TV series

Yawara!

1989–1992 · 1 season

A gentle, good-natured sports comedy-drama that ambles along with warm humour and a quietly stubborn heroine finding her own way.

Overview: Inokuma Yawara is just another young high school girl. Well, not quite - for Yawara is being raised by her grandfather, 7th dan Judo master Inokuma Jigorou, to be Japan's great hope for the women's Judo competition at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. All the same, Yawara just wants to live a normal life...
How it feels: Warm, light, earnest and uplifting. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Coming-of-age, sport, family, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Full breakdown

Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
sport
family
identity
ambition
Places: school
big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild