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Netflix
79
7.8
/138723/
79
/9392/
81
/2545/
78
/30/
80
cc age 16+

Alice in Borderland (2020)
With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to win.
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Netflix
80
75
8.4
/5364/
79
/303/
78
/57/

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016)
In an otherwise mundane diner open from midnight to 7 a.m., there is no menu – but the chef cooks anything his customers want. Each episode is about different a different customer, as they find simple yet profound connections with one another based on their shared love of a particular dish.
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Netflix
82
74
8.4
/6453/
81
/249/
81
/132/
4.2
/14713/
cc age 14+

First Love (2022)
Young, free and madly in love. As teenagers, the world was their oyster—but, as adults, their lives seem dimmer, like a very important piece is missing.
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Netflix
75
74
7.8
/4797/
76
/446/
72
/80/
3.7
/1944/
cc age 14+

Erased (2017)
After finding his mom killed, Satoru's time-traveling ability takes him back 18 years for a chance to prevent her death and those of three classmates.
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83
69
8.6
/3677/
82
/209/
81
/57/

Midnight Diner (2009)
Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish that they request. This drama depicts the lives of the restaurant's patrons, including a yakuza, an unsuccessful actor, a group of office ladies, a newspaper delivery boy, and a stripper.
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Netflix
69
65
7.4
/3976/
68
/324/
67
/59/

Good Morning Call (2016)
A high school girl finally gets her own apartment, but she has to share it with the most popular boy in school. No one can know they're living together.
poster
Netflix
69
51
6.6
/2047/
71
/204/
72
/63/
3.3
/2859/
cc age 14+

Burn the House Down (2023)
After her mother took the blame for a tragic fire 13 years ago, Anzu plots revenge by working as a housekeeper under a pseudonym for her icy stepmother.
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85
51
8.5
/1525/
83
/111/
88
/69/
4.3
/1768/

Rebooting (2023)
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.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
49
7.5
/1865/
74
/177/
73
/40/

Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo (2013)
At a high school entrance ceremony, high school student Kotoko Aihara, who isn't that smart, notices pretty boy Naoki Irie. She falls in love with him immediately. Kotoko initially doesn't express her feelings to him, but finally has a chance to tell him how she feels. Unfortunately, Naoki turns Kotoko down, saying "I don't like dumb women." One day, Kotoko Aihara's house is severely damaged by an earthquake. Until the house is rebuilt, Kotoko Aihara and her father decide to live with her father's friend. When Kotoko Aihara moves to her new temporary house, she is surprised to learn that Naoki Irie lives there as well.
poster
Netflix
76
47
7.9
/2184/
77
/178/
73
/28/
3.8
/833/

HANA-KIMI (2007)
Japanese-American track star Mizuki Ashiya transfers from a school in California to Japan, but not to just any old school. The school is Osaka High School—an all male high school! Mizuki Ashiya must disguise herself as a boy, all to get closer to her hero, Izumi Sano, a high-jump athlete who attends Osaka High. Now with short hair, flattened chest, and deeper voice, Mizuki becomes roommates with Izumi Sano, but trouble soon starts to brew. Izumi Sano discovers by accident that Mizuki is a girl and falls in love with her, but Mizuki is unaware of the fact. Complicating things, fellow classmate Shuichi Nakatsu starts to develop feelings for Mizuki, unaware that she is a girl!
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72
38
7.1
/1838/
73
/86/
72
/30/
3.4
/586/

5→9 From Five to Nine (2015)
Junko Sakuraba dreams of working in New York, but she currently works as an English conversation teacher. She's about to have her 29th birthday. Junko Sakuraba works hard to achieve her dream, but New York seem far away. She has also not dated in a long time. Junko Sakuraba attends a funeral held at a temple. During the funeral, she makes a mistake and throws ashes onto a monk chanting a sutra. She feels apologetic and embarrassment. Later, Junko Sakuraba's family deceives her into going on a blind date. The man she meets on the blind date is Takane Hoshikawa. Her date is the monk whom she accidentally threw ashes on.
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80
35
8.4
/2348/
77
/50/
80
/16/

Monkey (1978)
Buddhist priest Tripitaka and his three disciples Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy, travel from China to India to fetch the Buddhist scriptures. They have been sent by Buddha, and getting these scriptures will bring peace to the people of the world.
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Netflix
73
29
7.3
/1049/
74
/64/
74
/23/
3.9
/1061/

MIU404 (2020)
The Mobile Investigative Unit (known as "MIU") of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department attempts to solve cases within 24 hours. Detective Kazumi Shima is selected as a new member of MIU. He is intelligent, with excellent observation and communication skills. Yet, he does not trust other people. He is unable to find a partner in MIU and is ordered to partner with Police Officer Ai Ibuki, who works at a police substation. Ibuki applied for MIU, but he failed. He is in excellent physical condition, but he lacks knowledge and experience as a detective. Shima learns about Ibuki's background and he becomes more nervous. Finally, Shima has his first meeting with Ibuki.
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The Roku Channel
60
29
5.6
/1055/
60
/113/
64
/27/
2.3
/2095/

Coffee & Vanilla (2019)
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, she has never had a boyfriend and dreams of having a sweet love. One day, thirty year old Hiroto Fukami appears in front of her. He is business man who appears to be gentle and looks perfect. As romance blossoms between them, Risa discovers Hiroto's dark past.
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76
28
7.4
/777/
77
/57/
77
/24/

The Memorandum of Kyoko Okitegami (2015)
Okitegami Kyoko is a beautiful private detective who has a deep love for money. She is also known as the Forgetful Detective. Her memory is reset when she sleeps at night, which means she can strictly adhere to confidentiality requirements. She solves all her cases within a day, whatever they may be. She is the world's fastest detective! There is something really important that Kyoko must never forget, and it is written on her body with a magic pen. “I am Okitegami Kyoko, detective. My memory is reset after one day.” Meanwhile, even though Yakusuke Kakushidate has a crush on Kyoko Okitegami, he is always mistaken by her as the culprit of a case. No matter how close he gets to Kyoko, she totally forgets about him by the next day.
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79
24
7.8
/607/
83
/35/
74
/24/
4.0
/807/

Life's Punchline (2021)
A comedy trio who gave up on their dreams and disbanded. An older sister who quit working in a company and became a shell of her former self. A younger sister who works in the city at night without a goal. 5 people who can't come back from their failures. In their 20s. But these failures are just a "lead up" to success later in life!? It is an ensemble drama that opens with laughter and connects failure to hope! Takaiwa Haruto (Suda Masaki), Minowa Junpei (Nakano Taiga), and Asabuki Shunta (Kamiki Ryunosuke) are members of the unpopular comedy trio, "Macbeth". Nakahama Rihoko (Arimura Kasumi) is a waitress at the family restaurant where the trio always meet to create stories. Tsumugi (Furukawa Kotone) is her younger sister. Every episode begins with the skit of the comedy trio "Macbeth" and as the title suggests, the opening conte* is connected as an important hint to the rest of the episode's story. (Source: @kamikidays)
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72
24
7.3
/1393/
76
/51/
68
/14/

Buzzer Beat (2009)
Buzzer Beat is a Fuji TV Japanese television drama, which stars Yamashita Tomohisa, Keiko Kitagawa, and Aibu Saki. The series primarily focuses on two characters, Naoki Kamiya, a professional basketball player, and Riko Shirakawa, an aspiring violinist. Over the course of the series Naoki faces difficulties trying to succeed in the world of basketball, and Riko struggles to become a successful violinist. Eventually the two meet and the series chronicles their relationship and struggles, as well as those of their friends.
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77
22
7.8
/561/
74
/22/
80
/21/
3.7
/441/

My Dear Exes (2021)
Omameda Towako recently become the president of the construction company "Shirokuma Housing". She has experienced three divorces and is currently living with her 15-year-old daughter, Uta. Although Towako has been divorced thrice, she remains bright and lives her life strongly. However, her life is constantly disrupted by her three troublemaker ex-husbands.
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73
22
7.5
/734/
75
/68/
70
/16/

GTO (2012)
Through the introduction of his friend Danma Ryuji, Onizuka Eikichi, the former legendary bike gang member, visits Meishu Academy to tend to the trees in the garden as a part-time gardener. Learning that Yoshikawa Noboru, a student in teacher Fuyutsuki Azusa’s class is being bullied by Uehara Kyoko and other classmates, Onizuka befriends and saves Yoshikawa. Seeing Onizuka’s unprecedented but visceral, powerful response to problem solving, the school’s president and principal, Sakurai Yoshiko, overrides resistance from her vice principal Uchiyamada Hiroshi and makes Onizuka a teacher. Onizuka goes on to tackle many issues as the teacher in charge of the most problematic class, Class 2-4.
poster
70
21
7.2
/541/
68
/57/
70
/20/
3.4
/385/

In-House Marriage Honey (2020)
A young couple got married almost immediately after meeting each other through a dating app and did not realised that they were working for the same company. They decided to keep their marriage a secret from their company and friends. At first, both parties thought it's okay to get married without love but they gradually got attracted to each other.
poster
Netflix
64
19
6.6
/763/
62
/37/
64
/19/

JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope (2021)
In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama pushes for COMS at the World Environment Conference. COMS is a method to liquify pollutants and store it in the crack of the sea floor. Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama gathers young and talented bureaucrats and launches Japan Future Promotion Conference, which is to benefit the future of Japan. Keishi Amami of the Ministry of the Environment and Kōichi Tokiwa of the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry are members of that conference.
poster
61
19
6.3
/470/
68
/86/
53
/19/
2.9
/462/

Scum's Wish (2017)
Seventeen-year-old Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka appear to be the ideal couple. They are both pretty popular, and they seem to suit each other well. However, outsiders don't know of the secret they share. Both Mugi and Hanabi have hopeless crushes on someone else, and they are only dating each other to soothe their loneliness. Mugi is in love with Akane Minagawa, a young teacher who used to be his home tutor. Hanabi is also in love with a teacher, a young man who has been a family friend since she was little. In each other, they find a place where they can grieve for the ones they cannot have, and they share physical intimacy driven by loneliness. Will things stay like this for them forever?
poster
Netflix
73
18
7.3
/395/
69
/40/
78
/16/
3.5
/1229/

I Will Be Your Bloom (2022)
Asuka had once realized her goal to become a teacher, but after a gutting failure, she gives up her dream profession and becomes extremely withdrawn. After a series of events, she finds herself becoming a live-in housemother for a dorm… where the boy-band septet 8LOOM live together! At the dorm, she is reunited with her former student Dan—as a teacher, Asuka used to encourage him to go for his dreams. Inspired by Dan's leadership in the band and his passion for making his dream come true, Asuka, too, regains the passion she had in her teaching days and comes to terms with her own failure.
poster
Netflix
84
17
8.2
/381/
81
/25/
89
/13/
3.6
/240/

If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student (2022)
A story that begins when a husband, who lost his beloved wife ten years ago and lost the meaning of life, and his daughter are unexpectedly reunited with their wife/mother. As his wife is reborn as a ten-year-old elementary school student, the family is reborn.
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Netflix
69
17
7.2
/570/
67
/42/
70
/14/
3.6
/487/

Dearest (2021)
Rio Sanada is the president of "Sanada Wellness" and an up-and-coming businesswoman who is selected as one of the "100 people in their 30s who will change the world". She is reunited with her former love interest Daiki Miyazaki, who is now a detective, after 15 years as an important witness to a murder case. In Gifu Prefecture in 2006, Rio is a third-year high-school student who wants to go to the University of Tokyo. She took good care of her younger brother in lieu of their busy father. Before Daiki could confess to her, an incident occurs at the dormitory.
poster
71
16
7.0
/292/
66
/38/
78
/15/
3.4
/579/

The Third Finger Offered to a King (2023)
Ayaka, who works at the bridal department at a hotel, has a beauty that everyone recognizes, yet her personality is the worst. Everyone calls her a "wicked woman" after the way she wraps numerous men around her finger. The one who sets his eyes on her is the hotel's new executive Togo, who is the son of a very powerful person of the town. What are the orders that this King-like man requests of her!?
poster
Netflix
70
15
7.2
/376/
64
/32/
76
/14/
3.6
/513/

Fermat's Cuisine (2023)
After Gaku Kitada, a talented mathematics scholar, suffers setbacks on his dream of becoming a mathematician, he meets Kai Asakura, a young but similarly talented chef, as he is running his own food business, and joins Kai in an attempt at something new.
poster
75
15
8.2
/522/
74
/25/
70
/13/
3.7
/635/

Kotaro Lives Alone (2021)
Shin Karino is an unpopular manga writer and he is single. He lives in an apartment complex that has a rule forbidding children from living there. One day, Shin Karino's doorbell rings. When he opens his apartment door, he sees a small boy. The boy is 5-year-old Kotaro Sato. Kotaro Sato tells Shin Karino that he moved into the neighborhood. Shin Karino makes a weird face, because of the rule of his apartment complex. Kotaro Sato says that he lives by himself. At first, Shin Karino is annoyed by Kotaro Sato, but residents of the apartment building, including Shin Karino, become attached to Kotaro Sato.
poster
57
15
5.6
/495/
61
/59/
55
/16/
2.8
/467/

Kakafukaka (2019)
I never thought I would see him again. Aki Terada said goodbye to her first love long ago. When her current boyfriend is caught cheating on her, Aki moves out of her apartment and into a sharehouse, where she's reuinted with her first love. When things get heated between them, he drops a major bomb… Heart and body and everything in between intersect in this fresh new adult love story.
poster
78
14
7.3
/59/
81
/9/
81
/16/

Medium Detective Hisui Jozuka (2022)
Hisui Jozuka can “see” the culprits with her clairvoyance, but this won’t hold up as evidence. Just how will she solve complex cases? “I have the ability to know the truth, but why am I so useless?” Hisui, with her green eyes, is in anguish. As a medium, she can trace down culprits with her special gift of clairvoyance, but this won’t hold up as evidence. What must she do to get the police to investigate? Will they manage to catch the perpetrator? This is a unique detective drama series that features a psychic detective who goes face to face with criminals.
poster
Netflix
74
14
7.2
/273/
76
/28/
75
/13/
3.5
/217/

ISHIKO and HANEO: You're Suing Me? (2022)
A paralegal who graduated from a big-name school teams up with an offbeat lawyer, taking on oddball little cases out of a small, neighborhood law office.
poster
71
14
7.1
/141/
71
/22/
73
/16/
3.4
/479/

Kakegurui Twin (2021)
It's a year before Yumeko transferred to Hyakkaou Academy. Saotome Meari, a young girl who was born into a very ordinary family, passed her transfer examinations, and has started to attend Hyakkaou. However, the school she expected to attend has a crazy law, the Baptism of Gambling. Paired with Yumeko as her "twin," the curtain opens on Meari's gambling mania!
poster
Netflix
68
14
7.2
/418/
69
/35/
65
/14/
3.6
/837/

Why I Dress Up for Love (2021)
A busy publicist learns to open her mind and heart when she moves into a luxury apartment with a friend and her three free-spirited roommates.
poster
58
13
7.3
/68/
50
/7/
53
/25/

The Red Apple (2023)
The story happens in the near future of Japan, where sexual activity is forbidden by law. Inuda Hikaru is an honor student whose father is an executive at Setori (Sexual Misconduct Control Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare). Hikaru aspires to become like his father and finds sex unpleasant. Minase Yu is Hikaru's childhood friend who has a sharp tongue but excels in her grades. Yu is also a big fan of nationally known actress Uchu Misora, commonly known as Uchura. One day, Hikaru is invited by a classmate to a shady members-only club where he witnesses men and women engaging in illegal sexual acts. He is also surprised to see Uchura, who claims to be "pure" there with a man. Before he realised, Hikaru finds himself being caught in an "underworld organization" where sexual activity is performed.
poster
Hulu
67
12
7.2
/203/
65
/18/
66
/14/
3.5
/305/

Tomorrow, I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend (2022)
Yuki earns a living as a rental girlfriend. Rina drowns her loneliness in men. Aya constantly receives plastic surgery. Moe lives her way uninfluenced by others. Yua lives in the moment in the nightlife district. Each are riddled with their own complexes, worries and emotions. What lies ahead as they struggle to make their way in the world garners much empathy.
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57
11
5.1
/371/
63
/32/
58
/13/

Yakuza Lover (2022)
When feisty college student Yuri is attacked at a party, she's saved by Oya Toshiomi, the underboss of a yakuza syndicate. Despite her obvious attraction to him, she convinces herself that she's not in the market for a bad boy type. But when they meet again, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to him—kicking off a steamy and dangerous love affair that threatens to consume her, body and soul. Adapted from a manga by the same title.
poster
The Roku Channel
71
10
7.4
/194/
72
/29/
68
/10/

Rinko-san Wants to Try (2021)
Rinko Amaki is a successful 27-year-old woman who works at a busy wedding planning agency. She excels at her job to such an extent that she is promoted to lead her unit. She is popular, beautiful, and hard-working, but there is just one thing that frustrates her: Despite being surrounded by loved-up couples and romance all day at work for years, she is still single. And on top of that, she has never made love. She wants to lose her virginity, but has never found the right man. In a twist of fate, her male co-worker Gen Kamisaka, another wildly successful wedding planner is in the exact same predicament. Also aged 27, he has never had any intimate relations with a woman. The duo, having discovered they share the same “problem,” decides to do something about it. But they soon discover that work and physical intimacy are not easy to balance. And while they might have initially envisaged a quick and fuss-free fling, Cupid might have other plans for them...
poster
74
9
7.7
/123/
71
/5/
76
/11/

Elpis (2022)
Inspired by multiple true cases of false accusations, Elpis follows Ena Asakawa (Masami Nagasawa), a former network anchor whose star has faded due to scandal and now helms a late-night, less-formal magazine show. There an under-rated and rookie director Takuro Kishimoto (Gordon Maeda) begins to doubt a death row conviction which, together with Asakawa, make-up artist Cherry (Toko Miura) and star reporter Shouichi Saito (Ryohei Suzuki), they investigate and unravel as a state-wide conspiracy and cover up.
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?
6.9
/10/
10
/1/
50
/2/

Sweet Revenge (2021)
Mariko who seems to have no luck with romance but is actually the president of a company named Sweet Revenge which helps their female clients take revenge on men who have dumped them in cruel and harsh ways.
poster
?
6.4
/41/
55
/6/
82
/4/

I Mean, I Want to Say I Like It (2021)
Chitose, a former bullied girl who became a talent manager, is put in charge of is a domineering actor who was a bully as a child.
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?
6.1
/10/

姐妹 (2022)
N/A
poster
67
?
65
/2/

Oh! My Boss! Love Is A Bonus Book (Directors Cut) (2021)
A director's cut version of the heart-throbbing ♡ work and love comedy about an ordinary girl in the editorial department of a fashion magazine, with her super sadist boss and the handsome puppy-like heir.
poster
?
4.7
/21/
65
/2/

Rikon Shinai Otoko -Sareo to Oyome no Damashi Ai- (2024)
Okatani Wataru, who was an ace reporter in the social affairs department of a major newspaper company, witnesses his wife having an affair and decides to get a divorce. Although he makes steady preparations to gain custody of his daughter, a talented lawyer he consults with tells him that his chance of winning is only 10%. Instead of going ahead with the divorce right away, he works hard with his partner, a detective, to gather evidence of his wife’s affair in order to earn the right to be the rightful caretaker of his daughter.
poster
?
6.9
/16/
55
/2/
65
/2/

Hakuoki SSL~sweet school life~ (2015)
The fluttering Sakura. Spring – a season of blessing for new encounters. Chizuru Yukimura knocks on the gates of a private academy, which has always been a boys' school. However, as of this year, Hakuō Academy opens its gates to co-education and Chizuru is the only female student enrolled. Thus begins her first year.
poster
Crunchyroll
?
80
/6/

Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater (2023)
Tsurugi Hina, a first-year high school student who moved from the city, is an indoor person who is not good at living things. While walking along the embankment, she met her senior Kuroiwa, and was forced to join the mysterious "Teibo Club" and she decides to start fishing. With the support of unique club members, she gradually discovers the joy of fishing.
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?
8.3
/82/
65
/9/
80
/8/

Worst to First: A Teen Baseball Miracle (2023)
Nagumo Shuuji, a social studies teacher at Mie Prefecture’s Etsuzan Senior High School, was a former baseball player up until university when he quit after sustaining an injury. Thereafter, he worked as a sports trainer but returned to university at 32 years old in order to pursue his dream of becoming a teacher. However, his peaceful daily life goes through a change after he’s appointed to be the advisor of his school’s baseball club that is on the verge of abolition.
poster
Netflix
67
?
7.2
/120/
54
/10/
75
/8/

Ya Boy Kongming! (2023)
When an ancient military strategist is reborn in modern Japan, he uses his tactical skills to help transform his new friend Eiko into a music star.
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?
10
/1/
85
/6/

Yoshiwara Ura Doshin (2014)
N/A


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