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The 76th NHK Asadora is Dondobare. Locations include Morioka, Iwate. Natsumi is the 23-year-old daughter of a master baker in Yokohama and in training with her father to become a pastry chef. She lives with her parents and younger brother in Yokohama. One day she travels to Iwate Prefecture with her boyfriend Masaki for his grandmother Katsuno's 77th birthday. While they are there, Katsuno, head okami of a famous ryokan in Morioka City, becomes ill and asks Masaki to return to run the ryokan. Natsumi returns to Yokohama and later Masaki visits, asking her to disregard their earlier plans to get married because he will return to Morioka as requested by Katsuno. However, Natsumi surprises him with a vow to become the ryokan's okami. Is Natsumi in for clear skies as suggested by the series name? ---groink

The godfather Principal in the black run is killed by his heeler A Yi who is brought up by himself. His step wife Xiao Sao is then taken by A Yi. Only after receiving the card representing the position of the boss left by the principal, can A Yi become the perfectly justifiable boss of the sinister gang and collect money through the opening of the gambling city with the south ocean big shot Zhong Fuguo. The crucial card is passed down to his spoiled granddaughter Xiao Yu by the Principal at his last breath. Therefore, Xiao Yu is chased by A Yi. Fortunately, two old friends of the principal: the dead shot and the resourceful man return to protect her in revenge for the principal as the fulfillment to their promises made years ago to the principal. Meanwhile, the police sends young cop Ciao Fei to protect Xiao Yu who has lack of experience in this field. Then there are fights of wits and courage arising among the sinister gangs and with the head of A Yi, the two superiors of dead shot and resourceful man as well as the policemen focusing on XiaoYu and the card. Whereas the mysterious appearance of the son of a south ocean big shot Zhong Shengyi makes the battle of goodness and badness experiencing strange thoughts as well as a weird and an unpredictable end

Yuri Saotome is a charismatic beautician who runs a major sports gym and aesthetic salon. Her older brother died in an accident just before his opportunity to achieve a gold medal at the Olympics, so she chose to marry a wrestling gold medalist. After giving birth to four children, she and her husband broke off their marriage, leaving Yuri to raise the kids by herself. With their excellent genes, three of them have been raised as possible candidates for the next Olympic games. - Tokyograph