Strawberry on the Shortcake

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TV Show: Strawberry on the Shortcake (S.O.S.)
Japanese: ストロベリー・オンザ・ショートケーキ
Director: Nobuhiro Doi, Hiroshi Matsubara
Writer: Shinji Nojima
Network: TBS
Episodes: 10
Release Date: January 12 - March 16, 2001
Runtime: Friday 22:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Manato is an unpopular high school student who shuts out the world to deal with being bullied at school and his parents' divorce. With his father's remarriage, Manato gradually finds himself attracted to his new step-sister, Yui, who is a constant thrill seeker, but she is completely oblivious to his feelings. At the same time, Manato's childhood friend and neighbor, Haruka, understands all of his problems, but she hasn't been able to admit her romantic feelings for him. Manato and Haruka must find a way to deal with their unrequited love, and in doing so find the happiness for which they are searching.

Cast

Hideaki Takizawa - Manato Irie
Kyoko Fukada - Yui Misawa
Rina Uchiyama - Haruka Sawamura
Yosuke Kubozuka - Tetsuya Saeki
Yuriko Ishida - Mariko Asami
Nana Okada - Yurie Mizawa (Yui's mother)
Toshiyuki Nagashima - Kengo Irie (Manato's father)
Tomoka Hayashi
Masatoshi Matsuo
Mami Nakamura
Yoshio Doi

Comments

Comment #1
sumoni Says:
Jan 05 2011 1:30 am

I wasn't so sure about this one in the beginning. I have a hard time with the stepbrother and stepsister romance plots. Since I have a stepbrother and I think that's gross. But I really got into it, as you sense they like each other before you find out their parents are getting married. (It's in the very first episode, I'm not spoiling anything!) So that made everything else that happened okay. The acting was good and there were a lot of funny scenes.