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Cicada Boy

2019 · 1 season

A gentle, offbeat fable that mixes quiet sadness with whimsy as a lonely woman is nudged back toward life.

Genres
Comedy
Overview
Okawa Yuka is living out the daily motions of life but doesn't understand her reason to keep living. After a confrontation with a co-worker, she decides to end it all but fails when she stops herself from squishing a cicada. That cicada returns the favor by transforming into a man, named semi, for seven days because he thinks it will make her happy. The downside is, he has no idea how to live as a human.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Isolation, identity, healing
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    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
    Horror1
    Humour5
    Realism4
    Romance2
    Tension2
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight6

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Starring
    Ryosuke Yamada, Haruka Kinami, Fumi Dan, Sawako Agawa, Yukiya Kitamura, Mio Imada, Ichiro Yatsui, Shizuyo Yamasaki
    Length
    1 seasons, 8 episodes, 60 min each
    Network
    tv asahi
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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