jdramas worth watching

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

Adachi 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

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

Sakura Nanase is a 22-year-old rookie nurse. She met Doctor Tendo Kairi several years ago and fell in love with him. To meet him again, she studied hard and became a nurse. ...more

Miura Manatsu is a young office worker who finds himself in a quandary: His mother is suffering from ill-health, and he believes that getting married will be a good way to bring ...more

Hanaoka Nao's mother, Yuriko, works as a confectioner at Kogetsuan, a traditional Japanese sweets shop. Nao meets Takatsuki Tsubaki, the owner's six-year-old son, and they become childhood sweethearts. Tragedy strikes when Tsubaki's ...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

It suddenly dawns on Mob that he lives in a BL world! He likes girls, so he must turn down any hot guys who approach him. But since it is their world, ...more

Dojima Otaro works as a popular host. Because of a past incident, he believes that love makes people unhappy. He now only pursues money and power. A mysterious woman appears in front ...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

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

Shunichi Minami possesses good looks and does well academically in high school. Chiyomi Horikiri is a bright girl who likes dancing. They were childhood friends and also their first loves, but after ...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

With graduation 10 days away, homeroom teacher Hiiragi gathers all 29 students of class 3-A and proclaims them as his hostages. His last lesson regards the death of a student that passed ...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

Kakei Shiro is a 45-year-old attorney who works for a small law firm and lives with his lover, Yabuki Kenji, a hairdresser. Kakei Shiro's regular routine is that after work, he buys ...more

29-year-old Iwaya Sumire has had a bad day. Make that the worst of all bad days. She has been dumped by her boyfriend of 5 years when she was anticipating a marriage ...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

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

Kaori lost her eyesight and family in an accident. While trying to enjoy the small things in her life, Kaori struggles to live happily. Kaori mistakes Rui for someone else and begins ...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

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

After three divorces, Omameda Towako now lives with her 15-year-old daughter, Uta. Towako was recently appointed president of the construction company, Shirokuma Housing. Despite her marital setbacks, she remains enthusiastically motivated, boldly, ...more

Mashiba Kurumi works as a publicist for "el Arco Iris," an interior design company becoming popular with young people on social media. She's a fashionista who cares a lot about her appearance ...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

Nemoto Kahoko is a naive 21-year-old university student. She relies on her mother, Izumi, for everything in her life. Her mother wakes her up everyday and picks up her clothes, while Kahoko ...more

Nagisa Mio, an oceanographer at Shibaura University of Marine Science and Technology, is very interested in fish and loves the sea. Despite her cheerful smile and kind, good-natured personality, she is reticent ...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

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 ...more

Hasebe Sosuke is the deputy editor-in-chief of the Japanese edition of the fashion magazine, 'The Most' a worldwide publication. He is an unfriendly and cold rationalist transferred from New York to complete ...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

Kamiya Manaha is a girl with little self-confidence. Her childhood dream was to enter the Miss Seiran Contest, a beauty pageant for high-school students. Despite seeing herself as an ordinary girl, she ...more

Haruta Soichi is a 33-years-old single man who isn't popular with women. He works at a real estate office and lives with his parents. However, one day, his mother walks away from ...more

Maki Maki, Sebuki Suzume, Beppu Tsukasa, and Iemori Yutaka happen to meet and form a quartet. They even begin to live together in Karuizawa during the winter, but there is a big ...more

The naive Kanzaki Nao and expert swindler Akiyama Shinichi have not heard anything from the LIAR GAME organization since the end of the previous game, so it seems they may have actually ...more

Mitarai Yo is a career woman who works for a shoemaker. She finds her work rewarding and has successfully advanced in her career. But she keeps having her heart broken and her ...more

Elementary school teacher Suzuhara Nao decides to abduct Michiki Rena, one of her female students, after discovering that she is being abused by her mother. Fleeing Hokkaido to Tokyo, the two experience ...more

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 ...more

Two transfer students, Mitsuhashi Takashi and Itou Shinji, tired of their boring normal life and unpopularity decide to take their arrival at a new school as an opportunity to reinvent their image, ...more

Hotaru works for a famous interior design company. It's a glamorous job, but Hotaru's private life is totally the opposite of glamorous. She lives alone, and when she isn't working, she's mostly ...more

Amamiya, Nakauchi, and Kobayashi were once high school classmates. The former was class president and an honors student, Nakauchi was quiet and reserved with a penchant for cooking, and Kobayashi was a ...more

The story follows a brain surgeon named Minakata Jin, who has spent the last two years in anguish as his fiancee lies in a vegetative state after an operation he performed. One ...more

"The world average age for the first sexual experience... 17.3". Is that early? Late? Seino Sakura has a serious personality. Hara Tsumugi has never liked a member of the opposite sex before. ...more

Shuji Kiritani is one of the most popular guys in his school. He pretends to care for all of his classmates, but deep down, is quiet and doesn't open up to others. ...more

Tanaka Tamako had been working for a male-dominated restaurant business but was betrayed by her boyfriend who was hired as the chef. In addition, she is taken to the police as a ...more

Satomi Shinobu works in the Mobile Investigation Unit of The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The Mobile Investigation Unit conducts the initial investigation at all crime scenes. He works with Inokuma Yuki. They ...more

A girl is just 14 years old, but she endures a difficult life. Her parents abuse her at home and she is bullied by students at her school. She doesn't have a ...more

After Sugihara Oto’s mother passed away when she was young, she was raised by adoptive parents in the Hokkaido countryside. Although she gave up having dreams, she lives cheerfully and bravely. But ...more

Nami Suzuki was born and raised in a small rural town. She doesn't have a specific dream to pursue and she is an easy going person. As an ordinary woman, she desires ...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

Kono 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

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

Sakurai Misaki is a pastry chef who dreams of someday working for a renowned Patisserie overseas; she has prioritised work to the extent that she has forgotten how to kiss. When she ...more

The story revolves around an eccentric home tutor named Yoshimoto, who is hired to teach the second son of the Numata family. While being tossed around by the weird and unconventional home ...more

Sato Yui is a dispatched contract worker at Amagi Pharmaceutical Company. Her pet has died and she feels deep sorrow over its death. One day, she drinks alone at a bar and ...more

Yuuki Kai is in his senior year at university studying social welfare psychology. At present, he is in the middle of job-hunting season. He is finding it difficult with no job offers ...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

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

A woman named Aya is working in Hokkaido for a doctor, Shuichi, that left Tokyo for personal reasons. Aya is both deaf and mute, and she's secretly in love with Shuichi. After ...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

Ikuta Toko has been raised by her uncle in the city of Morioka. She's been active as a local idol with the hopes of eventually becoming an actress someday. When she's 19 ...more

A drama commemorating TBS's 60th anniversary, the story is about 11 members who were sent to the South Pole for the first time in February 1957 in a national project to explore ...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

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

Maki’s mother commits assault and Maki is temporarily placed in the children’s orphanage, Kogamo no Ie. Post is a young girl who reigns as the leader at Kogamo no Ie. While she ...more

A romantic home comedy about 30-year-olds with an immature view on marriage that focuses on themes related to married couples and families in general. The protagonists of ‘Saikou no Rikon’ are two ...more

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. ...more

About two people who are aromantic and asexual and begin living together. Sakuko finds it difficult to live in a society which operates under the assumption that people will fall in love ...more

Sawatari, nicknamed Waseda, is the homeroom teacher of class 1-2 of Sainotama High, a girls' school. His students are a bunch of hilarious weirdos: "Baka", the not-so-bright tomboy who nevertheless surprises, time ...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

Amano Aki goes with her mother Haruko to her hometown in Kitasanriku during a summer vacation. There, she meets her maternal grandmother, Natsu, for the first time. Natsu is a woman diver ...more

Assistant Inspector Himekawa Reiko rose from the non-career track to become the only female section chief in the Tenth Homicide Section of the Metropolitan Police’s First Investigative Division. Director Hashizume has been ...more

Habu Seiichi is a member of the mysterious outlaw group Avalanche. The group exists at a time when moral hazards run rampant among politicians, bureaucrats, businesses and even among ordinary people. (Source: ...more

Fukami Hiroki's younger sister was killed by a friend. Hiroki then meets the killer's sister, Toyama Futaba, 15 years after the incident. Both of their families have been burdened with grief, but ...more

Kuroe works as a delivery person for delivery company "Elephant Express," which is located on a deserted shopping street. Every day, she drives a small truck to deliver her packages. The packages ...more

There is a small eatery, ‘Meshiya,’ in a back alley of a busy street which is run just by its owner. Called the “midnight eatery”, its opening hours are from midnight to ...more

Tamako, an elite lawyer with a promising future, works for a reputable law firm. She is recently given an opportunity to take a case involving a young child who has been bullied ...more

The story is set during the high economic development time of the Showa period. Natsu lost her parents during the war so she moves to the Tokachi region in Hokkaido with her ...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

Sakura grew up on a remote island. She has a dream, which is to build a bridge on her island. In the spring of 2009, Sakura joins a big construction company. She ...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

Yaeko Kogure is a 27-year-old office lady. After she resigned from her company to get married, her fiancé informed her that he was in love with another woman and broke off their ...more

The eldest daughter of the distinguished head family of the famous Tsukishima style of flower arrangement, 29-year-old Tsukishima Momo has everything – beauty, talent, career and wealth. She is engaged to the ...more

The 17-year-old Yatabe Mineko grew up in a family of seven in a mountain village in northeastern Ibaraki Prefecture. Her father Minoru has gone to Tokyo to work in order to earn ...more

Sasaki Sachiko is an editor of Sarara, a literary magazine. Called “Iron Lady”, she has earned the respect of her colleagues for her perfectionism and diligence. After her groom Shungo disappeared all ...more

Sawada Takuto is an ordinary university student, who one day learns that he has A.L.S. (Lou Gehrig’s disease) with not much time left to live. Instead of wallowing in despair, Takuto tries ...more

A high school student and genius hacker, Takagi Fujimaru, a.k.a. “Falcon”, uses his sophisticated hacking techniques to indict the fraudulent acts of evil villains. In order to save his family, friends, and ...more

Megumi Noda or "Nodame" is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a kindergarten teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading ...more

The story opens after a young female student kills herself by jumping off a balcony. It's soon discovered that she was, in fact, stabbed, and the room was arranged to make it ...more

Kyoko, a young woman with an unhindered spirit despite being physically bound to a wheelchair due to illness, and Shuji, a stylish and popular fashion magazine hairstylist, are brought together in a ...more

It tackles issues that afflict the current generation. Michiru's mother has brought a man back to their home, and she is bullied at her workplace, where she works as a beauty parlour ...more

The story, developed with the cooperation of the International Mathematical Olympiad in Japan, is set at a specialized math school full of “suugaku joshi” (“math girls”). Naturally, the show will incorporate various ...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

10 male and female high school students become participants in "The Werewolf Game" in which they are locked up together and made to kill one another with the survivor receiving 100 million ...more

The story picks up right after Domyoji leaves for New York. After confessing to Domyoji, Makino has not spoken to him for a year. Rui and the other members of F4 try ...more

Matsukoma-kun, a veteran part-timer and jobless university graduate, finds himself stressed and twisted around by Nietzsche-sensei, his new colleague at the convenience store. Also known as Nii Tomoharu, Nietzsche-sensei is a university ...more

Asahi Mikuri‎ya works at a photography studio located near the sea. In the past, Asahi Mikuri‎ya dreamed of becoming a famous photographer, but now he is a cameraman for weddings and school ...more

Naruse Ryo, who is an able attorney that can turn any case in his clients’ favour, takes cases for the disadvantaged and defends them free of charge; therefore, he is called an ...more

The park of Hatsumori, where Nanase and her friends grew, is in danger of being erased. Will it and its memories survive? Its future will be decided on a softball competition. (Source: ...more

Junko Harumi was once a model student during her middle school and high school days. However, she, unfortunately, failed to enter the prestigious Tokyo University, and her life has not gone smoothly ...more