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Isn't It a Bad Guy?

2022 · 1 season

A gentle, playful body-swap comedy that contrasts city vanity with country honesty, leaving you charmed and quietly reflective.

Created by
Nozomi Omori
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Keita Machida, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Mai Fukagawa
Overview
Gonta, a good-looking man living a false life in Tokyo, and Katsuyo, whose grandma is a powerful and energetic woman who lives an honest life in the countryside, suddenly exchange bodies one day.

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Created by
Nozomi Omori
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Keita Machida, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Mai Fukagawa
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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • identity
  • family
  • class
  • gender
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour6
Realism4
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, drama
Created by
Nozomi Omori
Written by
Kazuhisa Kotera, Shota Gajin
Starring
Keita Machida, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Mai Fukagawa, Seishirou Katou, Keisuke Horibe, Umi Yamano, Tarō Suwa, Hiromasa Taguchi
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes, 30 min each
Network
TV Tokyo
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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