It's All About the Looks explained

It's All About the Looks
Ja Kanji:人は見た目が100パーセント
Ja Romaji:Hito wa Mitame ga Hyaku Pāsento
Genre:Comedy
Type:manga
Publisher:Kodansha
Magazine:Be Love
Imprint:Be Love KCDX
Volumes:5
Type:drama
Music:Taku Takahashi
Studio:Fuji TV Division 1 Center
Episodes:10

, also titled Woman's All About the Looks,[1] is a Japanese manga series by . It's All About the Looks was serialized in the manga magazine Be Love from December 14, 2013 to June 1, 2017. A live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast from April 13 to June 15, 2017.

Plot

Jun Jonouchi, Seira Sato, and Mitsuko Maeda are three scientists who work as researchers at a paper company. Having been out of touch with fashion, the three women form the research group JSM (an acronym of their names) to study and try out modern fashion trends with varying degrees of success.[2] Each chapter is centered on a modern fashion or beauty trend that the three women attempt.

Characters

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  • Jonouchi a 30-year-old woman. She is described as a plain-looking woman who has never dated in her life.[2]
    [3]
  • Maeda is a 40-year-old woman with an outdated fashion sense.[3]
    [4]
  • Sato is a 25-year-old woman who researches fashion to understand why she is unpopular, in spite of people of her body type being able to be fashionable. However, she would rather spend money on delicious food instead of clothes.[4]

    Media

    Manga

    It's All About the Looks is written and illustrated by . It is serialized in the manga magazine Be Love from December 14, 2013 (2014 issue no. 1)[5] to June 1, 2017 (2017 issue no. 12).[6] The chapters were later released in five bound volumes by Kodansha under the Be Love KCDX imprint.[1]

    In addition to the manga's serialization in Be Love, Okubo also drew a short comic where the characters research skincare that was published in the September 2015 issue of the fashion magazine Voce.[7]

    Television drama

    A live-action television series adaptation, re-imagined as a romantic comedy,[8] was announced on January 25, 2017, and ran from April 13, 2017 to June 15, 2017 on Fuji TV at 10 PM.[2] The drama starred Mirei Kiritani as Jonouchi.[2] Asami Mizukawa was cast as Maeda in February 2017,[3] followed by Chiemi Blouson in March 2017 in her acting debut.[4] Kiritani and Mizukawa stated in an interview with Fuji TV that they were excited to play characters with interests and backgrounds different from their own.[8] Regarding Kiritani's casting, Hiromi Okubo, the original creator, tweeted that she was looking forward to seeing Kiritani wear a lab coat.[2]

    Series regulars, consisting of original characters created for the drama, include Rika Adachi as Kasumi Kishine,[9] as Miyu Morimura,[9] Atsushi Tsutsumishita from the comedy duo as Motoki Misawa,[10] Ryo Narita as a beautician,[11] and member Keita Machida as Takuma Maruo.[12] The theme song is "Joshi Modoki" by JY.[13]

    The scene of Jonouchi walking down a runway was filmed at the Tokyo Girls Collection 2017 Spring/Summer show.[14] [15] [16] To promote the television drama, Blouson performed her "career woman" comedy routine with Narita and Machida at the same event, with Narita and Machida taking place of the comedy duo (who had performed as her backing group for the routine).[17] The members of Brillian also make a cameo appearance in the drama.[18]

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: 人は見た目が１００パーセント（１） . It's All About the Looks, vol. 1 . ja . . 2022-08-21 . August 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821123326/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000044525 . live .
    2. News: 桐谷美玲、女子力ゼロのリケジョに 4月ドラマ『人は見た目が100パーセント』主演 . Mirei Kiritani stars as a female researcher with zero femininity in the drama It's All About the Looks airing in April . ja . . 2017-01-25 . 2022-08-21 . October 16, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221016045651/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2084987/full/ . live .
    3. News: 水川あさみ、桐谷美玲と連ドラ初共演 女子力ゼロのリケジョ役に「面白味」 . Asami Mizukawa co-stars in serial drama with Mirei Kiritani, as a female researcher with zero femininity and "hilarious fashion taste" . ja . . 2017-02-08 . 2022-08-21 . August 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821123331/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2085670/full/ . live .
    4. News: ブルゾンちえみが女優デビュー 桐谷美玲と共演「誠心誠意、頑張ります」 . Chiemi Blouson makes acting debut, co-stars with Mirei Kiritani: "I'll work hard with all my heart" . ja . . 2017-03-14 . 2022-08-21 . August 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821123334/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2087434/full/ . live .
    5. News: つけまつ毛や柄パン…研究者の女性が美を研究するコメディ . False eyelashes and patterned pants... a comedy where female researchers study beauty . ja . . 2013-12-14 . 2022-08-21 . August 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821123332/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/105756 . live .
    6. News: セレブ一家に引き取られた貧乏家族を描く新連載、BE・LOVEで始動 . New series about a poor family being taken in by a celebrity starts in Be Love . ja . . 2017-06-01 . 2022-08-21 . August 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821123332/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/105756 . live .
    7. News: 美容マンガ「人は見た目が100パーセント」VoCEスキンケア特集に登場 . Fashion manga It's All About the Looks appears in a special feature about skincare in Voce . ja . . 2015-07-23 . 2022-08-21 . March 19, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170319224753/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/154791 . live .
    8. Web site: The Central Cast: Exclusive interview from Spring 2017: "It's All About the Looks" . . 2017 . 2022-08-21 . August 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821124840/https://www.fujitv.com/exclusive_interview/the-central-cast-3/ . live .
    9. News: 足立梨花&岡崎紗絵が"ステキ女子"役 "女子力ゼロ"桐谷美玲にアドバイス . Rika Adachi and Sae Okazaki to play roles of "wonderful girls", give advice to "unfeminine" Mirei Kiritani . ja . . 2017-03-07 . 2022-08-21 . August 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821123326/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2087053/full/ . live .
    10. News: インパルス堤下『人は見た目が100パーセント』にレギュラー出演 . Impulse's Tsutsumishita appears as a regular in It's All About the Looks . ja . . 2017-03-18 . 2022-08-21 . August 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821123327/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2087722/full/ . live .
    11. News: 「人は見た目が100パーセント」に成田凌が出演、イケメンの売れっ子美容師役で . Ryo Narita appears in It's All About the Looks as a good-looking popular beautician . ja . . 2017-02-16 . 2022-08-21 . August 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821123327/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/221012 . live .
    12. News: ドラマ「人は見た目が100パーセント」劇団EXILE・町田啓太が初の理系男子に . Keita Machida from Gekidan Exile turns into a male researcher for the first time in the drama It's All About the Looks . ja . . 2017-02-16 . 2022-08-21 . August 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821123326/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/221727 . live .
    13. News: JY、桐谷美玲主演の連ドラ主題歌担当 「女子モドキ」への応援歌 . JY in charge of the theme song for serial drama starring Mirei Kiritani, "Joshi Modoki" sends a song of support . ja . . 2017-04-06 . 2022-08-21 . August 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821123332/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2088767/full/ . live .
    14. News: 桐谷美玲：めがね×地味ファッションでおどおどランウエー？ TGCで主演ドラマ撮影 . Mirei Kiritani: Timidly going down the runway in glasses and plain fashion? Filming of a drama she's starring in at the Tokyo Girls Collection . ja . Mantan Web . 2017-03-25 . 2022-08-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170328143607/https://mantan-web.jp/2017/03/25/20170325dog00m200062000c.html . 2017-03-28.
    15. Tokyo Girls Collection . Tokyo Girls Collection . tgcnews . 852129177893392384 . 2017-04-12 . TGCのステージで収録された、ドラマ「人は見た目が100パーセント」がついに明日22：00よりフジテレビ系で放送スタート！#桐谷美玲 のウォーキングシーンがどこで流れるのか…お見逃しなく #TGC #ひとパー @hitopa_fuji . The drama It's All About the Looks will broadcast tomorrow at 10 PM on Fuji TV, along with a shot from Tokyo Girls Collection! Where will Mirei Kiritani's walking scene come up? Don't miss it! . ja . https://twitter.com/tgcnews/status/852129177893392384 . 2022-08-21.
    16. News: 桐谷美玲ら「人は見た目が100パーセント」キャスト、TGCステージ後を直撃！ブルゾンちえみの"嘆き"に総ツッコミ？＜TGC2017 S／S＞ . ja . Model Press . 2017-03-25 . 2022-08-21 . August 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821123326/https://mdpr.jp/interview/detail/1673688 . live .
    17. News: 【TGC2017SS】ブルゾンちえみが初ランウェイ、成田凌らと「with B」結成 . (Tokyo Girls Collection 2017 Spring/Summer) Chiemi Blouson on her first runway, joined by Ryo Narita and others as "With B" . ja . . 2017-03-25 . 2022-08-21 . October 27, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211027105643/https://beauty.oricon.co.jp/news/2088083/full/ . live .
    18. News: 「with B」ブリリアン、ドラマでブルゾンと初共演 秘書役で女社長に仕える . ja . . 2017-05-18 . 2022-08-21 . August 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821123327/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2090894/full/ . live .

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