Hotaru No Hikari S2: Ep 1 Recap

Just finished watching Hotaru no Hikari Ep 1 and unbelievably, both the lead characters still tickles me sooo much! This will hopefully remain as my fav drama series of all time! if you havent seen this, I would recommend for you to finish watching season 1 before starting on 2 so that you can fully enjoy the humour behind season 2! I just love seeing Hotaru and Buchou together! They are the sweetest quirkiest on screen couple ever! LOL

Episode 1 Brief Summary and video

The story goes that Hotaru returned from HK after 3 years work stint. No one knew whether she was still with Buchou. At work, they behaved strictly as boss and subordinate with a bunch of new colleagues.

However, the story developed and we see Hotaru went back to the same house as Buchou. As she happily rolled about in her fav corridor facing the courtyard, Buchou unhappily complained that she didnt even write or call or return to Japan once during the 3 years they were apart. All he got was a miserable postcard!

Buchou then told her that he is no longer the same person as he was 3 years ago and that Hotaru was the only one who is still amazingly stuck as the same person as she was 3 years ago. Buchou told her that they will have to sit down and talk about their unclear relationship soon. With that, he went off to meet a mysterious woman....

At work, Hotaru got acquainted with the new contract worker Senso who said he reminded of a character.

One night, when Hotaru got dead drunk, both of them ended up in the hotel room since Hotaru didnt want Senso to send her home (since she is living secetly with Buchou).

When Hotaru woke up, she was initially happy to awake with a guy next to her, but then it dawn on her it was another man! She jumped up the bed and realised it was Senso to her dismay! Senso woke and greeted her and both rushed to work.

Unfortunately for Hotaru, Buchou was in the same lift as her and Senso.

She tried to hide the truth about the previous night but Senso said aloud as he walked out the life "Nothing happened! You wish!"

Buchou asked her where she went and he was worried and Hotaru lied that she was with another female colleague. Just then, Hotaru's junior called and reported problems at work and Hotaru rushed off! Arriving at the scene, Hotaru assured her junior that she will help resolve the problem and went off to hunt for the boots and "missing" lantern with client's logo.

At work, everyone waited anxiously. Buchou was the only one who had faith in Hotaru. And without fail, Hotaru called back to relay the good news and the project was able to take off successfully! However, the mysterious woman appeared claiming she wanted to see Buchou work and Hotaru was taken back by her appearance....she felt even worse when she see Buchou happily acknowledging her.

That night, as she continued to think about Bucou's question - as in what has she done the last 3 years, Senso appeared and asked why is she still thinking at that question? As Hotaru was making her way back, her junior appeared and apologised for her oversight and that she no longer want to resign. She will look up to Hotaru and aspire to work hard and be as a cool office lady as Hotaru her senior. Upon hearing that, Hotaru was shock but over the moon! She rushed home wanting to tell Buchou the news first hand!

At home, she happily shared with Buchou the compliement. As they sat down together, she told buchou that she had been thinking abt the question he posed her. She apologised for not writing and calling, and that because she is a single task oriented person, she had only been able to pay attention to her work. Hotaru proced to thank Buchou for that, as it was him that set her mind to rest and was able to give her best at work the last 3 years without worry as she believed he will wait for her. Without him and the peace of mind he gave her, she would not have been able to give it her all at work, and thus being able to be praised as a cool senior today by someone else. Thus, she thanked buchou again wholeheartedly and continued that from now on, she will continue to work hard by herself. (as she was mentally prepared for Buchou to end the relationship with her from their prev conversatons)

Buchou then snorted and sid "with only 47 yen in your account? not possible." Hotaru was optimisstic and said "yes it can be done. I shall go rent a room." Buchou repeated "with 47yen? dream on!" Buchou then told her that for the last 3 years, away from her, he had done further evaluation of Hotaru and decided that he wanted to tell her in person when she return that he wants o end this "unclear" relationship of theirs, because he wants them to get married!!!

Hotaru was shocked and fainted! Buchou calmly lay the newspaper to cover her, and coolly said aloud"time for some sukiyaki". Upon hearing her fav food, Hotaru sat up immediately and happily agreed but buchou said none for her. She pleaded for a little...in her cute hotaru way:)
Meawhile, while they had dinner together, the mysterious woman with a little girl called buchou, remakring it was surprising that he didnt pick up the phone for a change. The little girl queried about Buchou and the woman told her that her father must be busy at work...meanwhile, Buchou wanted Hotaru to think about the meaning behind getting married....