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Love is Phantom

2021 · 1 season

A gentle, slow-burning romance that feels like a soft daydream, with quiet longing and a touch of workplace tension.

Created by
Osamu Minorikawa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Renn Kiriyama, Sakurako Konishi, Megumi Sato
Overview
love story begins when Hirasawa Momoko, the cafe clerk at a hotel, meets a stranger on the hotel's observation deck. Even though they have just met, they repeatedly kiss. The next day, Momoko is unable to forget about it and learns that the man was Hase Kei, the elite hotelier who works at the same hotel and is too "perfect" for her.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Osamu Minorikawa
Genres
Drama
Starring
Renn Kiriyama, Sakurako Konishi, Megumi Sato
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • class
  • work
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance8
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama
Created by
Osamu Minorikawa
Written by
Osamu Minorikawa, Kumiko Motoyama
Starring
Renn Kiriyama, Sakurako Konishi, Megumi Sato, Yuki Kubota, Kanata Hosoda, Wakana Matsumoto, Akane Hotta, Yumi Takigawa
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 30 min each
Network
MBS
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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