毎週火曜，夜10時放送のドラマ「義母と娘のブルース」が好きになりました。初回は正直，やりたいことがわからなくて，はてと思っていました。2回目は連ドラ予約が機能せず，涙の見逃しでした（ついでにサバイバルウェディングも豪快に見逃し）。3回目の視聴でようやくやりたいことが伝わって，登場人物の立てたいキャラが分かって，めちゃくちゃ面白くなりました。よいドラマの証拠に，笑って泣けました。
I come to like a TV drama titled “Stepmother and daughter's blues” which is being broadcast at 10 p.m. on every Tuesday. Actually, I couldn’t understand what they are driving at and was dubious about it when I saw the first episode. Unfortunately, I missed the second episode due to the failure of the recording function for serial drama on my recorder (I also missed the drama “Survival Wedding” heartily). I finally found out what they want to do and what the characters that they want us to see are like, so I suddenly began to feel exhilarated with the drama. I guess it gives proof of good drama that the drama made me laugh and cry.
[新ドラマ]『義母と娘のブルース』7/10(火)よる10時!! 1話放送前SP予告【TBS】
金属会社の社員，宮本良一は数年前に妻を亡くし，小学3年生の娘みゆきと2人暮らしです。娘を想ってのことか，または，別の思惑からか，良一は，ライバル会社のやり手部長である岩木亜希子にプロポーズするのでした。良一の意図を知っている様子の亜希子は，結婚を承諾し，新しい母としてみゆきに受け入れてもらおうと努力するのですが，異様な生真面目さゆえ，初めての出会いに履歴書の入った封筒を渡すなど的外れなことをしまくってかえって嫌われることに……。
Miyamoto Ryoichi who works for a metal company lost his wife several years ago and is now living with his daughter named Miyuki a third grader. He proposes to a bright and eager career woman named Iwaki Akiko who is a head of a division in his rival company without revealing to audience the purpose of the marriage whether it is for his daughter or for the other things. Akiko who seems to know his intension accepts his proposal and try to be accepted by Miyuki as her mother in law, however, due to her extraordinarily serious character, her attempts are in vain. She ended up being disliked by Miyuki by doing somethings beside the point like handing Miyuki her personal history put in an envelope.
はじめは鼻についた岩木亜希子の極端なキャラクターが，第3話では実に好ましいものに思えました。みゆきを想っての熱血ママぶりと並はずれた正義感に，ふと観月ありささんのドラマ「斉藤さん」を思い出しました。次第にみゆきの信頼を得ていくその過程が丁寧に納得のいく形で描かれており，その中で示される価値観も共感できるものでした。今後の展開がとても楽しみです。
At first, I felt her extraordinary character sickening, but my impression has totally changed after watching the third episode, now I feel it’s lovable. Her great efforts in trying to be a good mother for Miyuki and her sense of justice somehow reminds me of a drama “Saito san” featuring Mizuki Arisa. The process in which Akiko becomes gradually trusted by Miyuki is depicted well and a sense of value shown in the process is somewhat convincing for me, I’m very looking forward to seeing how the drama is going.
ドラマのエンディング・テーマの豪華さにも驚きました。「アイノカタチ feat.HIDE (GReeeeN)」はMISIAとGReeeeNのコラボで，アレンジは亀田誠治さんという凝りようです。
I was surprised at the gorgeousness of the ending theme song titled “Ai no Katachi”. The song is a collaboration of MISIA and GReeeeN, and they took a trouble to choose Kameda Seiji as an arranger.
