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My Grandfather, the Master Detective

2026 · 1 season

This series offers a quiet, deeply felt look at the delicate threads of family life confronting the challenges of cognitive decline.

Genres
Mystery
Overview
Elementary school teacher Kaede reunites with the grandfather who raised her as he begins living with Lewy body dementia, confronting the challenges the illness brings to their lives and relationship.
How it feels
Melancholic and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Family, memory, aging, deception
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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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
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

Cast

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Details

Genres
mystery
Created by
Hayato Tajimi, Osamu Katayama, Yoshiaki Murao, 近藤幸子
Written by
Kanna Wakasugi
Starring
Ai Yoshikawa, Keito Tsuna, Yuri Tsunematsu, Aloha Takamatsu, Eiji Okuda, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Takehiro Ohtsuki, Manato Sakamoto
Length
1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network
tv asahi
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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