Asian Drama

Set in the beautiful city of Kyoto, a strange relationship is sparked between lonely university game geek Tadashi, who wishes for nothing more than to find a girlfriend, and Izzy, a Yokai girl who can only sustain herself by engaging in physical relationships with men. While Izzy’s true intention is to exact revenge on a human family over an incident 500 years ago, Hachi struggles to find a peaceful solution to the problem.

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Episodes: 8

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday

It tells the story of Hamaoka Taeko, a 52-year-old ordinary housewife who lives with her older husband and their son. She doesn't have any particular hobbies and has just been living her life while juggling child-rearing and part-time work. Despite working hard as a housewife and a part-time worker, she finds herself being looked down upon by her family, who tell her “You know nothing about society.” However, amidst this, she begins to feel as though someone is following her or watching her with strange, suspicious glances both at her workplace and in her daily life. The beginning of a startling change in her life...

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"Himawari" is a comedy that focuses on the main character, Akiko, who works in the same company as her father, Kenichi No.1 and wants to become a manga artist. Akiko's love interest is Kenichi No.2.

Adapted from the manga "Himawari: Kenichi Legend" (ひまわりっ 健一レジェンド) by Higashimura Akiko (東村 アキコ).

Saijo is a university student with a special ability. Whenever he sees a woman in love, he can see bright sparkles around that woman.

Kitashiro is Saijo’s childhood friend. Kitashiro tells Saijo that she has feelings for him, but Saijo tells her he doesn't see any sparkles around her. This makes her frustrated. At that time, their school mate Yadorigi approaches Saijo, because she believes Saijo is Kitashiro’s boyfriend. Yadorigi has a bad habit of approaching guys who are already in a relationship and trying to seduce him.

Meanwhile, Saijo happens to meet Shinonome. They exchange a diary with writings about what love is. Kitashiro attempts to disrupt the budding relationship between Saijo and Shinonome.

Adapted from the manga series "Koi wa Hikari" (恋は光) by Akieda.

With the spread of the internet, social media has become a crucial part of people's daily lives. However, its helpful, informative qualities are not all that comes with it. This omnibus drama series depicts social media's destructive ability to plant darkness and fear in the people trapped in its mysterious charm.

Fujunna Ii ne

High school model Mieko (Mikami Ai) is a beautiful and popular girl who is loved by everyone. Her older sister Mayu (Tomiyama Eriko) is not attractive and a social recluse who is also abused by the family. Mieko cannot stand her. But one day, Mayu goes viral on social media and also among Mieko’s classmates. Wanting to hide her sister’s existence, Mieko plots to sap her popularity. However, Mayu who has experienced the pleasure of getting a large number of likes, starts to do something extreme...

Shikei Club

Kawamura (Okayama Amane), an employee at the ward office, is going to marry his girlfriend Shiori (Fukagawa Mai) soon. One day, he is informed by his boss that he has been flamed on the internet because a woman whom he had an argument with over her welfare application has committed suicide. Kawamura is even snubbed by the police when he seeks help. As he makes every effort to gather information on the situation, he is backed into a corner by all sorts of people. He eventually learns that the culprits are a members-only dark site called Vigilante Club. The club’s misguided sense of righteousness and the public’s curiosity gradually escalates but what is the fate that awaits Kawamura and the people around him?

Meitantei S

University student Imai (Suga Kenta) is invited by a classmate Kajihara (Furukawa Tsuyoshi) to jointly produce a criminal psychology report. The two of them begin playing investigators who reveal the tactics used by stalkers, based on the theme of an idol being stalked on the internet. The idol Riricchi is the subject of their report, and Imai who is also her fan uncovers her regular range of activities from a variety of information posted on social media. Presents from fans arrive for a live birthday event for Riricchi several days later. She lets out a scream when she opens a box. It contains a macabre wedding cake and a note...

Not Famous

Kamo Kousei (Isomura Hayato) is a live streamer with less than 2,000 subscribers on his channel. He extorts his ex-girlfriend Makita Asuna and dreams of being popular and successful some day. One day, Kamo live streams a threatening call made to the mother of his hometown friend Honma. He threatens to kill her son if she does not truly bring the 5 million yen ransom within 10 minutes in a malicious plan to see whether she will actually pay up. However, an unexpected development hits Kamo as he waits in the park...

"Himawari" is a comedy that focuses on the main character, Akiko. Akiko and her father, Kenichi No.1, work for the same company. Akiko's love interest is Kenichi No.2.

Kasumi "Ai" Aiko is an athletic, tomboyish member of her school's basketball club. She is very popular among the girls and can even outplay the boys' team, with the exception of one person—Amano Reo. His skills on the court are only matched by one thing: his popularity. Envious, Ai proclaims him as her rival, and every day after practice, they compare the number of love letters they each received, which always results in her loss. In need of workers, Ai's brother employs her at his maid cafe called "Spica." Since she does not appear girlish enough, her appearance is changed with a wig and some makeup. One day, Reo visits the cafe with other members of the boys' team. Worried that they will see through her disguise, she tries to hide, inadvertently spilling drinks on Reo. As she is cleaning up after her mistake, suddenly, Reo asks to go on a date with her. After thinking about it, she eagerly comes up with a plan for revenge—she will make him fall in love with her and then dump him.

Natsuko has been in a cold relationship with her husband, Kensaku, for many years. One day he dies suddenly, leaving Natsuko alone with a wizard, Mari, who appears and offers to grant up to four wishes. Natsuko requests to go 50 years back in time to the past before she met her husband.

There, Natsuko meets young Kensaku, her young self, and her father Shintaro. Natsuko pretends to be someone she is not and attempts to uncover hidden truths while living in the past. What awaits Natsuko at the end of her time travel? And what will be her last wish to the wizard?

Rino Sakuragi (Yuna Taira) is a high school student. She is good friends with Ren Kiritani (Alan Shirahama) who attends the same high school. They have been close since their middle school days. Rino holds special feelings for Ren Kiritani, but she is unable to tell him how she feels because he is popular. One day, Ren confesses to Rino that he likes her. They begin to date and enjoy their time together, but Rino is diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).

Based on manga series "10 Manbun no 1" by Kaho Miyasaka.

Kuwano Shinsuke, a successful architect, is well-to-do, knowledgeable and good-looking. He is now 53, still lives alone in the same apartment, which has the latest gadgets, and enjoys single life. Although he fell for Hayasaka Natsumi, the doctor who treated him and changed his perspective toward marriage, and even dated, they later broke up. So Kuwano’s heart is shut firmly to love again. He is even more eccentric now, and feels a little anxious when he thinks about the future. One day, the wheels of fate start to move all of a sudden after a chance encounter with some women.

Three high school girls are chosen among 700,000 applicants to be on the reality show “Marry the Prince”. They must find their true love in the four princes they encounter.

Kogure Nao is a shy and cute high school student. One day, Onise Taiga asks her "would you like to date with me on the promise that we will get married?" Nao is unable to turn down his proposal because she is scared of him. Taiga has red hair and piercing eyes. His appearance gives off the impression that he is a bad boy, but he is actually considerate to others and good at cooking. After getting to know Taiga, Nao begins to have feelings for him.

On Oriyama Karin’s 16th birthday, she receives a present from her rich parents. Her present is marriage. The person she marries is her crush and high school senior Tsurugi Nao who is popular. Debt ridden Nao only marries Karin for economic reasons and in particular the wealth of her parents. Karin loves him truly, but Nao doesn't love her at all.

Their marriage is a secret, but Ebina Isuzu, Karin's friend, holds feelings for Karin, learns of their marriage.

Adapted from a manga of the same name by Minami Kanan (水波風南).

Based on the true story of 4 member Japanese pop group "GreeeeN.” Jin is the producer of “GreeeeN” and his younger brother Hide is the lead member for the group. Their song "Kiseki" is released as their 7th single and...

It is a warring period in feudal Japan. The warlord, Oda Nobunaga, is rapidly vanquishing his foes on a quest to pacify and unify the country under his rule. However, there is one domain that he forbids to lay a hand on, that of the Iga ninja, whom even the great Nobunaga fears most. The Iga are known to wield extraordinary and supernatural powers as invincible weapons of war who will assassinate anyone for money, and money only. They don’t think of people as human and are dubbed “the killer clan”. But there is one Iga ninja, Mumon, who while peerless inability is indolent and taken to task for an inability to earn much of an income. In the fall of the year Tensho 7, Nobunaga’s second son, Oda Nobukatsu, decides to ignore his father’s orders and attack the Iga country, partly encouraged by Taizen Heki, a man who had once turned on his master and was now employed as a vassal of Nobukatsu. Shimoyama Heibe, whose brother had been killed by Mumon also seeks revenge on the 12 Iga ninja core, including Momoji Sandayu and Shimoyama Kai. Amid various colliding interests and schemes, ultimately, a major bloody showdown is coming between Oda’s army and the Iga ninja.

In the town of Sakurada, where about half of the residents have special abilities, Asai Kei is a high school student and is able to remember everything. Haruki Misora is also a high school student and she has the power to reset the world by 3 days. If they use both of their powers together, they can go back in time by 3 days and retain their memory. They are watched by the administrative bureau.

One day, Shiraishi Itsumi dies at Seibo Maria Girls High School. She falls off from the rooftop of a school building. Itsumi is the daughter of the administrator at the school and she was envied by all the other students there. Did Itsumi kill herself or was she killed accidentally or intentionally? At the time of her death, she held a lily of the valley flower in her hand. A rumor spreads that somebody in the literature club killed Itsumi. Itsumi was the president of the literature club. A friend of Itsumi, Sayuri, is now the president and she holds a regular club meeting, reading stories written by members. The theme of the meeting is “Shiraishi Itsumi’s death”.

A love story nurtured by a high school girl named Okamura Ninon who fell in love with the handsome boy, Kira Yuiji. Having been bullied in the past, Ninon finds it difficult to engage with other people, therefore she keeps her bangs long and maintains a safe distance from her surroundings. Ninon was being ridiculed for her love of birds and to her defense came Kira, the most handsome and popular boy in class. Everyone admires Kira, yet nobody knew he felt lonely and was suffering from a heart disease. Ninon learned about the secret and promises that she'll stay by Kira's side for the remaining year of his life. Ninon together with Kira's friends, Kazuhiro Yabe and Yahagi Rei, they form a bond of friendship making Kira's remaining 365 days bright and meaningful.

"Aozora Yell" tells a story of a high school girl named Tsubasa Ono who saw an inspirational brass band performance at the finals of the Japanese high school baseball championships one summer. Tsubasa vows to join the band when she enters high school, and she happens to meet a certain boy there.

Based on the manga by Kazune Kawahara.

A love story between Snow Women sisters and a male high school student.

Saki Fuyuki (Tina Tamashiro) is a female high school student, but she comes from a family that has the blood of Snow Woman. To revive her family, she is expected to have a baby with Ryunosuke Shiba (Junki Tozuka). He is the prince of the most powerful family in the human world, but Saki is attracted to Rei Ando (Ryusei Yokohama). Rei Ando possesses a warm personality that Ryunosuke Shiba lacks. His family has served for Ryunosuke Shiba's powerful family for generations. Rei Ando is also human unlike Saki Fuyuki.

Meanwhile, Koyuki (Yuna Taira) is Saki Fuyuki’s younger sister. She is a middle school student, but enters the high school where Saki attends. Koyuki struggles to protect her older sister.

Teacher Akira Kamiyama tried to stop a bullying case and the bullying became his own trauma. Since then, Akira has decided to not get involved if its not absolutely necessary. He then begins teaching at a middle school and moves into a new apartment. Akira then discovers that his apartment also houses a ghost named Akane, who was a teacher before she died. Akira Kamiyama and Akane then solve problems which the middle school students have.