Idol Shikkaku (Drama)
Idol Shikkaku (Drama) (アイドル失格, Idol Disqualification) is a drama, based on the novel of the same name, by Abe Wakana.
For the novel's page, please see Idol Shikkaku.
Synopsis
Yoshino Keita, bored from life, is a hard-core otaku and support of Mimika, the center of the four-member idol group Tetra. Even though he knows it could never happen between them, he is head over heels in love with her.
On the other hand is Onodera Mimika, a third-year high school student, whose idol group is steadily increasing in popularity. While Mimika is enjoying her new life as an idol, she is also happy about the fact that Keita both loves and supports her.
After an argument with her mother, Mimika instinctively reaches out to Keita.
Drama Information
- Screen Writer: Mitano Shintaro
- Air date: 2024.01.13 - 2024.03.30
- Episodes: 12
- Broadcast Network: BS Shochiku Tokyu
- Air time: 11:00
- Running time: 23 minutes per episode
- Theme song:
Drama Cast
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Episode Guide
| Episode | Plot | Air Date |
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| 1 | Mimika (Yamamoto Mikana), who has always dreamed of becoming an idol, is chosen as the center of the new idol group Tetra. And yet, as she is trying to balance school, friends, her relationship with a stressed single mother and her responsibilities as an idol, Mimika is deeply unhappy, often thinking ,"I want to die." When Tetra holds a polaroid event (where fans can take polaroid photos with idols), a fan tells her, "Don't die," throwing her off balance. | January 13, 2024 |
| 2 | Keita is bored of life. He doesn't have many friends in college, people just pass him by, and his boss at his part time job is constantly nagging him. He also often thinks, "I want to die." One day, his friend Negi convinces him to attend an idol performance together, where Keita is immediately drawn in by Mimika. He becomes her fan, listens to Tetra's music, watches their variety show content and buys Tetra merch. Together with Negi – who is a fan of Moe (Kawakami Chihiro) – he attends the polaroid event and realizes that he can't live without Mimika, so he asks her not to die. Later that night, Mimika searches and finds Keita on social media. The next day, Keita is embarrassed with himself for blurting our something weird in front of Mimika, when suddenly, she shows up in the pet shop where he works. | January 20, 2024 |
| 3 | Mimika asks Keita if she looked gloomy at the polaroid event, to which Keita says she was as bright as ever but wondered whether having to smile all the time was tiring. Keita's boss witnesses the incident and soon, Keita's colleague - a girl the same age - also knows what happened. She asks Keita to attend a group date, so he invites Negi and then ditches all of them in case Mimika shows up at the store again. At the same time, Tetra is asked what their hobby is on a variety show and unable to think of anything, Mimika randomly says she is into tropical fish these days. After the recording, the members advise her to buy a tropical fish for real. They also talk about the love ban imposed on idols and while Saya (Izumi Ayano) and Moe are against dating as an idol, Akari (Jonishi Rei) doesn't see why idols shouldn't be able to fall in love. In the evening, Mimika does indeed go back to the pet shop and asks Keita to buy a tropical fish. They end up talking about a kind of fish that seems to glow and sparkle and when Keita tells her that the fish's name is Golden Tetra, she chooses to buy it. | January 27, 2024 |
| 4 | After Tetra shoots the music for their fifth single Otome no Ice, the lyricist of the song is unhappy with Mimika's performance so they have to re-shoot it. At the same time, their manager tells the group that Mimika has been cast in a drama due to impressing an important player in the industry. Moe becomes angry with her for not taking proper care during their lessons but still getting the important deals but Saya, as the leader, calms down the situation momentarily. Mimika asks the lyricist what he wants to see in her, but he tells her to figure it out for herself. Rather than doing so, Mimika uses a private social media account to ask Keita's opinion. He tells her what he likes about her is that he feels like she is similar to him because she feels equally lifeless behind her smile. Mimika uses this knowledge for the re-shoot of the music video and also apologizes to her fellow members for having let them down previously. | February 3, 2024 |
| 5 | Akari has come across a social media account that she believes to be Saya's private account, and because of a photo post of a "treasured ring," they wonder if Saya secretly has a boyfriend. Meanwhile, Mimika's teacher tells her she will have to repeat the year if she doesn't pass her final exams. Mimika asks Keita for help with studying, and together with Negi (who doesn't know the exact details), he records some videos for all kinds of subjects and sends them to her. When Mimika is invited to her first script reading with the other cast members of the drama, the staff member reading the stage description and Mimika's co-star both struggle with the difficult kanji, but Mimika's studying has paid off. Her co-star asks to practice alone together but Mimika rejects him, citing her studies as a priority. At a special Valentine's Day event, Mimika discreetly tells Keita that she has passed her exams, but Saya notices there's something different about how Mimika interacts with this particular fan. Some time later, she returns to the store where he works. He jokingly asks her out on a date to an aquarium, but Mimika actually agrees. | February 10, 2024 |
| 6 | February 17, 2024 | |
| 7 | February 24, 2024 | |
| 8 | March 2, 2024 | |
| 9 | March 9, 2024 | |
| 10 | March 16, 2024 | |
| 11 | March 23, 2024 | |
| 12 | March 30, 2024 |
