TV series

Run with the Wind

2018–2019 · 1 season

A slow, heartfelt build of unlikely camaraderie and grueling training that makes you ache and cheer as ordinary people chase something extraordinary.

Overview: Kakeru, a former elite runner at high school, is chased for stealing food. He is saved by Kansei University student Haiji, who is also a runner. Haiji persuades Kakeru to live in the old apartment "Chikuseisou" where he plans to team up with fellow residents to enter Hakone Ekiden Marathon, one of the most prominent university races in Japan. Kakeru soon finds out that all of the residents except for Haiji and himself are complete novices.
How it feels: Earnest, uplifting, warm and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Friendship, ambition, found family, coming-of-age
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
ambition
found family
coming-of-age
survival
Places: big city
school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none