Love Shuffle

Love Shuffle
Genre	Romance
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	54 minutes
Release
Original network	TBS
Original release	16 January – 20 March 2009
External links
Website

Love Shuffle (金曜ドラマ・ラブ♥シャッフル, Kin'yō Dorama Rabu Shaffuru^?) is a Japanese television drama series that aired on TBS from 16 January to 20 March 2009. The theme song of the series is Fantasy by Earth, Wind & Fire. Usami Kei is a salaryman who has risen in status due to his engagement with Mei, the wealthy daughter of his company's president. Shortly after she breaks off the engagement, a power failure leaves him stuck in the elevator of his apartment building. Trapped with him are three others living on the same floor - Airu, a trilingual interpreter, Ojiro, a model photographer, and Masato, a psychiatrist. While waiting, their conversation hits upon their love lives and the question of whether there is truly only one fated partner for everyone. As a result, they decide to try "shuffling" their relationships with each other. --Tokyograph

Mei is the fiancee of Kei, even though he is her first love she feels that their relationship has drawn the life out of the man she fell in love with. She breaks off the engagement to save Kei from further suffering at the company he hates. She genuinely loves him and wants him to be happy. Throughout the drama she tries to experience new things and grow as a woman, since she has only loved one man her entire life,Kei. She starts to feel a connection with Yukichi but chooses Kei and wishes to get married as planned at the end of the shuffle.

Yukichi is the boyfriend of Airu, he is extremely wealthy and always carries around a suitcase full of cash. He is quick to spend money often buying out whole restaurants for dates. He was often bullied as a child and even thought of committing suicide. Since then he becomes very attached to people and tends to go overboard when he likes someone. He is deeply in love / obsessed with Airu. He sees nothing wrong with using his money to get his way or spy on people. Even putting a tracking device on Kei's cellphone. At first he joins the shuffle to win Airu's heart but he has no problem sleeping with Reiko and later falls in love with Mei after he overhears her say she started to like him. He then begins to try and break up Kei and Mei, even thought he and Kei have become best friends. They eventually team up so Yukichi can win Mei's heart and they marry instead of she and Kei.

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