Shuji Kiritani (Kazuya Kamenashi) is a very popular high school boy whose girlfriend is Mariko Uehara (Erika Toda), the most popular girl in school. Despite his popularity among other students, he is relatively alone with Akira Kusano (Tomohisa Yamashita) as the only person he hangs out with, despite constantly claiming that he can't stand the other boy. One day, a very shy girl, Nobuko Kotani (Maki Horikita) comes to school and she instantly gets picked on by a few other girls for her shyness. Shuji and Akira then decide to "produce" her, or make her popular. They nickname her "Nobuta".
The various episodes deal with Shuji and Akira's attempts including making Nobuta dress more fashionable, setting up a haunted house, an attempt at dating and selling Nobuta good luck charms. In the middle of all this a mysterious person insidiously attempts to waylay all of Shuji and Akira's efforts, but the trio always pull through. In the end, the person turns out to be Aoi, Nobuta's "friend", who later on attempts suicide in a dream shared by Aoi, Nobuta, Akira, and Shuji.
Shuji has to cope with his loss of popularity after he is caught out lying about Mariko and does not assist when a classmate is beaten up. In the final episode Shuji discovers that he and his family must move out of Tokyo because of his father's job and leave Nobuta to cope by herself with Akira. Shuji is given the option of staying in Tokyo until school ends. However he decides to move with his family as he does not want his brother alone in a new place. Akira follows Shuji to his new home town and surprises him by showing up at his new school. Nobuta is left alone in Tokyo, but she is not shy anymore, and is able to smile, and she also becomes somewhat popular among the other students. The end of the drama sees all three characters able to "live wherever we are" having learnt the meaning of friendship and love.
The various episodes deal with Shuji and Akira's attempts including making Nobuta dress more fashionable, setting up a haunted house, an attempt at dating and selling Nobuta good luck charms. In the middle of all this a mysterious person insidiously attempts to waylay all of Shuji and Akira's efforts, but the trio always pull through. In the end, the person turns out to be Aoi, Nobuta's "friend", who later on attempts suicide in a dream shared by Aoi, Nobuta, Akira, and Shuji.
Shuji has to cope with his loss of popularity after he is caught out lying about Mariko and does not assist when a classmate is beaten up. In the final episode Shuji discovers that he and his family must move out of Tokyo because of his father's job and leave Nobuta to cope by herself with Akira. Shuji is given the option of staying in Tokyo until school ends. However he decides to move with his family as he does not want his brother alone in a new place. Akira follows Shuji to his new home town and surprises him by showing up at his new school. Nobuta is left alone in Tokyo, but she is not shy anymore, and is able to smile, and she also becomes somewhat popular among the other students. The end of the drama sees all three characters able to "live wherever we are" having learnt the meaning of friendship and love.
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