Hotaru No Hikari: It's Only a Little Light in My Life
TV Show · Drama · Romance

When she is not at her fancy job, Hotaru just wishes to stay at home and relax. However, things quickly turn interesting for Hotaru when her landlord's son shows up, who is none other than her fastidious boss.

2007 · 53m
Starring Haruka Ayase, Naohito Fujiki, Ryôko Kuninaka

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    First Night
    Hotaru keeps her himono-onna self a secret from her colleagues. Only her unexpected, new housemate Takano knows she is a lazy, jersey-wearing homebody who has not dated in years.
    52 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Second Night
    Hotaru laments her inability to send a flirty email to Makoto, even when she has a legitimate excuse to contact him. Luckily, Takano is kind enough to help her, but when Makoto says he will drop by Hotaru's home, they start to panic.
    45 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Third Night
    Kaname plans to use the office party to help Yuka win over Makoto, and asks Hotaru to liven up the party with a show. The show is too embarrassing and everyone refuses to participate, leaving Hotaru in a tricky situation.
    45 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Fourth Night
    Hotaru is confused after Yuka declares that she won't lose Makoto to her. However, her confusion evaporates when she sees that Makoto has two tickets to an art event.
    45 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Fifth Night
    Makoto confesses his love, but Hotaru decides to give up and simply be friends with him, but it is all too much when a few minutes alone with him leaves her in an anxious panic.
    45 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Sixth Night
    Takano warns Hotaru to keep the fact they are living together and Hotaru's lazy himono-onna side a secret from Makoto; but that is the least of her problems; after her awkward behaviour during their date, Makoto seeks advice from Takano.
    45 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Haruka Ayase
    Hotaru Amemiya
  • Naohito Fujiki
    Seichi Takano
  • Ryôko Kuninaka
    Yuka Saegusa
  • Kazuki Kato
    Makoto Teshima
  • Shinji Takeda
    Kaname Jinguji
  • Yuka Itaya
    Sachiko Yamada
  • F‌M
    Fumie Mizuhashi
    Writer

About

Hotaru No Hikari: It's Only a Little Light in My Life

Drama

When she is not at her fancy job, Hotaru just wishes to stay at home and relax. However, things quickly turn interesting for Hotaru when her landlord's son shows up, who is none other than her fastidious boss.

Information

Studio
Nippon TV
Released
2007
Region of Origin
Japan

Languages

Original Audio
Japanese
Subtitles

English (United States) , Indonesian (Indonesia) , Japanese (Japan) (SDH), Thai (Thailand)

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  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
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  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

  • Australia
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • 대한민국
  • 台灣
  • Thailand
  • Turkmenistan
  • Vietnam

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