Asian Drama

~~ Adapted from the picture diary "Tibodase! Tsuzui-san" (とびだせ! つづ井さん) by Tsuzui (つづ井).

Episodes: 12

Aired On: Friday

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Mishima, a student living in a remote countryside, was being bullied by the boys in his class. The reason? Because Mishima “seemed gay.” In reality, Mishima did like men, but he had no way to resist, and secretly dressing up as a woman was his only solace. One day, as Mishima was enjoying his usual alone time on the rooftop, he happened to witness Kirino, the leader of the bullying group, holding the lipstick Mishima thought he had lost. Kirino was secretly trying to apply the lipstick that Mishima had used to his own lips. A youth story that boys who sought a place where they could be their ‘true selves’ somewhere in this world want to convey the most right now. (Source: bltai.com) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Smells Like Green Spirit" (スメルズライクグリーンスピリット) by Nagai Saburo (永井三郎).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Episodes: 8

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

~~ Adapted from the novel "Informa" (インフォーマ) by Okita Garyo (沖田臥竜).

Episodes: 8

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

The newest installment in Fuji TV's "Ooku" series is about the women linked to the Tokugawa shogun line. This time, the focus is on Isonomiya Tomoko and her political marriage to the 10th shogun, Tokugawa Ieharu.

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Thursday

Yowai Konosuke is a psychiatrist and he runs his own small psychiatric clinic in a back alley in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. He listens to his patients carefully and faces their symptoms patiently. He can identify the names of illnesses that other doctors fail to do, and he gives hope to his patients. He has a staff nurse, Amamiya Yuri, who is working in the psychiatry department for the first time. She is fascinated by the depth of the psychiatric treatments administered by Yowai Konosuke, but she is unaware of Yowai Konosuke's own tragic past.

Episodes: 3

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 49 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Okitama Miyabi is the director of Zenryoiki Ijou Kaiketsu Shitsu (known as Zenketsu). The company is the oldest investigation agency that tries to solve mysterious cases. Miyabi exudes an elegant aura and he possesses extraordinary knowledge, memory, and insight. With his abilities, he solves inexplicable abnormal cases that can’t be solved by even cutting-edge scientific investigations. His cases often involve the paranormal and the occult. He visits the scene and investigates in detail, putting all the facts together and deducing a hypothesis that everyone can understand. The words that he speaks are mysterious and he is a person who doesn't show people what he is in his mind.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Wednesday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Onodera Machi, a 27-year-old high school teacher who teaches at her former alma mater, is engaged in calculating love, judging partners by their occupations, annual incomes, and other specs with an eye on marriage. One day, a transfer student, Chiba Yuto, arrives in her class. The handsome high school student is the younger brother of Machi's first love in high school, Chiba Yuichi, and is the spitting image of him in high school! Machi can't take her eyes off Yuto as she sees her first love in a student 10 years younger than her. Meanwhile, she happens to meet her first love, Yuichi, at a drinking party... Yuto, the younger brother, is so sexy that she can't take her eyes off him, you wouldn't believe he's a high school student, and Yuichi, his older brother, is still as good-looking and handsome as he was in high school. A thrilling triangle love story that sways between "instinctive love" and "promised love"! (Source: DramaWiki) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Watashi no Machi no Chiba-kun wa." (私の町の千葉くんは。) by Okamoto Tokasa (おかもととかさ).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Mishima, a student living in a remote countryside, was being bullied by the boys in his class. The reason? Because Mishima “seemed gay.” In reality, Mishima did like men, but he had no way to resist, and secretly dressing up as a woman was his only solace. One day, as Mishima was enjoying his usual alone time on the rooftop, he happened to witness Kirino, the leader of the bullying group, holding the lipstick Mishima thought he had lost. Kirino was secretly trying to apply the lipstick that Mishima had used to his own lips. A youth story that boys who sought a place where they could be their ‘true selves’ somewhere in this world want to convey the most right now. (Source: bltai.com) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Smells Like Green Spirit" (スメルズライクグリーンスピリット) by Nagai Saburo (永井三郎).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

The story depicts the relationship between five female and male college students… and where the main character, Onomura Yuki will look back on precious memories of her past as she enters the workforce.

(Source: Japanese = ABC || Translation = MyDramaList)

Tags: College To Working Life (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 9

Duration: 54 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Sunday

Aired: Oct, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

There is an old, but special hospital in the Kabukicho district of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Because of the surrounding entertainment district, the hospital receives people that are different than the average Japanese person. The patients that visit the hospital include homeless people, foreign residents, hosts, and sex workers. One day, a mysterious woman named Nishi Freeman Yoko appears at the hospital. She is a doctor with a U.S. citizenship and military medical experience from the U.S. She begins to work at the hospital and becomes a presence that brightens up everything around her. Meanwhile, Takamine Toru is a beauty dermatologist, but he studies anesthesia at his uncle’s hospital where Nishi Freeman Yoko begins to work. Takamine Toru dreams of remodeling his uncle's hospital and opening a cosmetic surgery hospital, but, after he meets he meets Nishi Freeman Yoko, his life changes.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Tags: Hospital Setting, Dermatologist Male Lead, Doctor Female Lead, Emergency Service (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Wednesday

Aired: Jul 3, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Saizo Yui is a single, 29-year-old woman who works in the crime laboratory at the Takanashi Police Station as a forensics examiner. She does her job well, due to her excellent memory and analytical mind. She prioritizes efficiency at her work. She also eschews the old-fashioned and traditional ways at the police station, like, working overtime or being liked by colleagues. She does have two close female colleagues at the police station. They are Kira Masumi and Motoyama Iori.

Kira Masumi works as a physician in the medical office and Motoyama Iori works in the traffic department. Every Friday night, these 3 women gather at an izakaya pub and chat about everything including work and relationships. One Friday night, during the course of their normal conversation, they talk about a case that detectives at the police station are having trouble solving. Since then, they have talked about difficult cases and tried to solve the cases using their respective talents.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Thursday

Kannami Ryoko has lived with her father since her mother died when she was young. With her excellent natural talent and obtaining vast knowledge by attending court trials, Ryoka passed the bar exam when she was in her 3rd year of high school. After that, her father suddenly disappeared. Ryoko did not try to find out why her father disappeared, and she didn't enter the law profession. Instead, she lived by herself. By accident, she now decides to work as a lawyer and joins a law firm. As a person who enjoys playing games, she treats each trial like it is a game. She will use any method to win her case and frequently employs unpredictable and unconventional means. She also fearlessly tackles various modern problems and derives her own unique answers.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Monday

The series’ story is set in two time periods, 1995 and 2005, and follows the life, childhood friends and the repercussions of the decisions of a fearsome and peerless Yakuza warrior with a strong sense of justice, duty, and humanity.

(Source: variety.com)

Adapted from the SEGA game franchise “Yakuza Like a Dragon.” [2005].

Co-production with the U.S.A

Tags: Competent Male Lead, 2000s, Determined Male Lead, Skilled Fighter, Organized Crime, Adapted From A Game, Mafia, Miniseries, Street Fight, 1990s (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 6

Country: Japan

Airs On: Friday

Aired: Oct 25, 2024 - Nov 1, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

~~ Adapted from the manga series "Mentsuyu Hitori Meshi" (めんつゆひとり飯) by Setoguchi Mizuki (瀬戸口みづき).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Wednesday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Kagami Rei, a newly assigned teacher to the 3rd year group of students at the private Eto Gakuen, where students with "zero motivation, zero talent, and zero future potential" are gathered. Handsome and mischievous, Mr. Kagami has an unusual teaching style that does not follow the academy's framework. In fact, he is the Chairman of the leading Japanese giant corporation Kagami with almost endless resources. Coming to this place with a hidden identity and grows with his students while facing various problems.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 58 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Spinoff to Sakura no Tou

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Friday

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Nonomiya Kyoko reunites with her relative Gamo Michiru after many years of separation. In the past, the two shared a deadly secret while still at school. For the past 17 years, Kyoko has been avoiding Michiru, but now it seems they are destined to meet.

Michiru takes over the company Kyoko works for, and she opens a counseling service for people who are having problems in life. Honor, wealth, ambition, unrequited love, etc. She ruthlessly manipulates the desires of those who come here and makes them fall into despair.

Kyoko, who is stuck in the position of Accomplice with Michiru, gradually worships that Evil Girl...What will be the fate of these two people linked by crime?

(Source: Japanese = natalie.mu || Translation = MyDramaList)

Adapted from the novel "Warau Shukujo" (嗤う淑女) by Nakayama Shichiri (中山七里).

Tags: Advisor Female Lead, Workplace Setting, Cousins' Relationship, Office Setting, Consultant Female Lead, Detective Supporting Character, Psychological Manipulation, Hidden Past, Secret, Miniseries (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 9

Duration: 55 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: aturday

Aired: Jul 27, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

In the Great East Japan Earthquake, a young girl named Luca loses her family and is left with a disability that prevents her from speaking properly. She can, however, make her voice heard when she sings. When she remembers that her dead sister’s boyfriend is attending a university in Osaka, she travels there only to end up in an orphanage despite the best intentions of the people who care about her. Over time, Luca becomes Kyrie, a singer who sings on the streets. Her old friend Ikko, whom she meets by chance, offers to be her manager. Will Kyrie succeed as a singer with Ikko’s help?

(Source: biff.kr)

Set in the Heian period, Seimei Abe is a young student at Onmyoryo. The school raises students to become an onmyoji, who protect the city from curses and evil spirits. Seimei Abe is well known as a genius in the field of magic. Unlike his fellow students, who all aspire to become an onmyoji, Seimei Abe doesn't have any interest in becoming an onmyoji. One day, he is asked by Noble Hiromasa Minamoto to solve a strange phenomenon that hits royal family member Yoshiko. Seimei Abe and Hiromasa Minamoto work together to unravel the strange phenomenon.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel series "Onmyouji" (陰陽師) by Yumemakura Baku (夢枕獏).

Duration: 1 hr. 52 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

Kawakami Sachi is a normal second-year high school student with a peaceful family. Her parents accepted the love story between Sachi and her childhood friend Tsukishima Takara, and the two spent happy days together even though they went to different schools. Takara is a track and field club member, aiming to enter a prestigious university for track and field.

One day, Sachi noticed something strange with her body and discovered she was pregnant. From here, Sachi and Takara must face the realities of life, grappling with the question of whether they can have and raise children.

(Source: Japanese = natalie.mu || Translation = MyDramaList)

Adapted from the manga series "Ano Ko no Kodomo" (あの子の子ども) by Aoi Mamoru (蒼井まもる)

Tags: Student Supporting Character, Student Female Lead, Student Male Lead, School Setting, Teammates' Relationship, Classmates' Relationship, Caregiver Supporting Character, Housewife/Househusband Supporting Character, Teenager Supporting Character, Teenager Female Lead (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Tuesday

Aired: Jun 25, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Motomiya Mitsuko is a mysterious total coordinator. To get what her client wants, she changes their visuals from head to toe and also their mentality through coaching. Using any means necessary, she always makes her client successful. Her next client is Imai Natsu, who is a single mother with a string of bad luck. Imai Natsu's aim is to become the president of a large company that is run by a family. Meanwhile, Motomiya Mitsuko has a secret.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Story depicts a family whose life changes drastically due to an unforeseen incident.

Episodes: 8

Aired On: Saturday

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

The story follows Miyuki Izawa, a real estate company employee who pursues "how to make the last drink of the day taste better." Until now, she has mainly sourced ingredients for her evening drink at the supermarket Tsur Mart, but this time, she will expand her food source to include shopping districts.

(Source: Japanese = natalie.mu)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 30 min.

Airs On: Saturday

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Asami Sae is a housewife, married to a doctor, and has two daughters. Her family lives within the exclusive SKY CASTLE neighborhood. She works hard to get her eldest daughter into the most prestigious high school, and she will do anything to accomplish that goal. Her neighbors in SKY CASTLE include Minamisawa Izumi, Nikaido Kyoko, and Natsume Misaki. All of these women try to send their children to the same elite high school. They hear that the son of their neighbor, Saejima Kaori, has passed the entrance exam to the high school that they desperately want their children to attend. They are eager to hear from Saejima Kaori on what was used to help her son pass the exam. Saejima Kaori reveals the existence of exam coordinator Kujo Ayaka. Kujo Ayaka only tutors two students a year and charges an extraordinary fee, but she gets her students into any school that they want. She boasts a 100% success rate.

Episodes: 9

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

A drama about the interactions between the owner/chef of a gourmet restaurant that is tucked away in a back alley, and the customers who visit with their various concerns. However, although he is warm-hearted and listens with the intent to help them, he misunderstands their problems and as a result gives misguided advice which confuses his customers…

A variety of mouthwatering dishes are also a highlight of each episode.

Adapted from the manga series "Meshi wo Kurahite Hana to Tsugu" (飯を喰らひて華と告ぐ) by Adachi Wahei (足立和平).

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Tags: Restaurateur Male Lead, Chef Male Lead, Middle-Aged Male Lead, Short Length Series, Miniseries, Misunderstanding, Cooking, Adapted From A Manga (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 12

Aired On: Tuesday

Aired: Jul 9, 2024 - ?

Duration: 12 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Two sisters are engaged in a fierce battle for dominance over happiness; Keiko, a beautiful but ordinary housewife who desires a simple happy life and her younger sister Shiho, who finds the greatest pleasure from seeing Keiko unhappy. The story begins when Keiko begins to suspect her husband of infidelity due to his behavior and actions. Her best friend Yuka's cryptic warning that "The first year of marriage is dangerous" only fuels her doubts. One day, Keiko casually looks at her husband's phone and discovers a message from Yuka. Furthermore, Shiho witnesses a secret meeting between Shinichi and Yuka! Is Yuka the "other woman?!" Shocked by her friend's betrayal, Keiko starts to feel increasingly lonely. However, it turns out the true mastermind is someone else entirely - her sister Shiho had been cheating repeatedly with her husband. With Keiko finding happiness, Shiho's ugly plan to plunge her sister into the depths of despair has begun. It becomes increasingly evident that Keiko's true enemy is her younger sister. What will become of this twisted drama of a messy affair between sisters?

(Source: Drama-Otaku.com)

Adapted from the web manga series "Doka Watashi Yori Fuko de Ite Kudasai" (どうか私より不幸でいて下さい) written by Saimasa (さいマサ) and illustrated by Takeno Takenoko (竹野筍).

Tags: Former Nutritionist Female Lead, Adapted From A Web Manga, Co-workers' Relationship, Banker Supporting Character, Married Supporting Character, Married Female Lead, Housewife Female Lead, Young Adult Female Lead, Sisters' Relationship, Infidelity (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 11

Duration: 30 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Wednesday

Aired: Jul 10, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Sasaoka Rio entered the teaching profession with dreams and hopes cherished in her heart. In her second year as a high school teacher, Rio's days were so stressful that she considered quitting her job.

Still, when Rio vents her complaints on a secret social media account, both venting her anger and being listened to by a gentle boyfriend, she maintains a balance between her natural energy and freshness.

The story unfolds when a third-year class suddenly lacks a homeroom teacher, so Rio is assigned to this position for the first time.

(Source: Japanese = natalie.mu || Translation = MyDramaList)

Tags: Student Supporting Character, School Setting, Classmates' Relationship, Teenager Supporting Character, Teacher Supporting Character, Teacher Female Lead, Miniseries, High School, Student-Teacher Relationship (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Sunday

Aired: Aug 18, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

This drama is adapted from the manga of the same name, and tells the story of Yuya Ishida, a young editor in his 20s, who became the editor of a sports magazine because of his baseball experience, but went to a women's magazine that he was not used to due to transfer. Temporarily serving there was a culinary researcher in his 50s, Mr. Miya, who is a signature figure in the Kyoto dialect and a popular entertainer who openly gays and lesbians. Although Tomo was nervous, Mitsuya's food grabbed his stomach with ease. Staring at Tomoya's gentle gaze, cheerful character, and occasionally showing cuteness, I was helplessly attracted——!?

Adapted from the manga series "Mitsuya Sensei no Keikakutekina Ezuke." (三ツ矢先生の計画的な餌付け) by Matsumoto Ayaka (松本あやか).

Tags: Age Gap [Drama Life], Middle-Aged Male Lead, Café Owner Supporting Character, Editor-in-chief Supporting Character, Editor Supporting Character, Editor Male Lead, Researcher Male Lead, Age Gap [Real Life], Gay Male Lead, Gay Romance (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Country: Japan

Airs On: Friday

Aired: Jul 26, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated