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Kou Kou Kyoushi

2003 · 1 season

A hushed, aching forbidden romance that lingers on glances and coincidence, drawing you into quiet tension and slow heartbreak.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Hina, a student at Nikko High School, goes out one evening with her classmate Beniko. They get split up and Hina ends up in a strange meeting with a man named Ikumi in a game arcade. The next day, Ikumi turns up as the new teacher at her school. Ikumi doesn't seem to recognize Hina but the wheels of fate are slowly moving to reunite them in what is a passionate story of forbidden love.

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Genres
Drama
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • obsession
  • betrayal
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance7
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Ken Yoshida, Natsuki Imai, Shin'ichi Kamoshita
Written by
Shinji Nojima
Starring
Naohito Fujiki, Aya Ueto, Masaki Kyomoto, Sonim, Yu Aoi, Hiroki Narimiya, Kaori Manabe, Azusa Mano
Length
1 seasons, 11 episodes
Network
TBS
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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