Operation Love

Operation Love
Genre	Comedy, romance
Anime

Operation Love (プロポーズ大作戦, Puropōzu Daisakusen) is a Japanese TV drama series that was aired on Fuji TV. The series started on April 16, 2007 and ended with 11 episodes on June 24, 2007.

Plot

Overview

Ken Iwase is at his friend, Rei Yoshida's marriage ceremony. However, he in fact still loves her and regrets not having confessed his feelings towards her. A fairy lets him travel back in time and try one more time to get Rei's heart.

Episode Synopsis

Each episode Ken travels to a significant time in his and Rei's lives.

#	Title
1	"Can I get married if we had gone to the Koshien!?"
Ken rushes to Rei's wedding and through the ceremony he suffers regret at never being able to articulate his feelings. A magical being in the church takes pity of him and allows him to "time slip" through certain photos. This gives Ken a second chance to relive key moments in his lives. Initially Ken returns to the final game of the season where he has another opportunity to win the game and make the playoffs.
2	"Can I get married through coffee milk!?"
The photograph on the slide show showing an angry Rei bothered by Ken. He returns to the past where Rei asked him for a coffee milk. He thought, this coffee milk was his way of changing his present and making him the man who sits beside Rei.
3	"Can I get married if I switch seats?"
Ken returns to the past wherein they met Tada-sensei, Rei's groom. Ken tried his very best to avoid making Rei and Tada-sensei close. But in the end, it was Tada-sensei who made him see the smile he never saw 6 years ago.
4	"Can I get married by the second button?"
Ken returns to his highschool graduation where boys give their second button to the girl they like. He gave his button to another girl making Rei disappointed. He give his best shot in order to touch Rei's heart.
5	"Are those who say they'll do it tomorrow idiots?"
Ken is given a second chance to let Rei say goodbye to her grandfather.
6	"From what do I graduate on my last day as a teen?"
Ken returns to just before Rei's birthday and also on her eve of her major architectural project.
7	"When will love and fireworks scatter?"
Ken returns to a fireworks festival before Tada confesses his feelings to Rei.
8	"Are the tears I shed on New Year's Eve the real thing?"
Ken returns to their past celebration of new year's eve. He intentionally let his friends go and see the new year's sunrise by themselves, hoping that he would forget all about Rei.
9	"What can I bet at the last moment?"
Ken returns to just before Tada proposes to Rei.
10	"Last Hallelujah Chance"
Ken returns to Rei's engagement party
11	"Will a tearful confession call a miracle?"
Ken returns to just before he has to give a speech at the wedding banquet.

Characters

Main character

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Ken Iwase

Ken Iwase (岩瀬健, Iwase Ken)

The lead protagonist of this drama. Ken's biggest regret is never being able to confess his feelings to his Rei. Rei calls him Ken-Zou as a term of endearment. He was on the baseball team in high school and is currently a salesperson for electronic whiteboards. During Rei's wedding he is given the chance to relive key moments of his life by entering into different photos in one of the presentations. He is extremely kind hearted even helping Tetsuya Tada knowing that in the future Tada will be his main rival for Rei's affection.

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Yoshida Rei

Rei Yoshida (吉田礼, Yoshida Rei)

Rei has been a childhood friend of Ken's. Their initial meeting is where Ken breaking his eraser in half and sharing it with Rei. She has secretly loved Ken as well but has never been able to articulate her feelings for him. Her seat in high school was always next to Ken's. In university she studied architecture and won a major architectural award during the course of her studies. At the end of the series she realises that she never took the risk of telling Ken her feelings and runs out of her wedding to chase after him.

Other characters

Tada Tetsuya (哲也多田, Tetsuya Tada)

Originally a student teacher at Ken's high school, Tada becomes friends with Ken's group and eventually marries Rei.

Mikio Enokido

Mikio begins to figure out that Ken is "slipping through time" and decides to assist him in his quest to change the future.

Eri Oku

Eri has always been the person of Hisashi's affection. She finally decides to go out with him after he stops her from returning to an ex-boyfriend.

Hisashi Tsurumi

One of Ken's friends. He has always had a crush on Eri even after initial rejections.

Credits

Cast

• Tomohisa Yamashita as Ken Iwase
• Kaito Kitamura (北村海斗) as Ken Iwase (third grade)
• Masami Nagasawa as Yoshida Rei
• Tamaki Matsumoto (松元環季) Rei Yoshida (third grade)
• Kurumi Hashimoto (橋本くるみ) Rei Yoshida (primary school)
• Naohito Fujiki as Tetsuya Tada
• Nana Eikura as Eri Oku
• Yuta Hiraoka as Mikio Enokido
• Gaku Hamada as Hisashi Tsurumi
• Hiroshi Mikami as the Yosei/Fairy
• Yutaka Matsushige as Matsunori Itou
• Shigenori Yamazaki as 御法川潤蔵
• Leo Morimoto as Takashirei Yoshida
• Yoshiko Miyazaki as Reina Yoshida
• Gota Watabe as Socrates
• Fumina Hara as Yuko Matsuki
• Kenichiro Kikuchi (菊池健一郎) as Tamotsu Nishio
• Issa Troare (トラオレ・イッサ) as the marathon runner
• Tomoya Takeuchi (classmate)
• Masahiro Okawa (大川雅大) (classmate)
• Kenta Arai (荒井賢太) (classmate)
• Ayaka Ikezawa (classmate)
• Yuko Masumoto (classmate)

Awards

53rd annual Japanese Television Academy Awards

• Best Drama
• Best Theme Song
• Special Award

External links

• Template:En icon [1] - at DramaWiki
• AsianDramaReviews - Proposal Daisakusen - Reviews and information