Season 1 (2025)
Episodes: 11
Star Cast: Masaki Suda , Fumi Nikaido , Minami Hamabe , Ryunosuke Kamiki ,
Episodes List
Ep.1 Episode 1
Air Date: 2025-10-01
Aspiring theater director Mitsunari Kube is ousted from his own troupe. As he wanders the backstreets of Shibuya, he finds a shady-looking theater.
Ep.2 Episode 2
Air Date: 2025-10-08
Kube gets hired to do lighting at WS Theater. However, the theater faces the risk of closure after police officer Ose arrests dancer Mone mid-performance.
Ep.3 Episode 3
Air Date: 2025-10-15
As Kube fervently rewrites a Shakespeare play for the WS Theater, Horai and Rika offer him some advice that causes him to throw a tantrum.
Ep.4 Episode 4
Air Date: 2025-10-22
The theater prepares for the opening night of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream". Happun Shrine priestess Juri expresses her desire to leave the neighborhood.
Ep.5 Episode 5
Air Date: 2025-10-29
On the day of the opening performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” a religious purification ceremony is held onstage for good luck and protection.
Ep.6 Episode 6
Air Date: 2025-11-05
At WS Theater, a starstruck Kube is delighted to receive praise from famed Shakespearean actor Reizaburo Koreo and invites him to the after-party.
Ep.7 Episode 7
Air Date: 2025-11-12
With Koreo on board, Kube confidently proclaims to the manager and his wife that the theater will put on “The Winter’s Tale” the following week.
Ep.8 Episode 8
Air Date: 2025-11-19
During one of the scenes in “The Winter’s Tale”, Koreo and Kento are suddenly heckled by somebody in the audience, who turns out to be Rika’s ex-lover.
Ep.9 Episode 9
Air Date: 2025-11-26
Kube tells Rika he hopes to stage “Hamlet” once the theater gets on track. At the shrine, Juri can’t stop wondering about Rika and Kube.
Ep.10 Episode 10
Air Date: 2025-12-10
An awestruck Kube is thrilled to speak with esteemed director Ninagawa Yukio. Later, Kube and Asano confront theater owner Jessie Saiga.
Ep.11 Episode 11
Air Date: 2025-12-17
Hamlet opens at the WS Theater. To Kube’s bewilderment, Ose’s Laertes steals the show. Crisis strikes when Rika loses confidence backstage.
