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. It aired from 13 April 2013 to 22 June 2013 with a total of 11 episodes.

Synopsis

The drama centers around how a 35 year old changes the school and influences her classmates’ lives while dealing with the dark reality of today’s high schools, including

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Plot

During the new semester in April, a woman suddenly appeared at Kunikida High. She was to be a new student in a class for 3rd year high school students. The other students in the class wondered who she truly was, and what her true intention for going back to school at 35 years old was. She did what ordinary high school students were expected to do, i.e. wearing school uniform and doing homework. However, she was clearly different. She went to school in an expensive car. During break time, she smoked with a teacher. After school, she drank beer. No one knows what she was up to, but they know, she was able to change people. She questioned the system and fought to change it. She tried to solve the problems faced by high school students, for example, bullying. She helped her classmates and befriended them, whilst trying to survive high school and put her tragic past behind her. Nevertheless, there is no secret that can be kept forever, and eventually the truth had to be let out... even if that meant having to confront her past.

Cast

Main Cast

as Ayako Baba **

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as young Ayako *

as Junichi Koizumi

Faculty Members

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as Yukinobu Asada *

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as Akiri Nagamine *

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as Makio Ninagawa *

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as Takashi Saruwatari *

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as Ryuichiro Kitajima * Yohei Kumabe as Wataru Iseya *

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as Koichi Higuchi * Megumi Yokoyama as Yuki Mayuzumi *

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as Yoshio Noda

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as Ryota Otake *

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as Yuna Izumi *

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as Moe Kokubun *

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as Mitsuki Kudo *

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as Masamitsu Tsuchiya *

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as Ren Higashi *

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as Teppei Saegusa * Shuhei Nomura as Osamu Yukawa * Alice Hirose as Rina Hasegawa * Reiko Fujiwara as Mai Yuki *

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as Ai Yamashita *

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as Rikako Hatori *

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as Hitomi Eto *

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as Ryo Akutsu * Masami Imai as Rin Sato * Haruna Onishi as Momoko Ueda *

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as Yuta Shimizu * Tomoya Shiba as Hitoshi Okura * Yoshiro Dojun as Tetsuya Jinbo * Kazuya Nakajima as Shinichi Kashiwagi * Tatsuya Nakayama as Yuji Matsumoto *

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as Keiko Hirakawa * Koki Horikoshi as Goki Murata * Daiki Mihara as Yosuke Shinohara *

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as Yui Matsushita * Mari Yamachi as Sayuri Tachibana

Guest Cast

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(episode 1) *

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as Rina Hasegawa’s father (episode 1) * Yorie Yamashita as Rina Hasegawa’s mother (episode 1) * Kentaro Shimazu as a high school teacher (episode 1) * Junichi Kikawa as a news reporter (episode 1) * Marie Ueda as a news reporter (episode 1) *

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as Ai Yamashita's father (episode 2) *

Hajime Okayama is the Japanese word meaning . In the Japanese traditional martial arts such as karate, judo, aikido, Kūdō and kendo, it is a verbal command to "begin". Hajime is also a common Japanese given name for males. In the Amami Islands, Hajime (元) i ...

as a police Officer (episode 2) * Keiko Shinohe as the woman Ai tries to steal from (episode 2) * Hisako Matsuyama as a parent (episode 2) * Masaya Seto as a parent (episode 2) *

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as a parent (episode 2) * Takaya Sakoda (episode 2) *

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(episode 2)

Production Credits

*Screenwriters: Yamaura Masahiro, Takahashi Yuya *Chief Producer: Ohira Futoshi *Producers: Ikeda Kenji, Akimoto Takayuki, Taka Aki *Directors:Sakuma Noriyoshi, Nagumo Seiichi, Nishino Maki *Music: Yokoyama Masaru

Episode Ratings

References

External links

Official Website
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