Meets the World

Oct 24, 2025

2h 6m

★ 6.0

Overview

Yukari, a 27-year old fujoshi fangirl who loves the popular yakiniku-themed pretty boy anime "Meat is Mine", ends up meeting Rai, a pretty but enigmatic bar hostess. As they become friends and roommates in Kabukicho, Yukari starts to get concerned about how Rai doesn't take care of herself and keeps talking about death. Yukari wants to make Rai less suicidal by finding her ex-boyfriend, who she suspects Rai still isn't over. At the same time Yukari attempts to date a decent guy, pressured by her mother and thinking that love might be the answer to set her life straight. Nevertheless, she ends up spending a lot of time with Rai's friend Asahi, a cheery and friendly (but married) host club boy. Based on the novel by Hitomi Kanehara.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

THE KLOCKWORX

TV Tokyo

Shueisha

Horipro

Meets the World Trailers

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Cast

Yukari

Hana Sugisaki

Rai

Kotona Minami

Asahi

Rihito Itagaki

Yuki

Yu Aoi

Oshin

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Masaki Suda

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