It's Boring Here, Pick Me Up

Oct 19, 2018

1h 37m

★ 5.6

Overview

The first-person protagonist is a 27-year-old freelance writer who returns to her hometown from Tokyo, and she gets together with high school friend Satsuki and cameraman Suga to see Shiina, who they all admired in high school. Along the way, vivid memories from high school replay in the protagonist's mind.

Genres

Romance

Production Companies

KADOKAWA

DUB

Sony Music Artists

VAP

Asmik Ace

ColorBird

The Kitanippon Shimbun

It's Boring Here, Pick Me Up Trailers

Cast

Ai Hashimoto

Mugi Kadowaki

Shiina-kun

Ryo Narita

Shinpo-kun

Daichi Watanabe

Minami Yamashita

Yukino Kishii

Akane Morishi

Rio Uchida

Satsuki

Yurina Yanagi

Teacher Manami

Kumi Takiuchi

Endo

Yuki Kameda

Nacchan

Yuki Katayama

Suga-san

Jun Murakami

Asako Shiina

Kinuko Kisaki

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