Review: Hanayome to Papa

*insert 'Wedding March' song*

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This Jdrama is a really cute one!  It's called 'Hanayome to Papa' (which means 'Bride and Papa'...I think).  It has twelve episodes and is of the romantic comedy genre.  It follows the story of a girl named Aiko (Satomi Ishihara) who really would like to get out from under the overprotective wing of her father(Saburo Tokito)--especially so since she is twenty years old.  She has been given a set of rules to follow, and she does.  But she would really like to rid herself of them.  Two of the biggest rules are a curfew at 7pm and absolutely no relationshiop of any kind with the opposite sex.  Aiko has been following these rules all her life, but she found a way to get around them.  She got a job working at a fashion industry.  At last...a taste of freedom (sort of).  Aside from her as being a newcomer into the office is Seiji (Junnosuke Taguchi) who also has some issues with his parents.  Both of them kind of click because they are both new to the office.  Now, where does significance of the title come into play?  Well, one night Aiko and her father got into an argument.  He told her that the only way she wouldn't be treated as a child is if she were to marry.  She then said out of spite: "Fine!  I shall become a bride then!"  Now, I don't think she meant for it to actually happen.  But soon after, Seiji does come over, asking her father if he could date her...with the intention of marrying her! 

The bulk of the drama goes through the story of how Aiko and Seiji have to prove to Aiko's father that they indeed do want to marry.  There are also a few backstories that explain why Aiko's father is the way he is with her as well as some subtle issues of other fathers and their children.  Of course the main reason I watched this was because Junnosuke was in it.  But overall, I really liked it!  Junno-kun, why you no date me with the intention of marriage?!  XD XD XD  Well, I hope that you will check this drama out~!  Until next time.