Rebooting (TV series)

Rebooting
(ブラッシュアップライフ)
GenreComedy, Fantasy, Time Slip[1]
Written byBakarhythm
StarringSakura Ando
Kaho
Haruka Kinami
Narrated byKeiko Nakamura
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
ProducersReina Oda
Mayuko Sakakibara
Hiroki Shibata
Kaori Suzuki
Original release
NetworkNippon TV
ReleaseJanuary 8 (2023-01-08) –
March 12, 2023 (2023-03-12)

Rebooting (Japanese: ブラッシュアップライフ, Hepburn: Burasshu Appu Raifu), also known as Brush Up Life, is a Japanese fantasy comedy drama starring Sakura Ando.[2] It was first broadcast on January 8, 2023, on Nippon TV and is available online on Hulu. Comedian Bakarhythm wrote the scenario with music composed by Fox Capture Plan.[3]

Plot

Set in Kumagaya, Saitama, the series focuses on 33 year-old Asami Kondo and the people with whom she spends her daily life in the city. She works at a town hall and lives with her parents and younger sister. Despite having a normal, dull life, she is relatively satisfied. After getting hit by a truck and meeting her demise, she finds herself in a completely white room containing only a reception desk and two doors. At the desk, she learns that she can choose to either reincarnate as a Giant anteater or restart her current life. Choosing the latter, Asami decides to redo her life and accumulate good deeds so as to reincarnate as a human in the next life.

Cast

  • Sakura Ando as Kondo Asami (Ah-chin)
    • Yuno Nagao, Wada Ami, and Yuna Yasuhara as her younger selves.
  • Kaho as Natsuki Kadokura (Nacchi)
    • Mami Kobuki and Ikoi Hayase as her younger selves.
  • Haruka Kinami as Miho Yonekawa (Miipon)
    • Otone Maeda and Moeno Sumida as her younger selves.

References

  1. ^ "安藤サクラ、民放連ドラ初主演 バカリズム脚本『ブラッシュアップライフ』放送決定". Real Sound (in Japanese). 13 November 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. ^ 日本テレビ放送網株式会社. "安藤サクラ「ブラッシュアップライフ」クランクイン！バカリズムが不思議な日常を描く 地元系タイムリープ・ヒューマン・コメディー". 日本テレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  3. ^ 日本テレビ放送網株式会社. "【公式】日本テレビ 日曜ドラマ『ブラッシュアップライフ』音楽・スタッフ一覧". 日本テレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-12-06.
Preceded by
Invert
November 20, 2022 (2022-11-20) – December 25, 2022 (2022-12-25)
 Nippon TV Saturday Dramas
Sunday 22:30 – 00:00 (JST)
2023 		Succeeded by
Passion for Punchlines
April 9, 2023 (2023-04-09)