5 must-watch Japanese dramas for women in the workplace! A female perspective on the workplace will make you nod your head and empathize

After a long day of tedious work, how do you relax? Lie on the sofa, turn on the TV, and enter the world of drama! Compared with local dramas that spill blood and Korean dramas that involve love and hate, the number of Japanese dramas that follow the sketch route is smaller, and the delicate portrayal of characters can always make people empathize with them. Japanese dramas with the female protagonist’s workplace as the background story have been appearing in recent years. Issues such as how to balance work and family, and how to survive in the workplace are also frequently discussed themes in Japanese dramas. Have you watched all the 5 classic TV series introduced below?

1. Workaholic /働きマン (2007)

The 28-year-old Matsukata Hiroko is a red card editor and reporter of the weekly magazine. She has written countless exclusive reports, which even her male colleagues can't match. Once she enters "work mode", she will forget about food and sleep, and will forget about love, entertainment, and dressing up. In the play, dealing with the mess of subordinates, disapproval of seniors, giving up love for work, etc. are all situations that office workers may encounter, leading the audience to see the bitterness of the publishing industry.

Adapted from the anime of the same name, it tells the story of the various things that workaholic Hiroko Matsukata encounters in the workplace.

2. Dispatch Female Doctor She hates groups, power, and restraint. She uses her professional license and superb technology as weapons to dare to challenge the white giant tower feudal system. "I will never fail. (Private, failure is a failure.)" is her classic line, which also made Ryoko Yonekura, who plays the heroine, the queen of ratings.

The dispatched female doctor Daimon Mikoko with superb medical skills never fails and saves countless lives.

3. Queen's Interrogation Room/ Emergency Call Room (2014)

"Tear down all disguises and let the truth be revealed!" Narration Interrogator Yukiko Makabe is the first woman to join the Special Criminal Investigation Division (SIT) of the Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Section. In the "Emergency Interrogation Correspondence Class (commonly known as Korintori)", a special team that interrogates suspects, she uses unique speaking skills and psychological warfare to deal with prisoners and uncover the truth of the incident. The attack and defense battles in the interrogation room in each episode are full of excitement and have received continuous praise. A second season was launched in 2017.

Yukiko used her unique powers of observation to engage in intrigues and psychological warfare with the prisoners.

4. The Queen of Fangzhong/Kasei Yunna (2016)

Sanxuanjia Wanzhi is the strongest queen of Fangzhong in history. As long as she handles it, no matter how difficult it is to sell a house, or how difficult and picky a customer she encounters, she will be successful in the end. The transaction can be successfully completed! Sanxuanjia uses her attentiveness and observational thinking to solve all difficult and complicated problems for her clients. What she is responsible for is not selling a house, but the client's entire life.

Sanxuanjia is a typical strong woman in the workplace. She can always consider the needs of her customers.

5. The Queen of Proofreading/Jiwei Yusui! Proofed by ガール·Kono Etsuko (2016)

Kono Etsuko, who comes from a wealthy family, yearns wholeheartedly for the editorial job of a fashion magazine. After graduation, she finally got her wish to work in a large publishing house, but her supervisor transferred her to the department responsible for proofreading because of her name. "Although it is not the job you expected, you still have to work hard to do your best." In the formation of a book, "proofreading" is very important, but it is easily overlooked. Even for this kind of work, Etsuko Kono is still full of professionalism. Motivation and enthusiasm, working hard for every work.

Etsuko Kono was transferred to a department she had never imagined, but she still tried her best to do a good job of proofreading.

If you are also a "strong woman in the workplace", the above plot will definitely make you shout in your heart: "Ah! I am like this too!" Japanese dramas in the workplace can always ignite the audience with full of positive energy, and they can also express their feelings towards There is a new understanding in all walks of life. Through the emotional exchanges between the heroine and her colleagues, bosses, and family members, they evoke resonance with common experiences in life and touch the depths of your heart.