Itsuka, Nemuri ni Tsuku Hi: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A second year high school student, Morino Hotaru has spent the last few years crushing on her classmate, Otaka Ren. Unable to find the courage to confess her feelings, Hotaru has become something of an expert in unrequited love.One day, while on a school trip with Ren and her best friend, Yamamoto Shiori, their bus gets into an accident. Blacking out for a bit, Hotaru wakes up to find a young man, dressed fully in black, standing over her. Shocked by his sudden appearance, Hotaru shoves him away but he refuses to leave. Introducing himself as Kuro, he announces that he's a grim reaper and that Hotaru is dead. As if the news of her death wasn't shocking enough, Kuro goes on to explain that she has 49 days in which to resolve the three lingering attachments she has to her past life. If she fails to resolve these lingering regrets within the given time, she'll become a ghost, bound to this world, unable to rest in peace for all eternity. There's just one problem, Hotaru has been asleep for a month and now has only nineteen days in which to resolve her regrets. Difficult as it seems, Hotaru sets out to free herself from the last, lingering attachments to her mortal life. With time running out, she must hurry, but saying goodbye is hard and saying "I love you" feels nearly impossible!

Series details

• Title: Itsuka, Nemuri ni Tsuku Hi
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2019-03-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-04-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• TVMaze ID: 59498
• IMDb ID: tt11771542
• TVDB ID: 366805

Cast and credited roles

• Karen Otomo — Hotaru Morino

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-03-12; final listed air date 2019-04-16.

Source and licence

Adapted from Itsuka, Nemuri ni Tsuku Hi 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.