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“Drop-out Teacher Returns to School”
A real school in Hokkaido that accepts drop-out students, giving them a second chance. Yoshimori Masaya graduated from that school. Ten years later, he begins his career as a teacher there. In addition, five new students enroll into the school.

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Amagi Goe

Crossing Mt. Amagi
During 1926, at fifteen years old, Takichi climbed across Mt. Amagi. Along the way, he met various people, including a beautiful prostitute and a drifter. Thirty years later, he finds out what happens to these two after he leaves the mountain from a retired detective. A mystery that was never solved.

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(I’m a Cerebral Palsy Top Salesman)
The third and last kandou (emotional) drama of the series, after Sukoshi wa, Ongaeshi ga Dekitakana and Marathon. It’s based on the story of Bill Porter. Nino plays a character with cerebral palsy who becomes a top salesman, the Japanese version of the story.

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Bussan is a player in a baseball team in Kisarazu. During his visit to the hospital, he finds out that he has cancer and has six months to live. Until then, he wants to do more exciting things. He decides to invite his four other teammates to become burglars and steal things that are already [...]

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Wakura Yusaku is a policeman. One day, he is given a murder case, which turns out to involve with the family of his long-time rival, Uryu Akihiko. A more surprising fact, Akihiko’s wife is Yusaku’s ex-girlfriend, whom he has to break up several years ago.

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Arigatou, Okan

A mother in Osaka runs a foster house. She has taken many children to under her care. Among these children, two of them just graduated from high school.

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Shabake

A historic fantasy story. Ichirou has a weak body, but he has a special ability: He can see Ayakushi (spirital things). After witnessing a murder, he decides to find the killer, which leads to a big change in his life..

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“Was I Able to Return A Favor, A Little Bit”
Based on a real story. Kitahara Kazunori is diagnose with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare disease. The disease mostly occurs during teens, where cancer cells begin to appear in the bones and spread around the body. The story begins when Kazunori is in the second year of [...]

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Marathon

Based on a real story and a remake of a Korean movie. Miyata Shoutarou has autism but he tries to run a marathon.

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Short for “kuishinbou tantei,” a gluttonous detective.

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