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Fictitious OL Diary

2017 · 1 season

A quiet, wry look at office life, drifting between small daily frustrations and gentle inner reflection.

Created by
Takashi Sumita
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bakarhythm, Kaho, Asami Usuda
Overview
The drama is based on a blog written by Bakarhythm between 2006 and 2009 where he posed as a OL nicknamed Masuno Kakū, who supposedly worked in a bank and wrote stories about the daily feelings of a OL from her perspective and the people around her.

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Created by
Takashi Sumita
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bakarhythm, Kaho, Asami Usuda
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • work
    • identity
    • loneliness
    Places
    • workplace
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour5
    Realism8
    Romance3
    Tension2
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Takashi Sumita
    Written by
    Bakarhythm
    Starring
    Bakarhythm, Kaho, Asami Usuda, Ryo Sato, Maho Yamada
    Length
    1 seasons, 10 episodes, 22 min each
    Network
    YTV, Nippon TV
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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