Don Quixote - Season 1

2011

Comedy, Drama

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Season 1 - In this unusual story, Matsuda plays a child welfare official working at a child consultation center, while Takahashi Katsumi (50) plays a charitable yakuza boss. These two lead completely different lives, but one day, their souls are suddenly switched. As a result, Matsuda begins dispensing odd advice about the “rules of society” and other things. While his colleagues naturally see this as a problem, the children gradually come to rely on him.

Don Quixote - Season 1

2011

Comedy, Drama

TV Season

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$Story 1: The children\$

Story 1: The children's ally, the switching of the heroes' souls (2011)

hild welfare officer Shirota (Shota Matsuda) and Sabajima group boss Sabajima (Katsumi Takahashi), whose souls have switched, save the children. One day, Shirota visits a housing complex to investigate a family he suspects of abuse. Around the same time, Sabashima also visits the same housing complex to collect a debt.

Story 2: The hikikomori who does what pleases him (2011)

Shirota (Shota Matsuda) and Sabajima (Katsumi Takahashi) end up living their respective lives with their souls swapped. Shirota, who works at a child guidance center, takes on the case of a 14-year-old boy, Ryosuke (Fujiwara Kaoru), who has become a shut-in.

Story 3: Taking a Walk with a Juvenile Delinquent (2011)

Kamiyama (Hiroshi Okochi), a detective with a past connection to Sabajima (Katsumi Takahashi), comes to the child guidance center with a young boy, Fumiya (Aoi Tanaka). Fumiya was arrested for possessing illegal game software, but claimed he did not know what was inside.

Story 4: Operation Okonomiyaki (2011)

Shirota (Shota Matsuda) takes Sabajima (Katsumi Takahashi) to a cabaret club. When Ayumi (Yuki Uchida) finds out, she becomes furious and locks herself in her room. Meanwhile, the child guidance center takes care of Yui (Yunori Kurimoto), a daughter from a single father who was home alone at night.

Story 5: Close Call Baby (2011)

Shirota (Shota Matsuda) took custody of the child of Maki (Haruka Suenaga), an acquaintance of Ayumi (Yuki Uchida). Mineko (Satomi Kobayashi) and others suspect Maki of abandoning her child for two days and decide to temporarily take custody of her. However, Mineko feels uncomfortable seeing Maki desperately trying to make excuses. Later, Maki appears at the child guidance center again, accompanied by her lawyer.

Story 6: The First Time Photographer (2011)

Shirota (Shota Matsuda) is instructed by Mineko (Satomi Kobayashi) to create a public relations magazine. However, when he learns that Sabajima's (Katsumi Takahashi) rival Azawa (Shigemitsu Ogi) has been featured in a magazine, he declares that he will write a special feature on the Sabajima group in the public relations magazine Sotchinoke.

Story 7: The pretty little girl is an imposter?! (2011)

The president, Iwahara (Suzuzu Shamafu), has collapsed. Sabajima (Katsumi Takahashi) happens to overhear the doctor's conversation and learns that Sabahara has only a short time to live. Shirota (Shota Matsuda) searches for Ibara, who says he wants to meet his lost granddaughter, but cannot find her.

Story 8: The Shout-for-Love Car Ride (2011)

Shirota (Shota Matsuda) and his friends decide to hold a special class at a junior high school. After class, a teacher, Iwakura (Sanae Miyata), consults with Keita (Ryo Ito), a student who is not attending school. Shirota realizes that Iwakura is his classmate from middle school and offers to take charge of him. Shirota interviews Keita, but cannot believe his story and tries to force him to take him to school.

Story 9: Iron Masked Man vs. Dead-Beat Dad (2011)

At the request of Nishiwaki (Hiroki Miyake), Shirota (Shota Matsuda) helps clean a single-parent household. However, Shirota becomes irritated with her father who won't work or let elementary school student Chika (Nozomi Ohashi) go to school.

Story 10: Goodbye, Child Counseling Center (2011)

Sabajima (Katsumi Takahashi) loses confidence after making a mistake at the presidential election debate, and decides to abstain from the next manifesto presentation. Furious, Shirota (Shota Matsuda) submits his resignation in anger. After receiving his resignation, Mineko (Satomi Kobayashi) orders Shirota to decide on a foster parent for Yuma (Tomomi Matsuda), the child who inspired him to become a child welfare officer, as his final task.

The Last Story: The Unpredictable Duo (2011)

Shirota (Shota Matsuda) visits his daughter, Kaori (Runa Endo), who is not allowed to go out because of her germaphobic mother, Naoko (Yuko Miyamoto). However, Shirota complicates the conversation. Mineko (Satomi Kobayashi) learns of the situation and decides to forcibly protect Kaori temporarily. The execution date will be determined as the date of the "Yakuza Karuta Tournament" to decide the next president.

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