Asian Drama

Yukihira Asuka is 28 and works at the reception desk for a music school. She hears that her high school will soon be abolished and decides to attend a school reunion held at her high school. There, Yukihira Asuka meets Mizuno Haruto. Asuka liked Haruto when they were high school students, but she never conveyed her feelings to him. Asuka and Haruto talk during the school reunion and they learn that they both had feelings for each other and they still feel the same way. Asuka is ecstatic, but, the next day, an unexpected tragedy strikes Haruto. That leaves him in an unconscious state.

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Adapted from the song "366 Days" (366日) by HY.

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Monday

Konno Hiroya is a high school student who loves the radio and belongs the broadcasting club. When he is told by the teacher that the club must be disbanded he manages to negotiate and is granted a four month grace period before the club is to be abolished. Meanwhile, a trivial quarrel between Hiroya and his classmate Ooga Kenta ends up being broadcasted by accident, which in turn creates a petite buzz throughout the school and leads to the two working together on the school’s lunchtime radio show.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Episodes: 4

A drama based on a true story of two comedians as they overcome their crippling insecurities on the path to fame.

They were two people who weren't even nice all the time. One of them is Wakabayashi Masayasu and the other is Yamasato Ryota. Shyness, self-consciousness, negative feelings of inferiority. Negative emotions that arise.

Everything went wrong. But there is passion. The survival of the two youths was like that.

How will popular actor Sugisaka Hana spend her filming break? This is the 4th season in this omnibus series that focuses on how an actor spends their vacation in between the filming of dramas and movies.

On the morning of her break from filming, Sugisaki Hana listens to the horoscope on the radio. “If you are a Libra, tidy up all your clutter today. Your lucky item is a round object!” Hearing this, she tries to clear her laundry, but the washing machine just won’t work. Sugisaki has no choice but to go to the laundromat which she is unfamiliar with and does not know how to pay the 300-yen charge. What she brought with her is a credit card and a 1,000 yen note. Sugisaki follows another laundromat user’s suggestion to get small change from the vending machine outside. However, she ends up getting entranced by the voice of a street musician that she happened to hear and buys a CD with those 1,000 yen…

How will popular actor Sugisaka Hana spend her filming break? This is the 4th season in this omnibus series that focuses on how an actor spends their vacation in between the filming of dramas and movies.

On the morning of her break from filming, Sugisaki Hana listens to the horoscope on the radio. “If you are a Libra, tidy up all your clutter today. Your lucky item is a round object!” Hearing this, she tries to clear her laundry, but the washing machine just won’t work. Sugisaki has no choice but to go to the laundromat which she is unfamiliar with and does not know how to pay the 300-yen charge. What she brought with her is a credit card and a 1,000 yen note. Sugisaki follows another laundromat user’s suggestion to get small change from the vending machine outside. However, she ends up getting entranced by the voice of a street musician that she happened to hear and buys a CD with those 1,000 yen…

Adapted from the manga series "Shomonai Bokura no Renairon" (しょうもない僕らの恋愛論) by Hara Hidenori (原秀則).

Mizukawa Rei is a 30-year-old single woman. She quits working for a real estate company and opens Art no Subscription Company with her friend. She has busy days working for her new company. One day, she visits a coworking space and meets 25-year-old freelance photographer Arima Shuto. They have have a good feelings for each other and decide to go out with each other.

Arima Shuto soon becomes the best boyfriend Mizukawa Rei has ever had. He directly expresses his affection to her and suggests many fun things to do together. One thing that Mizukawa Rei doesn’t understand is that Arima Shuto has not tried to kiss her or become intimate. Arima Shuto tells her that there are more fun things to do with a loved one than becoming intimate.

Mizukawa Rei is in a state of confusion.

This work depicts a "five" locked room mystery drama about two high school students, which develops in the first train in the early morning, the family restaurant after school, and the gondola of the Ferris wheel. A word that suddenly changes from everyday life to extraordinary, a psychological warfare on searching each other's minds. Youth, a fragile blue human figure, is depicted in a peculiar situation called a locked room.

Adapted from the novel “Souchou Shihatsuno Sappuukē” (早朝始発の殺風景) by Yugo Aosaki (青崎有吾).

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Each story begins one hour before the couples sexual activity starts and ends just before it begins. Different men and women meet with the intent of being intimate together. The drama will go into their specific struggles and unique perspectives.

Wada Masao who works at an electrical manufacturer on weekdays and plays the bass in a band on weekends; having been single for the past 3,000 days, Wada sets out to create delicious dishes for his non-existent girlfriend in his imaginary world so as to earn her praise.

Arakawa Ao lives happily on his own and hardly ever leaves Shimokitazawa, where he works at a vintage clothing shop, goes to occasional concerts and hangs out at his favorite bar. Then, he gets an unusual request to appear in an independent film.

Having failed to get into graduate school, with no girlfriend, no money, and no prospects of success with his band, Tsurugi's life has reached rock bottom. One day, after watching the video of Aya Matsuura's song “Momoiro Kataomoi”, he becomes obsessed with the idol singers of “Hello! Project”, and plunges into the idol geek lifestyle. However, as time passes, he and his buddies all find other things just as important as the idols and begin to move on.

Oshi Hana is 78 years old. She realizes that she is different from the people of her own age. She tries to look younger than her age while surrounded by her husband, children, and grandchildren.

Kasuga Takao is a boy who loves reading books, particularly Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal. A girl at his school, Saeki Nanako, is his muse and his Venus, and he admires her from a distance. One day, he forgets his copy of Les Fleurs du Mal in the classroom and runs back alone to pick it up. In the classroom, he finds not only his book but Saeki's gym uniform. On a mad impulse, he steals it.

Now everyone knows "some pervert" stole Saeki's uniform, and Kasuga is dying with shame and guilt. Furthermore, the weird, creepy, and friendless girl of the class, Nakamura, saw him take the uniform. Instead of revealing it was him, she recognizes his kindred deviant spirit and uses her knowledge to take control of his life. Will it be possible for Kasuga to get closer to Saeki, despite Nakamura's meddling and his dark secret? What exactly does Nakamura intend to do with him?

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 has feelings for Hijiri, but Hijiri has a long distance fiancee. The story follows the pair over the course of several years.

Live-action suspense based on manga artist Oshikiri Rensuke's "Liverleaf." Depicts a grandiose tale of revenge fueled by the intertwining emotions of people who have endured abuse, bullying, and other forms of trauma.

Nozaki Haruka moves from Tokyo to the countryside, where she becomes the target of severe bullying at her new school. Her sole ally is her classmate Aiba Mitsuru, another transfer student. However, the class diva Oguro Taeko mobilizes her clique to escalate Haruka's bullying on a daily basis.

So Utsumi doesn't have many friend. After school and before going to a private institute, he kills time by doing nothing on the riverside. One day, Shokichi Seto appears in front of him. Shokichi quit the soccer team and has nothing to do. They spend time together.

In front of the two guys, Ichigo Kashimura and Hatsumi, from the same high school, appear.

Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by himself in Tokyo, because his parents and younger sister died in a traffic accident when he was little. One day, Rei Kiriyama meets three sisters who are his neighbors. The three sisters are Akari Kawamoto, Hinata Kawamoto, and Momo Kawamoto. This is his first meeting with someone outside of the shogi world in many years. Having meals with the Kawamoto family brings warm feelings to Rei Kiriyama. As Rei Kiriyama continues his shogi career, his interactions with his neighbors allow him to grow as a shogi player and as a person.

When a worldwide electrical outage occurs, everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Yoshiyuki Suzuki decides to escape with his family from Tokyo, that is nearly ruined.