Title: 愛おしくて Title (romaji): Ito Oshikute Format: Renzoku Genre: Romance Episodes: 8 Broadcast network: NHK Broadcast period: 2016-Jan-12 to 2016-Mar-01 Air time: Tuesday 22:00 Theme song: Kokoro no Mama ni by Shimatani Hitomi **Synopsis** Konatsu has lost love. She was abandoned by her father who has a mistress; her mother died of illness; and her boyfriend cheated on her. The traditional tie-dying craft Arimatsu Shibori is all she lives for. Konatsu comes to a workshop in the mountains of Gifu Prefecture in order to become an apprentice to Reiko, a master of Arimatsu Shibori. Reiko imposes the care of her unmanageable dog on Konatsu as a condition for becoming her apprentice. This dog was once an animal shelter dog abandoned by people. Konatsu makes the acquaintance of the vet, Kotaro through this. Kotaro, who is gruff but has a deep affection for animals, actually has a relationship with Reiko. Konatsu starts to have an effect on the relationship between Reiko and Kotaro little by little. Feeling threatened by Konatsu, Reiko gives her a baptism of fire, and on the other hand, intends to capitalise on Konatsu’s talent. Konatsu is soon competing with Reiko as a tie-dying artist and as a female. In the midst of the conflict, Konatsu matures as an adult and awakens to a fondness for people. -- Jdrama Weblog **Cast** Tanaka Rena as Fujisawa Konatsu Yoshida Eisaku as Nakahara Kotaro Akiyoshi Kumiko as Fukaura Reiko Minami Kaho as Mikami Shion Kobayashi Nenji as Fujisawa Tatsuzo Mizuhashi Kenji as Sahashi Kyohei Ogata Kanta as Ito Shungo Honjo Manami as Tachiki Junko Oka Mitsuko as Hanae Ishikura Saburo as Kumamoto Hajime Hirata Mitsuru as Yamazaki Yoshio