Japanese Dorama 2021

Koi wa Deep ni (Japanese Drama Review & Summary)

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Love Deeply

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• Genre: Romance
• Release Date:  14 April 2021
• Origin: Japan
• Dorama: 10 Episode

Cast

• Satomi Ishihara as Nagisa Mio
• Ayano Go as Hasuda Rintaro
• Imada Mio as Miyamae Aika
• Hashimoto Jun as Kamoi Tadashi
• Otani Ryohei as Hasuda Kotaro
• Watanabe Keisuke as Hasuda Eitaro

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Episode 1

Hasuda Rintaro had just arrived in Japan from London after he was summoned because his father was very ill.

Rintaro headed straight away to Hasuda Trust and to a board meeting being chaired by his healthy father.

Rintaro commented that his father looked healthy.

His father was unapologetic and announced that he was thinking of retiring and he wanted his three sons to take over from him.

He wanted Rintaro to take charge of the Hosigahama Resort project which will include a huge underwater observation tower.

Meanwhile, Mio Nagisa was going to work at Ocena University of Shibaura Centre of Oceanography.  Along the way, she picks littered plastic bottles until she had a bagful.

She saw an online item about the Hosigahama Resort and the underwater tower and immediately thought that the tower was the one that has been the subject of her nightmares.  It had been disturbing her dreams.

She was told by one of her colleagues that she was asked to guest at Shubairu Television to talk about the underground tower.

Mio was adamant at first but she realised that it was the perfect time for her to air her disapproval of the project.

During the television program, she was asked what was her childhood memory of the sea.  The telly prompter told her to say something happy and funny but instead, she told them a horror story about a sea turtle who was choking on plastic.

Rintaro was annoyed at her and yet admired her tenacity.

As she was leaving the studio, she saw someone who was looking at an aquarium who seemed totally into the fish.  She thought he was a kindred spirit.

But she learned that he was Hasuda Rentaro.  He was rude to her and there and then she thought she hated him.

The next day, she was told that she was invited at the Hasuda Trust.

She was puzzled and rather surprised thinking that Rentaro wanted to see her again.  When she got there it was the first son, Kotaro, who saw her.  He wanted to recruit her to be an adviser for the resort.

She honestly told him that she does not want them to build the resort and Kotaro said that they needed opposing ideas to make the project even better.

Mio will be working with Rentaro and they were having opposing ideas on everything.  She thought she hated him even more.

But it seems not deep down because she saved him from drowning when his snorkeling gadget got caught in the reef.

While he was unconscious, she kissed him.  It did not look like she was resuscitating him.

He woke up and was surprised to see her.

But not as pleasantly surprise as the vlogger who videoed the whole thing.

So cute.  Satomi is just gorgeous with the most contagious smile.

Episode 2

David Chang was being courted by Hasuda Trust to invest in their sealand tower resort.

Mio was worried about this because she heard a fish saying that they are scared of David.

It seemed that Mio has a secret.  Nine months ago she was found unconscious by Kamoi Tadashi by the bank of the river.  Is Mio a mermaid?

Anyway, her secret is that she is a sealife whisperer.  She can talk and understand the sealife.   In fact her best friend is a polkadot fish.

Anyway, she tried to convinced David to stop the construction of the underground viewing centre in the sea.

David said that he understood but he will build the resort.  It was all about the money

Finally Rintaro came to the same conclusion as Mio about the underground centre but it was too late.  Their partnership with David Chang had been announced.

Episode 3

Mio was adamant that Hasuda Trust should not buy the mountain next to the sea where they were proposing to build the viewing tower.

The heir to the mountain refuses to sell it at first found sadly found out that her dead father had accumulated a mountain of debts.  So the mountain had to go.

Mio was very saddened by this turn of events and felt aggrieved towards Rintaro.

Rintaro assured Mio that it was better that Hasuda got their hand on the mountain because at least they can protect it from being flattened.

Mio was pleased and fell a little in love with Rintaro who can’t helped being attracted to the strange Mio.

He walked her home but as she was turned back to look at him, she saw a girl happily hanging to his neck.

Love this drama. The romance is so gentle.  Ayano and Satomi are just the cutest couple.

Episode 4