Kimi wa Petto

jamie09 · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:26 am Post subject: Kimi wa Petto

Synopsis:
The story concerns Sumire Iwaya, a journalist at a major newspaper. A career woman in a society that does not handle successful women well, Sumire suffers from depression and anxiety. She also has hobbies that are very un-feminine, such as being a fan of pro wrestling, K-1, and shōnen anime.

After her fiancé leaves her for his mistress and Sumire is demoted at work, she stumbles across a young injured homeless man in a box outside her condominium. She takes him in and becomes attached to him. As a joke, she says she wants to keep him as a pet. To her surprise, the young man agrees. She names him Momo, after her beloved dog from childhood. Sumire provides room and board, and Momo provides unconditional love and loyalty. Sumire says there is no sex in their relationship, and she will only sleep with men who have the "three highs": higher pay, higher education and higher height (i.e. taller than her 170 cm.) Despite this, there is definite sexual tension in their relationship.

Sumire later learns that Momo's real name is Takeshi Gouda, and that he is a dance prodigy who studied classical ballet but was too short to take the lead roles. He switched to modern dance, and lived a semi-homeless life before meeting Sumire. Momo passes himself off as Sumire's second cousin.

Complications arise when Sumire is reunited with the man that she was infatuated with at Tokyo University, Shigehito Hasumi. Hasumi meets all of Sumire's requirements. However, Sumire cannot quite open up to Hasumi-senpai, or give up her attachment to Momo. For example, Sumire lets Momo call her by her personal name, while she struggles to let Hasumi call her "Iwaya" instead of "Iwaya-san."

Characters:
>Main characters
Sumire Iwaya: Drama role by:Koyuki
Momo or Takeshi Gouda: Drama role by:Jun Matsumoto
Shigehito Hasumi: Drama role by:Seiichi Tanabe

>Other characters
Yuri Shirotae: Drama role by:Sarina Suzuki
Sumire's childhood friend, a housewife and mother of Ran
Rumi Shibusawa: Drama role by: Satomi Ishihara
Momo's ex-girlfriend, a dancer (Vol.2 -)
Shiori Fukushima: Drama role by:Wakana Sakai
A dental assistant determined to seduce and marry Hasumi-senpai (Vol.3- )
Emma Owen and Hugh Oswald
Two American journalists who work under Sumire (Vol.5-)
Satoshi Asano Drama role by: Kyozo Nagatsuka
Junpei Horibei Drama role by: Eita
Mayumi Haruki Drama role by: Misa Uehara
Yuuta Ishida Drama role by: Sato Riyuuta

credits to: Wikipedia

really like this drama!
MoMo's so kawaii!

ajChan · Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Posts: 41

i just loved this show!!
this show inspired me to go ballet!

abstanator · Joined: 12 Apr 2008 Posts: 365 Location: Stormy Skies~<333

Momo was luff!!! <333
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jamie09 · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:20 am Post subject:

i love momo!

@ajChan
you know ballet??
really??
i envy you..
i really wanted to learn how since i was 5..

matsujun123 · Joined: 21 Apr 2008 Posts: 13 Location: Philippines

i really wish to have a real human pet be the one who i share my feelings with T_T demo i still hope to find one or destined to find one!

matsumara · Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 8 Location: arashi dream land

i laugh at myselff with this one... i re-watched this again a few weeks back... and went crazy when some character is making a move on Momo... but never the less... i really love this drama of Jun... has a lot of good lines... especially the one he mentioned about the kite and the one when he said to Sumire : "Then don't marry him... because i'll always be by your side" kyaaa... i love it!
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bonjour7 · Joined: 25 Aug 2008 Posts: 2

What a super cute petto!

Jun amazingly played Momo. He's the best all the time. Twisted Evil

Love this drama most. Laughing