Hoshi Shinichi is the "God of Short Stories" who published more than 1001 short stories during his lifetime, some of which are included in textbooks and continue to be read today. His stories often feature mystery, science fiction, or fantasy elements. A sometimes "humorous" and sometimes "cynic" look at society and mankind. Always short, but always surprising and unpredictable. Is it a poisonous allegory or a wake-up call? See some of his greatest gems come to life in this 2022 live-action adaptation
Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama (Season 1)
Bokko chan (Episode 1)
Air date: 2022-04-05
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: Bokko-chan is a humanoid robot created by a bar master. She looks beautiful, but her abilities are not so good. She can only parrot what people say. Even so, she quickly becomes popular with the veteran hostess at the bar. One day, a young man comes to the bar accompanied by his father...
Department of Maintenance of Living (Episode 2)
Air date: 2022-04-12
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: Two men work for a government office called "Ministry of Maintenance of Living. Today, they are on duty again in their car. What are their duties?
Insomnia (Episode 3)
Air date: 2022-04-19
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: A man suffers from extreme insomnia after an accident. He tries a new pillow and sleeping pills, but nothing works. The man is desperate...!
A man from Earth (Episode 4)
Air date: 2022-04-26
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: A man is an industrial spy caught infiltrating a research institute. As punishment, he is banished to another planet by a teleportation device...
League of good citizens (Part 1) (Episode 5)
Air date: 2022-05-03
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: A salesman for a corrupt real estate company who has had a bad habit since he was a child. His destiny is greatly changed when he meets a mysterious organization called the "League of Good Citizens"...
League of good citizens (Part 2) (Episode 6)
Air date: 2022-05-10
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: The "Day of Judgment" is finally approaching. What will be the fate of the man and the human race? ...
The Way of Escape (Episode 7)
Air date: 2022-05-17
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: A pair of robbers jump onto a train to escape from the police, but something is wrong with the train...
Lost faces (Episode 8)
Air date: 2022-05-24
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: In the near future, the majority of people have cosmetic surgery. What people are looking for next to plastic surgery...
On the dim star (Episode 9)
Air date: 2022-05-31
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: Somewhere in space, on a planet where robots abandoned by humans have washed ashore, two humanoid robots meet by chance...
The man in white (Episode 10)
Air date: 2022-06-07
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: After another world war, mankind has created an organization that seeks true peace in order to prevent war from ever happening again...
Lazy Taro (Episode 11)
Air date: 2022-06-14
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: A lazy and withdrawn man is offered a job at a bank. What does he do?
The window (Episode 12)
Air date: 2022-06-21
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: A woman comes from the countryside and lives alone in the city. With a desire to become famous in her heart, she posts her daily life on social networking sites. One day, a mysterious man asks her, "Are you interested in appearing on TV?" She is approached by a mysterious man who asks her if she is interested in appearing on TV. That night, she sees a man on her TV screen...
Frozen time (Episode 13)
Air date: 2022-06-28
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: Mundt (Jun Murakami), a man who became a cyborg after an accident, lives alone in a basement. When he notices something unusual and goes outside...!
Night and Sake (Episode 14)
Air date: 2022-07-05
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: A lonely man with no friends or lover. One day, while drinking alone in his room, a woman appears out of nowhere...
Misalignment (Episode 15)
Air date: 2022-07-12
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: A young man in despair of his life asks "Shooter Service" to deliver whatever he wants...!
Hospitality (Episode 16)
Air date: 2022-07-19
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: A man with no prospects for success becomes "Mr. Burgi" one day, and his daily life changes completely...
The Key (Episode 17)
Air date: 2022-07-26
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: One day, a man finds a key. As if obsessed, the man searches for a keyhole that matches the key...
I accept the offer (Episode 18)
Air date: 2022-08-02
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: He is 42 years old and single. He is an assistant section chief at a company and a baseball nerd who was an alternate on the baseball team in junior high school, high school, and college. His biggest hobby and the center of his life was "intending savings," saving money in a piggy bank as if he had done something. One day, the God of Death suddenly appears in front of him...
The execution (Part 1) (Episode 19)
Air date: 2022-08-09
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: A man who has committed a crime on Earth is sent to a red planet where he is to be exiled. He has only one silver ball in his hand...
The execution (Part 2) (Episode 20)
Air date: 2022-08-16
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: The red planet, the place of execution. A man is left behind with only a silver ball in his hand, and all he can remember is his days on Earth...
