High rated shows Japanese

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7.7 05 com youth- Ex biker gang beggar lawyer Sakuragi Kenji guides failing nearly bankruptHSers w/ 36 avg score to top Tokyo Uni (Toudai "Dragon Zakura") for his personal ambition, to produce 5 successful applicants. Teaches key test-taking techniques & life essentials S2

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7.7 13 rom com- Beauty salon vice manager 39 yo Sakura glams her customers but not herself. Envies love but also afraid. At party met bike rider Hiroto who fell for older her. 1 of her beauty salon manager Rintaro is blunt & drinks

7.7 09 rom psycho- Honda Yu & Yoko meet under the most unusual of circumstances. HY lost a bet with his homies to go into the city crossdressed & kiss the 1st woman he sees. Saw Yoko surrounded by thugs & help beat them up & then kissed Y & ran away. For the 1st time HY fellfor a, but Y fell for a drag woman "Miss Scorpion". Meanwhile, HY is being followed by cult "Zero Church" member Koike Aya who plans to bring HY's entire fam into the cult but 1st she will gain the favor of Yoko by masquerading as Miss Scorpion 

7.7 23 fantasy thriller youth- Horai HS grad day 3rd D chem teacher distant Kujo Rina cluelessly pushed from 4th floor & saw a school uniform sleeve. Went back in time in front of her students now knowing 1 of them will try to kill her in a yr. To find the truth she starts warmly reaching out to them including model student Ugumori Kanau who has a bad time cuz she's always bullied

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7.7 17 rom com-30yo single struggling scriptwriter Kamata Rinko keeps having night outs at drinking spots w her gfs Kaori & Koyuki. “If I become beautiful, a better guy will appear!” “If we grow to like each other, we can get married!” They will not stop talking about these hypothetical questions. Then a younger, handsome, golden-haired guy suddenly utters, “These “what if” women!” & the trio have to face the harsh reality that they are no longer girls. Rinko enters her 30s while still immature, seeking happiness and struggling with romance and work Tokyo Dara Dara Musume(spinoff) Tokyo Tarareba Musume 2020 (adaptation

7.7 24 thriller- Kiriyuu Aoi youngly lost her mom & her dad raised her alone in their suburban town. 2008 1 murder victim was KA's crush's younger sis. She found the body, trauma caused her to loose some memories before the incident. Her dad was arrested as the serial killer & she left. 16 yrs later, she returned to prove her dad's innocence but another murder took place. Now detective KA & her buddy detective Kosaka Kei search for the the truth. Soon learns of her ex-classmates hidden faces

7.6 24 rom mystery fam- after a job promotion single 29 yo Oba Nana become the youngest assistant manager, but she's anxious due to her married & mom friends. Has 2 struggling sisters: accountant 39 yo Narusawa Mutsuki seperated from her cheater husband & 19 yo Oba Hatsumi who feels unease w people her age who have their own life goals & goes meet a dating app match man. 1 day, their dad suddenly goes missing & all 3 gather together 

7.6 23 rom- 16 yo Kisaragi Maaya 1st love confession was rejected & vows to "never confess again" in front of stoic popular Chigira while on library duty together. Meet again & saw her upset while reminiscing the past, he proposes they undertake a "pretend unrequited love play". KM's heart begins to heal, her thoughts turn to em getting closer... but she can't fall for distant C? 

7.6 12 psycho- supermodel Liliko underwent plastic surgery to attain the perfect body to reach her career's peak. But her body began breaking down as an effect of the treatments & she started lashing out 1st to her manager & agency & later to the public realizing her lifestyle won't last long. Meanwhile inspector investigating a series of mysterious suicides & organ theft believes that L's unnatural beauty could unearth an underground industry of unsafe med practice & save lives 

7.6 07 rom com- Big interior design Hotaru is lazy irl in training wear in her rented home uninterested in everything. Her bar landlord's just divorced son came to inspect the rental property, not knowing someone lives there. Is shocked w/ mess but more w/ her as he's her boss Takano S2, It's Only A Little Light In My Life 

7.6 24 mystery- HS Haibara Shoko appeared in beauty streamer Tokumichi Hitoshi's vid & became an influencer. But her jealous classmates tricked & assaulted her. The vid went viral making her a hate target: revealing her address & was burned killing her parents. Suffering emotional scars, her granny took her in living a rough life. 10 yrs later, HS decided to end her life but happens to see her former happy classmates on TV. At that moment, she vowed to take revenge on them &  regretful TH became her revenge partner Kesenai "Watashi": TVer Original Story (spinoff), Kako kara no Fukushusha (spinoff)

7.6 20 rom-  4 HSers have different views on love. Yuna dreams about romance thru rose-coloured glasses, down-to-earth Akari's practical. And the boys airhead Kazuomi can't grasp the concept of love & Rio accepts every confession as long as the girl looks cute. Will they end up leading a youthful romance that meets their expectations? 

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7.6 13 life- Oshin is sent to work for another family, because of her own family's financial condition. Nevertheless, the young girl lives strongly. 

7.6 18 rom com- Real estate office worker 33 yo Haruta Soichi unpopular w/ women force to live independently so got coworker Maki Ryota who's good @ housekeeping (cuz he don't know living basics) One day, her & gay coworker Kurosawa Musashi both confess their feelings to him ..LOVE or DEAD, ..In the Sky, ..In The Sky Sp, ..Returns

7.6 07 rom com youth- Unskilled lover stubborn Iwase Ken fell long ago for his ele friend cheerful Yoshida Rei who's about to wed another. While he & other HS friends attend the wedding ceremony, a fairy send him to the past giving him a 2nd chance to win her Special

7.6 24 rom- accident left Aoi completely mute & hopeless. 1 day, he met music student Mika who wanna become a pianist. An accident left her blind. Aoi's attracted & tries protecting her from danger. He conveys his feelings to her through his index finger's light touch or the sound of a small bell. His basic but genuine gesture changes her. With Aoi, she's able to see hope through the despair, but something happens to them 

7.6 21 com- tough guy w a knack for housework tackles household tasks w meticulous care in these comedic live-action vignettes Gokushufudo (Japanese adaptation) 

7.6 15 business- fabric otaku Tokita Mayuko who also maj in textile technology & her friend Kouno Yuri moved to Tokyo & found a job in Ginza. Mayuko's dream is to develop new kinds of fabric, but due to a misunderstanding, she ends up working in a handmade luxury lingerie atelier called Emotion. Her boss Nanjo Mayumi, an icon in the Japanese lingerie industry, deems her tacky and not beautiful enough for the company image, forcing her to change. Mayuko resists the change at first, however, she slowly starts to fall in love with her job and the brand 

7.6 24 rom- artist Kosaka Ren arrives in Japan to take up a special temp lecturer position at an Kamakura art uni. He has a certain aura about him to making people wanna get closer to him, but he also keeps a certain distance from everyone around him. Like butterflies that surround a flower, he is surrounded by other people. 1 day, he meets a certain woman and, because of her, his emotions begin to change. Even though he knows it will hurt ... nevertheless Nevertheless, (K)

7.5 06 youth- Pregnant 14 yo Miki Ichinose decide to keep & raise it by herself. Show follows what this means for her, her fam, her school life, her bf life, & his fam & their society

7.5 17 mystery- journalist Mikami & rookie assistant director Mai investigate the unsolved serial murders of 5 little girls from 27yrs ago. Although a man was arrested based on DNA evidence, contradictory details raise doubts about his guilt. As they uncover the chilling truth of false charges & state corruption, they expose the darkness surrounding the case through investigative journalism Season 2

7.5 24 rom com- coworkers Aoshima & Yukino have never spoken to each other. 1 day, at a bar that Y frequents, they end up sitting next to each other! Y's friend called her & brought up herpromise to attend a wedding next week "w her bf" & panics, saying, "we broke up 6mos ago...!"  & asks A to pretend to be her bf w her & he agrees! but A has a plan... while pretending to be together he became interested in Y but she doesn't..Y is at the mercy of a mean, younger tsundere boy. What will become of their "contract love"? 

7.5 05 rom com- after Sakurai Harue's husband died she raised her 3 sons alone & bad at running her home but her eldest, stickler serious-minded advertising agency worker Tatsuya, does the job in her place & keeps his younger bros easy-going swimming instructor Riku & naïve student Junpei in check. Everything hangs loose on the Sakurai home & everyone always speaks their mind. Tanaka says she really loves this 'perfect family.' They'll win your hearts too! 

7.5 05 rom com- MNC office worker Aoyama Saori send Yamada Tsuyoshi Hermes teacups to thank him for saving her from train drunkard. Unskilled lover him asks Aladdin Channel BBS help on how to interact w/ her Outro final especial, Homem do Trem, A Cruzada Final

7.5 18 rom- Fashion mail order country Miki Ogawa yearns living as a city lovely girl. Has a secret- shes trans. One day, her old HS classmate Tadaomi Goto appears & flustered by her different appearance & become roommates

7.5 21 rom com- 27yo Ookado Akiha vows to stay single, got a proposal to enter into a fake marriage from 30yo Momose Shuu who wants to get the status of a married man for some reason. Through living together as a fake couple, their relationship gradually changes Tonikaku Konin Todoke ni Han wo Oshitai dake desu ga (spinoff)

7.5 02 rom- Yuka Misaki begins casually dating uni Akio Asami & later falls for him. An accident caused them to loose contact but 1 yr later they met again. YM  still working at her dad Shigeo's flower shop, & AA now a HS teacher. Jan 7, makeup classes are being held under Noriko Sekiya(who's taken out loans to pay for the popular brand items that she buys) for students like: popular Tadashi Otomo & delinquent's leader Sho Takamatsu. YM comes to the school to collect money from NS & meets AA & get into a fight & makeup

7.5 07 com fantasy- Momoko just started funeral services & crime scenes clean ups co job & discovers her new power. When she touches recently dead's belongings she travels to past & can save them from their untimely death 

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7.5 10 com- Daichi Shinagawa is a bona fide “yankii”, a juvenile delinquent tough widespread reputation doesn't let him walk the street w/o being challenged to a fight by other thugs & spends his days alone as no one comes near him at school. Til 1 day his spectacled class president Hana Adachi befriends him. While she looks prototypical serious she's a reformed “yankii” & something of a convivial space case. Daichi soon finds himself unwittingly swept up in her world, helping others w their problems & participating passionately in school events

7.4 15 rom fantasy- HS Hayama Takashi falls @ 1st sight for Oribe Azusa, & subsequently they start dating. 1 day, OA made an unusual confession to HT; everyone, including her fam & friends, forget her existence a few hrs after meeting her. HT doesn't believe her @ 1st, but by chance he realises it was tru & starts documenting their time together to not to forget her. What will happen next?

7.4 20 rom- Yomogida Fujiko w/ academic complex becomes insurance co full time employee. Why did rich co employee Nishina Soma move next door in this shabby apartment? why he so kind to her? a stranger? yandere

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7.4 24 rom com- HS Eriko Ichimura only joy is watching popular Akira Omi & imagining them dating &  writes down those thoughts on her social media account "Lovesick Ellie". AO seems perfect, hot & a gentle personality. 1 day, she witnesses AO spouting vulgar language, & she realizes he is kind of 2-faced person. Making things worse, her fantasy thoughts are discovered by him. He thinks that she's funny, & approaches her 

7.4 24 thriller- 19yo Mishima Zero is mysterious transfer student who gathers a bunch of "failed" HS students to "destroy the world with him". Zero has a unique appearance and charismatic charm that allows him to penetrate people's hearts and manipulate people with his words. Led by Zero, the high school students form a group called "Mars" to break down and rebuild the society created by adults 

7.4 12 rom mystery- The last 3 yrs Ruka hasn't been able to leave her projectionist theater job. Tokyo uni Keisuke begins to work at same cinema during his summer break & falls for her

7.4 91 rom- When Kanchi first came to Tokyo to work, he was full of uncertainties. He is 'lost' in his work and his love relationship is in a mess. During those times, Rika, his colleague, always encourages and helps him. Though they fall for each other once, all this comes quickly and ends fast. Rika is simply too 'energetic', and her love is simply too 'heavy' for Kanchi 

7.4 23 rom com-  café worker Yae roomate friend suddenly got married & she struggles w rent & lost her job in the same day! Then her bf dumped her but suddenly her childhood friend Takumi reappear in her life. Who suggested she takes on a part-time job as his “fake wife” for the next 6 mos as he just wants people to think he’s married. Y accept & in return receives housing & living expenses for playing her role. Unbeknownst to Y, she was T’s 1st love who awkwardly struggles to win Y’s heart, will the day come when this couple can become something more? 

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7.3 17 rom com- HS Tachibana Setoka has bad luck with it comes to love. She has made countless love confessions to various boys in the past, but was rejected. Not knowing that the person behind it was her bro, Haruka. Will things finally be able to change for the better when she meets a new boy Chiaki or when her 1st love Takane pops up? My Brother Loves Me Too Much

7.3 18 drama - bored uni Morinaka Ryo tends to bar. His homie Tajima Shinya, introduces him to members-only host club owner Mido Shizuka, who soon recruits him. 1st he dismisses pure prostitution work, til he uncovers each gal’s secret desires extent, leading him to find a renewed purpose sense

7.3 21 rom- Hotel cafe clerk Hirasawa Momoko & dude started kissing on hotel's observation deck even tho they've just met. Next day, unable to forget, learns he was hotel's elite hotelier Hase Kei & is too "perfect" for her Special

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7.3 10 action- Atsuko Maeda & Onizuka Daruma transfer to the all-girls school Majisuka Gakuen where violence is common among the Yankee students. Bold trouble maker OD quickly won her 1st fight but then beaten by another gang Team Hormon in front of quiet AM who's secret strong true nature was awaken by the word "Majisuka?" (means are you serious?) & fight them easily. Making the school's big fuss & even reaching the strongest fighting group Rappapa. Afterwards, OD acknowledged AM as her boss & their friendship grew along w their school fights Majisuka Gakuen 2

7.3 09 rom com- Kid Mei was rescued by her "butler" seemed like just a dream. But after her parents' accidental death, he appears: Rihito her appointed server & she's actually a fortune heiress forcedly transfer to St. Lucia Girls' Academy, where everyone have butlers! Her childhood friend Kento enroll in a butler school to stay close to her

7.3 21 mystery law-  former surgeon Kazuya Takano is now a lawyer. He is a genius & was scouted by the Shidanzaka Law Office. The law firm founder suddenly died his lawyer daughter brought KT to help rebuild Shidanzaka Law Office. Working w 4 other lawyers in charge of criminal affairs. The 4 lawyers all come from different backgrounds & have different personalities. The other 4 attorneys are the late founder's daughter, rookie lawyer w an inferiority complex & former NEET, a prideful lawyer a former judge, & s lawyer with a compassionate mind a former detective

7.3 03  rom com- 4 schoolboys find themselves the last virgins left at school. During the summer holidays, a girl they knew as children 11 yrs ago, moves back to the neighborhood. Despite their childhood attraction to her, they realize she is a mere shadow of the "princess" they all thought they knew. This story of summer - love, friendship, school, family, the hypocrisy of adults, complications of life, experience & failure is set in an everyday shopping district & shows the clumsiness of children who have developed a little later than their peers Special

7.2 03 rom- 3rd grade HS Kirishima Kayako feels a sense of isolation in school life & vague admiration & uneasiness in the future. 1 day befriends Endo, who is isolated from her surroundings cuz she remained in the same class for another yr. KK's strongly attracted to E, who shows her a world that she didn't know 

7.2 21 rom- while librarian Waka was looking for a place to move into w her huge book collection she suddenly reunited w researcher Shinobu, who suddenly kissed her back in HS while reading Tanizaki Junichirou's "A Fool's Love"...?! They suddenly started living together & when he confessed that he "liked" her, W turned him down immediately?!! 

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7.2 17 youth- HS Mai attends a new school where she met Shino who used to be bullied by M's friends back in their JHS days. The tables have now turned 

7.2 14 thriller- beautiful honors student Kanako suddenly went missing. Her former detective dad Akihiro Fujishima, started searching for her, tracking down her former JHS teacher, classmates & her juvenile delinquent friend Endo for clues. But lonely AF own actions caused his fam's collapse & thought his K search would fixed it. But while investigating, he's discovered shocking revelations like K was entirely different from her pristine image

7.1 24 drama- Yuka youngly lost her dad & was raised by her mom. Y's dream of building a happy fam & starts dating Nakamura Kosei, who grew up in similar to her. Her mom passed & lonely Y married NK & even become a liver transplant donor for her MIL Seiko. But then found out it was sham marriage just for her liver & was forced to divorce. Found out she was pregnant & singly raises him. 5 yrs later, she met NK by chance...  she decides to take revenge on his Nakamura fam for insulting her late mom & her son

7.1 22 rom- Sakura Hiraga gave up on her dream after an accident. Now she's married w her hair salon owner husband living a luxurious penthouse apartment. But considers herself a goldfish in a fishbowl cuz she can't leave her husband who secretly physically & verbally abuses her. 1 day, due to a goldfish, she meets a man 

7.1 01 rom- At some point, Irie Manato began to withdraw himself from the world. Even when picked on, it's not the real Irie, but an act. 1 day he meets the strange Misawa Yui who finds the tedium of everyday life unbearable, teases IM with her almost too upfront & honest manner. Alone & afraid IM wavers but finds himself drawn to her. But his feelings for MY are doomed to be unrequited 

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6.7 17 thriller- 11 HS classmates awaken, restrained to a large dining room table. While fearing for their lives, they try to remember a motive to why they're there & uncover secrets about each other Re:Wind (side story)

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n/a rom com- maj confectionery manufacturer's son Fujiwara Sosuke past trauma cause him OCD & is the popular chocolate shop Le Sober's new president. Genius chocolatier Lee Ha Na scopophobia made her hide her true ID as an "anonymous chocolatier" at Le Sober where her master & crush was the owner.  FS's childhood  friend Takada Hiroshi is his fav bar Brush's owner & was friends w Le Sober's former owner. FS's psychiatrist Dr friend Irene counsels LHN & publishes books, but she herself suffers from alcoholism & sucks at romance

8.2 25 historical- In the mid-1800s, Edo, a metropolis with a population of over 1 million people, developed into one of the world's largest cities during a period of peace. Tsutaya Juzaburo, also known as Tsutashige, was born to a poor commoner in Yoshiwara, a suburb of Edo, and was separated from his parents at an early age. He becomes an adopted child. Tsutashige, who was nurtured through connections that go beyond blood ties, started his career as a book rental business and later started a book editing and publishing business. Coincidentally, Edo culture flourished in the free atmosphere created by the powerful figure of the time, Tanuma Okitsugu, and a variety of literary figures, such as Hiraga Gennai, were produced. Tsutashige continued to interact with cultural figures such as "Yellow Cover Books" and produced a series of hit works with abundant illustrations. The talents that Tsutashige discovered were young and unique talents such as Kitagawa Utamaro, Santokyoden, Katsushika Hokusai, Kyokutei Bakin, and Ikku Jukkasha. Many of them later became masters and became the cornerstone of Japanese culture. However, times have changed, and Tanuma Okitomo has fallen from grace. During the Kansei reforms led by Sadanobu Matsudaira, Tsutashige's freedom and political satire became a problem, and he was punished by having half of his property confiscated. There are people around him who are exiled to Edo or driven to death... Tsutashige continues to be exiled from the shogunate. Although he continues to face severe oppression, he remains determined to oppose the authorities and continues to fight with the power of his pen. Meanwhile, a disease attacks his body. As his death approaches, Tsutashige sets up a grand entertainment called "Sharaku" that will never be taken away... 

7.8 23 thriller- 8:23am everyone thinks that today will be the same as always. But 1 of the train cars heading towards the city centre is suddenly warped to a desolate world in the future. The passengers are suddenly thrown into a world where smartphones are useless. By chance or fate... they begin a life of survival in order to survive