In the Blunt Box: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Miwa, Motoaki, Ritsu, Aoi and Satoru have lived at the same apartment complex for years and they are childhood friends. When they were younger, they always played together. Now, they are high school students and they attend the same high school. They are still friends, but their relationships has changed.

Miwa has feeling for Motoaki, but she can't tell him about her feelings. Motoaki is unaware of her feelings towards him and treats her like a friend. Aoi acts like she is good friends with Miwa, but, Aoi is frustrated by her sense of inferiority and jealousy towards Miwa. Aoi is dating Satoru. Meanwhile, Ritsu complains about the relationships of the other 4 and keeps her distance from them.

Series details

• Title: In the Blunt Box
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2020-02-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2020-03-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Asahi
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 46196

Cast and credited roles

• Sayu Kubota — Miwa Sakurai
• Riku Hagiwara — Motoaki Tsujiuchi
• Fuju Kamio — Ritsu Sanada
• Natsumi Okamoto — Aoi Takatori
• Ayumu Mochizuki — Satoru Shoji
• Miwako Kakei — Ayame Kono

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-02-08; final listed air date 2020-03-14.

Source and licence

Adapted from In the Blunt Box on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.