Mother Game

A gentle, grounded slice-of-life that quietly draws you into a single mother's daily struggles and small victories.

Created by

Ayuko Tsukahara, Kentarō Takemura

Genres

Drama, Comedy

Starring

Fumino Kimura, Kyoko Hasegawa, Shihori Kanjiya

Overview

Kanbara Kiko is a divorcee and raises her 5-year-old son alone. To open a box lunch food store, she moves to her grandfather's house. She tries to enroll her son Haruto into nursery school there, but a person in charge of the district office tells her Haruto can't attend immediately. Kiko, busy to open her box lunch food store by next month, finds herself in a predicament with her son not having supervision by then. At this time, a director of a kindergarten school, Fune Naraoka, talks to Kiko.

How it feels

Warm, earnest, melancholic and light. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Parenthood, family, isolation, work

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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