Sora Tobu Kouhoushitsu- Plot Overview

"Sora Tobu Kouhoushitsu," Airforce Public Affair Office is a drama aired by TBS in Japan in 2013. The drama surrounds two young protagonists, Rika Inaba and Daisuke Sorai. Rika Inaba is a former news reporter whose intense interviewing behaviors leads her to loosing her job and being transferred to the evening program team. Daisuke Sorai, on the other hand, is a former fighter pilot who was one step away from piloting his dream plane, Blue Implulse, before he gets into a car accident and becomes disqualified for piloting any fighter plane in his life. Daisuke is then transferred to the Self-defense airforce public affair office.

These two strangers cross path when Rika is put in charge of a uniform personnel series on the airforce. Thus, she visits public affair office, and after meeting Sorai, she decides to make a program about his story, thinking that it may become a hit and she'll be able to return to her previous position as a news reporter.

The plot then continues along with Rika's interviews and discusses a variety of topics ranging from women in a man-dominated occupation to the responsibility and other jobs related to working in the self defense department. A love line also develops between Rika and Daisuke as they learn from eachother and mend their wounds from their crushed dreams.

This drama introduces its viewers not only to an occupation that normally people won't pay attention to (public affair office) but also shows its viewers that people can move on and have a good life even if their dreams are crushed.