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  • Imawa no Kuni no Alice

    1. Imawa no Kuni no Alice

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
    8.8
    15,817 points by 159 voters
    Arisu Ryohei—a listless, jobless and video-game-obsessed young man—suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive. ...more
  • Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 2

    2. Imawa no Kuni no Alice Season 2

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
    8.8
    9,840 points by 101 voters
    Arisu Ryohei and Usagi Yuzuha have been pursuing the mystery of “borderland”, risking their lives in games in order to survive and return to their world. The two of them encounter friends, ...more
  • Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko Made mo

    3. Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko Made mo

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
    8.4
    9,834 points by 100 voters
    Sakura Nanase is a 22-year-old rookie nurse. She met Doctor Tendo Kairi several years ago and fell in love with him. To meet him again, she studied hard and became a nurse. ...more
  • Kieta Hatsukoi

    4. Kieta Hatsukoi

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
    8.3
    6,364 points by 65 voters
    Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she's written the name of another ...more
  • First Love: Hatsukoi

    5. First Love: Hatsukoi

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 9 episodes
    8.7
    5,934 points by 61 voters
    In the late 90s, Yae and Harumichi met and fell in love. After graduating from high school, Yae went off to college in Tokyo, while Harumichi joined the Self-Defense forces as an ...more
  • 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii

    6. 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
    8.1
    5,443 points by 57 voters
    Adachi Kiyoshi is a regular salaryman who, at the age of 29, was still a virgin. On his 30th birthday, he suddenly finds himself acquiring a new power - the ability to ...more
  • Silent

    7. Silent

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 11 episodes
    8.5
    5,230 points by 54 voters
    Tsumugi Aoba fell in love with So Sakura, who attended the same high school. They both shared an interest in music. Their relationship got deeper and deeper, but, suddenly, Sakura said goodbye ...more
  • Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru

    8. Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
    8.1
    4,913 points by 51 voters
    Hanaoka Nao's mother, Yuriko, works as a confectioner at Kogetsuan, a traditional Japanese sweets shop. Nao meets Takatsuki Tsubaki, the owner's six-year-old son, and they become childhood sweethearts. Tragedy strikes when Tsubaki's ...more
  • Boku no Ita Jikan

    9. Boku no Ita Jikan

    Japanese Drama - 2014, 11 episodes
    8.5
    4,253 points by 44 voters
    Sawada Takuto is an ordinary university student, who one day learns that he has A.L.S. (Lou Gehrig’s disease) with not much time left to live. Instead of wallowing in despair, Takuto tries ...more
  • Utsukushii Kare

    10. Utsukushii Kare

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes
    7.8
    3,916 points by 41 voters
    Seventeen-year-old Hira, who is at the bottom of the class, tries to remain invisible at school, never wanting to open his mouth and expose his stuttering speech to his classmates. He views ...more
  • Last Cinderella

    11. Last Cinderella

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 11 episodes
    7.7
    3,298 points by 34 voters
    Sakura is a single 39-year-old woman. She works at a beauty salon as its vice manager. Sakura makes customers pretty, but she isn't interested in making herself pretty. She envies falling in ...more
  • Taikan Yoho

    12. Taikan Yoho

    Japanese Drama - 2023, 8 episodes
    7.8
    3,276 points by 34 voters
    Popular handsome man and weather forecaster Segasaki is actually a tyrant at home. Yoh, an ero-manga artist in a tight spot knows this very well. This is because the two of them ...more
  • Old Fashion Cupcake

    13. Old Fashion Cupcake

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 5 episodes
    8.0
    2,959 points by 31 voters
    Sleep, wake, and work — sum up the day-to-day life of 39-year-old, Nozue. A routine that eases him and conversely weighs heavily on him — which worries the hard-eyed but reliable Togawa, ...more
  • 3 Nen A Gumi: Ima kara Mina-san wa, Hitojichi Desu

    14. 3 Nen A Gumi: Ima kara Mina-san wa, Hitojichi Desu

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
    8.6
    2,714 points by 29 voters
    With graduation 10 days away, homeroom teacher Hiiragi gathers all 29 students of class 3-A and proclaims them as his hostages. His last lesson regards the death of a student that passed ...more
  • Mystery to Iunakare

    15. Mystery to Iunakare

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
    8.7
    2,654 points by 28 voters
    Totono Kuno is a university student. He has curly hair, which he has a complex about. He doesn't have any friends or a girlfriend. His memory and observation skills are very good, ...more
  • Todome no Kiss

    16. Todome no Kiss

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
    8.2
    2,641 points by 28 voters
    Dojima Otaro works as a popular host. Because of a past incident, he believes that love makes people unhappy. He now only pursues money and power. A mysterious woman appears in front ...more
  • Itazura na Kiss: Love in Tokyo

    17. Itazura na Kiss: Love in Tokyo

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 16 episodes
    7.9
    2,548 points by 27 voters
    At a high school entrance ceremony, high school student Aihara Kotoko, who isn't that smart, notices the pretty boy Irie Naoki. She falls in love with him immediately. Kotoko initially doesn't express ...more
  • 1 Litre no Namida

    18. 1 Litre no Namida

    Japanese Drama - 2005, 11 episodes
    9.0
    2,352 points by 25 voters
    15-year-old Ikeuchi Aya is an ordinary girl, the daughter of a family who works at a tofu shop, and a soon-to-be high schooler. However, odd things have been happening to Aya lately. ...more
  • Bokura no Shokutaku

    19. Bokura no Shokutaku

    Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
    8.3
    2,295 points by 25 voters
    Eating around other people is a struggle for salaryman Yutaka, despite his talent for cooking. All that changes when he meets Minoru and Tane—two brothers, many years apart in age—who ask him ...more
  • Ousama ni Sasagu Kusuriyubi

    20. Ousama ni Sasagu Kusuriyubi

    Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
    7.9
    2,224 points by 24 voters
    Haneda Ayaka is a young lady whose doll-like beauty has unfortunately caused problems for her in every workplace she lands herself into. Even in her latest job as a marriage planner in ...more
  • Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyoshi

    21. Tsuiraku JK to Haijin Kyoshi

    Japanese Drama - 2023, 9 episodes
    8.2
    2,181 points by 23 voters
    Following a failed confession to her first love, female high school student Mikoto Ochiai contemplates jumping off the roof of the school building. However, her thoughts are interrupted by the arrival of ...more
  • Hana Yori Dango

    22. Hana Yori Dango

    Japanese Drama - 2005, 9 episodes
    8.2
    2,096 points by 22 voters
    Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, a school for the ridiculously rich and privileged. Eitoku Gakuen is ruled by the Flower 4, otherwise known as the F4, a ...more
  • Kikazaru Koi ni wa Riyuu ga Atte

    23. Kikazaru Koi ni wa Riyuu ga Atte

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
    8.2
    1,951 points by 21 voters
    Mashiba Kurumi works as a publicist for "el Arco Iris," an interior design company becoming popular with young people on social media. She's a fashionista who cares a lot about her appearance ...more
  • Chugakusei Nikki

    24. Chugakusei Nikki

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 11 episodes
    8.0
    1,948 points by 21 voters
    This is a love story between Akira Kuroiwa, a 15-year-old boy who knows nothing of love, and Hijiri Suenaga, his new 25-year-old homeroom teacher. One fated summer, Akira begins to realize he ...more
  • Ouroboros

    25. Ouroboros

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 10 episodes
    8.5
    1,882 points by 20 voters
    Ryuzaki Ikuo and Danno Tatsuya are orphans who grew up in an orphanage called Mahoroba no Ie. When they were elementary school students, an orphanage staff, who took care of them like ...more
  • Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu

    26. Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu

    Japanese Drama - 2016, 11 episodes
    8.1
    1,803 points by 19 voters
    25-year-old Moriyama Mikuri graduated but had no job offers. She became a temporary employee but was even laid off. So while she is taking a break right now, Mikuri feels unwanted and ...more
  • Yugure ni, Te wo Tsunagu

    27. Yugure ni, Te wo Tsunagu

    Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
    8.2
    1,783 points by 19 voters
    Asagi Soramame grew up in a remote countryside of Kyushu, Japan. She is an energetic and bright person. She followed her fiancé, who was also a childhood friend, to Tokyo. She had ...more
  • Eien no Kino

    28. Eien no Kino

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
    8.1
    1,742 points by 19 voters
    Koichi is cheerful and popular in the class. Mitsuru is talented and not good at socializing. The two high school students are strongly attracted to each other due to their opposite personalities. ...more
  • Shanai Marriage Honey

    29. Shanai Marriage Honey

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 7 episodes
    8.0
    1,645 points by 18 voters
    Miura Manatsu is a young office worker who finds himself in a quandary: His mother is suffering from ill-health, and he believes that getting married will be a good way to bring ...more
  • Koi Desu: Yankee-kun to Hakujou Garu

    30. Koi Desu: Yankee-kun to Hakujou Garu

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
    8.3
    1,530 points by 17 voters
    Akaza Yukiko attends a high school for blind. She has amblyopia, which causes her to recognize colors only vaguely and she can recognize large letters with a magnifying glass. When she walks ...more
  • Hanazakari no Kimitachi e

    31. Hanazakari no Kimitachi e

    Japanese Drama - 2007, 12 episodes
    8.2
    1,390 points by 15 voters
    This hilarious comedy follows the chaos, troubles, and friendship at a boys' boarding school after a girl disguised as a boy joins. Ashiya Mizuki has just come back to Japan from California ...more
  • Brush Up Life

    32. Brush Up Life

    Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
    8.6
    1,299 points by 14 voters
    A comedy focusing on Kondo Asami, a 33-year-old single woman who lives with her parents and works at the local city hall, and suddenly finds herself starting her life over from scratch. ...more
  • Death Note

    33. Death Note

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 11 episodes
    7.9
    1,239 points by 13 voters
    Light Yagami is an ordinary university student. One day, he receives a Death Note which changes his life. The Death Note awakens his warped sense of justice and genius. He becomes murderer ...more
  • Liar Game

    34. Liar Game

    Japanese Drama - 2007, 11 episodes
    8.3
    1,197 points by 13 voters
    Kanzaki Nao is an honest college student who receives a hundred million yen one day, along with a card saying she has been chosen to take part in the "Liar Game". The ...more
  • Utsukushii Kare Season 2

    35. Utsukushii Kare Season 2

    Japanese Drama - 2023, 4 episodes
    8.0
    1,164 points by 13 voters
    Having overcome the obstacles that stood between them in high school, Kazunari Hira and Sou Kiyoi are now dating and even living together. Hira is now in his fourth and final year ...more
  • My Beautiful Man: Eternal

    36. My Beautiful Man: Eternal

    Japanese Movie - 2023
    8.2
    1,158 points by 13 voters
    The quiet, friendless "loner" at the bottom of the class falls in love at first sight with the overwhelmingly beautiful, ruthless and popular "King" Kiyoi. After graduating from high school and going ...more
  • Unnatural

    37. Unnatural

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
    8.7
    1,113 points by 12 voters
    Unnatural is a case-of-the-week medical mystery show; its main theme is the change of reality brought upon by imminent death of a loved one. Mystery and exhilarating human drama unfold against the ...more
  • Animals

    38. Animals

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
    7.9
    1,106 points by 12 voters
    Shikamori Umi is an overwhelmed office worker. Her boss always pushes Umi to the limits saying that she is essential to the company, and makes her not able to get enough sleep ...more
  • Nobuta wo Produce

    39. Nobuta wo Produce

    Japanese Drama - 2005, 10 episodes
    7.8
    1,096 points by 12 voters
    Shuji Kiritani is one of the most popular guys in his school. He pretends to care for all of his classmates, but deep down, is quiet and doesn't open up to others. ...more
  • Hoshi Furu Yoru ni

    40. Hoshi Furu Yoru ni

    Japanese Drama - 2023, 9 episodes
    8.2
    1,089 points by 12 voters
    Yukimiya Suzu, a 35-year-old gynecologist, feels emotionally drained by her life in a peaceful seaside town. The demanding and stifling society has left her unable to open up to anyone, despite her ...more
  • Kahogo no Kahoko

    41. Kahogo no Kahoko

    Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
    8.0
    1,089 points by 12 voters
    Nemoto Kahoko is a naive 21-year-old university student. She relies on her mother, Izumi, for everything in her life. Her mother wakes her up everyday and picks up her clothes, while Kahoko ...more
  • Juhan Shuttai!

    42. Juhan Shuttai!

    Japanese Drama - 2016, 10 episodes
    8.4
    1,086 points by 12 voters
    Kokoro Kurosawa used to be a contender for the Olympic Judo Team, but she had to give up on her dream due to an injury. In the end, she ends up working ...more
  • Jimi ni Sugoi! Koetsu Garu Kono Etsuko

    43. Jimi ni Sugoi! Koetsu Garu Kono Etsuko

    Japanese Drama - 2016, 10 episodes
    8.1
    1,030 points by 11 voters
    Kono Etsuko joins a publishing company with her sights set on becoming a fashion editor. But she is assigned to the very unglamorous proofreading department, which examines and fixes errors in manuscripts. ...more
  • Long Vacation

    44. Long Vacation

    Japanese Drama - 1996, 11 episodes
    8.2
    1,028 points by 11 voters
    Sena is a college music graduate who dreams of becoming a professional musician and a world-class pianist. Unfortunately, he has not been able to find any breakthrough opportunities and has to settle ...more
  • Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai VS Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko

    45. Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai VS Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko

    Japanese Special - 2021, 1 episode
    7.6
    965 points by 11 voters
    It suddenly dawns on Mob that he lives in a BL world! He likes girls, so he must turn down any hot guys who approach him. But since it is their world, ...more
  • Gannibal

    46. Gannibal

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 7 episodes
    8.3
    917 points by 10 voters
    When police officer Agawa Daigo, is posted to a remote village in the Japanese countryside, he comes to the terrifying realization that something is wrong with the village and the people who ...more
  • Shizuka-chan to Papa

    47. Shizuka-chan to Papa

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
    8.0
    907 points by 10 voters
    Shizuka lives with her deaf father, Junsuke, who owns a photo studio in a local shopping district. Her mother, also deaf, passed away when she was young, making Shizuka her father's communication ...more
  • Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto

    48. Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto

    Japanese Drama - 2016, 10 episodes
    8.0
    820 points by 9 voters
    Sakurai Misaki is a pastry chef who dreams of someday working for a renowned Patisserie overseas; she has prioritised work to the extent that she has forgotten how to kiss. When she ...more
  • Koisenu Futari

    49. Koisenu Futari

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
    8.1
    812 points by 9 voters
    About two people who are aromantic and asexual and begin living together. Sakuko finds it difficult to live in a society which operates under the assumption that people will fall in love ...more
  • Quartet

    50. Quartet

    Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
    8.2
    810 points by 9 voters
    Maki Maki, Sebuki Suzume, Beppu Tsukasa, and Iemori Yutaka happen to meet and form a quartet. They even begin to live together in Karuizawa during the winter, but there is a big ...more
  • Renai Mangaka

    51. Renai Mangaka

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 11 episodes
    7.8
    808 points by 9 voters
    Karibe Seiichiro is a genius manga artist who is not good at socializing. He rarely goes out and has an unusual way of thinking. One day, Seiichiro meets his late-brother's former girlfriend ...more
  • Fight Song

    52. Fight Song

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 10 episodes
    7.9
    793 points by 9 voters
    Kisara Hanae, a girl who retired from karate due to an accidental injury and was at the lowest point of her life. She meets Ashida Haruki, the songwriter of a song she ...more
  • Ossan's Love

    53. Ossan's Love

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 7 episodes
    7.6
    790 points by 9 voters
    Haruta Soichi is a 33-years-old single man who isn't popular with women. He works at a real estate office and lives with his parents. However, one day, his mother walks away from ...more
  • Kanojo wa Kirei datta

    54. Kanojo wa Kirei datta

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
    8.0
    780 points by 9 voters
    Hasebe Sosuke is the deputy editor-in-chief of the Japanese edition of the fashion magazine, 'The Most' a worldwide publication. He is an unfriendly and cold rationalist transferred from New York to complete ...more
  • Seven Days: Monday - Thursday

    55. Seven Days: Monday - Thursday

    Japanese Movie - 2015
    7.7
    749 points by 9 voters
    Bright and early one Monday morning, two popular boys, Shino Yuzuru and Seiryo Toji, run into each other at the school gate. Shino is famed for having a beautiful face but never ...more
  • Minato Shouji Coin Laundry

    56. Minato Shouji Coin Laundry

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 12 episodes
    7.6
    733 points by 8 voters
    After bailing out of a grinding office job in Tokyo, 29-year-old Minato Akira has returned to his hometown and taken over his grandfather's laundromat. The laundromat is a popular meeting point for ...more
  • Kabe Sa Doujin Sakka no Neko Yashiki-kun wa Shouninyokkyuu wo Kojiraseteiru

    57. Kabe Sa Doujin Sakka no Neko Yashiki-kun wa Shouninyokkyuu wo Kojiraseteiru

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
    7.4
    730 points by 8 voters
    For Mamoru Nekoyashiki, a doujinshi artist, the only thing that satisfies his need for approval is to sell his original BL manga at the popular Kabesa section (a section for popular doujinshi ...more
  • 5-ji Kara 9-ji Made

    58. 5-ji Kara 9-ji Made

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 10 episodes
    7.8
    722 points by 8 voters
    Sakuraba Junko, an English language school teacher, has had no boyfriend even before her 29th birthday and dreams of working in New York. But one day, she encounters a handsome monk in ...more
  • Ishiko to Haneo: Sonna Koto de Uttaemasu?

    59. Ishiko to Haneo: Sonna Koto de Uttaemasu?

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 10 episodes
    8.0
    720 points by 8 voters
    Called Ishiko because she is obstinate, 28-year-old Ishida Shoko graduated at the top of her class at Tokyo University’s law faculty but has failed the bar exam four times. Although she tells ...more
  • Algernon ni Hanataba wo

    60. Algernon ni Hanataba wo

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 10 episodes
    8.1
    715 points by 8 voters
    Shiratori Sakuto is 28, but has the intelligence of a 6-year-old boy. He works for Dream Flower Service, a flower distribution centre which provides employment for problem youth. One day, he and ...more
  • Marry Me!

    61. Marry Me!

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
    7.9
    714 points by 8 voters
    The story follows 28-year-old civil servant Akiyasu Shin as he's chosen to take part in a new government program under the so-called "NEET protection law". This project pairs government employees with NEETs ...more
  • Neechan no Koibito

    62. Neechan no Koibito

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 9 episodes
    8.1
    710 points by 8 voters
    When Momoko Adachi was in high school, her parents died in an accident. She was left with her 3 younger siblings. To support her family, Momoko Adachi gave up on going to ...more
  • Kimi wa Petto

    63. Kimi wa Petto

    Japanese Drama - 2003, 10 episodes
    7.7
    676 points by 8 voters
    In education, career, and appearance... Sumire is perfect, too perfect for even her boyfriend, who summarily dumps her. Also sexually harassed at work, Sumire takes matters into her own hands. Returning home ...more
  • Seirei no Moribito

    64. Seirei no Moribito

    Japanese Drama - 2016, 4 episodes
    7.8
    631 points by 7 voters
    Balsa is a 30-year-old female bodyguard-for-hire. Her life changes when she saves Imperial Prince Chagum, who is being carried away by a raging river. They then attempt to return the great egg ...more
  • Kurosagi

    65. Kurosagi

    Japanese Drama - 2006, 11 episodes
    7.7
    620 points by 7 voters
    Kurosaki, A.K.A. Kurosagi, is a crook who targets professional crooks. He defrauds money and gives it to the victims; he never keeps it for himself. His father was once set up by ...more
  • Iribito

    66. Iribito

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 5 episodes
    7.8
    619 points by 7 voters
    Naho is the deputy curator of the art gallery established by her grandfather, an avid art collector. Naho's husband is the managing director at a different art gallery in Ginza which his ...more
  • Mother

    67. Mother

    Japanese Drama - 2010, 11 episodes
    8.6
    618 points by 7 voters
    Elementary school teacher Suzuhara Nao decides to abduct Michiki Rena, one of her female students, after discovering that she is being abused by her mother. Fleeing Hokkaido to Tokyo, the two experience ...more
  • Gokushufudo

    68. Gokushufudo

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
    8.2
    615 points by 7 voters
    Immortal Tatsu the legendary yakuza who single-handedly defeated a rival gang with a lead pipe, is a name known to strike fear in both hardened police officers and vicious criminals. Soon after ...more
  • Good Morning Call

    69. Good Morning Call

    Japanese Drama - 2016, 17 episodes
    7.4
    582 points by 7 voters
    Yoshikawa Nao stays behind to live by herself when her parents leave to inherit her grandpa's farm in the country. On the day she moves into her new apartment, she discovers that ...more
  • The Novelist

    70. The Novelist

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 6 episodes
    7.1
    573 points by 7 voters
    Kuzumi Haruhiko is a university student. One day, he causes a bicycle accident. The accident causes novelist Kijima Rio to break his arm. Kuzumi doesn't have insurance or money to pay Kijima ...more
  • BORDER

    71. BORDER

    Japanese Drama - 2014, 9 episodes
    8.1
    550 points by 6 voters
    Ango Ishikawa is a detective with smarts and a keen sense of observation. He's in a great physical shape and also highly ambitious. Ango also only focuses on his work and his ...more
  • Koizora

    72. Koizora

    Japanese Drama - 2008, 6 episodes
    7.9
    544 points by 6 voters
    An ordinary senior high school girl named Mika meets Hiro, a showy boy with dyed hair and pierced ears. It is a “pure love” story of the two going through many unimaginably ...more
  • Kyo Kara Ore wa!!

    73. Kyo Kara Ore wa!!

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
    8.5
    542 points by 6 voters
    Two transfer students, Mitsuhashi Takashi and Itou Shinji, tired of their boring normal life and unpopularity decide to take their arrival at a new school as an opportunity to reinvent their image, ...more
  • Kimi wa Petto

    74. Kimi wa Petto

    Japanese Drama - 2017, 16 episodes
    7.7
    472 points by 6 voters
    29-year-old Iwaya Sumire has had a bad day. Make that the worst of all bad days. She has been dumped by her boyfriend of 5 years when she was anticipating a marriage ...more
  • Black Cinderella

    75. Black Cinderella

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 8 episodes
    7.7
    463 points by 6 voters
    Kamiya Manaha is a girl with little self-confidence. Her childhood dream was to enter the Miss Seiran Contest, a beauty pageant for high-school students. Despite seeing herself as an ordinary girl, she ...more
  • Atashinchi no Danshi

    76. Atashinchi no Danshi

    Japanese Drama - 2009, 11 episodes
    7.7
    463 points by 5 voters
    These days, the term "homeless" has taken on new meaning. There are youths referred to as "net cafe refugees", who have neither a job nor a place to live, but who find ...more
  • Pride

    77. Pride

    Japanese Drama - 2004, 11 episodes
    8.3
    458 points by 5 voters
    Haru is the captain and star player of an ice hockey team, who is greatly respected by his teammates. For him, hockey is serious business that fully occupies his mind, while he ...more
  • Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai

    78. Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 4 episodes
    7.6
    457 points by 6 voters
    Childhood friends Nagase Yuma and Asakura Sakura have been together through elementary school, junior high school, and high school. Sakura has always felt something for Yuma that he could never say to ...more
  • Fukou-kun wa Kiss Suru Shikanai!

    79. Fukou-kun wa Kiss Suru Shikanai!

    Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
    7.6
    457 points by 6 voters
    Fukuhara Kota is a university student who has unnaturally bad luck that plagues him everywhere he goes. Embarrassment at his continual comical misfortunes inhibits him from making friends. One day he is ...more
  • Nagi no Oitoma

    80. Nagi no Oitoma

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
    8.2
    445 points by 5 voters
    28-year-old Oshima Nagi works for a home appliance manufacturer in Tokyo. She conforms to her surroundings as she constantly gauges people’s moods. Because of that, her goal is to pass each day ...more
  • Kaidan Botan Doro: Beauty & Fear

    81. Kaidan Botan Doro: Beauty & Fear

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 4 episodes
    7.8
    380 points by 4 voters
    The ghost of Otsuyu, a beautiful lady who died pining for love, visits her beloved Hagiwara Shinzaburo every night. The personalities and desires of Otsuyu's father Iijima Heizaemon the loyal Kurokawa Kosuke ...more
  • MIU 404

    82. MIU 404

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 11 episodes
    8.5
    376 points by 5 voters
    The Mobile Investigative Unit (known as "MIU") of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department attempts to solve cases within 24 hours. Detective Shima Kazumi is selected as a new member of MIU. He ...more
  • Kareshi wo Loan de Kaimashita

    83. Kareshi wo Loan de Kaimashita

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 8 episodes
    5.9
    376 points by 5 voters
    Ukishima Tae works at the front desk for a company. Her dream is to marry a competent man and live as a housewife. Her boyfriend is Shiraishi Shunpei and he works at ...more
  • anone

    84. anone

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
    7.9
    369 points by 5 voters
    The story begins with a girl who has no family, strayed from the right path and lost her perspective in life, meeting a much older woman. Both of them were deceived, betrayed ...more
  • Mondai no Aru Restaurant

    85. Mondai no Aru Restaurant

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 10 episodes
    8.1
    366 points by 5 voters
    Tanaka Tamako had been working for a male-dominated restaurant business but was betrayed by her boyfriend who was hired as the chef. In addition, she is taken to the police as a ...more
  • Okaeri Mone

    86. Okaeri Mone

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 120 episodes
    8.1
    292 points by 4 voters
    Momone Nagaura lives with her parents, grandfather and younger sister on an island in Kesennuma Bay, Miyagi Prefecture. In the spring of 2014, Momone Nagaura graduates from high school and moves to ...more
  • Hirugao

    87. Hirugao

    Japanese Drama - 2014, 11 episodes
    7.8
    290 points by 4 voters
    Housewife Sasamoto Sawa works as a part-time supermarket cashier. One afternoon, she unconsciously pickpockets a lipstick at the supermarket. Takigawa Rikako sees a part of this. What she proposes is Sawa's assistance ...more
  • Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku

    88. Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 10 episodes
    8.2
    290 points by 4 voters
    Okitegami Kyoko is a beautiful private detective who has a deep love for money. She is also known as the Forgetful Detective. Her memory is reset when she sleeps at night, which ...more
  • Asa ga Kita

    89. Asa ga Kita

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 156 episodes
    8.3
    290 points by 4 voters
    In the late Tokugawa Shogunate, Asa was born as the second daughter of a wealthy merchant in Kyoto, Japan. Later, in Osaka, Asa entered various business fields like coal mines, banks, life ...more
  • Ima kara Anata wo Kyouhaku Shimasu

    90. Ima kara Anata wo Kyouhaku Shimasu

    Japanese Drama - 2017, 9 episodes
    7.5
    287 points by 4 voters
    Handsome Senkawa Kanji is a dangerous intimidator who will solve cases which the police and investigators are unable to by finding people’s weaknesses and manipulating them with threatening words. Kanesaka Mio, a ...more
  • Mare

    91. Mare

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 156 episodes
    8.1
    285 points by 4 voters
    Mare is an elementary school student. She lives with her family in the city, but, right before her father goes bankrupt, they run away and settle down at a fishing village in ...more
  • From Me to You

    92. From Me to You

    Japanese Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
    7.7
    277 points by 4 voters
    Well-meaning but socially awkward, Kuronuma Sawako is nicknamed "Sadako" by her high school classmates because of her similar hair style with the main character from the horror movie "Ring." She doesn't have ...more
  • Perfect World

    93. Perfect World

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
    8.0
    275 points by 4 voters
    Architect Ayukawa Itsuki is paralyzed from the waist down. Although he was the ace of the basketball team back in high school, he injured his spinal cord in an accident while in ...more
  • Shinya Shokudo

    94. Shinya Shokudo

    Japanese Drama - 2009, 10 episodes
    8.3
    275 points by 4 voters
    Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the ...more
  • Blue Birthday

    95. Blue Birthday

    Japanese Drama - 2023, 10 episodes
    7.4
    273 points by 3 voters
    On her 17th birthday, Ozaki Karin suddenly lost her childhood friend and first love, Soma Jun. Ten years later, on her 27th birthday, Karin happens to find a film camera left behind ...more
  • Ashi Girl

    96. Ashi Girl

    Japanese Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
    7.9
    272 points by 3 voters
    Hayakawa Yui is a 16-year-old girl whose only strong point is her ability to run fast. When her reclusive but genius younger brother invents a time machine, she accidentally gets sent to ...more
  • Woman

    97. Woman

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 11 episodes
    8.2
    266 points by 3 voters
    After unexpectedly losing her husband Shin, Koharu works hard to provide for her two children, Nozomi and Riku, despite facing financial hardships. When denied assistance at the social welfare office, Koharu reveals ...more
  • Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu

    98. Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
    7.5
    258 points by 4 voters
    Follows the sexual lives of five people who work at the same CG production company, Studio Delta. Omori Momoe is 27 years old and single but has intimate relationships with five male ...more
  • Majo no Jouken

    99. Majo no Jouken

    Japanese Drama - 1999, 11 episodes
    7.6
    257 points by 3 voters
    Michi, a 26-year-old high school math teacher, tentatively accepts her boyfriend's proposal of marriage, uncertain of her love for him, but feeling pressure from her father and society to do what is ...more
  • Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi

    100. Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi

    Japanese Drama - 2002, 11 episodes
    7.8
    198 points by 2 voters
    The story opens after a young female student kills herself by jumping off a balcony. It's soon discovered that she was, in fact, stabbed, and the room was arranged to make it ...more

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