Kento Nakajima appearing in TV Tokyo’s drama ‘It’s Just Someone Else’s Business: The Real Job of a Certain Lawyer’ (C) ‘It’s Just Someone Else’s Business’ Production Committee
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The comic series “It’s Just Someone Else’s Business: The Real Job of a Certain Lawyer” (Original work: Masato Sato / Art: Katsuhiro Fujiya / Supervision: Yohei Shimizu / serialized in Hakusensha’s ‘Kuro Mitsu’), which has sold over 2.1 million copies, is being adapted into a live-action series. Nakajima makes his first appearance and lead role in a TV drama for the same network.
The unusual lawyer Osamu Yasuda (Kento Nakajima), who is cute with a smile but whose words and actions are far from cute, dismisses the visitors to his office by saying, “Isn’t it just someone else’s business?” While doing so, he tackles issues like internet scandals, social media troubles, and defamation with his own sense of conviction, solving them in a refreshing yet dark manner.
■ Episode 2 Synopsis
Miku Shida and Seira Shiraishi appearing in TV Tokyo’s drama ‘It’s Just Someone Else’s Business: The Real Job of a Certain Lawyer’ (C) ‘It’s Just Someone Else’s Business’ Production Committee
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A housewife and blogger, Kozue Kirihara (Miku Shida), who filed a lawsuit for online defamation, managed to secure an apology and settlement money from the culprit, but they soon fell behind on payments. To “punish” the unremorseful perpetrator, Osamu Yasuda teams up with enforcement officer Hiromi Ninomiya (Yosuke Oomizu) to take unexpected actions――.
Seira Shiraishi and Kento Nakajima appearing in TV Tokyo’s drama ‘It’s Just Someone Else’s Business: The Real Job of a Certain Lawyer’ (C) ‘It’s Just Someone Else’s Business’ Production Committee
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Meanwhile, Akami Kaga (Seira Shiraishi) has a huge fan crush on the sibling duo Nunu, and Rio Futaba (Shuhei Nomura) from the duo shows up at the office. They are engulfed in a scandal after a bullying video is spread online. Rio’s younger sister, Riho (Yuna Taira), suffers from hyperventilation due to distress. Rio, claiming that the allegations are baseless, expresses a fierce desire to confront all the perpetrators…