This asadora has all ingredients, which make it enjoyable from beginning to the end. Covering roughly 20 years from the 1960's to the 1980's, we follow the life of our heroine Nobuko, who appears to be somehow naive at first glance, but is ambitious when it comes about mastering the struggles of becoming a chef.

It is located on Okinawa in the early years, but the main story takes place in the Tokyo area. That said, we don't see too much from Okinawa, mainly the country side only. We learn a bit about Okinawa's folklore, with Nobuko's father and later her sister playing the traditional instrument sanshin. And we learn about the war time and the years after affecting the people of Okinawa.

The people around Nobuko have their own issues in life, nicely covered in small side-stories. Two sisters and a good-for-nothing brother, who has some similarities to my hero Tora-san. Moka shines in portraying the shy, physically weak younger sister. There are ups and downs, there are nice people and not so very nice people, but don't worry: it's an asadora, so it always turns out nicely in the end, except from some tragedies which are part of the life.

I enjoyed really it and did not find any weak story arcs and so I can highly recommend it.