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Butterfly Knife

2023 · 1 season

A grim, slow dread settles in as a child meets a suspected killer and the world's fear closes in.

Created by
Akina Yanagi
Genres
Drama
Overview
A single mother was murdered in a room in an apartment while the news of an indiscriminate murder of women was making headlines every day. At the same time, Kazuki Saito, her son, disappears. The public speculates who could be the culprit and they even have a type, and the police are also looking for him. Meanwhile, a girl named Sayo, wanders into the woods and meets the speculated culprit with a knife. What is the fate of the girl who met the murderer?
How it feels
Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Grief, crime, isolation, identity
Content
Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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Created by
Akina Yanagi
Genres
Drama
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Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror5
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Akina Yanagi
Starring
Yuta Hayashi, Kotona Minami, Yuko Nishimaru, Kanta Sato
Length
1 seasons, 15 episodes
Network
BUMP
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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