Jimi ni Sugoi! Kōetsu Girl: Kouno Etsuko (2016)

Original title

地味にスゴイ! 校閲ガール・河野悦子

Genre

drama television series

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 10 episodes

Rated

PG13

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman takes a proofreading job at a publishing company while dreaming of becoming an editor for a fashion magazine. She makes mistakes but her unconventional approach often leads to positive outcomes.

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What happens

Jimi ni Sugoi! Kōetsu Girl: Kouno Etsuko (地味にスゴイ! 校閲ガール・河野悦子; English title Pretty Proofreader) is a Japanese television drama series based on the novel by Ayako Miyagi. It premiered on NTV on October 5, 2016, starring Satomi Ishihara in the lead role. Etsuko Kouno takes a job as a proofreader, all the while aspiring to become an editor at her favorite fashion magazine. Etsuko frequently commits gaffes and errors which in the end turn out to be triumphs. The program is unusual in its use of on screen text. The drama received its highest viewership rating of 13.2%. A spin-off drama Jimi ni Sugoi! Kōetsu Girl: Kouno Etsuko...ga Inai Suiyōbi is streamed on Hulu Japan with three episodes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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