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My Worst Friend

2023 · 1 season

A quiet, uncomfortable study of envy and self-invention, told in short, tense increments that make every smile feel like a risk.

Created by
Shinichiro Hashizume
Genres
Drama
Starring
Aju Makita, Akari Takaishi, Mahiro Takasugi
Overview
Hotaru (Makita Aju), a college senior on a job-hunting losing streak, finds her childhood friend Miharu (Takaishi Akari) her nemesis. Miharu responds to disputes in their classroom with a fair argument and overcomes various accidents with her ingenuity, always basking in the dazzling spotlight. Wanting to be like Miharu, Hotaru applies for the employment exam acting a girl someone like Miharu and she passes the first paper screening. Still puzzled by the situation, she continues to lie with a smile for the following interview, and the next, and the next... (Source: TV Japan)

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Created by
Shinichiro Hashizume
Genres
Drama
Starring
Aju Makita, Akari Takaishi, Mahiro Takasugi
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • friendship
  • ambition
  • deception
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
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
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Shinichiro Hashizume
Written by
Ruri Hyodo
Starring
Aju Makita, Akari Takaishi, Mahiro Takasugi, Yuki Kura, Mikako Ichikawa, Saaya, Rinka Kumada, Manami Igashira
Music
tofubeats
Length
1 seasons, 32 episodes, 15 min each
Network
NHK G, NHK
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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