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series aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2002. It stars

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Synopsis

Season 1 (2002) Natsumi loves lunchtime and food. Nothing excites her more than to walk down the street thinking about where she'll eat lunch. One day, a man named Kennichiro interrupts Natsumi as she's about to eat her favorite rice omelet and drags her outside and begs her to come home with him so that he can introduce her to his family. He explains to her that his father is sick and after leaving on bad terms, the only way he'll be allowed back home is to return with a fiancée. Natsumi is left with quite a predicament.

Cast

Season 1 (2002)

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Season One (2002)

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Lunch no Joou (ランチの女王)
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