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Pure

1996 · 1 season

A gentle, earnest drama that asks you to sit with its characters and feel the quiet weight of care and discovery.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Orihara Yuka is an artist with savant syndrome, closely protected by her mother and her cousin. When one of her works is entered into a competition and wins first place, she is thrust out into a much wider world. She meets Sawatari Toru, a bitter reporter with a hard past, who treats her as if she were normal.
How it feels
Measured and needs your attention.
About
Family, identity, art, isolation
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
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • identity
    • art
    • isolation
    • healing
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Isamu Nakae, Kensaku Sawada
    Written by
    Yukari Tatsui
    Starring
    Emi Wakui, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Katsunori Takahashi, Saki Takaoka, Ryoko Shinohara, Jun Fubuki, Katsumi Takahashi
    Length
    1 seasons, 11 episodes, 45 min each
    Network
    Fuji TV
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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