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3000 Yen: How to Enrich Life

2023 · 1 season

A gentle, reflective slice-of-life that quietly follows everyday money worries and small personal victories.

Created by
Makito Murakami
Genres
Drama
Starring
Wakana Aoi, Mie Nakao, Hirona Yamazaki
Overview
This is a story of three generations of women in the Mikuriya family, seriously thinking about "What kind of life do I want to lead?" and overcoming their problems by saving money. Mikuriya Miho is the second daughter of the family and has just started living alone after finding a job with a decent salary. Miho has been dreaming of becoming a working adult with a wonderful boyfriend, but an event causes her to rethink her life.

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Created by
Makito Murakami
Genres
Drama
Starring
Wakana Aoi, Mie Nakao, Hirona Yamazaki
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • work
  • coming-of-age
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama
Created by
Makito Murakami
Written by
Ureha Shimada
Starring
Wakana Aoi, Mie Nakao, Hirona Yamazaki, Yumi Morio, Atsushi Hashimoto, Arata Horii, Go Riju, Mika Ahn
Music
Masaru Yokoyama, Kana Hashiguchi
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes, 43 min each
Network
Fuji TV, Tokai Television Broadcasting
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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