I was convinced that the Japanese could not surprise me with the drama topics anymore. I was wrong! Who would have thought that a drama about proofreaders (what is that?) can be funny, interesting and suspenseful? Not me!

Kono has been trying to realize her dream of becoming a fashion magazine editor for years without success. One day she gets a job at the magazine publisher's proofread department. Reluctantly, she accepts the job thinking that that way she is already one foot closer to her dream job. But the intricacies of the proofreading job she takes to new levels, unwittingly have her achieve excellence in it.

Kono is a fascinating flamboyant character, always dressed in lively colours who bring light in the drab proofreading office. She is brought to deal with different books and authors and at the same time accumulates extensive knowledge. She is always happy, sees everything in a positive way, talks too much and is mostly without a filter which takes some time getting used to. Her coworkers, after the initial reluctance, are drawn to her colourful personality and she changes them as well.

There is only one main character here. This drama is about Kono, her life and her growth. The other characters are there just as an mirror in which she can see herself though they cannot stop from being drawn to her sunny disposition. There is a half-hearted noona romance with a depressing and depressed young writer: unfortunately the actors have zero chemistry and the romance just fizzles out by the end when they decide to stay friends and work on their dream jobs rather than romance and life. Fine, that is a choice but why can't you have both?

From the get go, Kono crosses swords with an editor she nicknames Octopus. Now this is an interesting relationship, enemies to friends (I wanted them to be lovers!), bickering with oodles of chemistry: so much so I suffered a massive SLS!

This drama is a comedy dealing with the office life, stress and pressure people who work in publishing are put under. How do you keep your sanity in such a world?

Costume department worked a lot for this drama in order to provide magnificent clothes and styling for Kono: I particularly loved some of her hairstyles which made me think of the roaring 20' (1920s!!!), she was so beautiful. But apparently they had no budget left for the rest of the cast where EVERYONE was dressed in the same gray outfit throughout. Including the big star Suda Masuki, who looked unkempt and messy, I guess in accordance with his depressed taciturn character.

It is a fun comedy drama but you should not watch it for the romance which is rather superficial and unimportant.

I learned a lot about proofreading which, I guess they do not have with the publishers in the USA: I read a book recently where the author placed the year 1911 in the 19th century. Such a mistake would never be tolerated by Kono!