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Taking in a Stray

2023 · 1 season

A gentle, low-key domestic drama about two guarded people slowly learning to share a small apartment and a quiet life.

Created by
Keita Meguro
Genres
Drama
Overview
Ai Morikawa is a hard-working career woman at her job in Tokyo. After a long night at work, she returned home on the last train to find a handsome boy at her door. The 16-year old Nagisa is her sister's stepson, suddenly sent to live with Ai when his parents left for an overseas job. Wary like cats, these two loners 10 years apart in age will have to make a new life together.
How it feels
Measured and easy to follow.
About
Found family, family, isolation, work
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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Created by
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Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension2
    Darkness2
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight4

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Keita Meguro
    Written by
    Keita Meguro
    Starring
    Ren Ishikawa, Jun Saito, Shuichiro Naito, Rikako Sakata, Onodera Akira, Morisaki Mizuki, Takegami Haruna
    Length
    1 seasons, 12 episodes
    Network
    BS TV Tokyo
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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