An anime for anyone who has worked in the daily grind. It seems whatever country you work in the office characters are the same.This an anime for women but anyone who has worked in an office will understand the comedy and sentiment of the show. The story is about Hiroko a career girl who finds juggling her work and love life more and more difficult. The problem is that she cares about her job too much. However, when she gets a story she turns in to Harataki Man and won't stop until she finishes even if that means working all night. Hiroko works for a weekly mensjournal (doesn't seem to have a naked ladies in it though) and in a male dominated office. Not only does she have to work harder than the men to succeed and deal with their sexism when she does succeed, she has to deal with the jealousy of the women too who just use their feminine wiles to get ahead instead of working hard like Hiroko.

Most women will probably empathise with Hiroko but it is the secondary characters that makethe anime work. Some who are friends othersThere is Maiko, who all the men lust after and has a mysterious personal life, who doesn't seem to do much work yet gets a way with it, Kunio the person who Hiroko hates the mates because he is just lazy, Mayu, who is friends with Hiroko, is not cut out for reporting, Yumi, the sports reporter, uses her feminine charm to get her stories, Akihisa, the food critic and Hiroko friend, keeps all the best places to ea to himself and the best character, Fumiya the paparazzi who Hiroko empathises the most because as much as he hates his job he can't walk away from it. A dislike of him because of his bad manners turns into mutual respect.

What starts out as a critique of Japanese office life turns into more of an office satire.

If you have ever worked in an office you will recognise a lot of these characters and with an ever aging anime fan base I'm surprised their aren't more like Harataki Man.