Japanese Dramas to watch PTW pt. 1

Part 1 of the Japanese Dramas I want to watch in 2022. 

You can vote by January 1st. The top 20 dramas will be watched in 2022. 

Completed: Given, Higanabana: Keishicho Sosa Nana ka, Keita Hatsukoi and Muchuu-sa, Kimi ni

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  • Boku Dake ga Inai Machi

    1. Boku Dake ga Inai Machi

    Japanese Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
    8.4
    290 points by 3 voters
    Fujinuma Satoru is an aspiring manga artist who has the ability to travel back in time moments before a life-threatening incident, in which he is able to prevent those from happening. When ...more
  • BORDER

    2. BORDER

    Japanese Drama - 2014, 9 episodes
    8.1
    285 points by 3 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
  • 1 Pound no Fukuin

    3. 1 Pound no Fukuin

    Japanese Drama - 2008, 9 episodes
    7.3
    200 points by 2 voters
    Hatanaka Kosaku is a talented boxer who turned pro at the age of 19, winning his debut match with a first-round KO. He is talented, but he has no guts. His uncontrollable ...more
  • 100-manen no Onna-tachi

    4. 100-manen no Onna-tachi

    Japanese Drama - 2017, 12 episodes
    8.0
    198 points by 2 voters
    Michima Shin is a 30-years-old lonely and unpopular novelist who lives alone in a big house. Shin's father is a convicted murderer, awaiting capital punishment, who killed 3 people, including his wife, ...more
  • 70-Sai, Hajimete Umimasu Sebuntiuizan

    5. 70-Sai, Hajimete Umimasu Sebuntiuizan

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
    8.2
    196 points by 2 voters
    A 65-year-old salaryman Etsuki Tomokazu who is approaching retirement, comes home one day to hear a shocking declaration from his wife Yuko who is near 70, “I’m pregnant!” The couple struggle with ...more
  • Ashita, Mama ga Inai

    6. Ashita, Mama ga Inai

    Japanese Drama - 2014, 9 episodes
    8.2
    194 points by 2 voters
    Maki’s mother commits assault and Maki is temporarily placed in the children’s orphanage, Kogamo no Ie. Post is a young girl who reigns as the leader at Kogamo no Ie. While she ...more
  • Bloody Monday Season 2

    7. Bloody Monday Season 2

    Japanese Drama - 2010, 9 episodes
    8.3
    192 points by 2 voters
    Two years have passed since the world’s most heinous act of biological terror took place. Japan is threatened anew by an unfolding and sinister plot to destroy Tokyo with a nuclear device. ...more
  • Boku Dake ga 17-sai no Sekai de

    8. Boku Dake ga 17-sai no Sekai de

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
    8.0
    188 points by 2 voters
    Childhood friends Kota and Mei were third-year students in high school when Kota suddenly died.  Seven years later, Mei returns to her hometown and visits a place with mid-winter cherry blossom trees ...more
  • Byakuyako

    9. Byakuyako

    Japanese Drama - 2006, 11 episodes
    8.0
    185 points by 2 voters
    When Ryoji finds out that the object of his father's perversion is his first love, Yukiho, he kills him. To his horror, Yukiho's mother forced her to do so to relieve their ...more
  • Chocolate War

    10. Chocolate War

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
    7.1
    182 points by 2 voters
    An incident occurred on Valentine's Day when a student died due to poisoned chocolate. The teacher, Nishina , who is cold and ridiculed by students, tries to unravel the truth.
  • Byoshitsu de Nembutsu wo Tonaenaide Kudasai

    11. Byoshitsu de Nembutsu wo Tonaenaide Kudasai

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
    7.5
    180 points by 2 voters
    Matsumoto Shouen entered monkhood because he could not rescue his childhood friend who was drowning right in front of him when he was a kid. Wanting to save the lives of the ...more
  • Chugakusei Nikki

    12. Chugakusei Nikki

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 11 episodes
    8.0
    178 points by 2 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
  • Dear Sister

    13. Dear Sister

    Japanese Drama - 2014, 10 episodes
    8.2
    176 points by 2 voters
    27-year-old Fukazawa Misaki and 29-year-old Hazuki are sisters who are polar opposites in both lifestyle and personality. Although they would hurt each other's feelings, they would also make up for each other’s ...more
  • Dying Eye

    14. Dying Eye

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
    7.1
    174 points by 2 voters
    One night, Amemura Shinsuke, a bartender at a Nishi Azabu bar in Tokyo, is attacked by a male stranger and loses a part of his memories. However, he soon learns that he ...more
  • Given

    15. Given

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes
    7.4
    171 points by 2 voters
    Tightly clutching his Gibson guitar, Sato Mafuyu steps out of his dark apartment to begin another day of his high school life. While taking a nap in a quiet spot on the ...more
  • Fujoshi, Ukkari Gei ni Kokuru

    16. Fujoshi, Ukkari Gei ni Kokuru

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 8 episodes
    7.8
    171 points by 2 voters
    Jun is an 18-year-old high school student. He hides the fact that he is gay from his mother and other people. Miura-san is a classmate of Jun. She likes reading books about ...more
  • Good Life - Arigatou, Papa. Sayonara

    17. Good Life - Arigatou, Papa. Sayonara

    Japanese Drama - 2011, 11 episodes
    8.0
    168 points by 2 voters
    It has already been adapted as a television drama and a stage play in that country. On February 4, Shogakukan is publishing the book in Japan under the title "Good Life" Sorimachi ...more
  • Guilty: Kono Koi wa Tsumi Desuka

    18. Guilty: Kono Koi wa Tsumi Desuka

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
    7.1
    166 points by 2 voters
    Sayaka Ogino is an honest and sincere person. She enjoys her job as an editor at a women's fashion magazine, where she has found success. Kazuma, her partner of six years, works ...more
  • Higanbana: Keishicho Sosa Nana ka

    19. Higanbana: Keishicho Sosa Nana ka

    Japanese Drama - 2016, 10 episodes
    7.6
    164 points by 2 voters
    Nagisa Kinomiya is a detective for the 7 Investigation Division. The team consists of female detectives who seek out female criminals and help female victims. Nagisa Kinomiya has a special ability to ...more
  • His - Koisuru Tsumori Nante Nakatta

    20. His - Koisuru Tsumori Nante Nakatta

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 5 episodes
    7.8
    162 points by 2 voters
    Nagisa is 17 years old and is in his second year of high school. He is apart from his parents and lives alone in the seaside town of Fujisawa in Kanagawa. He ...more
  • Idaten

    21. Idaten

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 47 episodes
    8.1
    160 points by 2 voters
    Follow up the story of 52 years and covers three editions of 1912 Stockholm Olympics, 1936 Berlin Olympics and 1964 Tokyo Olympics where it features the two lead characters Kanakuri Shisou as ...more
  • Iine! Hikaru Genji-kun

    22. Iine! Hikaru Genji-kun

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 8 episodes
    7.2
    158 points by 2 voters
    Fujiwara Saori comes home from the office one weekend and is dozing off after lighting some incense set that she bought in Bali to relax when a man wearing an ancient outfit ...more
  • Kare ga Boku ni Koishita Wake

    23. Kare ga Boku ni Koishita Wake

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 4 episodes
    6.3
    156 points by 2 voters
    Two teachers work together at the same high school. Hikawa Toru is a methodical but naive elite graduate from the University of Tokyo while Akagi Masashi is a physical education teacher who ...more
  • Kazoku Game

    24. Kazoku Game

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 10 episodes
    8.6
    154 points by 2 voters
    The story revolves around an eccentric home tutor named Yoshimoto, who is hired to teach the second son of the Numata family. While being tossed around by the weird and unconventional home ...more
  • Kieta Hatsukoi

    25. Kieta Hatsukoi

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
    8.3
    152 points by 2 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
  • Last Friends

    26. Last Friends

    Japanese Drama - 2008, 11 episodes
    7.9
    150 points by 2 voters
    It tackles issues that afflict the current generation. Michiru's mother has brought a man back to their home, and she is bullied at her workplace, where she works as a beauty parlour ...more
  • Love and Fortune

    27. Love and Fortune

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 12 episodes
    7.0
    148 points by 2 voters
    Frustrated by life with her boyfriend, thirty-something Wako can't stop herself from being interested in high schooler Yumeaki, despite the age gap. (Source: Netflix) ~~ Adapted from the manga "Koi no Tsuki" ...more
  • Muchuu-sa, Kimi ni

    28. Muchuu-sa, Kimi ni

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 5 episodes
    7.8
    146 points by 2 voters
    Not exactly your normal, everyday, run-of-the-mill high school student, Hayashi Miyoshi marches to his own beat. Frank, guileless, and full of quirks, Hayashi has a knack for quietly drawing the attention of ...more

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