Shin Michima is an author but his books do not sell well. He has a policy that none of his characters ever die in his books because his father is a convicted murderer who is awaiting execution. One day his life changes in a strange way; five women turn up at his home; somebody has invited them to live there for a rent of one million yen per month... Shin is hardly in a position to turn them away. One condition of the arrangement is that Shin can't ask the women any questions about themselves. They are all very different and as the series progresses we learn more about them. Shin gradually gets more successful but then a shocking event occurs that lead them to suspect there is something sinister behind the organisation of their living arrangement. In the background we see a rival, and far more successful, author, along with a literary critic, who are constantly belittling Shin's writing; especially as he becomes more successful.
When I saw the premise for this series I assumed it would be a live action equivalent of a harem anime... some mildly suggestive hijinks before we learn which girl Shin end up with; it is nothing like that. Instead we get an intriguing and sometimes dark drama. Even after it became clear that it wasn't going to be as I expected there were more shocks to come. I enjoyed the story from the start; this was down to the interesting set-up and characters. The characters are delightfully varied. The cast do a fine job bringing their characters to life. I would definitely recommend this to people looking something rather different looking for the next series to watch on Netflix... another plus is the short episodes mean if you only have thirty minutes to kill you can watch an episode.
These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.
