Miniseries · Netflix

Human Vapor

You won't see it coming. You won't survive it.

7.5IMDb50 votesWorth your time

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20261 season · 8 episodesTV-MALimited series — complete

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Crime

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TV DNA

How Human Vapor actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Human Vapor reads strongest on Serialized, Bingeability and World Building.

SerializedVery strong8.0

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

BingeabilityVery strong7.7

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

World BuildingVery strong7.0

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

TensionStrong6.5

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

SpectacleStrong6.0

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

Character DepthStrong5.7

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

Cliffhanger IntensityStrong5.5

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

Emotional WeightPresent4.7

How much the series is designed to affect you.

HumourLight2.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

The story

What it's about

A death on live TV. A culprit who turns to gas. Behind it, a secret project that used and discarded the vulnerable. One detective pursues the dark truth.

The run

Seasons

1 season · 8 episodes.

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20268 episodes
7.5IMDb
A death on live TV. A culprit who turns to gas. Behind it, a secret project that used and discarded the vulnerable. One detective pursues the dark truth.
Best episode · S01E03 The Journal

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from The Journal

S01E03 · Signature episode

The Journal

8.6IMDb5 votes

The White Center journal lands in Fujishiro Syndicate hands and Riki uses it to blackmail a certain organization. Kyoko learns her phone was tapped.

2 Jul 202641 min

Recently aired

Latest Episodes

Still from The Interview

S01E01

The Interview

8.0IMDb4 votes

2 Jul 202652 min

Still from Informant

S01E02

Informant

8.2IMDb4 votes

2 Jul 202659 min

Still from The Journal

S01E03 · Signature episode

The Journal

8.6IMDb5 votes

2 Jul 202641 min

Still from Terror Zone

S01E04

Terror Zone

7.5IMDb2 votes

2 Jul 202652 min

Still from Bunko Ramen

S01E05

Bunko Ramen

7.0IMDb2 votes

2 Jul 202657 min

Still from Mufu

S01E06

Mufu

7.0IMDb2 votes

2 Jul 202648 min

Behind the series

Created by

Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

The craft

Key Crew

Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.

Executive production

Sokichi OnodaProducer
Yoomin Hailey YangProducer
Yoshihiro SatoExecutive Producer
Ryoji KureExecutive Producer
Keiji OtaExecutive Producer
Yeon Sang-hoExecutive Producer

Writing

Ryu Yong-jaeWriter
Yeon Sang-hoWriter

Direction

Shinzo KatayamaDirector

Music

Takashi OhmamaOriginal Music Composer

Where to watch

Streaming

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