Shomuni (1998)
Tsukahara Sawako, a newcomer in a big company, starts going out with a superior, only to realise that the latter is married. Due to this scandal, she is demoted to Shyomu ni, a department for the hopeless. The department consists of 5 basic members. Tsuboi is the leader of the department's girls. Tokunaga is the money-lover and speaker of the group. Rie is the fortune-teller. Kana is the beautiful target of all men. The last is the incapable department head. You could count the cat(s) in as well! It's such an undisciplined department. While the rest of the company looks down on this department, which provides miscellaneous services such as toiletries and facilities maintenance, Tsuboi leads her girls proudly. She squabbles with anyone who insults the department, and comes up with unorthodox plans to deter those who try to wipe the department out. These "untouchables" even save the company from losses occasionally. Based on an original manga, this 12-episode TV series takes a comical, anime-like approach to telling the story of women who have been abandoned by the higher society, but retains dignity and character.
Comedy, Drama · Starring Makiko Esumi, Kotomi Kyôno, Yumiko Takahashi, Keiko Toda
Season 1 episodes
- Episode 1: Onna no hakaba shomu ni ka
- Episode 2: Konya wa raburabu settai
- Episode 3: Amida de? risutora
- Episode 4: Ai to kanzou no sai kensa!
- Episode 5: Go kainin da ga chichioya fumei
- Episode 6: Konya wa H ni zenin mofuku
- Episode 7: OL no kadou kotobuki taisha!!
- Episode 8: Inochigake!! no shanai renai
- Episode 9: Joshi saiyou wa kone nomi
- Episode 10: Shaun o kake ta miai
- Episode 11: Gyaku sekuhara sou kougeki
- Episode 12: Yappari tousan!!