The Courage to be Disliked

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Drama: The Courage to be Disliked (English title) / Courage to Be Hated (literal title)
Romaji: Kirawareru Yuuki
Japanese: 嫌われる勇気
Director: Tatsuya Ikezawa, Takuro Oikawa, Kazunari Hoshino
Writer: Ichiro Kishimi (self-improvement book), Fumitake Koga (self-improvement book), Yuichi Tokunaga, Tetsuya Oishi, Kayo Hikawa
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 10
Release Date: January 12 - March 16, 2017
Runtime: Thursday 22:00-22:54 (54 min.)
TV Ratings: 6.49%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Ranko Ando (Karina) is a detective. She is 32-years-old and single. Ranko Ando does her job well and has solved difficult cases. She doesn't listen to others and doesn't care what others think about her. She works with detective Toshio Aoyama (Shigeaki Kato). He holds a strong sense of justice and cares what others think about him.

Notes

"The Courage to be Disliked" takes over the Fuji TV's Thursday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "Chef: Three Star School Lunch" and followed by "It's All About The Looks" on April 13, 2017.
Based on the self-improvement book "Kirawareru Yuuki" by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga (published December 13, 2013 by DIAMOND,Inc.).

Cast



Karina	Shigeaki Kato	Kippei Shiina	Takeshi Masu	Shigeyuki Totsugi
Ranko Ando	Toshio Aoyama	Tetsuto Daimonji	Yosuke Handa	Masaaki Komiyama



Tomomi Maruyama	Dori Sakurada	Satoshi Judai	Marie Iitoyo	Itsuki Sagara
Yoshitaka Urabe	Takatoshi Miyake	Toshiro Hijikata	Michiko Kari	Meiko Soma



Bokuzo Masana	Sae Okazaki
Junnosuke Kaji	Yukina Murakami

Additional Cast Members:

Mio Noda - high school student (ep.9)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	01/12/2017	8.1%
02	01/19/2017	6.4%
03	01/26/2017	6.6%
04	02/02/2017	7.2%
05	02/09/2017	6.1%
06	02/16/2017	6.2%
07	02/23/2017	6.5%
08	03/02/2017	6.2%
09	03/09/2017	5.9%
10	03/16/2017	5.7%
Average		6.49%