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Receptionist Joe

2022 · 1 season

A quiet, grounded workplace drama about duty and empathy, slowly shifting from corporate tension to human understanding.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Jo Takumi has worked as a salesman for an advertising company for the past 3 years. He seems confident, but he actually tries hard to live up to expectations of those around him. His plan to digitize the reception desk, which he thought wouldn't be approved, is surprisingly greenlit. Jo Takumi is then placed in charge of laying off people who work at the reception desk. He faces strong opposition from the reception desk team. To understand their work better, Jo Takumi begins to work at the reception desk...

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • work
  • class
  • power
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Written by
ito Nanoha
Starring
Yuta Jinguji, Reina Triendl, Momoko Tanabe, Karen Miyama, Aki Nishihara, Jun Hashimoto, Takahiro Tanaka
Music
Yuuki Munakata
Length
1 seasons, 10 episodes, 24 min each
Network
Nippon TV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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