The Great Passage

Also known as Fune wo Amu

TV Finished 2016 Unrated

The series follows the employees at the Genbu Shobou publishing company. Araki, who is a veteran editor for the dictionary department, is looking for a successor now that he's approaching retirement age. After Majime Mitsuya ; a salesman who's a poor talker ; meets Masashi Nishioka ; Araki's coworker who is sociable and frivolous ; Araki overhears their conversation and decides to recruit Majime into the department. The story follows "the awkward humans" Majime and Masashi as they work together to compile a medium-sized Japanese dictionary titled "The Great Passage" (Daitokai).

Studio

ZEXCS

Episodes

11 listed

Runtime

about 23 minutes per episode

Genres

Drama, Romance, Slice of Life