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There's No Easy Job in This World

2017 · 1 season

A quiet, reflective look at burnout and drifting between jobs, gentle and humane but tinged with weariness.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Kasumi gets a job as a teacher at an elementary school. This fulfills a lifelong dream for her, but Kasumi is too passionate about her job. She overworks herself and gets burned out from her job. Kasumi quits her teaching job. She is still only 28 years old. Kasumi needs to find work and begins to take short-term jobs. She meets mysterious employee Masakado of Hello Work. ~~Based on the novel "Kono Yo ni Tayasui Shigoto wa Nai" by Kikuko Tsumura (Source: Asianwiki)

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • identity
  • healing
  • isolation
  • ambition
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Starring
Erina Mano, Takashi Tsukamoto, Atsuko Asano, Hitomi Takahashi
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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