Naoko Noda, who works in a trading company, is called "anego" by her younger co-workers. What is "anego"? It means "older sister", but in this case, it is given as a nickname to Naoko because she is like a big sister to her co-workers, who depend on her to give them advice about everything. This drama depicts realistically how Naoko lives her everyday life, including her love life, the problems she faces, and her uneasiness about the future.
~~ Adapted from the novel “Anego” (アネゴ) by Hayashi Mariko (林真理子).
and her uneasiness about the future.
~~ Adapted from the novel “Anego” (アネゴ) by Hayashi Mariko (林真理子).
Aoishi Hanae is a plain, inconspicuous office lady who has had no experience in love and no boyfriend. On her 30th birthday, she happens to end up drinking with Tanokura Yuto, a cool university student nine years her junior who is also a part-timer at her company, on the way home from a welcome part...
Minami is a single 28-year-old office worker in an advertising office. She's very work-oriented and her love is doubted by her boyfriend. One day, she meets Yuya, who is a part-time worker at her company. ~~ Adapted from the manga "Sapuri" (サプリ ) by Okazaki Mari (おかざき 真里).
Maruyama Mayumi is an OL who loves her job and has taken a liking to her manager Teiji Osamu who is strict about work and insists on knocking off on time. The two end up spending a night together after a drinking session with colleagues but Mayumi is flabbergasted when Osamu tells her the following...
Takanashi Hinako is a 30-year-old office lady who has been working as a secretary at Relation Gate for the past 8 years. Everyday, the company's charismatic president would give her various "impossible tasks", making her single for the past 6 years and have no time to think about her future. One day...
Kozue Ogawa is a housewife and has been married to Hideo for seven years. They don't have any children, but as they live with her parents at their flower shop, every day is still lively. She is happy with her life and her husband, but she wonders if it is enough. From time to time, she is gripped by...
Higashiyama Yui works as a director at Net Heroes, a web production company. Due to her workaholic father and bad experiences in the past, she loathes working overtime. Even 2 years ago, she broke off her engagement to Taneda Kotaro because he was a workaholic. At her job, Higashiyama Yui always le...
Nitta Masaki is about to start work as a music teacher at a high school. The high school has experienced turbulence due to the missing person case of the prior music teacher. On the night before Nitta Masaki's first day of work, he visits the music classroom and plays the piano. There, he meets stud...
Yoon Song Ah works as a marketing specialist for a cosmetics brand. She loves her work and dreams of one day launching her own brand. Chae Hyun Seung is a fellow marketer who is attracted to Yoon Song Ah. He tries to develop a romantic relationship but Yoon Song Ah rejects his advances, not wishing...
39-year-old Ogata Satoko is a highly capable psychiatrist who is single. She's forthright, a caring older sister and reliable in her job and in private. Her interests are staying in luxurious Japanese inns and watching stand-up comedy videos. Satoko hasn't had a boyfriend in the past five years. N...
Imai Miki plays Midori, a fashion industry executive who is dedicated to her job but beginning to wonder if she is not missing something in life. Company colleague and former lover Yoshida Eisaku suggests she needs a husband and children and appears ready to take on the assignment. But Imai insists...
Aoishi Hanae is a plain, inconspicuous office lady who has had no experience in love and no boyfriend. On her 30th birthday, she happens to end up drinking with Tanokura Yuto, a cool university student nine years her junior who is also a part-timer at her company, on the way home from a welcome part...
Minami is a single 28-year-old office worker in an advertising office. She's very work-oriented and her love is doubted by her boyfriend. One day, she meets Yuya, who is a part-time worker at her company. ~~ Adapted from the manga "Sapuri" (サプリ ) by Okazaki Mari (おかざき 真里).
Maruyama Mayumi is an OL who loves her job and has taken a liking to her manager Teiji Osamu who is strict about work and insists on knocking off on time. The two end up spending a night together after a drinking session with colleagues but Mayumi is flabbergasted when Osamu tells her the following...
Takanashi Hinako is a 30-year-old office lady who has been working as a secretary at Relation Gate for the past 8 years. Everyday, the company's charismatic president would give her various "impossible tasks", making her single for the past 6 years and have no time to think about her future. One day...
Kozue Ogawa is a housewife and has been married to Hideo for seven years. They don't have any children, but as they live with her parents at their flower shop, every day is still lively. She is happy with her life and her husband, but she wonders if it is enough. From time to time, she is gripped by...
Higashiyama Yui works as a director at Net Heroes, a web production company. Due to her workaholic father and bad experiences in the past, she loathes working overtime. Even 2 years ago, she broke off her engagement to Taneda Kotaro because he was a workaholic. At her job, Higashiyama Yui always le...
Nitta Masaki is about to start work as a music teacher at a high school. The high school has experienced turbulence due to the missing person case of the prior music teacher. On the night before Nitta Masaki's first day of work, he visits the music classroom and plays the piano. There, he meets stud...
Yoon Song Ah works as a marketing specialist for a cosmetics brand. She loves her work and dreams of one day launching her own brand. Chae Hyun Seung is a fellow marketer who is attracted to Yoon Song Ah. He tries to develop a romantic relationship but Yoon Song Ah rejects his advances, not wishing...
39-year-old Ogata Satoko is a highly capable psychiatrist who is single. She's forthright, a caring older sister and reliable in her job and in private. Her interests are staying in luxurious Japanese inns and watching stand-up comedy videos. Satoko hasn't had a boyfriend in the past five years. N...
Imai Miki plays Midori, a fashion industry executive who is dedicated to her job but beginning to wonder if she is not missing something in life. Company colleague and former lover Yoshida Eisaku suggests she needs a husband and children and appears ready to take on the assignment. But Imai insists...