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Hard-boiled & Love

2022 · 1 season

A gentle, lightly comic detective show that ambles through small mysteries while its awkward hero frets about romance.

Created by
Shinji Kuma
Genres
Comedy, Mystery
Starring
Osamu Mukai, Riko Narumi, Oshirō Maeda
Overview
A middle-aged detective, Kurosaki Ryuji, who can work but is not popular with women, is depicted working hard to marry while solving the mysteries and incidents that come to the office.

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Created by
Shinji Kuma
Genres
Comedy, Mystery
Starring
Osamu Mukai, Riko Narumi, Oshirō Maeda
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 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
  • mystery
  • loneliness
  • love
  • work
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, mystery
Created by
Shinji Kuma
Starring
Osamu Mukai, Riko Narumi, Oshirō Maeda, Manami Hashimoto, Makita Sports
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 45 min each
Network
BS TV Tokyo
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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