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Erika

2025 · 1 season

A quiet, unsettling cat-and-mouse story that slowly tightens its grip, leaving you wary of every polite smile.

Created by
Takahito Ouchi
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Overview
A temporary teacher hoping to earn a permanent position must help a mysterious student, but her strange behavior and eerie charm soon pull him into a dangerous psychological trap.

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Created by
Takahito Ouchi
Genres
Drama, Mystery
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • obsession
    • deception
    • power
    • identity
    • isolation
    Places
    • school
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror5
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension7
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Genres
    drama, mystery
    Created by
    Takahito Ouchi
    Written by
    Taro Aoshima
    Starring
    Mizuki Kayashima, Daichi Watanabe, Rei Okamoto, Michiko Yamamoto, Kenta Uchino, Nashiko Momotsuki
    Music
    Kotaro Maruhashi
    Length
    1 seasons, 6 episodes
    Network
    Fuji TV
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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