Original Work: Nigatsu no Shousha ~ Zettai Goukaku no Kyoushitsu
Genre: School
Cast: Yagira Yuya, Inoue Mao, Kato Shigeaki
Synopsis: Kuroki Kurodo (Yagira Yuya), an outstanding cram school teacher from the largest cram school for middle school entrance exams in the industry, is welcomed as the headmaster of a mid-size cram school which has been performing poorly. Kuroki causes a stir with extreme words and conduct, constantly overwhelming the people around him. “Middle school exams are paid games”, “Parents are the sponsors” “A father’s financial resources and mother’s lunacy are what makes a child pass the exams”. He is an ultra realist and speaks his mind. However, he quickly declares to all the new sixth grade students that he will make them get into their school of first choice. While Kuroki labels a cram school as a place which sells children’s future, he is able to understand the true nature of each student and also ease parental anxieties.
Original Work: Utsubyou Kudan by Senzaki Manabu
Scriptwriter: Komatsu Yoshiko (
Director: Yoshida Hiroki
Cast: Yasuda Ken, Uchida Yuki, Minami Sara, Fukuchi Momoko, Watabe Gota, Takahashi Katsumi, Maekawa Yasuyuki, Terajima Susumu, Takahata Atsuko, Tsuchiya Nobuyuki, Suzuki Fuku
Synopsis: Sengaki Manabu (Yasuda Ken) is a popular professional shogi player who holds the highest rank of 9-dan. In July 2017, he was in the middle of a game that would determine his rank when his brain suddenly froze. He could not focus on the shogi board and images of death swirled in his mind. As the person in charge of the shogi association’s public relations, he was busy responding to scandals that had shaken up the shogi world. At the same time, he was also a supervising director for a movie on shogi. He had no rest as he would play shogi in the intervals between. His older brother Akira (Takahashi Katsumi) who is a psychiatrist, diagnoses his condition as depression and recommends immediate hosp