Take the Day Off Work Today: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hanae Aoishi is set to turn 30. She works for a general trading company and has never taken a day off or been late for work. She dresses pleasantly plain and has zero dating experience.

She attends a company party and drinks with part-time employee Yuto Tanokura. He is a handsome university student. Through the evening, Hanae becomes drunk and passes out. When she wakes up, Hanae finds Yuto Tanokura sleeping next to her and he is naked. She becomes confused about what happened and takes the day off from work for the first time. To come out of her shell, Hanae decides to date Yuto Tanokura who is 9 years younger than her.

At this time Yu Asao, the CEO of a food company located in the same building as her company, begins to have feelings for Hanae.

Series details

• Title: Take the Day Off Work Today
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Romance
• Premiere date: 2014-10-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-12-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 52 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 23033
• IMDb ID: tt3893132
• TVDB ID: 286481

Cast and credited roles

• Haruka Ayase — Aoishi Hanae
• Sota Fukushi — Tanokura Yuuto
• Hiroshi Tamaki — Asao Yuu

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-10-15; final listed air date 2014-12-17; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

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