Hajimemashite, Aishite Imasu / はじめまして、愛しています (2016) [Ep 1 – 9 END]

Profile

• Drama: Hello, I Love You (English title) / Nice to Meet You, I Love You (literal title)
• Romaji: Hajimemashite, Aishite Imasu
• Japanese: はじめまして、愛しています
• Director: Osamu Katayama, Ken Higurashi
• Writer: Kazuhiko Yukawa
• Network: TV Asahi
• Episodes: 9
• Release Date: July 14 – September 15, 2016
• Runtime: Thursday 21:00-21:54
• TV Ratings: 9.9%
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Mina (Machiko Ono) and Shinji (Yosuke Eguchi) have been married for 10 years. Mina gives piano lessons at home and they have decided not to have a child until she wins an international music competition.

One day, Minda finds a boy in her yard. The boy is covered in dirt and expressionless. Mina learns later that the boy was abused by his parents and his parents did not show up. The boy goes to an orphanage. Several days later, the boy appears again in her yard. Shinji feels a sense of fate over the boy who has appeared in their yard two times. He begins to search secretly about special adoptions.