Mop Girl

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Mop Girl
Image:Mop Girl Japanese Drama.JPG
Genre Comedy, mystery, fantasy
Starring Keiko Kitagawa
Shōsuke Tanihara
Opening theme Destination Nowhere (ERIKA)
Country of origin Flag of Japan Japan
Language(s) Japanese
No. of episodes 10
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Katayama Osamu
Producer(s) Nakagawa Noriko
Location(s) Tokyo
Running time 60 min./episode
Broadcast
Original channel TV Asahi
Picture format NTSC
Original run October 12, 2007 – December 14, 2007
External links
Official website

Mop Girl (モップガール Moppu Gāru?) is based on the novel of the same title by Miaki Kato (加藤実秋 Kato Miaki?); it recounts the adventures of Momoko Hasegawa, played by Keiko Kitagawa, who possesses the ability to travel back in time upon contact with belongings of a deceased person with unfinished business in life. She then has the chance to prevent the death of the would-be deceased.

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Momoko Hasegawa, a girl who dreams of being a wedding planner is transferred to Little Angels, a subsidiary company of her employer that provides funeral services, following a disastrous incident in a wedding ceremony at the hotel. She acquires the ability to travel back in time at the age of ten, when she is involved in a traffic accident but is saved by a mysterious woman, who passes the ability to her shortly before succumbing to her wound. Years later, she finally learns that the trigger to activating her ability is by touching an important item which belonged to a deceased person that held some sort of significance for them. She uses this ability to travel in time and prevents the death of the deceased persons she encounters on her line of work.

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Momoko is a young salary woman working for Little Angel, a funeral services provider that handles a variety of cases. Despite having a low-paying job and living in a rundown apartment, she is actually the daughter of a wealthy family in the hospital business. She has a special ability to travel back in time, which she acquired in a traffic accident at a young age. This ability only becomes fully developed after she is transferred to Little Angel, as it is revealed that touching momentos which hold great significance to the deceased would activate her time-travel abilities. Throughout the series, she attempts to use this ability to travel back in time to prevent the deaths of the would-be deceased persons with unfinished business. She is obsessed with muscles.
A senior colleague of Momoko in Little Angel. Shoutarou may be cruel towards Momoko sometimes, but has always come to Momoko's aid, often under threat by Momoko to reveal his secrets. He is especially interested in foreign ladies gaijin, a weakness exploited by Momoko to get him into helping her. He has a variety of skills, including picking locks, stealth infiltration, deception, and intelligence gathering; Momoko comments that he should "become a professional criminal" than being in the funeral business.
  • Reina Asami as Hina Okouchi (大河内日奈 Okouchi Hina?)
Hina is Momoko's closest friend from high school who is a Haken at a publication company. Because of her connection, Momoko sometimes asks her for help when attempting to change the future/past, and she has proven to be very helpful in some cases.
A colleague of Momoko. Akira thinks very little of Momoko, who he sometimes considers a burden, and is often seen criticizing Momoko at work. He also has a crush on Tamaki, who takes no interest in him.
  • Jiro Sato as Shigeo Higashi (東重男 Higashi Shigeo?)
The president of Little Angel. Shigeo is a soft-spoken, middle-aged man who is always smiling and caring towards his subordinates. He is sometimes criticized by Akira for being too tolerant to Momoko's strange behavior.
  • Natsuna Watanabe as Tamaki Nakamura (中村環 Nakamura Tamaki?)
Female high school student who works part-time at Little Angel. She is the subject of Akira's crush, and is often annoyed by Akira's attempts at asking her out.
  • Shoko Ikezu as Miki Kataoka (片岡未樹 Kataoka Miki?)
Female colleague of Momoko. She is in charge of the general administration matters at Little Angels - something she takes great pride in. Her appetite is unrivaled.
  • Magii as Atsushi Yokouchi (横内淳 Yokouchi Atsushi?)
The assistant police inspector.
  • Dr. Hirotaro Honda as Ryuji Hasegawa (長谷川隆冶 Hasegawa Ryuji?)
Momoko's father and the president of William Hasegawa Memorial Hospital.
  • Mayumi Hori as the mysterious woman
The mysterious woman appears only in flash back scenes. After saving a young Momoko from a potentially fatal traffic accident, she passes the ability of time-traveling to Momoko shortly before her succumbing to her injuries.

[edit] Episodes Ratings

Episode Broadcast Date Episode Title Rating
Kantō region Kansai region Nationwide
01 October 12 葬儀会社の美少女は死体を救う 10.2% n/a n/a
02 October 19 セレブ花嫁は殺人がお好き!! 10.7% n/a n/a
03 October 26 アイドル議員の秘密は蜜の味!? 11.8% n/a n/a
04 November 2 メイド桃子、秋葉原で愛を叫ぶ 09.7% n/a n/a
05 November 9 容疑者・東社長の謎を追え!! 09.8% n/a n/a
06 November 16 グラビアアイドルの夢は夜ひらく!? 10.6% n/a n/a
07 November 23 覗かれた!?女教師の秘密の保健室 09.8% n/a n/a
08 November 30 謎の変態作家集団!?殺意の宴へようこそ 10.4% n/a n/a
09 December 7 寿命1日…ヤクザの20年愛！約束の地へ 09.2% n/a n/a
10 December 14 桃子死す…さよなら大友さん! 9.4% n/a n/a
Average -- -- 10.2% n/a n/a

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