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Company Ain't No School

2018–2021 · 2 seasons

A grounded, earnest grind of young founders chasing success, with quiet tension and the sting of ambition turning personal.

Created by
Michihito Fujii
Genres
Drama
Starring
Shuhei Nomura, Karen Fujii, Reo Sano
Overview
With the first place in a university business competition and a father running a time-honored leather bag store, Yusuke Tsuruta is in the "outstanding" category among university students. After graduation, Yusuke decides to start a business with his classmate Kengo Sato. After declaring that "Company is not school!", he works hard every day to make his business successful.

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Created by
Michihito Fujii
Genres
Drama
Starring
Shuhei Nomura, Karen Fujii, Reo Sano
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • work
  • friendship
  • betrayal
  • revenge
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
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
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Michihito Fujii
Starring
Shuhei Nomura, Karen Fujii, Reo Sano, Shohei Miura, Goki Maeda, Yurika Nakamura, Yuna Taira, Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Length
2 seasons, 16 episodes, 60 min each
Network
ABEMA
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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