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Always a Catch!
Who's in it
Cast
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The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Always a Catch! actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Always a Catch! reads strongest on World Building, Spectacle and Bingeability.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Born into a legendary ducal family, martial prodigy Maria “Mimi” Annovazzi loses her claim as heir and is suddenly ordered to marry into prestige. With no options left in her homeland, she transfers to a neighboring kingdom—only to be publicly dumped at graduation by a prince she’s never met over an engagement she didn’t even know she had! Will Maria be doomed to the life of a spinster?!
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E06
How the One That Got Away Fought with Her Father
During her trip home, Maria worries how her family will react to her engagement to Prince Renato.
S01E11
The One That Got Away Gets Dragged Into Romantic Trouble
Maria feels guilty about Ireneo not being invited to the ball and brings him a peach tart.
S01E05
How the One That Got Away Visited Home
Maria runs into trouble on the road home to the Kingdom of Muro.
S01E07
The Fists of the One That Got Away
On her way back to Rubini, Maria checks in on Navarro village.
S01E09
The One Who Got Away Plays Cupid
With their own engagement soon to be announced, Maria and Renato wonder how to get Aida and Placido together.
S01E01
How I Searched for a Promising Catch
Lady Maria goes to study abroad in the Kingdom of Rubini to find her future husband.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
How I Punched My Way into Marrying a Prince
S01E11
The One That Got Away Gets Dragged Into Romantic Trouble
S01E10
The One Who Got Away Prepares For a Ball
S01E09
The One Who Got Away Plays Cupid
S01E08
The Secret Date of the One That Got Away
S01E07
The Fists of the One That Got Away
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Shigeki FukayaProducer
- Takuma KishidaProducer
- Hayato KannoProducer
- Minami FukushimaProducer
- Tomoyuki OhwadaProducer
- Tsuyoshi OchiaiProducer
Direction
- Akira OguroDirector
Cinematography
- Asami KawaiDirector of Photography
Music
- Kana HashiguchiOriginal Music Composer
- Natsuki HamadaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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