Red Thread of Fate

Overview

Akai Ito is Japanese television drama series based on a popular mobile phone novel written by Mei about two soulmates - junior high school students Mei and Atsushi - who must overcome drugs, rape and attempted suicide in order to be together. The love story was an online hit in 2006 and later published as a series of five books which sold 1.8 million copies.

Created by Mei

Network

• Fuji TV

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Nao Minamisawa

  Takemiya Mei

  11 eps

• 

  Junpei Mizobata

  Nishino Atsushi

  11 eps

• 

  Ryo Tajima

  Kamiya Mitsuru

  11 eps

• 

  Sayuri Iwata

  Haruna Takemiya

  11 eps

Themes

• based on novel or book
• depression
• friendship
• high school
• romance
• school
• abusive boyfriend

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