Asian Drama

Chiyomi, is a high school girl who was born and raised in a retro Showa-era shopping district in Shonan. She is a member of the basketball club and has a kind personality that stays cheerful despite her somewhat complicated family structure. She and Minami-kun, also known as Minami Hiroyuki, a basketball star from her hometown of Shonan, have been like siblings since childhood, and they are happily in a relationship. However, one day, he suddenly becomes 15cm in size and fits in the palm of her hand. Chiyomi begins living with him in his now tiny body.

(Source: Japanese = Yahoo Japan || Translation = MyDramaList)

Adapted from the manga series "Minami-kun no Koibito" (南くんの恋人) by Uchida Shungicu (内田春菊).

Tags: Shrinking, Gender Reverse, Student Female Lead, Summer Setting, Basketball Player Female Lead, Basketball, Cohabitation, Adapted From A Manga (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Tuesday

Aired: Jul 16, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Teenage girls Azami and Rie are leading a lifestyle full of delinquent behavior. One night, when they find a good hiding spot after being chased by mobs, Rie points out Tsukumodo, a place where they serve free food. There, they meet other people from various backgrounds with all kinds of personal problems, and the owner, a 52-year-old woman named Tsukumo Sakura. They discover that Tsukumodo, a secondhand bookstore which stands alone in Tokyo's Ota district, is a shop where people of all generations can enjoy manga, but also find comfort. At the back of the bookstore is a room called Tamariba, where people with nowhere to go gather and eat the delicious oyakodon Sakura cooks for them. She serves them for free without prying into their backgrounds or circumstances. Her meals fill stomachs and also seems to warm hearts. With their hunger satisfied, the people “with nowhere to go” slowly start to talk to Sakura about themselves and she listens to them. Sometimes she encourages them with a smile. At other times, she cries with them. She loves to say, “It’s all right to cry when you want to. The teardrops that fall will simply burst into flowers of happiness.” Meanwhile, Sakura herself has to face a tragic past. An incident 16 years ago spurred her to make oyakodon for free. When Azami and Rie visit Tsukumodo and Sakura decides to cook them a meal, time starts to rewind.