Miori Takimoto: Desktop calendars for November and a few other tidbits

 Still not too much going on with Miori lately, no clue whether she has a new drama or movie planned as I've heard nothing about that but she will be doing a guest spot on the next episode of Umi no Ue no Shinryoujo, will be watching that and there will be plenty of screenshots from her appearance. Every month Sony puts out these desktop calendars, I use them myself as it's tough to beat one of these pics when you first turn on you computer, sizes are 1280 X 800 or 1024 X 768 or 1280 X 1024.

 Miori also changed the homepage on her blog the other day, really like this pic so much better.

 Also her 2010 asadora drama Teppan is finally getting subbed, however it's going to be a long process and as of now only one week has been done. Once a few more weeks are subbed will be back with many screenshots and some recaps of the series, here's a few pics from the first 2 episodes.

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.