Your husband's cheating, your boss is toxic, your MIL won't leave — and you're supposed to smile? Enter Kanna: chaos queen with a sewing machine.
Season 1 • Episode 10
LatestSuzuki Kanna is a powerhouse woman with single-minded devotion once she puts her mind to something. Working for a fashion designer, her dream is to someday design clothes that will make women everywhere amazingly attractive.” But her world begins to spin out of control when she discovers that her “loving” hunk of a husband, Rei, is having an affair! Meanwhile, her unreasonable boss dumps loads of work, her husband is a mama’s boy and her mother-in-law drops in unannounced to dote on her son and grandson, and all while Kanna is trying to raise a needy 4-year-old son, Reon. Pushed to a breaking point and battling the world alone, Kanna, however, isn’t one to run, bend or break. Instead, she girds herself for battle, stokes her inner fire and confronts adversity head on, chasing her dream in pursuit of happiness and fulfillment for herself and her son.
Acting
Naomi Watanabe owns every frame — comedy, rage, vulnerability, all flawless.
Costume
Kanna's designs evolve as her confidence does — visual storytelling through fabric.
Writing
Juggling tones without whiplash; genuinely funny yet never trivializes the pain.
Creator
Kahoru Fukaya
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Naomi Watanabe is Japan's most famous plus-size entertainer; casting her as a fashion protagonist subverts industry standards that the show itself critiques.
The 'kanna' in her name references the Japanese plane tool — deliberate wordplay on carving her own path through a world trying to smooth her edges.
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