Chimudondon (ちむどんどん)

I want to go to Tokyo and become a chef! I want to become a cook!

A young Okinawan girl who loves delicious food will pursue the path of becoming a chef with her hometown in her heart.

Hello, this is Yuina Kuroshima, who plays Nobuko Higa.

Continuous TV novel Chimudondon is currently being broadcast. I would like to look back on the story so far together.

The Shikuasa here are the most delicious.

The best in the world. I want to eat all the delicious food in the world.

But that's still too much for an elementary school student.

Nobuko, Let's have a race until home!

Hey! That's unfair!

This is the area called Yanbaru in the northern part of Okinawa's main island.

Sorry to keep you waiting

Ohhh

Let's eat

Nobuko of the Higa family love delicious food.

Nobuko is taught how to cook by her father, Kenzo.

She becomes good at cooking dishes from the land.

From here on out, Nobuko, please think for yourself and serve what you think tastes good. Believe in yourself and make it.

A junior high school student from Tokyo transfers to Nobuko and her family's village due to his parents' work.

I like you to try this

You can have this

It's too delicious. When you eat it you'll be filled with chimudondon!

Chimudondon?

Chimudodon is when your heart beats here.

It means your heart is throbbing

Kazuhiko and Nobuko hit it off. She is invited to a restaurant where she encounters Western cuisine.

Umm

Delicious

How many restaurants are there in Tokyo?

A lot!

I'm thrilled

I want to go to Tokyo someday.

At such times, misfortune strikes suddenly

Kenzo?

Kenzo?!

Kenzo-san?!

Dad! - Dad!

Dad

Dad!

Seven years later.

Nobuko is in her third year of high school.

Hoku and HokuHoku. This Saturnnagi is the best!

This Saturnnagi is the best!

Nobuko is still a glutton, and after her father passed away, she and her siblings shared the household chores.

Nobuko was in charge of cooking all the time.

Nobuko is looking for a job.

As everyone around her were deciding on their future paths, she was struggling to figure out what she wanted to do and imagine her future.

I've always wanted to find something to set my heart aflame, something I can devote myself to, something I can work hard at.

You are fine just the way you are.

I think Nobuko didn't have much time to think about herself or what she wanted to do because she was always helping her mother with various tasks to support everyone in her life.

Nobuko's siblings had also begun their own lives.

How are you going to live without a job?

I'm gonna make a lot of money from now on with a bang so I'm gonna make everyone happy.

How? What kind of work?

Free-spirited brother training.

He takes on various get rich schemes for his family, but always comes up empty.

Please do something about that, please.

My father asked his acquaintance in the police, and it turned out that the whole family were con artists.

My brother is a troublemaker, always causing trouble, but he really cares for the family, so I think he is a really kind-hearted and passionate brother.

It feels like that burning passion is coming out of my pores.

My older sister Ryoko is an elementary school teacher.

Ishikawa and her have been friends since their school days, and they are both aware of each other.

However, Ishikawa's blind attitude makes Ryoko a bit irritated.

Will you join in a study group session with me?

Study Group?

Another person who approaches Ryoko is Kino Kingo, the son of a wealthy family.

Mom, please give Ryoko-san to me.

Why are you talkiing about that so suddenly.

Is there anyone else? A man who has promised to marry you?

Mr. Ishikawa's friendship is so unwavering that it confuses me too. It's really touching to me when I see it.

Pay attention to the triangular relationship between Ishikawa-san, Kingo, and Nee-Nee.

Nobuko's younger sister Utako loves to sing.

Because of her shyness, she can't sing with anyone else around, so she always sings alone.

Utako Higa

Yes ma'am

The cry of the soul. The overflowing passion.

The music teacher of the school where Utako sang, will be pushing her to perform her best.

You must not stop singing. Even if there is only one person who listens. That is your mission.

Yes

Thanks to Shimeji-sensei, Utaiko is a bit shy at times, but she is going to face her strengths in singing and take the first step forward.

Such is the case with Utako, who has a favorite person in her life: her tofu, Tofu, and her cousin, Sunagawa Satoru

Thank you very much.

Satoru nee nee will be successful in business

Why?

Because I will be supporting you.

But Satoru has feelings for Nobuko.

Idiot

Idiot

A big weather change is coming to Nobuko.

My cooking club was selected to participate in the San Gyo Matsuri festival.

Please help me!

What should I do?

The high school students are going to have a cooking contest at the school cafeteria.

Nobuko will be responsible for the excellent cooking and will be in charge of the management.

Welcome

Yanbaru soba.

It's delicious.

The dashi is good.

Thank you

Nobuko's soba was a big success.

This is so fun.

It's getting more and more fun.

To have people I don't know to eat it.

I'm really happy.

Thank you

Wow. Nobuko's soba is very popular. Nobuko is amazing!

Hmmm!! So Delicious!!

Nobuko, the newly appointed leader, will find something to soothe her heart.

I want to work at a restaurant.

I'll go to Toyko and become a chef!

I want to be a cook.

Nobuko was always cooking at home, but

Having people outside of her family eat what she made at the cooking competition...

and having been told her food was delicious...

She was happy to hear that it was delicious.

It opened her eyes to what she wanted to do.

Ever since she was a kid, she've always wanted to go to Tokyo.

She had a longing to eat delicious food in Tokyo where she can enjoy varios cuisines.

She wanted to work in a restaurant.

I think she wanted to be a cook.

Nobuko graduated from high school.

The day came for her to go to Tokyo to become a professional chef.

Take it with you.

Take good care of it.

I will

I'm off!

See ya

Nobuko!

Bye bye!

Have a good trip!

With hope and anxiety in her heart, Nobuko

step out of Okinawa for the first time in her life.

Akisamiyo, how many people are there in Tokyo?

Together with Sanae, who was attending a university in Tokyo,

First, they headed for a restaurant in Ginza.

Huh?

No Way!

Marien!

Akisamiyo!

Where are they from?

Okinawa

As expected of the owner.

Aiiya!!