I’m a D-List Handler

ダメマネ! -ダメなタレント、マネジメントします- ‧ Drama ‧ 2025
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The story is set in TOYO Production Entertainment Division 4, a hotbed of troubled and eccentric entertainers led by the cold-hearted and sadistic department head Saigawa Shinichiro. New manager Kandagawa Miwa hides the fact that she was a legendary child actor who suddenly retired after a certain incident, and struggles to revive the fallen entertainers. Using the acting skills and heart-tugging powers she developed as a child actor, she encourages the failed entertainers to get back on their feet. (Source: Japanese = crank-in.net || Translation = kisskh) Edit Translation

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  • 한국어
  • Country: Japan
  • Type: Drama
  • Episodes: 10
  • Aired: Apr 20, 2025 - Jun 22, 2025
  • Aired On: Sunday
  • Duration: 55 min.
  • Score: 7.5 (scored by 132 users)
  • Ranked: #41329
  • Popularity: #15430
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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mya
1 people found this review helpful
Aug 2, 2025
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 6.0
I feel slightly disappointed in this drama.

What I thought I was getting: a look into a manager with a mysterious and secretive past of being an ex-child actor doing her best to lift up these no-name/D-list actors with a powerful message and look into how celebrities are unfairly treated by an arbitrary standard of morals.

What I got instead: a very watered down version of what's above with random spurts of violence and not at all fleshed out side characters who are barely featured. (There's a part of the drama at the start when the FL says these D-list celebrities are all either old and/or unattractive and the camera pans to Suzuki Jin - THE DISRESPECT!)

To be honest, the main characters don't even feel fleshed out. We're thrown into the FL's first day working as a manager but we're never shown how she's been living her life for the past 15 years and how her "scandal" which caused her to leave the industry affected her real life. Her love interest (played by amazing and talented Yamada Ryosuke), whilst very charming, was barely in it, and once again, had no fleshing outside of being a famous actor who once had a conversation with the FL when they were children.

The episodes were honestly a bit meh. I expected each of the talents she helped manage to get their own episode, but only some of them did, and even then, they would frequently just disappear and would appear just for times when the scene would end in everyone talking over each other.

And don't get me started on the violence...I know it was supposed to be comedic, but the FL would hit everyone she encountered, including COMPLETE STRANGERS. I was beyond confused by that. At first, I thought she would just take her anger out on inanimate things such as a cardboard cut-out, but she only does that once, and the rest of the times, it was directed at her co-workers.

Of course there were plenty of things I enjoyed (aka Yamada Ryosuke). There relationship was not the main focus at all and I really enjoyed that. When we saw them together, they were often just chilling together after work and I really liked seeing their progression from strangers to friends and then lovers. Also, for any fans of The Killer Inside, you got to see them together in a much lighter context. My personal favourite detail (if you can even call it that) is that whenever Yama Ryo would sit by her, he sat thigh to thigh, knee to knee and I loved it every time.

We also get to see the FL come into her own throughout the drama and become more and more confident in herself and her abilities rather than relying on her boss to give her literal lines to use when dealing with her co-worker's problems. From a more bird's eye view, I really enjoyed this drama and for whatever reason was feeling rather nit picky when I started the review.

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Ongoing 5/10
Kenseiden
0 people found this review helpful
Jun 6, 2025
5 of 10 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 8.5

10% de malheur, 90% de bonne humeur

Outré par la violence de ce drama, j’hésite à le recommander malgré la présence de Kawaei Rina dans le rôle principal. Elle qui peut être si douce et si touchée par les problèmes de chacun quand elle joue l'aide-soignante... Mais comment une agente qui porte un si joli nom au civil, peut-elle être aussi rude avec ses acteurs ? Car vous allez en voir de sa part, des croche-pattes et autres coups de coude dans ce nouveau drama qui explore les méandres du rôle d'agent de stars en devenir.

En réalité, c’est une violence jouissive que notre actrice fétiche distille dans ce drama feel good. Et c’est d'ailleurs elle qui vous procurera le plus de sourires, pour ne pas dire de rires, par ses réactions, on ne peut plus excellemment jouées, prouvent une fois de plus qu’elle fait partie des grandes actrices de notre époque, et de surcroît dans un registre tout aussi comique qu’émotionnel. Appuyé par un Chiba Yudai au meilleur de son sourire forcé malgré la quarantaine qui approche, on assiste ici à une chouette comédie, pas dénuée de messages sur le monde du showbiz moderne, les masse médias et la rédemption nécessaire à voir et soutenir les autres dans leur réussite, quand soi-même, on a tout loupé.

La réalisation est légère et enjouée alors que le propos peut être parfois rude. Une bande de seconds couteaux, déjà dans leur statut d'acteurs réels, joue de leur propre histoire pour dépeindre une galerie de ratés, mais tellement sympathiques.
Sans en dévoiler plus, la présence de Yasuda Ken et, même si elle est moins nécessaire, de Kichise Michiko en maîtresse d'orchestre de tout ce chantier d'une boîte d'agents au bord de la faillite donne ce côté mystérieux sans user d'artifices de production comme des appuis lourds de caméra et des regards noirs de personnages qui inspiraient la sympathie jusque-là. Les tics classiques des mystery-dramas sont évités en majorité, mais pas complètement absents. On adorera donc suivre la découverte des secrets de chacun, révélés comme il se doit à chaque épisode… ou pas, histoire de maintenir un suspense qui fonctionne.

Bien produit, on ne sera pas lassé sur la longueur, surtout que le duo Kawaei Rina / Yasuda Ken fonctionne à merveille. On ne cherchera évidemment pas à savoir qui manipule l'autre en prenant plaisir à imaginer que ce sont les femmes qui auront le dernier mot. Le monde du showbiz est tellement pollué par le machisme (et encore, je reste poli), que le patriarcat soit malmené dans cette série, nous rend tellement joyeux, comme un titre d'IVE.

Rien à jeter donc dans ce drama, parfait sur telement de choses, à se demander s'il ne surpasse pas Oshi no Ko (le manga, pas le live action. Là, la question ne se pose pas) dans la peinture du monde du spectacle en 2025. Avec une vraie ex-Idole en agente, capable de jouer Chihiro au théâtre Londonien à encore 30 ans, et de vieux briscards comme Yasuda Ken, la question ne se pose même pas. Alors, foncez, le "10 %" japonais vous attend et il est bien meilleur que le petit franchouillard.

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  • Title: I’m a D-List Handler
  • Type: Drama
  • Format: Standard Series
  • Country: Japan
  • Episodes: 10
  • Aired: Apr 20, 2025 - Jun 22, 2025
  • Aired On: Sunday
  • Duration: 55 min.
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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  • Score: 7.5 (scored by 132 users)
  • Ranked: #41329
  • Popularity: #15430
  • Watchers: 417

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