TV-Series
Description
Mitsuki Ikuta is a 25-year-old producer for Houchiku Corporation, originally working on R-rated films. Her lifelong passion stems from detective movies, ignited by the childhood film "Rowdy Detective." Standing 146 cm tall with youthful fashion, she is often mistaken for a child or adolescent, undermining her professional authority.
After the cancellation of a planned detective film, she reluctantly became the assistant producer for the superhero television series "Super Transforming Cosmopolitan Prayers" (Cosprayers). She later rose to main producer when the original took a break. Throughout production, she faced persistent challenges: dismissive colleagues, intrusive demands for erotic content, and complex cast and crew dynamics. Her relationship with senior producer Kenjirou Kurume was particularly strained; she privately called him "Dracula" for his critical, belittling demeanor, though he remained unaware of her resentment.
Her development involved adapting to producing a genre she initially disdained, gradually learning to assert herself professionally despite ongoing disrespect related to her appearance. A subplot featured her younger brother repeatedly flipping her skirt to reveal her printed, childish underwear, highlighting her struggle to be seen as an adult. This shifted in a later OVA when he discovered her wearing mature purple underwear, symbolizing her growth.
Her backstory includes a close childhood bond with her older brother, forged through shared viewings of "Rowdy Detective." He gifted her a pendant resembling one from the film, which she still wears. Professionally, she mentored assistant producer Yayoi Tanigawa and collaborated with Cosprayers' 17-year-old screenwriter, Naoto Ohizumi. Focused on her career, she harbored no romantic inclinations, clarified in supplementary material as a 25-year-old virgin.
In the sequel series *Love Love?*, she reprises her role as Cosprayers producer. Depicted as one of the few aware of Naoto Ohizumi's screenwriter identity, she maintains a professional, sometimes pressured, working relationship with him amid the romantic entanglements. Her responsibilities expanded to managing cast interpersonal conflicts and mediating creative differences, further illustrating her evolving resilience.
After the cancellation of a planned detective film, she reluctantly became the assistant producer for the superhero television series "Super Transforming Cosmopolitan Prayers" (Cosprayers). She later rose to main producer when the original took a break. Throughout production, she faced persistent challenges: dismissive colleagues, intrusive demands for erotic content, and complex cast and crew dynamics. Her relationship with senior producer Kenjirou Kurume was particularly strained; she privately called him "Dracula" for his critical, belittling demeanor, though he remained unaware of her resentment.
Her development involved adapting to producing a genre she initially disdained, gradually learning to assert herself professionally despite ongoing disrespect related to her appearance. A subplot featured her younger brother repeatedly flipping her skirt to reveal her printed, childish underwear, highlighting her struggle to be seen as an adult. This shifted in a later OVA when he discovered her wearing mature purple underwear, symbolizing her growth.
Her backstory includes a close childhood bond with her older brother, forged through shared viewings of "Rowdy Detective." He gifted her a pendant resembling one from the film, which she still wears. Professionally, she mentored assistant producer Yayoi Tanigawa and collaborated with Cosprayers' 17-year-old screenwriter, Naoto Ohizumi. Focused on her career, she harbored no romantic inclinations, clarified in supplementary material as a 25-year-old virgin.
In the sequel series *Love Love?*, she reprises her role as Cosprayers producer. Depicted as one of the few aware of Naoto Ohizumi's screenwriter identity, she maintains a professional, sometimes pressured, working relationship with him amid the romantic entanglements. Her responsibilities expanded to managing cast interpersonal conflicts and mediating creative differences, further illustrating her evolving resilience.