
A burnt-out woman seeks easy temp jobs, uncovering absurdity and stress in modern Japanese work life.
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A burnt-out woman seeks easy temp jobs, uncovering absurdity and stress in modern Japanese work life.
A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: it’s close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing, and, ideally, very little thinking.Her first gig―watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods―turns out to be inconvenient. (When can she go to the bathroom?) Her next gives way to the supernatural: announcing advertisements for shops that mysteriously disappear. As she moves from job to job―writing t...
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No sexual content depicted.
No violence or gore depicted.
No profanity or strong language depicted.
No substance use depicted.
No LGBTQIA+ representation depicted.
No religious themes present.
No witchcraft or occult themes present.
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Moderate critique of workplace culture and gender inequity in Japan.
No self-harm or suicide themes depicted.
Minor references to workplace stress and burnout as suffering.
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