Proposal Daisakusen (Operation Love)

Just started this a few days ago (I'm only finished with 4 episodes, though, due to my classes starting this past Wednesday), and it's pretty good. Although one could argue that the "Hallelujah chance!" pose looks suspiciously like the "bang" move from Kurosagi (and I swear I heard Yamapi say something about shirosagi in the last episode).. in most aspects it's a pretty original show.

The premise is somewhat odd, but it works. Yamashita Tomohisa plays Iwase Ken, who is attending the wedding of a friend he's known since primary school, Yoshida Rei. Unfortunately, Ken happens to be in love with Rei, and she's marrying someone else. He's deeply regretting that he was basically an idiot and always messed up his chances to tell her or show her how he cared. He thinks maybe if he had done things differently and been a little more considerate, Rei might be marrying him right now instead. Sensing this deep emo mood and finding it a bit odd, a, er... fairy... who lives in the church and apparently has nothing better to be doing appears during a slideshow at the reception after Ken is wishing to himself to be able to change what happened. He tells Ken that he can give him a rare opportunity, and actually LET him go back and change things until the point that the picture is taken. So he does, equipped with all of his future knowledge, determined to change Rei's sad face in the latest picture to a smile.

Every episode, Ken goes back to a little before a specific picture in the slideshow, changes things and fixes past mistakes, switching many of the forlorn looks Rei had in pictures to happy ones, albiet in unconventional and usually unplanned ways. As soon as the picture is taken, he's back at the wedding, and nothing seems to have changed except everyone's memory and the picture itself-- the bride is still sitting next to the wrong groom. The fairy tells him that the human heart isn't as simple as all or nothing, but each time Rei seems to look at Ken a little differently than before.

Yamapi's acting in this one is hilarious, and the supporting actors seem to be perfect for their roles. It gets a little cuter each episode, despite the fact that I'm unused to seeing Yamapi in anything without Maki. XD But I'm looking forward to watching more of this one. ^_^ And then starting another. >_>