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Algernon ni Hanataba wo

Algernon ni Hanataba wo

Algernon ni Hanataba wo (アルジャーノンに花束を; Flowers for Algernon) is a TBS TV dorama main-casting Yamashita Tomohisa as Shiratori Sakuto. It is based on the book Flowers for Algernon wrote by American writer Daniel Keyes in 1958. It aired for 10 episodes, from April 10th to June 12th, 2015.

Synopsis

Shiratori Sakuto is 28, but has the intelligence of a 6-year-old boy. He works for Dream Flower Service, a flower distribution centre which provides employment for problem youth. Haruka works for a brain physiology research centre where Professor Hachisuka Daigo has been studying the improvement of mental performance. He has succeeded in lab experiments on a white mouse called Algernon. One day, Sakuto and a colleague, Yanagawa Ryuichi, delivers a rose bouquet to the apartment building where Mochizuki Haruka lives. After she discovers his condition, he presents him to his boss as a possible candidate for the first human test subject to the drug.

Main Cast

Relationship Chart

Main Staff

Screenwriter
Ikeda Natsuko
Director
Yoshida Ken, Sakai Masahiro, Matsuda Ayato
Screenplay supervision
Nojima Shinji
Producer
Han Choru, Sato Atsushi

Episodes

Episode Japanese title English title Airing date Director Rating
01 Muku na Yume, Ai Yuujoou ga Motarasu Kiseki
(無垢な夢、愛友情がもたらす奇跡)
Miracles brought about by innocent dreams and friendship 2015.04.10 Yoshida Ken 11.5%
02 Taitou na Yuujou, Shinyuu no Tame ni Afurederu Namida
(対等な友情、親友のために溢れでる涙)
Equal friendship, tears overflowing for best friends 2015.04.17 7.9%
03 Chouchinou he no Shujutsu! Sekai Ichisuki na Hito no Tame
(超知能への手術!世界一好きな人の為)
Surgery for super intelligence! For the person you like most in the world 2015.04.24 Sakai Masahiro 8.8
04 Shujutsu Shippai!? Anata no Tame ni Okite... Kiseki
(手術失敗!?あなたの為に起きて…奇跡)
Surgery failed!? A wake-up miracle... for you 2015.05.01 Matsuda Ayato 9.4%
05 Kagayaku Sekai no Hate ni Matsu Ai Ubawareta Kisu
(輝く世界の果てに待つ愛奪われたキス)
A deprived kiss waiting for the end of the shining world 2015.05.08 Yoshida Ken 10.8%
06 Kodoku ga Tansai wo Tsuretekuru... Futasareta Kokoro
(孤独が天才を連れてくる…蓋された心)
Loneliness brings a genius ... a closed heart 2015.05.15 Sakai Masahiro 7.4%
07 Kowareru Kizuna... Subete wo Ushinatte mo Ai ni Ikiru
(壊れる絆…全てを失っても愛に生きる)
Bonds that break ... live in love even if you lose everything 2015.05.22 Matsuda Ayato 6.7%
08 Sai Shuushou! Hakanai Yume no Shuuen to Saigo no Kibou!
(最終章!儚い夢の終焉と最後の希望!)
The final chapter! The end of the ugly dream and the last hope! 2015.05.29 Yoshida Ken 7.8%
09 Shuumaku... Taitou no Tomodachi to no Eien no Wakare
(終幕…対等のトモダチとの永遠の別れ)
The end ... eternal farewell to equal friendship 2015.06.05 Sakai Masahiro 7.8%
10 Kiseki no Last ~ Watashi Kara Boku he no Yuigon
(奇跡のラスト〜私から僕への遺言)
Last miracle ~ a testament from me to me 2015.06.12 Yoshida Ken 7.2%

Music

Soundtrack

Releases

Box cover

The dorama was released in a compiled box in both DVD and Blu-ray formats. It was released on November 6th, 2015.

Home-media Releases
Format Release date Catalog Number Price Oricon Charts
DVD 2015.11.06 TCED-2749 ¥20,900 #26 / 2 weeks
Blu-ray TCBD-0482 ¥26,400 #18 / 2 weeks

Recognition

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