Taro Yamada is a scholarship student at Ichinomiya High School. He’s smart, athletic, and handsome—so everyone assumes he’s wealthy. In reality, he lives in poverty with his mother and six younger siblings in one small room, and his father Kazuo is an absent wandering artist. Taro works part-time to support the family. Together with his best friend Takuya Mimura and classmates, Taro navigates comedic and touching moments. Through friendship, romance, and family bonds, the series asks what true happiness really means. It’s a heartwarming coming-of-age story.
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Cast
Kazunari Ninomiya
Yamada Taro
Sho Sakurai
Mimura Takuya
Mikako Tabe
Ikegami Takako
Momoko Kikuchi
Yamada Ayako
Shugo Oshinari
Sugiura Keiichi
Chihiro Ohtsuka
Nakai Masami
Kazue Fukiishi
Torii Kyoko
Hisashi Yoshizawa
Nagahara Makoto
Mitsuru Matsuoka
Yamada Kazuo
Naomi Nishida
Mimura Tsuyuko
Akaji Maro
Mimura Hijirichi
Ai Yoshikawa
Yamada Itsuko
Rie Shibata
Ikegami Maria
Naomasa Musaka
Ikegami Ryunosuke
Seasons
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Offspring
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Survivor's Remorse
The Fruit of Grisaia
Parish
Ambitions
Road to Avonlea
Life on Top
Hero
The Madame Blanc Mysteries
True Tears
Parenthood
Princess Sarah
Tsukigakirei