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Series · 2020–2020Ended

Peanut Butter Sandwich

8.0·1 season·8 episodes·24 min avg.·Japan

Sayo is a career woman who believes that if you work hard, anything is within reach. Miharu is a nurse who has been in a too-long relationship as her hopes of marriage diminish. Miwa works at a credit union and has a hard time turning down men’s advances and suffers from low self-esteem. Akane is a secretary with a beauty everyone notices and an elegance that makes her unattainable, yet there’s also a sadness about her. Four ladies with different views of love, all looking for a husband, end up going to a matchmaking party together. Four ladies, all at a critical moment in their lives, get real, as their spouse-hunting love story unfolds! Engaging in spouse-hunting parties and dating apps, they try to find their match but things don’t work out. At times they find themselves involved with a married man and at other times, they become friends with benefits... Will these four ladies ever find happiness?

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Episode 1
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Apr 2, 2020·7.0

Sayo Katagiri is a hardworking office worker who believes she can achieve anything if she puts in enough effort. Miharu Morimoto is a nurse whose hopes of getting married begin to fade after being in a relationship for far too long.

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Episode 2
Episode 2
Apr 9, 2020·7.0

Sayo realizes that her senior, Sasayama, has been noticing how hard she works, all while she struggles to make sense of her one-night encounter with Aoki. Meanwhile, Miharu finds herself torn between Tokita, a man she met on a dating app, and Ryota, her boyfriend of six years, whom she has been living with.

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Episode 3
Episode 3
Apr 16, 2020·7.0

Lacking confidence in herself, Miwa finds it hard to leave Shin, who tells her she’s cute and says he needs her. Meanwhile, Akane is invited to dinner by Igarashi, the head of sales at one of her company’s business partners. He makes a reservation for her at an upscale restaurant she would normally never visit.

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Episode 4
Episode 4
Apr 23, 2020·8.0

Miharu misses the last train while on her second date with Tokita. She admits that she already has a boyfriend, but Tokita responds with heartfelt sincerity. Meanwhile, at PBS, Kobayashi explains that according to his analysis, desire tends to fade the longer a relationship lasts. Gonda and Kobayashi then debate the question, “Should I do it or not?”

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Episode 5
Episode 5
Apr 30, 2020·8.0

Miwa runs into Shin’s girlfriend on the street, leading to a confrontation. At PBS, the discussion turns to women like Miwa who are treated as little more than someone to sleep with. Kobayashi analyzes why some women become overly devoted to the men they are involved with.

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Episode 6
Episode 6
May 7, 2020·8.0

Miharu catches Ryota cheating on her. Back at home, she confronts him about what happened, but the answer he gives her is clearly a lie.

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Episode 7
Episode 7
May 14, 2020·8.0

Sayo confronts Ryota about cheating. However, it turns out that the woman he was with had actually been helping him prepare to propose.

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Episode 8
Episode 8
May 21, 2020·9.0

Miharu finds herself torn between Tokita and Ryota, and the situation quickly spirals into chaos. As she looks back on the time she spent with Ryota, she is overwhelmed by regret and a profound sense of loss.

Cast

14 credited
Honoka Yahagi
Tsubaki
Kentaro Ito
Kobayashi
Shuko Ito
Gonda
Akane Hotta
Katagiri Sayo
Miori Takimoto
Morimoto Miharu
Miwako Kakei
Yamashita Miwa
Niki
Akane Matsuoka
Noritaka Hamao
Igarashi Osamu
Ryu Ichinose
Tsuda Kenji
Ryuji Sato
Tanaka Ryota

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