The Managing Director's Ingeniously Sweet Plan - Recommendations

• TV (11 eps)
• 2012

22-year-old Hazuki lives a boring life in an apartment filled with plants, but secretly he couldn't care less about the vegetation, for the highlight of the young man's day is buying the items from cheery Rokka, a widow who runs the flower shop nearby. So that he can spend more time with her, Hazuki eagerly accepts a job working part-time at the shop, but after months of working with his crush, the man can't seem to muster the courage to confess his feelings. And it's not just his abrasive personality getting in the way of his ideal relationship - the ghost of Rokka's dead husband haunts the shop and is determined to keep all potential suitors away from his wife. Despite this unexpected obstacle, Hazuki continues his attempt to woo the older woman and free her from the ghost of her past.

• TV (8 eps)
• 2019

Asumi becomes a housekeeper for single father Naruse. Together with Naruse's son, Ichika, this heart-warming relationship continues until Asumi notices his true feelings for Naruse. Naruse's colleague Yui warns Asumi about Naruse's past... What secrets will be revealed? Is this pure love or just..?! I'm supposed to be straight but... Naruse is too sexy and... I can't stop myself...!

• TV (8 eps)
• 2020

Mio Sudou is an office lady who has not had a boyfriend in five years and has forgotten what it is like to be in love. Shuji Majima is an overseas insurance consultant who has not had a girlfriend in seven years despite being highly eligible. Mio meets Shuji at a matchmaking party, but finds him revolting as he states, "I'm not into women." However, a provocative comment by Mio takes things in an unexpected direction.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2017

A woman reunites with her first love at a class reunion. She discovers that Kujou has taken over his family's temple as a priest. The woman thought that priests did not have romantic relationships, but a passion ignites between the two. She wonders if what she and the priest do is really right.

• DVD Special (1 ep)
• 2006

• Movie

• OVA (1 ep)
• 2010

Office manager Kazuhiko Otakara has spent all 33 years of his life without a girlfriend. An encounter with a new employee named Harada makes Otakara realize that he is gay.

• Web (27 eps)
• 2018 - 2019

A collection of sweet stories about couples and singles, office workers and unemployed people. But be warned: there’s more than a touch of bitterness here.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2019

Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome firefighter, and the two soon fall in love. Just as they become inseparable, a tragedy happens. Hinako is so distraught that she can no longer even look at the ocean, but one day she sings a song that reminds her of their time together, and Minato appears in the water. From then on, she can summon him in any watery surface as soon as she sings their song, but can the two really remain together forever? And what is the real reason for Minato's sudden reappearance?

• TV (12 eps)
• 2018

Hana Natori is an earnest, good-natured 25-year-old woman whose cousin refuses to go to high school. Hana takes her cousin's place and attends the high school. On her first day, though, Hana's ruse is discovered by her former high school classmate Okito Kanie — who happens to be the high school's world history teacher.