The theme of the 4th episode of What's the Best Akita Food!? is "meat." Chocolate Planet came to Akita for the first time in three years and visited restaurants in Akita city to enjoy Akita's proud beef, pork, and chicken. The fellow comedian "Impossible" bursts in and competes in quizzes and games with Chocopla to eat the best meat dish. Will Chocopla be able to enjoy Akita's meat? Also, they interact with Akita dogs and experience the famous traditional Akita Kanto festival. You can not only enjoy the funny conversation between Chocopla and guests but also learn deeply about Akita's culture.

One day, your husband transforms into a woman...?
This drama explores the many differences of life, love and relationships can change in a world where peoples bodies can spontaneously alter sex!

Akira is a 30-year-old salaryman married to novelist Sonoko. After five years of marriage things between them have cooled and now they barely speak.
One evening Akira is suddenly struck with an unbearable headache and, after being taken to the hospital, is told his illness is life-threatening. At the same time, a strange change starts to take over Akira’s body. The Akira who walks out of the operating theater has transformed into a woman!
It turns out Akira has a rare medical condition known as “Sex Altering Syndrome” which can cause a sudden change in biological sex among humans. After receiving this diagnosis, Akira receives a “Altered Sex Certificate” and begins life as a man inside a female body.
Learning to use makeup, wearing a bra, Akira faces a steep learning curve in his first days living as a woman. After returning to work a few days later he encounters even more troubles. A client of his jokes that he can “touch boobs as much as he wants”, he’s even groped in an elevator, Akira begins to understand the daily struggles of life for women. Akira begins seeing the clear differences between perspectives of men and women after his transformation. Not only that, but for some reason he’s started feeling flustered around his helpful boss, is the transformation having more effect on him than he’d thought?
What awaits Akira now, as he begins to question what his real identity is?!


ある日、夫が女性になったら…？
突然性別が変わる架空の世界で、恋愛・結婚・夫婦の多様なあり方を描く新しいラブストーリー！

晶（あきら）は30歳のサラリーマン。5年前に小説家の苑子（そのこ）と結婚したが、今では会話も少なく、夫婦仲は冷え切っていた。
ある夜、強烈な頭痛に襲われた晶は病院に搬送され、命の危機を告げられる。しかし、その時、晶の体に変化が起きていた。手術室から歩いて出てきた晶は女性になっていたのだ！
性別が変わってしまう“異性化体質”は世界でも非常に稀な症例。診断を受けた晶は「異性化証明書」を受け取り、心は男性、体は女性としての暮らしが始まった。
初めての化粧、初めてのブラジャー、何もかも初めての女性の生活に戸惑う晶。数日後、会社に復帰すると、取引先で「自分のおっぱい触り放題だろ」とからかわれたり、エレベーターで痴漢に遭い、女性の苦悩や生き辛さを知る。性別が変わったことで見えてきた“男性の視点”と“女性の視点”の違い。さらに自分をフォローしてくれた男性の上司にドキドキするなど、徐々に感情も女性に変化してきて…
　“自分は男性？それとも女性？”性別が変わった晶を待ち受けるものとは！？

14 years after graduating from junior high school, a class reunion is held.
However, this is the beginning of a tragedy.
6 ex-classmates who attended the reunion die one by one.
Each of them has shocking darkness, and they are all a big liar to hide their dark side.
And their true nature will be revealed.

The new season of “The Shelter”, a show depicting mentally hurt children and the adults who are trying to support them.

There is prejudice and rejection against children who experienced abuse, neglect, abandonment, and drug addiction. As society becomes more complex, the number of children with no home to return to continue to grow, but there still isn’t enough places to protect them.

Nosy “Aunty” Sakura confronts difficulties with a compassionate heart! A place of temporary refuge, “The Shelter” is for children who, for a variety of reasons, cannot be raised by their families. Sakura believes if she can fill their stomachs, she can heal their hearts. She became a cook at the “House of Hummingbirds” and taught them about love and hope through her cooking.

Two years later, Sakura works as a staff member at a new shelter, the "The Second Hummingbird House". Meanwhile, Yukino, a new lawyer, comes to the shelter. However, Yukino's enthusiastic love for children sometimes causes intense friction, and she feels severely hurt as the children gets away. Sakura finds her old self in Yukino, and gently snuggles up to her.

「子どもシェルター」を舞台に傷ついた子どもたちと、それを支えようとする大人たちの姿を描くシリーズ待望の新作！
虐待、ネグレクト、親の失踪、薬物依存、居場所をなくした子どもたちへの偏見と拒否感…
社会が複雑になるにつれ、行き場のない子どもたちは増え続け、子どもたちを守る場所は不足したまま。
おせっかいおばさんのさくらがさらなる困難に熱いハートをもって立ち向かう！

九十九さくらは「空っぽのお腹を満たせばココロも満たされるはず」という信念のもと、子どもシェルター
「ハチドリの家」の食事スタッフになり、食べることを通じて子どもたちに愛と希望を伝えてきた。
あれから2年―

さくらは、新たに作られた子どもシェルター「第２ハチドリの家」でスタッフとして働いていた。
父親から虐待を受けながらも、その父を見捨てることができない少女に、母親に殺されかけ九死に一生を得た少年。そして父親の虐待を裁判で訴えた幼い少女。そこには、傷ついた子どもたちが次々とやってくる。
「子どもたちが傷ついた羽根を休めるように。そして未来にむかって歩みだせるように。大人はその手助けをするだけ…」 様々な経験を経て、さくらの子どもたちに向かう思いも深まっていた。
そんな中「第２ハチドリの家」に、新米弁護士の宮部雪乃がやってくる。雪乃の子どもたちへの熱心すぎる思い入れは、時に激しい摩擦を起こす。子どもたちは返って離反し、激しく傷つく雪乃。そんな姿にかつての自分を見出し、優しく寄り添うさくら。
更に、さくらは加害者である親たちにも向き合い、心の奥底にある思い扉を開いていく。

Welcome to a restaurant exclusively for assassins: the Diner. Its owner is a highly proficient killer, and so are its customers...


Kanako Oba is all alone, and thinks her life can't get any worse...until she applies for a dubious part-time job on a whim, and is instantly torn from her mundane existence. She ends up being sold to a restaurant with fortress-like walls, thick iron doors, and an intensely colorful interior. Trapped within, she has no choice but to work as a waitress for the owner Bombero, a genius chef who also happens to be a retired assassin.
"This establishment caters exclusively to killers. Even a wrongly-placed plate could result in a death sentence."
The diner is visited by a succession of deadly and highly unusual assassins. Before long, Kanako realizes she has been hurled into a world of insanity, in which every day is a fight for survival.
You won't be able to take your eyes off the screen, even for a second...

孤独的一个人落入了人生的谷底...因一点点的冲动找到了一个诡异的打工机会，一瞬间从普通的生活跌落至地的大场加奈子被卖到一家餐厅做服务员。在这里，要塞般厚厚的铁门之后，是一家色彩及其鲜艳并唯美的餐厅。自称店主的人，正是曾经的杀手，天才厨师的邦贝罗。
「这里是专为杀手准备的餐厅，只因盘子摆放也会随时送命。」
无法用一般方式对待的凶恶杀手们不断地出现，加奈子每天都在极限状态中挣扎。
故事将一秒都不容错过地急速展开...

Miyuki Miyabe is a popular best-selling author in a number of genres that include mystery, science fiction, and historical fiction.
A picture drawn by a small boy begins to unravel the mystery behind a single hidden truth.
Amidst anguish and conflict a family searches for its own paradise in this must see human mystery drama.

宮部みゆきのミリオンセラー「楽園」を、主演に仲間由紀恵を迎えて初の映像化。社会の暗部を精緻なタッチで描き出したヒューマンドラマの最高峰。

This is a racy success story that a woman who lost everything manages a male idol group and will become big in the entertainment industry!
A 26 year old girl, Haru is enjoying her luxury life as an Instagramer. One day, a president of a company who is an acquaintance of hers,　asked her “Why don’t you run a talent agency?”, she started her business but it was all too good to be true, which led her to lose all her money.
The only remaining for her was a talent agency soon to be close down and a 5-member boy idol group who has no passion.
Her life has turned upside down from being successful to being a failure, and being ridiculed.
She thinks about filing for bankruptcy, however, she decides to be make a splendid comeback to manage the idol group once again!　
In the entertainment industry which is a mix of reality and fiction, a woman who gets thrown from heaven to hell will fight against the evil though she receives unfair treatment.

主人公・楠木春は贅沢な生活を謳歌していたインスタグラマー。
知り合いの社長から持ちかけられた「芸能事務所を経営しないか?」という話に乗せられ、全財産を失う。
誰もが羨む勝ち組から一転、周りから嘲笑される存在になった彼女が売れない男性グループ5人組をプロデュースする様子を描く。
誰もが自分自身を発信し、有名になることができる今の世の中を捉えながら、「金・権力・欲望・裏切り」など芸能界をリアルに描く。