TV series

Innocent Days

2018 · 1 season

A slow, somber plunge into doubt and memory, where quiet conversations carry the weight of a life already condemned.

Overview: Sasaki Shinichi looks at his childhood friend Tanaka Yukino in court. Yukino is sentenced to death. She went to her ex-boyfriend’s apartment and caused his wife and child to burn to death. Shinichi knows his childhood friend and perceives that she is innocent. He wants to save Yukino and meets people who knew her including her sister and former classmates. ~~Based on the novel "Innocent Days" by Kazumasa Hayami.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Justice, guilt, memory, friendship
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
guilt
memory
friendship
isolation
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild