TV series
The Way Of The Hot & Spicy
2021–2023 · 2 seasons
A gentle, low-stakes workplace dramedy where the heat of spicy food mirrors the slow burn of finding your place among colleagues.
- Created by
- Keisuke Shibata
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Akito Kiriyama, Reia Nakamura, Rika Izumi
- Tagline
- It depicts a man who seriously pursues spicy food (Gekikaradou) not only as a man but also as a worker under the influence of his boss who loves spicy food
- Overview
- Sarukawa Kenta, a marketer for a mid-range drinks company based in Osaka, is transferred to the Tokyo office for a good job. But in the new place, all difficult clients were thrown off on him, and his colleagues are in no hurry to make friends with him. Influenced by his new boss Tanioka Kazuhiko, who loves very spicy food, Sarukawa also decides to enter the spicy kitchen.
- How it feels
- Warm, light, earnest and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Work, isolation, identity, friendship
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Keisuke Shibata
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Akito Kiriyama, Reia Nakamura, Rika Izumi
