TV series

In This Corner of the World

2018 · 1 season

A quiet, tender domestic drama where ordinary daily rituals slowly press against the weight of wartime anxiety.

Overview: 18-year-old Urano Suzu marries Hojo Shusaku and moves from Eba City to Kure City in Hiroshima Prefecture in the middle of the Pacific War. As Japan slides into a war it cannot get out of, the townspeople go on with their “ordinary” lives. Supplies are short, and family and friends get sent to the battlefield. Suzu and the Hojo family battle such anxieties as they try to live positively.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, war, survival, coming-of-age
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Full breakdown

Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
war
survival
coming-of-age
grief
Places: small town
home
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none