Virgin Road

Virgin Road

1 season · 1997 · Ended

3.6
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To pursue her dreams, Sakurai Kazumi (Wakui Emi) quits her job and goes to New York to study jewelry design, against the objections of her naggy and stubborn but well-meaning father (Takeda Tetsuya). As part of remaking herself, she changes from spectacles to contact lenses, even though she has problems adapting to them. When she accidentally drops her contact lenses, a mysterious man helps prevent them from being stepped on, but he walks away before she can talk to him. Some years pass, and Kazumi is on a plane home after receiving a letter from her brother Taku saying their father is critically ill. She has morning sickness and has some run-ins on the plane with a sloppily-dressed man, and it is only when she drops her contacts and the man helps her in a similar way that she recognises him (Sorimachi Takashi). She chases after him and asks, "would you like to do some work (arubaito)?" It turns out that Kazumi in her last letter from New York had written that she was in a relationship with someone and that they might soon marry, but since then she has broken up with him, and she didn't want to make her father upset by coming home alone. The man, a freelance journalist named Yoshimi Kaoru, agrees to pretend to be her fiancé.

Episodes

All seasons
Fiancé for only one night... Lost love, father's critical illness, then pregnancy
S01 · E01 Fiancé for only one night... Lost love, father's critical illness, then pregnancyJanuary 6, 1997
The fiancé's secret; it was supposed to be a fake relationship
S01 · E02 The fiancé's secret; it was supposed to be a fake relationshipJanuary 13, 1997
He's actually the one... A heart that wavers between seriousness and lies
S01 · E03 He's actually the one... A heart that wavers between seriousness and liesJanuary 20, 1997
The baby's life at stake! The father suddenly appears
S01 · E04 The baby's life at stake! The father suddenly appearsJanuary 27, 1997
Reunion, a shocking proposal
S01 · E05 Reunion, a shocking proposalFebruary 3, 1997
The lie is discovered! The time of decision for love
S01 · E06 The lie is discovered! The time of decision for loveFebruary 10, 1997
New love, jealousy, betrayal
S01 · E07 New love, jealousy, betrayalFebruary 17, 1997
The sad breakup at that fated place... The concealed secret of Kazumi's birth
S01 · E08 The sad breakup at that fated place... The concealed secret of Kazumi's birthFebruary 24, 1997
A shocking confession of love on a lonely and hurtful night
S01 · E09 A shocking confession of love on a lonely and hurtful nightMarch 3, 1997
The last promise... A couple's tearful determination and vows
S01 · E10 The last promise... A couple's tearful determination and vowsMarch 10, 1997
The bride of dreams, thinking only of him... Opening fate's door with a bit of sadness in one's steps
S01 · E11 The bride of dreams, thinking only of him... Opening fate's door with a bit of sadness in one's stepsMarch 17, 1997

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