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Skye-N-Rain Feb 20, 2020
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  • This Guy Is the Biggest Mistake in My Life

    101. This Guy Is the Biggest Mistake in My Life

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
    6.9
    181 points by 2 voters
    Sato Yui, a contract worker at Amagi Pharmaceutical, is grieving the death of her pet. One night, while drinking at a bar, she tearfully wishes for a medicine to bring someone back ...more
  • Antarctica

    102. Antarctica

    Japanese Drama - 2011, 10 episodes
    8.2
    180 points by 2 voters
    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
  • Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake

    103. Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake

    Japanese Drama - 1998, 12 episodes
    7.8
    100 points by 1 voters
    High-school student, Kano Masaki, found herself falling into the practice of selling her body in order to earn money. When she heard that her favourite music composer, Ishikawa Keigo was holding a ...more
  • Horimiya

    104. Horimiya

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 7 episodes
    7.8
    100 points by 1 voters
    Although admired at school for her amiability and academic prowess, high school student Kyouko Hori has been hiding another side of her. With her parents often away from home due to work, ...more
  • Attention Please

    105. Attention Please

    Japanese Drama - 2006, 11 episodes
    7.2
    100 points by 1 voters
    Losing her mother at a young age, Misaki Yoko was raised amongst three brothers. Yoko is a slightly boyish girl who is bullheaded and hates dishonesty. Ever since she was young, she ...more
  • Mother

    106. Mother

    Japanese Drama - 2010, 11 episodes
    8.6
    100 points by 1 voters
    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
  • Engine Sentai Go-Onger

    107. Engine Sentai Go-Onger

    Japanese Drama - 2008, 50 episodes
    7.4
    100 points by 1 voters
    Machine World is one of the 11 Braneworlds other than our own, which is referred to as the Human World, and it is home to giant vehicular beings called Engines who wage ...more
  • Mob Psycho 100

    108. Mob Psycho 100

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 12 episodes
    7.2
    100 points by 1 voters
    Kageyama Shigeo is an average middle school boy, nicknamed Mobu (meaning “background character”) as he lacks a sense of presence. Although he looks like an inconspicuous person, he in fact has powerful ...more
  • Brother Beat

    109. Brother Beat

    Japanese Drama - 2005, 11 episodes
    7.4
    100 points by 1 voters
    They don't know when to stop and live life to the full—meet the never-a-dull-moment Sakurai family, where nobody holds their feelings back. Sakurai Harue, who brought up her sons alone after her ...more
  • With Love

    110. With Love

    Japanese Drama - 1998, 12 episodes
    7.2
    100 points by 1 voters
    It all started when Takashi, a talented composer who could not write a love song ever since his girlfriend Rina left him suddenly, accidentally sent an incomplete piece of his latest work ...more
  • Mr. Brain

    111. Mr. Brain

    Japanese Drama - 2009, 8 episodes
    8.1
    100 points by 1 voters
    Ryusuke Tsukumo is a quirky yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research Institute of Police Science. Wielding a unique perspective and psychology, Tsukumo tackles the nation’s most baffling crimes and scandals, ...more
  • Midnight Sun

    112. Midnight Sun

    Japanese Drama - 2006, 10 episodes
    7.7
    100 points by 1 voters
    While working at a seaside inn with his high school buddies, Fujishiro Koji meets Kaoru Amane, a street musician. Kaoru is suffering from an incurable disease called XP (xeroderma pigmentosum), and can't ...more
  • The Kitazawas: We Mind Our Own Business

    113. The Kitazawas: We Mind Our Own Business

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
    7.7
    100 points by 1 voters
    Taizo Kitazawa works as a middle school principal. He has three children. His first child, Hirofumi, is 38 years old and works as a heart surgeon. His second child, Chiaki, is 27 ...more
  • H2: The Days with You

    114. H2: The Days with You

    Japanese Drama - 2005, 11 episodes
    7.4
    100 points by 1 voters
    Kunimi Hiro was an ace pitcher in junior high school, until he was diagnosed by a doctor as having a "glass elbow." He gave up baseball and joined Senkawa Senior High School's ...more
  • Radiation House

    115. Radiation House

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 11 episodes
    8.1
    100 points by 1 voters
    Igarashi Iori is a talented radiographer who believes the “truth” is definitely captured in CT and MRI images. He and radiologist Amakasu An work at a hospital’s radiology department where they determine ...more
  • Naoki Hanzawa

    116. Naoki Hanzawa

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 10 episodes
    8.5
    100 points by 1 voters
    An idealistic banker takes on corruption and wrongdoing at his large corporate bank. While forging ties with some unlikely allies, he must use his financial expertise, his instincts about human nature, and ...more
  • Atsu Hime

    117. Atsu Hime

    Japanese Drama - 2008, 50 episodes
    7.7
    100 points by 1 voters
    The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Atsuhime who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the ...more
  • The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine

    118. The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine

    Japanese Drama - 2002, 12 episodes
    7.3
    100 points by 1 voters
    Natsumi loves lunch. By chance she starts working for "Kitchen Macaroni", posing as the fiance of the owner's eldest son, Kenichiro. Kenichiro's father Kenzo and his three younger brothers - Yujiro, Junzaburo, ...more
  • Water Boys

    119. Water Boys

    Japanese Drama - 2003, 11 episodes
    7.2
    100 points by 1 voters
    Two years ago, five high-school boys brought fame to a small town in Japan. What was so unique was that they formed a "men's synchronized swimming club." Their involvement and struggles while ...more
  • Your Turn to Kill

    120. Your Turn to Kill

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
    8.0
    100 points by 1 voters
    Nana and Shota are a newlywed couple, and Nana is 15 years older than Shota. Nana works as a designer, and Shota works as a gym trainer. They both enjoy mystery. The ...more
  • Un Chocolatier de l’Amour Perdu

    121. Un Chocolatier de l’Amour Perdu

    Japanese Drama - 2014, 11 episodes
    6.8
    100 points by 1 voters
    Koyurugi Sota admires and adores his school senior Takahashi Saeko. But it is unrequited love, so heartbroken Sota heads to Paris to become a Maître Chocolatier. Upon his return, Sota opens up ...more
  • Summer Snow

    122. Summer Snow

    Japanese Drama - 2000, 11 episodes
    7.6
    100 points by 1 voters
    A love story between a young man who has been forced to grow up too quickly and a young woman with an ailment that has placed restrictions on her life. Natsuo has ...more
  • Himitsu no Ai-chan

    123. Himitsu no Ai-chan

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
    7.2
    99 points by 1 voters
    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 ...more
  • A Restaurant with Many Problems

    124. A Restaurant with Many Problems

    Japanese Drama - 2015, 10 episodes
    8.1
    99 points by 1 voters
    Tanaka Tamako, betrayed by her boyfriend-turned-chef and arrested after an incident involving sexual harassment of her friend, resigns from her male-dominated restaurant job. She opens a bistro on a rooftop in Jingumae, ...more
  • The Novelist

    125. The Novelist

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 6 episodes
    7.1
    99 points by 1 voters
    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
  • Nana

    126. Nana

    Japanese Movie - 2005
    7.7
    99 points by 1 voters
    Two girls meet on a train headed for Tokyo. The bubbly girl in white is named Nana and she sits next to a black clad rock girl named Nana as well. They ...more
  • Dragon Sakura

    127. Dragon Sakura

    Japanese Drama - 2005, 11 episodes
    7.7
    99 points by 1 voters
    Sakuragi Kenji is a destitute lawyer and one-time member of a motorcycle gang trying to guide failing high school students with an average score of 36 into Japan's most prestigious educational institution, ...more
  • Otenki Onee-san

    128. Otenki Onee-san

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 9 episodes
    7.4
    99 points by 1 voters
    Haruko Abe received her meteorologist license at the age of 11. She is a genius weatherwoman. Haruko now works as a meteorologist on a morning information program. Due to her incredibly blunt ...more
  • Samurai Cat

    129. Samurai Cat

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 12 episodes
    7.6
    99 points by 1 voters
    Kyutaro is a swordsman who was feared by people at one time. Now, he is poor and lives alone quietly. Kyutaro doesn't know how to earn money without using his sword. By ...more
  • Pure

    130. Pure

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 3 episodes
    7.4
    99 points by 1 voters
    An unpopular idol, Kurobara Junko, pretends to be innocent, but in reality, she is an absurd girl who is jealous of her rival. She volunteers to work as traffic safety and security ...more
  • Suikyuu Yankees

    131. Suikyuu Yankees

    Japanese Drama - 2014, 10 episodes
    7.6
    99 points by 1 voters
    Inaba Naoya, who grew up abroad, admires Yankees because he was saved by one when he was a child. One day, he finally arrives in Japan to attend high school for one ...more
  • Yamato Nadeshiko

    132. Yamato Nadeshiko

    Japanese Drama - 2000, 11 episodes
    7.2
    98 points by 1 voters
    Jinno Sakurako grew up in a very poor family and is thus determined to marry a rich man so that she will never have to go through poverty ever again, and is ...more
  • Shrill Cries of Summer

    133. Shrill Cries of Summer

    Japanese Movie - 2008
    6.3
    98 points by 1 voters
    In early summer, Keiichi had just moved to a remote mountain village. As he became close friends with a group of girls, he enjoyed his life in the village. However, when he ...more
  • Tokyo Tarareba Girls

    134. Tokyo Tarareba Girls

    Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
    7.7
    98 points by 1 voters
    30-year-old Kamata Rinko is single and a struggling scriptwriter. She has no boyfriend and keeps having night outs at drinking spots with her girlfriends, Kaori and Koyuki. “If I become beautiful, a ...more
  • Anego

    135. Anego

    Japanese Drama - 2005, 10 episodes
    7.0
    98 points by 1 voters
    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
  • Samurai High School

    136. Samurai High School

    Japanese Drama - 2009, 9 episodes
    7.4
    98 points by 1 voters
    Mochizuki Kotaro is a mild-mannered, unmanly high school student. One day, he visits a library and meets the mysterious librarian Himiko, who recommends to him an ancient book about a heroic general ...more
  • Testimony of N

    137. Testimony of N

    Japanese Drama - 2014, 10 episodes
    8.3
    98 points by 1 voters
    University students Sugishita Nozomi, Naruse Shinji, Ando Nozomi and Nishizaki Masato end up coming upon the scene of the murder of the Noguchi couple, because of a plan they had devised. Nishizaki ...more
  • Itsuka, Nemuri ni Tsuku Hi

    138. Itsuka, Nemuri ni Tsuku Hi

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 6 episodes
    7.8
    98 points by 1 voters
    A second year high school student, Morino Hotaru has spent the last few years crushing on her classmate, Otaka Ren. Unable to find the courage to confess her feelings, Hotaru has become ...more
  • Yukan Club

    139. Yukan Club

    Japanese Drama - 2007, 10 episodes
    7.0
    97 points by 1 voters
    Shochikubai Miroku is the son of a police commissioner (father) and also a traveller (mother). Miroku has lots of connections and is a very good fighter. His interest is his motorcycle. Kikumasamune ...more
  • Shomuni

    140. Shomuni

    Japanese Drama - 1998, 12 episodes
    7.4
    97 points by 1 voters
    The stories revolve around the Office Ladies of General Affairs department 2 (Shomu ni, or GA-2) in a large multinational company called Manpan Corporation. GA-2 is called "the graveyard for female office ...more
  • Boku to Star no 99 Nichi

    141. Boku to Star no 99 Nichi

    Japanese Drama - 2011, 10 episodes
    7.2
    96 points by 1 voters
    In the romantic-comedy "Boku to Star No 99 Nichi", top Korean actress Han Yoo Na falls in love with a quiet man named Kohei Namiki. Kohei Namiki is a single man approaching ...more
  • Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru

    142. Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru

    Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
    7.7
    93 points by 1 voters
    When Shoutarou Tatewaki first meets Sakurako Kujou, he knows his life will never be the same. Initially believing her to be responsible for a disappearance in the neighborhood, he later learns of ...more

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