Absolute Boyfriend/Zettai Kareshi Episode 5 Synopsis

Namikiri is surprised that Night still recalls Riiko's name after rebooting from her kiss, a behavior peculiar of Night's specifications. Naimikiri however, chooses to conceal this discovery from his chief. Meanwhile Night returns to the care of Riiko, who faces a serious shortage in cash after paying Night's monthly instalment.

At work, Riiko tries to explain the matter to Mika. Mika simply denies she was ever interested in Night and that she was trying to let patch up and now feels happy for her. Soon, Riiko hears word that her cream puff would be put on sale at the Tokyo Sweets Exhibition. For it, Soshi requests her help to make all of the cream puffs with him with a possible cash bonus if the puffs sell well. Soshi's brother, however doubts Riiko's capabilities, but was overruled by the president's decision to let her try.

During dinner, Night suggests to use unused candles he brought back from office to replace the lamps at home. They have sardines for their dinner to meet their budget. As Night is a robot needless of food, Riiko takes his share for herself.

Namikiri visits to inspect Night's program and worry what the change in his program might cause, a fact he keeps from Riiko as well. At the bar with Soshi and Riiko, Night reveals emotion of jealousy when he sees the two of them together. Similarly at the office's kitchen, Night smashes plates unto the floor while Riiko and Soshi are discussing about the puffs. For both incidents, Night instantly resumes to normal without memory of what he did.
Worried, Riiko informs Namikiri who begins to monitor Night tightly. At Kronos, mass production of Night's model has been approved, but Namikiri is not entirely happy with it.

At the exhibition, the puffs' sale was extremely poor, causing Soshi to be reprimanded by his brother. Despite this failure, Soshi remains optimistic and cheers Riiko not to lose hope so easily.

The next day, the company receives customers' complaints about Asamoto's products for the fact they are prepared by a temp worker, refered to Riiko. For this, Soshi is demoted, and Riiko feels guilty. Night tries to understand Riiko's feelings, an advice he gets from the lady bar owner on being an ideal boyfriend.

At the same time, Night learns that Mika is actually the one who masterminded the whole customer complaints' incident, and confronts her. During which, a metal structure crashes down from high onto Mika, but Night saves her in time, though the impact causes slight damage to his arm. Mika is touched by his act.

But when Riiko hears that Soshi's demotion is the result of him trying to prevent her from being fired, she hurries back to the office to ask him the reason for doing so. Soshi merely responds that he did it out of love for her cream puffs. Earlier, Night finds Riiko while she is hurrying to the office, and hands her the present he prepared for her. Riiko however turns him away and commands him not to follow her.

Saddened by her cold treatment, Night sits alone at the stairs with her present, joined by Namikiri and his assistant who observe his sadness that Riiko has something more important than him. Both of them then realize that Night's program has changed and developed real human emotions, which makes analysis impossible.

Absolute Boyfriend/Zettai Kareshi Episode 4 Synopsis

Mika runs off with Night chasing behind. Shortly, he retreats into charging mode and Riiko has to drag him to a less obvious spot to hibernate till the next morning. Night gets increasingly drawn to Mika, who begins to feel embarassed though at the same time, delighted to see have Knight stolen from Riiko. Riiko, despite Mika's earlier actions, worries for Mika, as she doesn't know Night is a robot.

Namikiri briefs Riiko that Night's change is caused by the format and recovery functions he programs in Night. When kissed by another girl, Night will reboot to become the boyfriend of the new subject, and have prior memories removed. This function is to simulate a love affair should the girl gets bored with the robot. He thought this function might make the relationship more interesting.
Riiko tries to back out of the contract but he stresses it has been written in the contract, just that she didn't pay attention to it.
Namikiri warns Riiko to win Night back before Mika finds out anything. The only way to get Night back as her boyfriend is for Riiko to kiss him again for the program to reboot.
If the secret of Night being a robot leaks out, Riiko has to pay a heavy penalty.

Night confesses to Mika, who assures that he no longer loves Riiko. She plays hard-to-get and Night asks her for a dinner date to express his sincerity.
Riiko tries several times to ambush Night at work, but her attempt to kiss him ends in utter failure and comedy.
At his dinner date, Riiko with Namikiri distracts Night away just when Mika walks off to receive a call. Riiko's attempt to kiss him is interrupted by Mika who mistakes that Night is still seeing Riiko. Mika asks Night to return toRiiko's side and leaves. Night sees Riiko as a villain and warns her to stop causing any dispute between him and Mika in future.

Riiko decides to give up on Night, and Namikiri is stressed by his superior to retrieve Night back as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Soshi is suspended from work, and spends his free time searching for a pastry dealer willing to sell his cream puff. He is assisted by Riiko as soon as she knows of this. After much persistence, Soshi receives a call that he might be allowed a two day exhibition vacancy for Riiko's cream puffs.

Night finds Mika going out with another man, and tells him off when the man replies that their relationship is only a game to him, and Mika as well. Night declares that what Mika truly needs is a man who loves her truly. Mika is touched by his words and begins to fall truly in love with Night.

She accepts him and tells him to meet at the same place the next day. On that day, Namikiri and his assistant arrive at the cafe to bring Night back when a fire breaks out. The reader is stepped and broken as the frantic crowd hurry out of the cafe. Night refuses to leave before Mika arrives.

Riiko is asked by a helpless Namikiri to rush to the scene in haste to reboot Night as he is unable to find any girl who will do so. Halfway to meet Soshi for the exhibition negotiation, Riiko turns and hurries off to the cafe and kisses him before she suffocates and faints from the smoke. Soon, Night reboots and saves her out from the fire. Somehow, he still recalls Riiko's name. Mika arrives shortly but leaves in disappointment seeing Riiko in Night's arms. Riiko rushes to meet Soshi to find he has already left.

Densha Otoko/Trainman- Episode 1 Synopsis

Episode 1 Synopsis

Densha Otoko, also known as Train Man, is a japanese drama based on a true story about an Otaku, Yamada Tsuyoshi, trying to win the heart of the beautiful girl, Aoyama Saori, who he meets and rescues during a train ride from a vile old drunkard. Otaku is a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga, and video games, the type of guys that doesn't appeal to most girls.

Despite Yamada being defeated by the drunkard in the end, Saori expresses gratitude to Yamada thereafter and shows interest in further interaction with him. She sends him Hermes tea cups, along with her handphone number.

Extremely inconfident and unexperienced in communication with girls, Yamada shares his fateful encounter with his love interest on the train with the online forum members of Aladdin Channel BBS.


Yamada works as a job agent who often gets bullied by his colleagues and his flirtatuous female client. Jinkama Kisuzu, due to his soft and inconfident character. Even his younger sister despises him at home. The thought of suicide crosses his mind when his birthday is totally forgotten by his father.

The Aladdin Channel BBS forum members become his only pillar of confidence and motivation. Together, they persistently encourage him to call Saori's handphone number, which he can never find the courage to do so.
Thanks to their persuasion, and a motivational text art by one of the forum member, who names him Densha Otoko, he finally plucks up the courage to call Saori, trembling as he holds the phone.


The first episode of Densha Otoko/Trainman ends with Saori's handphone ringing in a restaurant in the company of another guy as Yamada awaits her to pick up anxiously.


Below Info taken from Dramawiki.

Episodes: 11

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Viewership ratings: 21.04%

Broadcast period: 2005-Jul-07 to 2005-Sep-22

Air time: Thursday 22:00

Songs:

• 'Twilight' by Electric Light Orchestra (Opening Theme)

• 'Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to Yobun da ze' by Sambomaster (Ending Theme)
  

Cast

• Ito Misaki as Aoyama Saori (25)
• Ito Atsushi as Yamada Tsuyoshi (23)
• Shiraishi Miho as Jinkama Kisuzu (26)
• Sato Eriko as Sawazaki Kaho (25)
• Sudo Risa as Mizuki Yuuko (30)
• Hayami Mokomichi as Aoyama Keisuke (23)
• Sato Jiro as Kuroki Fumito (40)
• Maekawa Yasuyuki as Oikawa Naoto (28)
• Horikita Maki as Yamada Aoi (17)
• Koide Saori as Takeda Karin (17)
• Gekidan Hitori as Matsunaga Yuusaku (30)
• Toyohara Kosuke as Sakurai Kazuya (38)
• Akiyoshi Kumiko as Aoyama Yuki (48)
• Kishibe Shiroo as Yamada Tsuneo (48)
• Sugawara Eiji as Kawamoto Shinji (27)

Aladdin Channel Users

• Oguri Shun as Minamoto Munetaka
• Rokkaku Seiji as Ushijima Sadao
• Yamazaki Shigenori as Asano Shinpei
• Sakurai Chizu as Hashizume Ryoko
• Nukumizu Youichi as Ichisaka Susumu
• Gashuin Tatsuya as Tominaga
• Nasubi as Couple man
• Tamura Tagame as Couple girl
• Matsuo Satoru as Thespa
• Nomizu Iori as Kagami Moé
• Kikuma Yukino as Housewife
• Yamanaka Takashi as Fuyuhiko
• Yashiba Toshihiro as Freeter
• Namioka Kazuki as Music otaku
• Doi Yoshio as Conductor
• Kakeda Makoto (掛田誠) as Middle-aged man
• Murakami Wataru (村上航) as Military otaku
• Kojima Tenten (小嶌天天) as Prep school student
• Yumita Makoto (弓田真好杜) as Bodybuilder
• Mizuno Tomonori (水野智則) as Moeta
• Nakajima Yoko as Sachiyo
• Toyonaga Toshiyuki (豊永利行) as Sharp-dressed man
• Kase Takao (加瀬尊朗) as Good looking man
• Ebihara Keisuke (海老原敬介) as Tobita Koki

Absolute Boyfriend (Zettai Kareshi) Episode 3 Synopsis

The scene starts with Riiko staring at the contract, shaking. Alas, she stamps on the contract as an agreement to buy Night. The 100 million yen payment will be paid by instalment, due at the end of every month for a period of 70 years, equivalent to 6.451 yen per day. However, Riiko still yearns for a normal love life and begins to doubt her impulse on buying Night. Namikiri emphasizes there's no refunding as she has already signed the contract.


After Namikiri left, the landlord lady visits Night in Riiko's presence, giving him a shirt as n expression of her care while pressing Riiko to settle the rent asap. Back at Kronos Heaven, Namikiri's superior is surprised that Riiko is willing to buy Night after all the negative response from her. He is meanwhile concerned towards Night's functionality as a product and is against the idea of mass producing Night anytime soon in case there is a problem with him.

The more Riiko calculates, the more she starts to worry about her finances regarding Night's cost. As the company's outing draws near, Riiko plans to back out to save money but is seriously refused by her colleague, who is the organizer. Soon, Night arrives at Riiko's office and introduces himself as the new janitor. Riiko is simply stunned.


The colleagues are puzzled that Night's writte first name is the same as Riiko's. In an instant, Riiko spots the name of the hot springs on the brochure's cover, declares that Night's true name is Tenjo Night and explains he is her cousin.


At the meeting room, Soshi's presentation of Riiko's cream puffs as the new product is quickly dismissed by his brother and the other superiors. At the pantry, Riiko reprimands Night for choosing her workplace out of all places and calling her 'girlfriend' before her colleagues. Night reacts almost happy and says that Riiko is just being shy. Meanwhile, Riiko notices Soshi passing by with a downcast look.

Despite Riiko's indifference towards Night's passion for her, Mika feels jealous and deliberately tries to seduce Night while he is working alone. On his own, Soshi manages to gain the help of his grandfather's friend who is a bakery store manager, to try selling his cream puffs. Riiko is pulled from her boring involvement in the outing's planning to help Soshi, who assigns the disgruntled section chief to take her place.

Night waits at Riiko's office building entrance, unaware she is staying back to help Soshi with the cream puffs. Mika seizes this chance to get closer to Night, who doesn't appear to be moved by her at all. When asked why he likes Riiko, he answers there is no need for a reason because Riiko is just special. This infuriates Mika even more that she tries to affect their relationship by saying that Riiko is interested in the boss.

Unable to break through the closed glass doors as a part of his programmed regulation, he waits till morning for Riiko, who exits the building with Soshi, asking her if there is anything between her and Soshi. Riiko is reminded that Night being a little jealous is part of her requirement during the survey but doesn't bother to explain and follows Soshi.


At Kronos Heaven, the results of Riiko's emotions generated from Night's bangle show mainly negative responses with only once where it turned pink. Namikiri's superior is increasingly concerned over this, and worries about the company's future if their creation continues to show no constant positive results.


During the outing the next day, Riiko sleeps through the entire tour due to exhaustion from work and wakes only when they reach the inn they are supposed to lodge. Riiko and her colleagues are shocked when she finds Night inside the tour bus's luggage compartment. The moments that follow in the inn annoys Riiko, as Night follows her basically everywhere, during dinner and even to spa bath where he conceals himself under water.

After dinner, Riiko rushes off to join Soshi after receiving an urgent call from him to meet in the President's office. In a hurry, she shoves Night away telling him not to pester her, breaking the crystals bracelet she just picked with Mika as a bond of their friendship. She tells Night that she wishes that she never bought him and left.

At the office, Soshi's brother(Vice President) reprimands Soshi and Riiko for using such a plain product in the name of the company. Soshi defends Riiko by saying Riiko is merely following his orders. Together, Soshi, Riiko and the manager try to convince Soshi's brother(Vice President) to taste the cream puffs which he sees no prospect in. Alas he tastes one, with subtle amazement in his eyes, but walks off coldly with an unchanged opinion.

Night spends the night alone assembling the broken bracelet when Mika enters his room. Lying to him that she has glue on his face, she offers to wipe it off, asking him to close his eyes. This he does and she closes in to kiss him on the lips. Night suddenly shuts down. Riiko happens to return and Mika gets up in a fluster to explain herself. Shortly, Night reboots again and walks up to Mika, hugging and calling her 'girlfriend'. Riiko looks on, befuddled by his weird actions.


*Episode 4 & onwards synopsis coming soon!*