is a story first published by Shueisha

Shueisha

is a major publisher in Japan. The company was founded in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company. Magazines published by Shueisha include Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Young Jump,...

 as a manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 by Hijiri Chiaki, and then made into a short-running TV drama in 2008 by Nihon Television, directed by Satoru Nakajima

Satoru Nakajima

Satoru Nakajima is a former racing driver from Japan.-Career:Nakajima was born into a farming family living just outside Okazaki, Japan. He began driving cars in his early teens in the family's garden with his older brother giving him tips, careful that they were not caught by their father...

. The story is about a 15-year-old girl named Yoko, who is being tormented by her older sister Makiko. Only Yoko and her parents know her sister's true nature, while other people are fooled by her unbelievable good luck.

Synopsis

15-year-old Yoko is constantly tormented by her self-centered and fiendish older sister Makiko, who works for a government office after having graduated from a famous university. But despite her ill nature, Makiko's actions tend to somehow make things better for those around her, causing others to praise her as an "ally of justice."

Because of her sister's attitude, Yoko longs to be free. She decides to get her sister married so she will move out. However her plan backfires. There is also a boy called Riku who always teases her because he has a major crush on her. He becomes one of her closest confidants.

Makiko eventually reveals her true nature to her husband, Naoki, who decides to get a divorce. Meanwhile a close friend of Riku's, Chika, tells Yoko that he is about to move away. Her friends attempt to get Yoko to confess through a live T.V. program, but her sister storms in and starts yelling at her, right before Yoko confessed and when she (Makiko) is taken away by security.

A few days, Naoki and his parents arrive to talk with Makiko. As the divorce is about to be finalized, Makiko tells everyone that she is pregnant. The series ends with Yoko finally talking to Riku before he went to Osaka and Makiko giving birth to a baby. Yoko is the one left caring for it.

Cast

• Shida Mirai - Nakata Yoko
• Yu Yamada
  Yu Yamada
  is a model, actress, and singer best known from her modeling work with CanCam magazine. Shintaro Yamada is her brother.- Career :Yamada graduated from Okinawa Actors School...
  
   - Nakata Makiko
• Osamu Mukai
  Osamu Mukai
  is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kanagawa, Japan. Graduated from Meiji University.-Summary:Mukai's first main role was in the 2006 Japanese television drama Nodame Cantabile...
  
   - Yoshikawa Naoki
• Hongo Kanata - Okamoto Riku

• Takizawa Saori - Yamashita Midori
• Irie Jingi - Komori Taichi (Jyanbo)
• Nishiuchi Mariya - Moriyama Chika
• Nakamura Shizuka - Komatsu Kyoko
• Shimura Rena - Shimazaki Mai
• Ishii Mieko - Horita Arisa
• Sano Shiro - Nakata Goro
• Tanaka Yoshiko - Nakata Haruko
• Tokui Yuu - Nogami Koichiro

Production credits

• Original writing (manga): Seigi no Mikata by Hijiri Chiaki
• Screenwriters: Ouki Shizuka(ep1-3,5,7,9-10), Seki Erika (ep4,8), Fukuma Masahiro(ep6)
• Producers: Tsugiya Hisashi, Okubo Tomomi
• Directors: Nakajima Satoru(ep1-2,5,7,9-10), Abe Yuichi(ep3-4,6,8)
• Music: Konishi Yasuharu