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1. 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii
Japanese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes581 points by 6 votersAdachi 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 - 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
- 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
- When drug dealers attack feisty college student Yuri at a party, she’s saved by Toshiomi Oya, the young boss of a yakuza syndicate. Despite her obvious attraction to him, she convinces herself ...more
- 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
- 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
- Amaki Rinko is 27-years-old and single. She works as a wedding planner and has been promoted to chief of wedding planners. She is recognized for her excellent work at her job and ...more
- Three unlikely thieves break into a mansion looking for the cash they believe its owner is hiding, only to encounter unexpected complications. (Source: Netflix)
- 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
- Aikawa Kazuki is a university lecturer who teaches ethology, which is the study of animal behaviour. He has just started work as a lecturer at the recommendation of Professor Samejima Shun whom ...more
- The beheaded corpse of a man is found in Tokyo. His body appears to have been cut with an almost impossibly sharp blade. But there is one baffling detail about this case: ...more
- 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
- 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
- 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
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15. Ishiko to Haneo: Sonna Koto de Uttaemasu?
Japanese Drama - 2022, 10 episodes196 points by 2 votersCalled 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 - 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
- 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
- Takarada Takara works for a company. On a rainy day, he walks helplessly without an umbrella. Somehow, he watches a stage play performed by theatrical troupe Eiyu. Takarada Takara becomes touched by ...more
- Asako Yaeshima, a shy accountant at Lilia Drop, finds confidence in her company’s toiletry products, which help manage her chronic sweating and strong body odor. After years of teasing, these products are ...more
- 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
- 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
- Makoto Masaki and Haruko Kogetsu are both single 29 year-olds. Since they were children, they have passed by each other at various places, such as the beach and at shrines. Yet the ...more
- Set in modern-day Japan, “House of Ninjas” tells the story of the Tawara family, the last ninja clan. It had abandoned its roots after an incident in the past, but now the ...more
- 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
- 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
- Tennoji Haru is an excellent communicator. He is loved by all people regardless of age or gender. He appears like an easygoing person, but he is actually ambitious and will do anything ...more
- 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
- In Kyoto, soon after the war, Ichika strives to save her family's long established ryoten restaurant from financial crisis. In order to do so, she marries Yamaguchi Amane, who is 15 years ...more
- Freelance programmer Sakagami Keishi is paralysed in the lower half of his body because of an unknown illness and uses a wheelchair. He sets up a company called dele. LIFE in partnership ...more
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30. Jimi ni Sugoi! Koetsu Garu Kono Etsuko
Japanese Drama - 2016, 10 episodes147 points by 2 votersKono 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 - The first episode will be based on the manga's "Fugo Mura" story, where Rohan is dragged into an incident inside a millionaire's mansion. The second episode will be based on the "Kushagara" ...more
- Kiki Inoue works part-time at a convenience store, spending the better part of her day lazing about or reviewing sweets on her social media account. One day at work, she is introduced ...more
- The drama concerns 14-year-old Miki Ichinose, who becomes pregnant with her boyfriend's child. After struggling with the fact that she is pregnant, she decides that she will keep the baby and raise ...more
- 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
- Shohei Tsubutani spend his days daydreaming based on novels he finds on Twitter. He finds another user with the same passion who he names "my Twitter girlfriend", Itoka Tsuji. One day, she ...more
- Mochizuki Ayako is a 35-year-old detective who works hard to seek justice, but she lacks flexibility. While investigating a murder case, she targets Hidaka Haruto as a murder suspect from her collected ...more
- Yuka Misaki, whose parents run a flower shop, casually begins dating college student Akio Asami, and later falls for him. But due to some type of accident, the two lose contact with ...more
- Shimura Takafumi is a detective, who works under an obsessive level belief that criminals must be punished. He will resort to any means to arrest criminals. Due to his excessive behavior, he ...more
- 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
- The story was one of the best-selling novels of 2007, it revolves around the "red thread of fate" connecting the young pair Mei and Atsushi and the trials they face.
- Soichiro Hibiki is a bartender at a bar in Shonan. He is usually cool and mysterious, but he has a secret he doesn't want people to know: he is a "secret fudanshi ...more
- The story features two people who experience their first love late in life. Maruya Kosuke is a 29-year-old employee in the sales department of a beer company. Thanks to his good looks ...more
- At 14-years-old, Izuna On discovers he and his brother Motoi are both descendents of Tengu (flying goblin-like creatures of Japan folklore). Motoi has wings, which is somewhat rare among Tengu descendants, while ...more
- Naoko Noda, who works in a trading company, is called "anego" by her younger co-workers. What is "anego"? It means "older sister", but in this case, it is given as a nickname ...more
- Cooking is how Nomoto de-stresses, but one day, she finds herself making way more than she can eat by herself. And so she invites her neighbor Kasuga, who also lives alone. What ...more
- 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
- Kakei Shiro, a 45-year-old lawyer, lives with his boyfriend, Yabuki Kenji, a hairdresser. After work, Shiro sticks to a simple routine: he shops for groceries on a budget, then cooks a basic ...more
- 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
- A love story between a 24-year-old office worker who has neither love experience nor communication skills and a 32-year-old female shogi player he meets on his daily commute.
- 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
- A love story between Risa Shiroki and Hiroto Fukami. Twenty year old Risa Shiroki comes to Tokyo from her hometown in the countryside to attend university. Pretty and popular with male students, ...more
- Upon getting thrown out of his girlfriend Fujiko's apartment, Hiromi decides to head for the ocean. En route, he crosses paths with Kaito, an elite employee of a large multinational trading company ...more
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53. Iyashi no Otonari-san ni wa Himitsu ga aru
Japanese Drama - 2023, 13 episodes92 points by 1 votersYomogida Fujiko is an office worker with an academic complex. She works hard and becomes a full-time employee at an insurance company, but because of her diligence, she is unable to refuse ...more - Biblia Second-hand Bookstore has been quietly open for business in some corner of Kamakura. Its owner is Shinokawa Shioriko, a young, pretty but introverted girl who is extremely shy around strangers and ...more
- No hobbies, no friends, no lover. There are a lot of things that Kouki doesn’t have. The story begins when Kouki, an apathetic convenience store worker who struggles to find meaning in ...more
- Rookie detective, Sahara Natsuki, is assigned to the Investigation Division of the Ginza police station. Here he has an unexpected reunion with his father and veteran detective, Akimura Shimao, from whom he ...more
- A heartwarming story between roommates Aki and Haru, two college students who have different personalities and worries but share a love for food. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Aki ...more
- 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
- Kyoichi Suzuki is an average college student in his junior year. Although he's not in one of the top universities, he's satisfied with his college life studying architecture. Kyoichi left home and ...more
- Sasano Kaori and her husband are very close but Kaori starts to notice that her husband has "changed". One day, while talking to her best friend Yuki, Kaori learns that Takuya has ...more
- Akagi Hibiki is a high schooler who takes up a part-time job at an esthetic salon, and is said to have a "god hand" for his superb massaging technique. Romance begins after ...more
- Kanoko Tsukishiro is a 26 year old woman who's never been in love. She works in the editorial department. Saku Kagaya is a popular novelist who can not love. Somehow, they end ...more
- A man killed himself. Due to his death, three of his former classmates from art school, reunite for the first time in a long while. These three people have connections to the ...more
- Kamiya Naoki is a basketball player from a professional basketball team, JC Arcs. However, due to his relatively smaller size and his tendency to crack under pressure, he has been unable to ...more
- 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
- Four female detectives specialize in reopening cold cases. Their limits are put to the test in the face of brutal truths and twisted humanity. Luo Ying Wei is the talkative team lead ...more
- Amano Yashiro has a crush on his best friend, Nanahara Kenta. Yashiro died in a car accident after being rejected by Kenta. However, due to God's favoritism, Yashiro was reborn as a ...more
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68. High&Low: The Story of S.W.O.R.D. Season 2
Japanese Drama - 2016, 10 episodes82 points by 1 votersIn the second season, the mysterious team “Mighty Warriors”, that made its appearance in the last episode of the first season, finally starts to move, dragging all the teams of SWORD in ...more - Yuri Ishikawa and her team try to crack unresolved cold cases in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. (Source: AsianWiki) ~~ Remake of the American TV series "Cold Case" [2003].
- Hayami Honoka works in the sales department for a major consumer electronics company. She is excellent at her job and is respected by her colleagues. She seems like a clean freak at ...more
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71. Cold Case: Shinjitsu no Tobira Season 2
Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes80 points by 1 voters~~ Remake of the American TV series "Cold Case" [2003]. - Hitsujitani Chiharu, after struggling with harassment at her advertising job, quits and joins a temp agency run by her aunt. There, she meets Kurusu Arashi, a respected career adviser known as The ...more
- It is a love story between Takahashi Ryohei, a caring, young yankee who runs a bicycle shop, and Hanno Tomoko, a shy 30-year-old office worker. (Source: Japanese = Natalie.mu || Translation = ...more
- 30-years-old Michiko keeps looking for a job after her previous employer went bankrupt, but she is unable to find work. She still supports her younger boyfriend and her savings is almost gone. ...more
- Two years ago, Noda Tetsuya worked as a doctor. He was a medical intern trained by cardiac surgeon Terashima Koichi. One day, Koichi and his wife were murdered. At that time, Tetsuya ...more
- 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
- Yabushita Yoriko, a 29-year-old economics expert who holds a Masters degree from University of Tokyo and works in the field of macroeconomics research, is rigid and refuses to pander to others. As ...more
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Matsukata Hiroko is a super busy magazine editor. Just like any other 28-year-old woman, she enjoys going on dates with her boyfriend Shinji, whom she has been dating for the past 3 ...more
- 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
- Goro Akechi is a private detective and his office is located near Omotesando in Tokyo. He is a big fan of gourmet food. It's important to Goro Akechi to eat delicious meals ...more
- Ayu, a young prostitute, has lived a meaningless life until she met a young boy named Yoshiyuki. They met when an old lady who taught her the meaning of life passed away, ...more
- 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
- Robot maker, Kronos Heaven, finally develops "Night Tenjo", the perfect male humanoid programmed to be devoted and completely loyal to his lover. The company chooses temp worker Izawa Riiko to take part ...more
- Hirosue Ryoko stars as Chiyo, 20, a department store clerk, whose first encounter with Ryunosuke, 30, a carefree bachelor friend of her sister's, leads to a pregnancy. Although of different worlds, they ...more
- Soma Yui and Torino Naoki were childhood friends, but they met again as adults. Just as he decides to propose to Yui, Naoki suddenly disappears from Yui's sight after being embroiled in ...more
- 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
- Takashiro Naoya is a handsome salaryman who works for a top company. However, he is also a notorious playboy with a bad taste in women. By chance, he ends up becoming the ...more
- Hybrid singer-songwriter Yuri's "Kakurenbo" and "Dried Flower" singing world and the story of the two songs are made into an original drama! It follows Kaoru and Yurika who moved to the apartment ...more
- When her boyfriend was caught cheating on her, Terada Aki moved out of her apartment and into a sharehouse, where she found herself reunited with her first love, Hongyo Tomoya. Hongyo is ...more
- 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
- A psychological drama about unhealthy interpersonal relationships explained often through elaborate flashbacks. Takanako Mayuko, who grew up in an idyllic mansion with the perfect loving family, blames her childhood best friend for ...more
- Due to an event, Kurome Sui has been living as a hikikomori for the past 10 years since the age of 18. However, her life begins to change after she receives an ...more
- 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
- A strong-willed lawyer’s ex-boyfriend recently died, leaving a mysterious will bequeathing his entire fortune to his murderer. (Source: News.yahoo.co.jp)
- With her stern efficiency, Yoshinaga Nao is known as the Ice Iron Lady of the company. One day, she overheard colleagues making a bet with Satomura that he could make Nao fall ...more
- The story of a young, idealistic teacher who enters Shirokin Gakuen in hopes of making a difference in the lives of students. However, Yamaguchi Kumiko is in for a rude awakening when ...more
- 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
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