Limited series · ABC TV
Lunch Break Lovers
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kei Inoo
Haru Amami
8 eps
Honoka Matsumoto
Naho Karashima
8 eps
Ryosuke Mikata
Yuta Shibuya
8 eps
Manatsu Akimoto
Remi Shiomi
8 eps
Kuroda Koki
Wataru Karashima
8 eps
Oideyasu Oda
Daisuke Yoneda
8 eps
Mitsuomi Takahashi
Kyohei Kurihara
8 eps
Tae Kimura
Shima Anno
8 eps
Masaki Okita
Sakura Osake
8 eps
Kentaro Tamura
Koji Hikawa
8 eps
Kurumi Nakata
Hitomi Nashimoto
8 eps
Shima Tabata
Akie Kojiya
8 eps
Mariko Akama
辛島菜帆の母/辛島みのり
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Lunch Break Lovers actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Lunch Break Lovers reads strongest on Serialized, Cliffhanger Intensity and Tension.
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.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
An eccentric loner and a workaholic woman grow closer over shared lunch breaks—but when she discovers he's a top game designer at her rival company, their secret romance gets complicated.
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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