Tokyo Tarareba Girls (東京タラレバ娘)

I will always be the main character of my own long story called life.

If I put my mind to it, I can succeed in love and my career.

Or so I thought.

I really did…

NEW YEAR'S PRAYER

Please let me succeed in my career this year.

RINKO KAMATA, STRUGGLING SCRIPTWRITER

Also, I'd like to meet a nice guy--

Ouch.

Who did that?

What a way to start the year.

No, it's a good sign.

KAORI YAMAKAWA, MANICURIST

It's rare to be hit by a money offering.

Yeah, it may bring good luck.

Easy for you to say.

-Let me pray. -Stop it.

Ah, I want to be happy.

What year is it this year?

It's 2017.

Seventeen? Hey!

The next Olympics are in 2020, right?

GORINBASHI BRIDGE

That means it's in three years.

I guess so.

When it was announced…

Hospitality.

Hospitality.

It's in seven years, huh?

What will we be doing then?

I can have about two kids.

Definitely. You have seven years, so you can even have three kids.

I wonder what kind of people we'll be married to.

A man with a high income and preferably good looking.

I won't ask for too much, but I hope I can meet a nice man by then.

I haven't met anyone yet.

Who knew four years have passed already.

I know.

Wait a second.

If I meet someone now and have a kid, how old will it be by then?

At the most, two years old.

I guess I can't have two.

You can have twins.

That's right. It'll be fine.

You have three years.

That's true.

You're right.

But what if I'm still single during all the festivities in Tokyo?

No, there's no way!

Sorry.

Are you all right?

Yes.

Are you okay?

Y… Yes.

-Sorry about that. -It's fine.

I think my New Year's prayer was heard.

Who knew we'd get to see a handsome man this early in the year.

Thank heavens.

Let's drink to this year's first encounter with a handsome man.

There's an izakaya that's open all year round.

Sounds good.

-I have to go home and work today. -What?

On New Year's Day?

They want me to finish the script while everyone's off.

Newbie scriptwriters have it hard.

I'm far from being the famous Sugako Hashida.

We'll go for a drink without you then.

Yeah. Work hard, Miss Kamata.

-Stop that. -See you.

-See you. -Bye.

I walked an entire station's length.

I am Rinko Kamata, single with no boyfriend.

I live alone in an old apartment that's a 20-minute walk from the station.

The last time I had a boyfriend…

was how many years ago?

I've been so out of touch with romance, I can't even remember.

I am a scriptwriter.

But I've only written a few scripts for web dramas.

Honestly, I can barely pay the rent and make ends meet.

I want to make it big this year.

SEASONS OF LOVE

SEASONS OF LOVE, EPISODE ONE

SEASONS OF LOVE, EPISODE ONE, VERSION 12

I'll make this a success.

It stinks!

JAPAN TV ENTERPRISE

Good morning.

-Good morning. -Happy New Year.

Good morning.

Good morning.

The director is in

meeting room one.

Okay.

SEASONS OF LOVE, EPISODE ONE, VERSION 12

YOSHIKI TOKUDA, DIRECTOR

People won't cry with this.

How can I put this… I can't empathize with this.

I personally think this is much better.

Which part are you talking about?

Look at page three.

One of Airi's lines.

This line is only here to describe the situation, right?

Does the heroine have to say this line?

In our last meeting, you said you wanted her to say something like this--

You know what?

Writing exactly what I say is called dictation.

You're a scriptwriter.

You've got to go above our expectations.

Right.

We asked for a lot, so we may have confused you.

I'm sorry.

Not at all. I'll do my best.

-And on page four. -Yes.

-On line five, where Yuto says… -Yes.

He asked you to modify it again. Will you be okay?

Yes. I think I've finally got it.

Really? I'm glad. Do your best.

Thanks, I will.

It's interesting to think that you and I used to work here as assistant directors,

and now we're working together again as a producer and scriptwriter.

But I'm still a nobody.

I'm barely scraping by because you give me jobs.

Oh, please…

But your dream of making it on over-the-air television is coming true.

Yes.

-Well, excuse me. -Oh…

Yes?

Um…

Well…

When you finish this script…

Yes?

Well…

Rinko!

Hi.

Happy New Year.

Happy New Year, Mami.

Happy New Year.

Good luck on your script.

But you were saying--

No! It's nothing.

What was that?

I knew it.

I've had this theory for a while.

Hayasaka is in love with you, isn't he?

No way.

I am confident.

It's so obvious.

What are you saying?

He is so nice to you.

He is nice to everyone.

He is especially nice to you.

He's just rooting for me as a former colleague who became a scriptwriter.

You think so?

I think Hayasaka is a nice man.

He is nice, earnest, and works hard.

I wonder why he's still single at that age?

He's not that old.

Maybe he is waiting for you.

There is no way.

Oops.

Huh?

That's impossible.

But maybe he is still in love with me.

No…

That was eight years ago.

Rinko.

Yes?

Um… I…

-Will you please go out with me-- -No!

Oh… I'm sorry.

No.

Sorry. It was too sudden.

It's fine.

-Back then, Hayasaka was so lame. -Sorry.

But he is much better now.

Actually, he is not bad at all.

After you finish the next script, why don't we grab a bite to eat?

Just the two of us.

I have something to tell you.

Something to tell me? Just the two of us?

KAORI AND KOYUKI

Dispatch Code Four.

DISPATCH CODE FOUR!!

The three of us are best friends from high school.

Whenever anything happens, we call each other into action.

Code One is when we just want to grab a drink because we're free.

-Huh? -Seriously?

Code Two is when we want to complain about work.

RESERVED SEATS

Code Three is when we want to talk crap about someone.

HARAJUKU STREET

Lastly, Code Four is only called in an emergency situation concerning men.

DISPATCH CODE FOUR

So?

A man I turned down eight years ago invited me to a meal.

-Oh my god! -Hey!

-Eight years? -Who?

Don't tell me, it's that lame assistant director?

It is.

-Was he promoted? -He just became a producer.