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The Lunchtime Detective

2020 · 1 season

A gentle, chatty puzzle-of-the-week comfort watch, light on stakes and heavy on lunchtime conversation.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Reiko Akutsu works for a residential construction company. She plans a lunch matchmaking meeting to find love with someone in the same company. New employee Yuika Amano offers to join the matchmaking event. Yuika Amano and Reiko Akutsu hold the luncheon and meet two men. During their lunch, Yuika Amano and Reiko Akutsu hear a story filled with riddles by the two men. Yuika Amano can't help but to solve the riddles. Going forward, during their lunch matchmaking meetings, Yuika Amano hears various stories involving things like ghosts or missing people and she attempts to solve the mysteries.
How it feels
Measured and easy to follow.
About
Mystery, friendship, work
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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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
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour4
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness2
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight3

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Written by
    Kumiko Asō
    Starring
    Mizuki Yamamoto, Reina Triendl, Toshiki Seto, Rina Chinen, Yuichi Kimura, Yukari Taki, Yutaka Kobayashi, Masao Yoshii
    Length
    1 seasons, 10 episodes, 45 min each
    Network
    YTV
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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