Absolute BoyfriendEpisode 1 The Flawless Robot Lover Namikiri Gaku played by Sasaki Kuranosuke (Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi, Bambino!) and his boss are talking about love as they look at the completed robot played by Hayami Mokomichi (Hataraki Man, Rondo), and discuss finding a suitable test subject. Izawa Riko played by Aibu Saki (Utahime, Attention Please) sneezes and Ishizek played by Kyo Nobuo (Kamen Rider Kiva, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e) hands her a pocket warmer. Just as she’s about to confess to him, he gets a phone call and hurries away. She’s discussing her encounter with her co-worker in a bar, when she too gets called away. But the bartender gives her a free drink, telling her she has a gloomy face that’ll never get her a boyfriend. Then the bartender tells her unless the perfect man shows up she won’t find someone. Namikiri sits by her at the bar, telling her he’s going to change her life. Then he takes her back to the Kronos Heaven offices and begins questioning her on her preferences in men. Telling her that for free Kronos Heaven would find her the ideal boyfriend.Co-starring with Aibu Saki is Mizushima Hiro (Kamen Rider Kabuto, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e) as Asamoto Soshi her boss. I really enjoyed this first episode, I love romantic comedies and science fiction so it’s pretty much a given that this show would appeal to me, also I was really impressed with Mizushima Hiro last summer in Hanazakari no Kimitachi e as the dorm leader and even more so as Kabuto which I’d just recently watched. Hayami Mokomichi was terrific as the robot and I think he and Mizushima Hiro are going to become rivals for Saki’s attention, that’s not a spoiler it’s just my guess. In one respect I think this is like Densha Otoko in reverse, except Saki is nowhere near as pathetic as Yamada was. I’d highly recommend this to fans of romantic comedies like Hotaru no Hikari or Proposal Daisakusen. This drama is based on a manga of the same title by Watase Yu, I haven't read it yet, but after watching this I'm going to. Download the first episode English hardsub bit torrent release from SARS fansubs here.
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