9.059 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestEtsuko Kono is a 28-year-old woman who loves fashion. Aspiring to become a fashion editor, she joins a publishing company, but is sent to work in copy editing. There, her job is to correct errors and inadequate parts of documents and copies.
Acting
Ishihara's chaotic commitment to every fashion disaster
Costume
Wardrobe that deserves its own credit line
Writing
Copy editing somehow made genuinely thrilling
Satomi Ishihara
Etsuko Kono
Masaki Suda
Yukito Orihara
Tsubasa Honda
Toyoko Morio
Munetaka Aoki
Hachiro Kaizuka
Goro Kishitani
Naoto Takehara
Masato Wada
Mitsuo Yoneoka
Noriko Eguchi
Rion Fujiiwa
Hiromasa Taguchi
Taisho Oda
Rika Adachi
Seshiru Imai
Naruki Matsukawa
Yohei Aoki
Miyoko Yoshimoto
Sayaka Kamei
Takeshi Kaga
Daisaku Hongo
Hidekazu Nagae
Nishida
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series sparked real interest in Japan's overlooked publishing industry, with actual proofreaders praising its accuracy. Satomi Ishihara reportedly took basic proofreading lessons to prepare.
The fashion-vs-function tension mirrors Japan's wider generational shift from lifetime employment to gig-economy individualism. Etsuko's arc subtly argues that craft matters more than glamour.
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