A whole lot better than I had expected! Even with that silly premise, they managed to make a nice dorama, with lotsa funny moments, some good acting (honorable mentions for Koike Eiko and Itoh Misaki!) and an "older flavor" which I personally really dig (it actually reminded me of two old doramas I liked, "Style!" and "Shomuni"). The music was also very good throughout the whole thing, and I found it very entertaining. Oh, and the Aomori-ben was also pretty funny - besides, it happens to have a very similar intonation to my own italian dialect, LOL! Well done! :)