what are the couple going to do? As you can see by the above screenshot Miyuri offers to spend the night on the floor but Hiramasa won't hear of it though Miyuri eventually makes him relent.
 But instead of the two sharing the room Hiramasa joins Kazami and Numata in the living room and the trio sleep together on the floor. By the next afternoon the storm has passed, now it's finally time for Kazami and Numata to leave. As they're departing the very curious Numata finally manages to sneak a peek at their bedroom, upon his observation the marriage isn't what it seems. It's just a small single bed with one pillow, he puts two and two together but what will happen from his discovery won't come out until the next episode.
 In the final minutes Miyri and Hiramasa go back to their usual sleeping arrangements. He has a hard time nodding off as the scent of Miyuri has stayed in his bed and he can't stop thinking of her. Miyuri also can't sleep as her mind is on Hiramasa, as mentioned in the beginning looks like the pair are truly falling for each other very quickly.

 That episode was actually much easier to describe than I thought, need to stop thinking so much. It's been only two episodes but so far have really enjoyed the show and hopefully the subs for the third episode will be done soon. They're being done by mottofreaky but even if they are done quickly may wait until the fourth episode is done and recap two episodes back to back. That will probably make it easier for all of you to follow the action, you'll know soon enough how it works out and here's plenty more screenshots from the show.
 Just checked and there's some very good news for this drama as it receive a rating of 12.1% for this episode. The first show only had a rating of 10.2% so that's a big increase, perhaps that first show had to go up against some special program so let's hope the ratings stay high.