A Couple of Cuckoos S01E01
The episode opens with Nagi Umino, a diligent high school student, who has always known he was not related to his family by blood. Despite this, he strives to make his adoptive parents proud by excelling in his studies. On his way to meet his biological parents for the first time, he has a chance encounter with Erika Amano, a social media influencer who is trying to escape an arranged marriage.
Erika ropes Nagi into pretending to be her boyfriend for the day to avoid being set up with someone she doesn’t know. Although reluctant, Nagi goes along with Erika’s antics. The two bicker and clash, showing their polar opposite personalities—Nagi is serious and responsible, while Erika is carefree and confident.
Later, Nagi learns that Erika is actually the biological daughter of his adoptive parents, while he is the biological son of Erika’s wealthy family. To complicate matters further, both families decide to arrange their engagement in order to unite the families, much to Nagi and Erika’s shock.
The episode concludes with the promise of a quirky, romantic comedy where Nagi and Erika must navigate their strange new relationship while still dealing with their everyday lives.
Genre: Romantic Comedy, Slice of Life, Shonen
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Title: You're Going to Be My Boyfriend
Characters: Nagi Umino, Erika Amano
Themes: Arranged Marriage, Family, Identity Swap, Romance, Comedy
Plot Points: Baby swap at birth, Fake boyfriend plot, Engagement arrangement
Aired: April 2022
Studio: Shin-Ei Animation, SynergySP
Based on: Manga by Miki Yoshikawa
Erika ropes Nagi into pretending to be her boyfriend for the day to avoid being set up with someone she doesn’t know. Although reluctant, Nagi goes along with Erika’s antics. The two bicker and clash, showing their polar opposite personalities—Nagi is serious and responsible, while Erika is carefree and confident.
Later, Nagi learns that Erika is actually the biological daughter of his adoptive parents, while he is the biological son of Erika’s wealthy family. To complicate matters further, both families decide to arrange their engagement in order to unite the families, much to Nagi and Erika’s shock.
The episode concludes with the promise of a quirky, romantic comedy where Nagi and Erika must navigate their strange new relationship while still dealing with their everyday lives.
Genre: Romantic Comedy, Slice of Life, Shonen
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Title: You're Going to Be My Boyfriend
Characters: Nagi Umino, Erika Amano
Themes: Arranged Marriage, Family, Identity Swap, Romance, Comedy
Plot Points: Baby swap at birth, Fake boyfriend plot, Engagement arrangement
Aired: April 2022
Studio: Shin-Ei Animation, SynergySP
Based on: Manga by Miki Yoshikawa
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Short filmTranscript
00:00Congratulations, ma'am! A little fairy has come to your house.
00:15Look at her.
00:17Maybe she didn't hear us.
00:20Ma'am, you take rest. We are taking her to the nursery.
00:23Listen, are you sure this is the girl's bed?
00:27Yes, the bed which is lying empty.
00:29And this is the moment which changed my life forever.
00:59The blue world is always unknown.
01:06You have something which you don't have.
01:11Why is it dangerous?
01:16I just tasted a little bit of fate.
01:23I'm so busy.
01:27I didn't know you had such a face.
01:35You have something which you don't have.
01:42You have something which you don't have.
01:48You have something which you don't have.
01:53You have something which you don't have.
02:18Good morning.
02:33Are you going to make breakfast today?
02:36Fairies, I'll have an omelette first.
02:39Not at all.
02:40This is just for me.
02:42This will make my memory strong.
02:44Are you old?
02:46Okay, old man. Have an omelette with almonds.
02:49Get lost.
02:50Look, I'm ready.
02:52Don't I look like Dev Anand?
02:53You look like a cheap Dev Anand.
02:55It's useless to ask you.
02:57If it's useless, then why do you ask me, dad?
03:00Go and ask mom.
03:02These cases start early in the morning.
03:05Nagi, did you see my earrings?
03:08They are in the cupboard, mom.
03:09You forgot so soon?
03:11You had kept them there last night.
03:12Yes, I forgot. Thank you.
03:15Nagi, don't be late to get ready.
03:18His parents will be excited to meet you after a long time.
03:22They will be very happy to meet you, Nagi.
03:24Yes, of course.
03:26I understand everything.
03:27As if he is not at all eager to meet his real son.
03:34It's strange to hear.
03:35But now it's true.
03:37The kids have changed.
03:39Nagi, we will meet you directly at the restaurant.
03:43Be on time, son.
03:44Sure.
03:48One more thing, Nagi.
03:50Very happy birthday, champ.
03:53Thank you so much.
03:55How do my earrings look?
03:56I'm telling you for the tenth time.
04:04Tell me one thing.
04:05Will you leave us and go to them?
04:07Not at all.
04:09After spending 16 years with this family,
04:12how can I live with a stranger like this?
04:15I know that.
04:16Then why did you ask?
04:19Where are you going now?
04:20I will sit in the library for a while and study there.
04:23What will you do after studying so much?
04:25I have to get more marks than my rival.
04:27Again the same nonsense.
04:29I still can't believe that you are not their son,
04:32but someone else's son.
04:34Didn't I tell you that we brought you from the dump?
04:37You were always different from all of us.
04:39You like books more than people.
04:42The joke that you brought me from the dump turned out to be true.
04:45You are an astrologer.
04:50Listen, Nagi.
04:57Please, Nagi.
04:59Don't ever leave us.
05:03You are very innocent.
05:05I am not going anywhere, silly.
05:08Even if they want me to,
05:10I will tell them that I don't want to live with them.
05:19They said that they will accept all my decisions.
05:22So I will close this chapter and study again.
05:36No!
05:38What happened?
05:40Think before you decide.
05:42No, it's nothing like that.
05:44Stop!
05:58What are you doing?
06:00Move away from me.
06:02I was just...
06:06So, you weren't committing suicide?
06:09Not at all.
06:10I was just making a video for social media.
06:13For social media?
06:14Yes, but you ruined everything.
06:16You were pretending?
06:17Yes, I was pretending.
06:19This video is not worth posting anymore.
06:24What kind of drama is this?
06:26You know, I have thousands of followers.
06:29That's good.
06:31Is this girl an influencer?
06:33She looks familiar.
06:35You know,
06:37I am doing all this because of my mother.
06:40I want to do something so that I don't get married.
06:43What?
06:44What are you saying?
06:45Why are you shouting?
06:46Don't you know about marriage?
06:48I know.
06:49I didn't mean that.
06:51It's strange.
06:52People think about marriage at such a young age.
06:55Does that mean we are on the same boat?
06:58Does that mean we are on the same boat?
07:06So, this is it.
07:07You got married to someone else.
07:09And I got married to someone else.
07:11I think we are going through the same family problem.
07:14I think so.
07:15Look, we didn't introduce each other because of all this.
07:19My name is Erica Amano.
07:21And I am in the second year of Fierce Girls Academy.
07:24Really?
07:25You study in OGA?
07:26Rich kids study there.
07:29This girl...
07:31Erica Amano is such a great girl.
07:33How will we find her?
07:35Why does he keep talking about her during the break?
07:38She can't be that cute.
07:39He must have put a filter on her.
07:42Hey!
07:44Where are you lost?
07:45She is really cute.
07:48You tell me.
07:49I am Nagi Menon.
07:50I am also in the second year.
07:52And I study in Megurugawa Academy.
07:54Megurugawa?
07:55Do you really study there?
07:57All the students there are geniuses.
07:59You must be a genius too, right?
08:01Yes, maybe.
08:02Nagi?
08:03My job is done.
08:05What?
08:06Listen.
08:07From now on, you are my boyfriend.
08:09Okay?
08:10What?
08:11You are so lucky.
08:12Are you out of your mind?
08:14How am I lucky?
08:15How can I date a smart girl like you?
08:17You fool.
08:18This is just a drama.
08:19Drama?
08:20Who arranges stupid marriages these days?
08:23How can I marry a girl whom I don't even know or see?
08:27I don't know.
08:28I don't know anything about rich people.
08:31Now listen to my plan carefully.
08:33Listen to me.
08:34I have a boyfriend.
08:35And we love each other a lot.
08:37He is very smart.
08:38And his future is very bright.
08:40We are two bodies and one soul.
08:42And we have to live and die with each other.
08:44Oh, Erika.
08:45Why didn't you tell us all this before?
08:49And like this, that stupid arranged marriage broke.
08:52Erika was very happy.
08:53Interesting.
08:54Your imagination is very good.
08:56That's true.
08:58All that is fine.
08:59But there is a small problem in front of you.
09:01Whatever you said, I am not going to do it at all.
09:04What?
09:05What do you mean?
09:07I won't do it.
09:08Today I am going to meet my real mom and dad.
09:11I don't have time for your stupid drama.
09:14Are you calling this a drama?
09:15My entire future is at stake here.
09:17And mine is also at stake.
09:19If you don't want to get married, just say no.
09:21If I could say no, I would have done it a long time ago.
09:23I am late. What time is it?
09:32Tell me, should I post it?
09:34Should I zoom in and show you?
09:36I can see without zooming in.
09:38Now what will you be able to justify it?
09:40What do you mean by this?
09:42I will attach only this small clip of this video to your academy contact form.
09:47No, you won't do anything like that.
09:49My parents will see this video and call my parents.
09:51And they will think that my mental state is not good.
09:53Then they will tell my real parents.
09:55They will get separated from me.
09:56No one will believe me.
09:57And my career will be ruined.
10:01It will be very bad.
10:03And you will do that.
10:07Then listen to me, my love.
10:13Okay, I am ready.
10:14Just let me go on time for my work.
10:16Okay.
10:20Tell me, what will I have to do as your fake boyfriend?
10:24Don't you even know what a boyfriend does?
10:27How will I know?
10:28I have spent my whole life in books.
10:30I have never dated anyone till date.
10:32What? You are joking, right?
10:34Leave that.
10:35Tell me, what are you searching for?
10:37I found it.
10:38It is written that I have to do it.
10:40Have to do?
10:41What have to do?
10:42Show me.
10:44Why should I show you my phone?
10:47Oh!
10:48We got another weird photo in this mess.
10:51Why don't you use this photo?
10:53What?
10:54Why don't you show this photo to your parents?
10:57Oh, I got it.
10:58They will believe that you are my boyfriend.
11:01You are very smart.
11:02Even without using the internet.
11:04Even without using the internet, the brain can be used.
11:07But in this photo, it looks like something bad has happened to us.
11:10Let's take another photo.
11:11Anyway, I don't look good in this.
11:13I don't look good.
11:14Come closer.
11:17Is she really from a rich family?
11:20Or is she pretending?
11:23What a smell!
11:26You look like a fool.
11:27Come, I will send you that video.
11:29No, no. Let's take it again.
11:31Why does it look like I have taken a photo with a stranger?
11:36Because I am really a stranger.
11:39Whatever.
11:40Come with me.
11:41Hey, where are you taking me?
11:43Listen to me.
11:44For shopping.
11:45What?
11:46Don't act smart and come with me.
12:00It looks good.
12:09This is perfect.
12:10Now we look like a real couple.
12:12What is all this?
12:13There was a girl in my class who always wore matching clothes with her boyfriend.
12:17You like your clothes, don't you?
12:19Not at all.
12:20It looks like I am wearing your clothes.
12:22Or my clothes are torn in a fight.
12:25At least you don't look like a stranger.
12:29Hello.
12:30Please pack all this.
12:33In total, it is 4,95,000 yen.
12:36What?
12:37I don't even have that much money.
12:39Why did she shop so much?
12:40Take the entire payment from the credit card.
12:42Entire payment?
12:43All this is for you from my side.
12:47She is so rich.
12:49I don't know what her parents must be doing.
12:53Let's go.
12:54Be happy and show me.
12:55At least you look happy.
12:56Yes, of course.
12:59What kind of joke is this?
13:01I am not joking.
13:02If you want to look like my boyfriend, you have to look handsome.
13:06Handsome?
13:10This is better than before.
13:12What better photo will she click?
13:15Let me go and change.
13:17This crazy girl wants a fake boyfriend.
13:19And that too a handsome one.
13:22Rich.
13:23Powerful.
13:24Princess.
13:25Power.
13:26Contract.
13:27Dabanggai.
13:28In a suit boot?
13:29Is this...
13:32Wait a minute.
13:33Your family's mafia...
13:34Family hotelier.
13:35Oh.
13:36That's nice.
13:38What was the need to wear such clothes?
13:40I thought if you look handsome, she might agree.
13:44She is really crazy.
13:47Anyway, it's no use.
13:49We all look weird in the photo.
13:51What?
13:52She has already clicked so much.
13:53A good photo.
13:56I think a good photo is one that makes you feel the feeling of that moment.
14:01Feeling?
14:02Yes.
14:04The atmosphere of that moment.
14:06The fragrance.
14:07And not just that.
14:08The feelings of the people present in that moment.
14:12That's why I don't edit all my photos.
14:17I think we should send this photo.
14:22This is the first photo we clicked.
14:25Yes.
14:26At least we look close in this.
14:28And this is quite funny too.
14:30Isn't it?
14:33Yes, maybe.
14:34If you like it, then it's fine.
14:37I was wondering how different our world is from each other.
14:41But she is a normal girl.
14:43And this is sent.
14:50Oh no!
14:51How did he know?
14:53That's why he says we can't fool our parents.
14:56If that's the case, then we have to tell him the truth.
14:59What?
15:00Isn't that too much?
15:01Okay, then you tell me a good way.
15:03There must be some other way.
15:05Hey!
15:06What's going on here?
15:09Erika, you told us you don't have a boyfriend.
15:12Oh no!
15:13How did they end up here?
15:15Do you know this?
15:16A few months ago, someone leaked my private information.
15:20Since then, they are after me.
15:22It's all because of social media.
15:24Oh yes.
15:25You are a social media star.
15:27It's not like that.
15:28You go to all girls school so that the boys stay away from you.
15:32And that's what we want.
15:33That's why we are after you.
15:35Don't worry.
15:36I haven't even touched her yet.
15:38Why are you looking at him?
15:39Erika, tell me the truth.
15:41Who is this boy?
15:42Who? Me?
15:44Forget about it.
15:47Look, I am Aba Mano's contractual boyfriend.
15:51Contractual boyfriend?
15:53You have to tell the truth, but not so much.
15:56That's the problem with educated, bookish people like you.
15:59You don't know how to deal with people like them.
16:01What did you say?
16:02Say that again and I'll break your face.
16:06I think he's in the mood to fight.
16:08Now I understand.
16:10How dare you mess with Erika?
16:12He's coming to kill her.
16:13Let's get out of here.
16:20Turn around.
16:21Does anyone punch so hard?
16:24Don't come near Erika again.
16:26We'll go and call our mom.
16:29Why do they get angry so easily?
16:32You turned out to be a coward.
16:35It's the rule of our family.
16:37You have to get beaten up.
16:39My parents have always been ruthless.
16:42And I'm just like them.
16:44That's so cool.
16:46I'll slap my fiance.
16:49He'll be in a bad mood.
16:51His family will get upset and break the engagement.
16:53And this way, I won't have to get married again.
16:57Try it.
16:58What if the marriage gets cancelled?
17:01That's great.
17:02My heart is beating so fast.
17:04I've never seen a fight in real life.
17:07Just like you did, I'll punch him in the face.
17:11Yes.
17:12If you have to do it, do it with all your heart.
17:15Of course.
17:21Excuse me, miss.
17:22It's time for you to go home.
17:24Were you tracking me with the GPS?
17:27Thanks for spending time with me.
17:30I'll delete the video I made.
17:32That's what I want too.
17:35Maybe I have to say something
17:37because we may never meet again.
17:40My world is different.
17:42And I don't have any friends in it.
17:44But I really liked it today.
17:46As if we were really on a date today.
17:57I wish I was getting married to you, Nagi.
18:02Just kidding.
18:04Goodbye.
18:13I'm never ready for this relationship.
18:19It's too late.
18:26Sorry, sorry, sorry.
18:27I got stuck somewhere.
18:28Oh, finally.
18:30I'm glad you came.
18:31I'm glad I met you, Nagi.
18:33I'm glad too.
18:34Where were you?
18:36We were worried.
18:37I thought you'd changed your mind about meeting us.
18:40Thank you for coming.
18:42So these are my real parents.
18:44We look the same.
18:48Okay, Nagi.
18:49We wanted to talk to you about something important.
18:52Can we?
18:53Yes, you're right.
18:54Ever since we found out about swapping,
18:56we've been thinking about it.
18:59The thing is,
19:00we care a lot about our kids.
19:03Even though we didn't give birth to you,
19:05you're still ours.
19:06Yes, that's true.
19:07So we thought,
19:08to make you a part of our family,
19:10it would be a good idea to get you two married.
19:13What else?
19:15What are you saying?
19:17When my daughter sent me your picture today,
19:19I realized this was the right choice.
19:21I never thought you could be her boyfriend.
19:23Yes, and it made things easier.
19:25This is no less than a miracle.
19:31Here you go.
19:32I missed this, so I got this.
19:34Come in.
19:35You two know each other.
19:38This is my daughter, Erica.
19:40What's going on with me today?
19:42I want to know that too.
19:44You need at least one friend to celebrate your wedding.
19:47Wedding?
19:48I haven't said yes yet.
19:50I haven't said yes either.
19:52But I can't say no to you.
19:54Wait a minute.
19:55I didn't mean that.
19:56I was just being emotional.
19:58Ready?
19:59And...
20:00I'm dead!
20:04So this is my engagement story.
20:07Anyway, let's move on.
20:11I'm in class A.
20:13Hero Segawa.
20:16Excuse me!
20:17Please get out of my way!
20:23I'm really very sorry.
20:25Are you hurt? Are you okay?
20:27Yes.
20:28Thank God.
20:30I'm sorry.
20:31I'm in a bit of a hurry right now.
20:33Bye.
20:34I would have ignored this incident.
20:38But after last night,
20:40everything had changed.
20:43Hero Segawa!
20:46In the next exam,
20:48you'll see
20:50that I'll get a better score than you!
20:54You'll get a better score?
20:56But who are you?
20:58I'm Nagi Umino!
21:00I'll get a second rank in class!
21:02I had decided a long time ago.
21:05What kind of boys do I like?
21:09I like boys who are more intelligent than me.
21:12The moment I become number one,
21:14I'll tell her what's on my mind.
21:19And then a strange story began.
21:23Oh, yes.
21:24Nagi is not my brother.
21:30Nagi is my fiancée.
21:34If you love her, be like her.
21:36Otherwise, be like her.
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