50 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestSeemingly perfect from the outside, Shinkai Akira was exhausted from worrying too much about how to be perfect. Nemoto Kousei is amicable and popular with women, but he trusts no one and views everything with a cold heart. The two of them, who became unable to live instinctively like animals, meet by chance at a craft beer bar after work and gradually become close enough to fight and tell each other how they really feel. Due to their encounter, even while getting hurt, they begin to try to be themselves and start taking a step forward.
Acting
Aragaki's micro-annoyances are devastatingly precise.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like people failing to connect.
Direction
Bar scenes shot like emotional battlegrounds.
Yui Aragaki
Akira Shinkai
Ryuhei Matsuda
Kosei Nemoto
Kei Tanaka
Kyoya Hanai
Haru Kuroki
Shuri Nagato
Rinko Kikuchi
Kureha Tachibana
Misako Tanaka
Chiharu Hanai
Takashi Matsuo
Saito Takuramakan
Takaya Yamauchi
Kenji Tsukumo
Atsuhiro Inukai
Hatsu Ueno
Sairi Ito
Yumeko Matsutoya
Koen Kondo
Yusaku Sakuma
Wataru Ichinose
Saburo Okamochi
Nana Mori
Chiharu Hanai (Young)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'craft beer bar' setting was deliberate—Japan's 2010s microbrewery boom symbolized rebellion against salaryman conformity.
Aragaki and Matsuda reportedly improvised their bar arguments; director Mizuta kept the raw footage.
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