Adapted from the manga series "Kake kara Hajimaru Sayonara no Koi" (賭けからはじまるサヨナラの恋) written by Porun (ポルン) and illustrated by Watanuki Men (わたぬきめん).

Yamada Fumiko, nicknamed Bun, is a poor university student who lives alone in Kita Senju, Tokyo with her talking soft toy Hokusai. A shy person and a day dreamer, Bun makes the people around her happy with imaginative, delicious food that takes little effort. ~ Based on the manga series "Hokusai to Meshi Saeareba" by Sanami Suzuki (first published 2014 in manga magazine Young Magazine)

girl goes in search for her father in a forest taking help from a forest guide. Unbeknownst to them, the forest is enchanted and keeps throwing them through time.

With the town thriving, and Japan looking forward to the Olympics, there are plenty of troublemakers around to hijack the money flowing. Kiyo, Shige and Nori are as busy as ever with both their family lives and their not-so-secret crime fighting. Meanwhile Yuki and Sanae are finally coming of age.

Miyuki, a single mother and nursery teacher, meets Sri Lankan Kumara while visiting Tohoku as a disaster volunteer. A year later, the two of them who fulfilled a fateful reunion are gradually attracted to each other. Straightforward and charming, Kumara quickly becomes friends with Miyuki's daughter, Maya, and eventually, the three begin to live together like a family. Miyuki and Kumara exchange promises of marriage, but it is short-lived happiness.

Shortly after submitting her marriage registration and officially becoming a couple, Kumara is questioned by the police and placed in an immigration facility and ordered to be deported to her home country for overstaying. Kumara and Miyuki are in despair after being suspected of a fake marriage at the oral hearing. Visitation at the immigration office is only for 30 minutes through an acrylic board.

Miyuki and Maya are overwhelmed with anger at the unreasonable response and frustration that they can't help, but they visit lawyer Megumi Koichiro with a little hope. The only way to save Kumara is to file a lawsuit, win over the judgment, and obtain special permission to stay. He just wants to live with his family of three... He keeps a small wish in his heart and challenges the battle against the country.

(Source: Japanese = NHK)

Adapted from the novel "Yasashii Neko" (やさしい猫) by Nakajima Kyoko (中島京子).

Episodes: 5

Duration: 49 min.

Aired On: Saturday

In a near-future world where an oppressive regime segregates society, one woman skirts the system to search for the daughter taken from her years ago.

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Goong is a story about young love in face of tradition, politics, and intrigue. In the imaginary world, modern-day Korea is a constitutional monarchy and the Royal Family lives in a grand Palace, the Goong. Story opens with the sudden death of the reigning the King. Faced with the decreasing popularity among the public for the Royalty, a grand wedding for the Crown Prince, Lee Shin, is decided to be the best publicity move to improve the image of the Royalty and at the same time prepare Shin for immediate succession. The intended bride? The headstrong, awkward, and sweet spirited Shin Chae Kyung that just happens to go to the same exclusive art school. Chae Kyung was betrothed to become the next Crown Princess by her grandfather and Shin's grandfather.

After 14 years of living in England with his mom, Lee Yul appears all of a sudden. He is Shin's cousin as well as the former Crown Prince. Everything seemed to be going normally until Chae Kyung's optimistic spirit wins the heart of internally lonely, Yul. As the Crown Prince Shin and simple-minded Chae Kyung's relationship appear to developing deeper feelings, a series of scandals are exposed to the public right after the pair were officially announced married. Will love prevail all in a world of political pressures and martial hardships? Or will being in the spotlight of the public be too much for the young newlyweds to endure?