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- StarsTakuya KimuraTomoko YamaguchiYutaka TakenouchiA group of friends do their best to handle life's daily struggles. Two of them, an ambitious musician and a struggling model, are drawn to each other.10/10
- StarsHideaki TakizawaKyôko FukadaYôsuke KubozukaIrie is an unhappy bullied kid. His life starts getting better as his father gets remarried and her daughter moves in.7/10
- StarsTakashi SorimachiNanako MatsushimaYôsuke KubozukaOnizuka, a former delinquent finds himself in the role of a high school teacher, facing students who behave just as he used to. Using unusual methods, he manages to reach through to his students and help them with their problems.9/10
- StarsYûji OdaAkiko YadaHiroshi TamakiHaruki Kenji is the manager of the Winter Sports section of a large sporting goods company. On a ski trip in New Zealand with his friend Shintani Goro (who is also his boss) and Shintani's new secretary, Aoi Yuki. Upon returning to Japan he finds that he has a new neighbor in the apartment next to his. It is Aoi. While watching the movers he sees a photograph drop from new girl's luggage. Looking at the photo he sees it is a picture of a group from a female bicycle gang and upon looking closer he sees it is a picture of Aoi. Haruki finds her putting on a facade and fooling everyone at work with her nice girl persona. But at home she is anything but nice, dating lots of men and using them to get what she wants. This continues until one day Aoi comes home drunk and without her keys. Kenji lets her into her room via the door connecting their apartments. Aoi accidentally drops a video tape into Haruki's apartment. When he discovers the tape he watches it. On it Aoi has recorded a message to herself. Seeing this serious message, Haruki begins to view Aoi in a completely different light.8/10
- StarsTakuya KimuraShin'ichi TsutsumiKô ShibasakiHajime is a pilot on an international jetliner. He can't seem to please Captain Koda since an incident years ago. To complicate matters, he begins a relationship with a mechanic, Ayumi, whose parents died many years ago in the plane crash.8/10
- StarsMisaki ItôKazuya KamenashiEita NagayamaAfter her lover doubts her, a 28 year old office worker (Misaki) meets a young man (Kazuya) in her company.8/10
- StarsHiroshi AbeTakashi TsukamotoMitsuko KusabueA 40-year-old gifted architect enjoys living alone and doesn't communicate well with people. He has three female friends. Will he ever marry?10/10
- StarsKazuya KamenashiTomohisa YamashitaMaki HorikitaA popular high schooler and his oddball friend help a shy girl get rid of her bullies by attempting to make her the most popular girl in school.9/10
- StarsHiroshi AbeMasami NagasawaSaekoKenji Sakuragi is a lawyer and former member of a motorcycle gang. He takes on the challenge of preparing a special class for a famous stupid school, Ryuuzan to enter the prestigious Toudai University.9/10
- StarsKenji SakaguchiTeppei KoikeSadao AbeRyutaro Asada, a renegade but brilliant surgeon, was being framed for a misdiagnosis and let go by the North Japanese Hospital. He went into exile and lived in a seaside shack when he was visited by Akira Kato, assistant professor of the Faculty of Cardiac Surgery at Meishin University Medical Hospital. Despite being a female doctor, Akira managed to become an assistant professor. She was ambitious and set her goal to be promoted to full professor by succeeding in a surgery using the Batista technique - an extremely difficult type of heart surgery - and to write a paper on it. A year ago, Akira witnessed Ryutaro's skills when he was an NGO doctor and was impressed enough to seek his assistance in the Batista technique. This drama exposed the difficulties encountered in the rigid Japanese medical professions in treating patients whereby decisions made were based more on protecting the hospitals than the patients.9/10
- CreatorMitsuru AdachiStarsTakayuki YamadaSatomi IshiharaMako IshinoA Japanese television show adapted from the manga of the same name about two rival high school baseball games. The stars of each team, Hideo and Hiro, happen to be childhood friends.8/10
- StarsShun OguriYui AragakiKiichi NakaiHayakawa Vito has a Filipino father and a Japanese mother, but he was born and raised in Japan and has never visited the Philippines. The ever-smiling Vito works at Machimura Foods during the day, and at night, he works a part-time job trying to make his dreams come true. One day during an incident at a bookstore, he meets a girl named Mishima Hana, who lost her ability to speak due to an accident. But even though she can't speak, Vito is drawn to her beautiful smile. However, Vito becomes wrongly suspected by the police for a crime, and after meeting the lawyer Kazuma, the issue begins to grow - Together, Vito, Hana, and Kazuma will go through challenging times and have to overcome many obstacles.8/10
- CreatorSatoru HiuraStarsHaruka AyaseNaohito FujikiYuka ItayaWhen she's not at her fancy job, Hotaru just wants to relax at home - until her landlord's son shows up, and it's none other than her fastidious boss.9/10
- StarsMin TanakaNana EikuraKaoru KobayashiKazuki Aikawa has worked as a university lecturer for a half year. He teaches the subject of ethology. He is fascinated by the mystery of living creatures and has a tendency to focus only on that. He is not good at following rules or being punctual which causes him problems working at the university. Kazuki's class is uncommon. He gives assignment to his students which allows the students to express themselves. The students get confused though, because Kazuki tells them he does not know the answer. The students are struck by Kazuki's peculiar manner. This leads them to remember how their minds were during their childhood years.9/10
- StarsRyôko ShinoharaMasanobu AndôTakanori IwataIn a luxury apartment tower, six different women in unhappy marriages end up crossing the line into infidelity.8/10
- StarsTakayuki YamadaShinnosuke MitsushimaMisato MoritaFollows the story of Toru Muranishi's unusual and dramatic life filled with big ambitions as well as spectacular setbacks in his attempt to turn Japan's porn industry on its head.9/10
- StarsKaoru KobayashiMansaku FuwaAsako KobayashiAn anthology of human relationship stories connected by the only open in the wee hours diner the characters frequent. Resolutions are often facilitated by the owner/chef.8/10
- StarsKazuya KamenashiFumino KimuraShinnosuke MitsushimaMakoto Masaki and Haruko Kogetsu are both single and they have passed each other since they were children, yet they are not aware of each other at all. One day, a man introduces himself as God who tells about their destined soul mate.7/10
- StarsTakuya KimuraAya UetoMiki MizunoA hero, suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, loses memory and tries to reclaim his identity by reconnecting with loved ones. From the manga "I'm home" by Ishizaka Kei.8/10
- StarsShinnosuke MitsushimaOji SuzukaYôko MoriguchiAmasawa Yoichiro was abandoned and leads to his encounter with Suzuki Nita who hopes to become an artist. A penniless and homeless Yoichiro makes Nita buy him curry on the grounds that he saved him, and mutters briefly about his family.7/10
- StarsKasumi ArimuraKento HayashiNao HondaWhen Momoko Adachi (Kasumi Arimura) was in high school, her parents died in an accident. She was left with her 3 younger siblings. To support her family, Momoko Adachi gave up on going to a university and picked up a job at a hardware store. 9 years later, she is now 27-years-old. Her 3 younger siblings are 20, 17, and 14-years-old. Momoko Adachi places her sibling's happiness before anything else. One day, she meets Yoshioka-san at work. She is attracted to Yoshioka-san, who smiles all the time, but he has a secret.7/10
- StarsMoemi KatayamaSara TakatsukiYuichi NakamuraDespite the bar's uninviting name, two sisters warmly welcome their patrons with tasty food and sake, just like their parents did before them.8/10
- StarsTakumi KitamuraJun ShisonKanata HongôA teenager dies while saving a young kid and is given a chance to be resurrected, provided he works for the Spirit World as an investigator of supernatural crimes with his newly-given powers.9/10
- StarsYû YokoyamaEito KawaharaMaika YamamotoWhen an unpopular manga artist has to care for his new neighbor, a 5-year-old child living alone, he learns the importance of responsibility and care as an adult.9/10
- StarsShunsuke MichiedaRen MeguroRiko FukumotoAoki thinks the girl he's in love with likes another boy, who thinks Aoki has feelings for him. Why does first love always have to be so complicated?8/10