PLEASE LOVE ME!

Michio (Kyoko Fukada) is a 30-year-old woman who has fallen on hard times. The company she used to work for went bankrupt, leaving her without a job. She has repeatedly tried to find a new job ever since, but has struck out at every turn. She is living off her savings, but her finances are running perilously thin – particularly as she also has to support her boyfriend, who also does not bring in any income. But life takes an unexpected turn for Michio when she runs into her former manager Ayumu (Dean Fujioka). When they used to work together, his imposing attitude used to fill her with fear. But he seems somehow different away from her former workplace. And instead of taking on a similar job, Michio discovers that he is instead running his grandmother’s old tea shop. He offers her a part-time job at the shop and she accepts. As the duo begins to spend more time together, could Michio find herself drawn to the man she was once so afraid of? This drama was based on a hit manga series by Aya Nakahara that was serialized in 2013. “PLEASE LOVE ME!” is a 2016 Japanese drama series that was directed by Hayato Kawai, Ryosuke Fukuda, and Sho Tsukikawa.