Review on Japanese Drama: Kimi Wa Petto or You're My Pet (2003)

Title: Kimi Wa Petto (2003)

Genre:  comedy, romance

Duration:  10 episodes
Cast:

Koyuki as Iwaya Sumire

Matsumoto Jun as Goda Takeshi/Momo

Tanabe Seiichi as Hasumi Shigehito

Suzuki Sarina as Shirotae Yuri

Synopsis: Iwaya Sumire (Koyuki) is a beautiful, independent, successful woman who works for a big newspaper.  However, she seems to be too independent and too cold that her boyfriend, who is inferior to her in a lot of areas, cheated on her and dumped her.  Her colleagues found it hard to sympathize with her and continue to view her as someone cold and scary.  As she is seen as someone who is always strong, she does not even shed a tear after the breakup which caused her to have constant headaches and to lose her temper on her boss and ultimately causes her transfer from the busy external affairs dept to lifestyle dept.

On her way home, she finds an injured Goda Takeshi (Matsumoto Jun) in a big box in front of her apartment and takes him in.  He reminded her of the dog she had when she was young that she decides to take him as a “pet” and dubbed him as “Momo”.

During Momo’s stay with Sumire, he slowly affected her mood, her temperament.  Her expressionless face begun to change that she is now able to laugh and to cry.  With each passing day though, Momo finds it harder and harder to leave Sumire behind specially that he knows she can only be real when she’s with him.

To complicate matters, Hasumi Shigehito (Tanabe Shiichi), an outstanding journalist himself just came back from a foreign assignment.  He has always been Sumire’s long-time crush but she never got to confess her feelings for him.  When he begins to show interest on Sumire, this sparks jealousy from her female colleagues and more importantly, her pet started to get jealous.

Their story is definitely out of the ordinary but the emotions, struggles are like anyone else’s.  

Review:

It kind of freaked me out the first time I came across this show because of the concept of having a man-pet.  It was just too weird for me but I’m glad I gave it a chance because I fell in love with Matsumoto in this show.  He effectively portrayed a carefree, cheerful, and passionate “pet” that I can’t help falling for him.  He is just too adorable.

It’s very entertaining and you should give it a chance. I found it very hilarious at times and had a really good time. 

I’m giving this show 9 out of 10 stars. Really good show!