{ "id": "eprps0nt6j", "slug": "todome-no-kiss", "title": "Todome no Kiss (トドメの接吻)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "label": "East Asian drama series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.japanese_contemporary_drama", "label": "Japanese contemporary drama", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.japanese_contemporary_drama" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "label": "Asia (other) · 2001 to 2020: East Asian drama series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "path": [ { "id": "geo.asia", "label": "Asia (other)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001", "label": "Asia (other) · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "label": "East Asian drama series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Todome no Kiss (トドメの接吻) is a 2018 NTV Japanese drama starring Kento Yamazaki, in which a kiss kills the hero and sends him seven days back in time; 10 episodes, Hulu spinoff Todome no Parallel.", "snippet": "Todome no Kiss (トドメの接吻) is a 2018 NTV Japanese drama starring Kento Yamazaki, in which a kiss kills the hero and sends him seven days back in time; 10 episodes, Hulu spinoff Todome no Parallel.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.japanese_contemporary_drama", "markdown": "# Todome no Kiss (トドメの接吻)\n\n**Todome no Kiss** (トドメの接吻, \"Kiss of Death\") is a 2018 [Japanese television drama](https://www.edgepedia.org/japanese-television-drama) broadcast on Nippon Television (NTV), in which the protagonist is repeatedly killed by a mysterious woman's kiss and sent seven days back in time each time he dies[1](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/). The series ran in NTV's Sunday 10:30 pm drama slot from January 7 to March 11, 2018[2](https://www.rnb.co.jp/media/todomenokiss/), and was accompanied by a Hulu-exclusive spinoff, *Todome no Parallel*, streamed after each weekly broadcast[3](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/spinoff/).\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Broadcast | NTV, Sundays at 10:30 pm, January 7 to March 11, 2018[2](https://www.rnb.co.jp/media/todomenokiss/) |\n| Premise | \"When a man is kissed, he dies. And he returns to life seven days in the past.\"[1](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/) |\n| Main cast | Kento Yamazaki (Dojima Otaro), Mugi Kadowaki (Sato Saiko), Mackenyu (Namiki Takauji), Yuko Araki (Namiki Mikoto), Masaki Suda (Harumi)[4](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/chart/index.html) |\n| Creative team | Script: Yoko Izumi; music: Ken Arai; direction: Shintaro Sugawara and Hiroto Akashi[5](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/staff/index.html) |\n| Theme song | \"Sayonara Elegy,\" performed by Masaki Suda[6](https://www.pocketcard.co.jp/ir/ssi/news.php?id=283) |\n| Viewership | Average Kanto household rating of 6.9% over ten episodes, per Video Research[7](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Todome_no_Kiss) |\n| Spinoff | *Todome no Parallel*, ten Hulu-exclusive episodes streamed weekly from January 7 to March 11, 2018[3](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/spinoff/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise and characters\n\nThe story centers on Dojima Otaro ([Kento Yamazaki](https://www.edgepedia.org/kento-yamazaki)), the number-one host at the host club (bar where women pay men for flirtatious company) Narcissus. Handsome and outwardly attentive, his hidden face is that of a \"scum man\" who pursues only money and power; an incident twelve years earlier left him unwilling to love anyone[4](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/chart/index.html). On [Christmas Eve](https://www.edgepedia.org/christmas-eve), a mysterious \"kiss woman,\" Sato Saiko (Mugi Kadowaki), appears dressed as [Santa Claus](https://www.edgepedia.org/santa-claus) and kills him with a kiss, sending him back seven days in time; a news story circulating at the time reports a woman who coated her lips with poison out of jealousy[4](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/chart/index.html). Otaro is killed and made to repeat time again and again, and the series follows his pursuit of both the mystery of the death loop and money and power[8](https://www.justwatch.com/jp/%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E7%95%AA%E7%B5%84/todomenojie-wen).\n\nOtaro's target is Namiki Mikoto (Yuko Araki), the heiress of the Namiki Group, Japan's top hotel enterprise, whom he courts for her wealth and influence[4](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/chart/index.html). Her brother Namiki Takauji (Mackenyu), the adopted heir who heads the group's riding club, is Otaro's rival and holds a secret about the family succession[4](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/chart/index.html). Masaki Suda plays Harumi, a figure connected to Saiko's time leaps[3](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/spinoff/).\n\n### Plot development\n\nThe early episodes establish the loop mechanics and Otaro's scheme. In episode 4, broadcast January 28, 2018, Otaro, wanting to exploit Saiko's kiss-induced time leap to seize the Namiki family's money and power, proposes a \"kiss contract\" under which each kiss would grant him one wish; Saiko, disgusted by his behavior, runs away. Meanwhile, uncle Gunji, the company president's secretary, pressures Takauji to dissolve his adoption and marry the unrelated Mikoto to become the successor, dangling a videotape holding a secret of a sinking accident twelve years earlier[9](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/story/04.html).\n\nThe time-leap device is used for social climbing rather than redemption, a distinction the actress Mugi Kadowaki drew in a 2018 interview: the leaps serve a man rising through the world by spending time, and the kiss itself as the trigger, with the protagonist dying on the spot, were elements she found new to the genre[10](https://realsound.jp/movie/2018/01/post-152469.html).\n\nIn episode 5, an unintended leap leaves Otaro in a changed world in which Mikoto's father Takashi has died and Takauji proposes to Mikoto. Otaro presses Saiko, who cannot bear to repeat her grandmother's death, into another leap, but Takashi's death and the proposal prove unchangeable. Takauji exposes Otaro as the son of the captain who caused the sinking accident twelve years earlier, the cruise on which the wealthy Namiki family had been present, and Mikoto, learning Otaro had fabricated his background, cools toward him[11](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/story/05.html).\n\n## Production\n\nThe series was scripted by Yoko Izumi (いずみ吉紘), with music by Ken Arai and direction by Shintaro Sugawara (菅原伸太郎) and Hiroto Akashi (明石広人); NTV's Nishii Kenhiko served as chief producer with producers Akino Suzuki, Koito Watanabe, and Mayami Okachi[5](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/staff/index.html). The production company was NTV with NTV AX-ON[12](https://www.bpcj.or.jp/program/detail/212968/). The premiere episode ran 71 minutes, from 22:00 to 23:25 on January 7, 2018[12](https://www.bpcj.or.jp/program/detail/212968/). Specialist supervision credits included medical, legal, and police advisors, plus riding and boat instruction, reflecting the equestrian-club and sinking-accident settings[5](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/staff/index.html).\n\nThe theme song, \"Sayonara Elegy,\" was performed by cast member Masaki Suda and later surpassed 200 million streams[6](https://www.pocketcard.co.jp/ir/ssi/news.php?id=283).\n\n## Todome no Parallel\n\nA companion series, *Todome no Parallel*, was produced and distributed by Hulu as an original story, with all ten episodes exclusive to the platform. It depicts Otaro's \"after-death story\": a world in which he does not return to life, set in the frightening reality where his body remains, with recurring bad endings and new mysteries holding keys to the main story[3](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/spinoff/). Episodes streamed weekly after each Sunday broadcast of the main series, from January 7 through March 11, 2018[3](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/spinoff/). The final episode, released March 11, 2018, is set one year after the main series' emotional final scene[13](https://cinema-factory.net/contents/n_todomenokiss/news.html).\n\n## Reception and distribution\n\nEpisode ratings in the Kanto region, measured by Video Research, opened at 7.4% on January 7, 2018, dipped to a low of 5.9% for episode 6, and closed at 7.5% for the finale on March 11, for an average of 6.9% across the ten-episode run[7](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Todome_no_Kiss). Among dramas headlined by Kento Yamazaki, the series ranks behind *Good Doctor* (11.2%) and *Atom's Child* (9.6%)[14](https://doraman.net/sp/201801/todomenokiss.html).\n\nThe series was later made available on Hulu, where it remains streamable; as of 2026 surveys it is not offered on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, or U-NEXT[2](https://www.rnb.co.jp/media/todomenokiss/) • [8](https://www.justwatch.com/jp/%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E7%95%AA%E7%B5%84/todomenojie-wen). In Southeast Asia, the series was carried on the GEM entertainment channel, where it was the first commercial-broadcast Japanese drama to be aired simultaneously with Japan[15](https://fs2.magicalir.net/tdnet/2018/9404/20180529450510.pdf).\n\n## References\n\n1. [トドメの接吻｜日本テレビ](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/)\n2. [ドラマ｜トドメの接吻を配信している動画配信サブスクは？ RNBエンタメディア](https://www.rnb.co.jp/media/todomenokiss/)\n3. [Huluオリジナルストーリー｜トドメの接吻｜日本テレビ](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/spinoff/)\n4. [相関図｜トドメの接吻｜日本テレビ](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/chart/index.html)\n5. [スタッフ｜トドメの接吻｜日本テレビ](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/staff/index.html)\n6. [ポケットカード IRニュース（さよならエレジー主題歌記述）](https://www.pocketcard.co.jp/ir/ssi/news.php?id=283)\n7. [Todome no Kiss – DramaWiki (Video Research ratings)](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Todome_no_Kiss)\n8. [トドメの接吻 – JustWatch（あらすじ）](https://www.justwatch.com/jp/%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E7%95%AA%E7%B5%84/todomenojie-wen)\n9. [ストーリー #4｜トドメの接吻｜日本テレビ](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/story/04.html)\n10. [『トドメの接吻』門脇麦インタビュー｜Real Sound](https://realsound.jp/movie/2018/01/post-152469.html)\n11. [ストーリー #5｜トドメの接吻｜日本テレビ](https://www.ntv.co.jp/todomenokiss/story/05.html)\n12. [トドメの接吻〔１〕｜放送ライブラリー](https://www.bpcj.or.jp/program/detail/212968/)\n13. [Huluオリジナルストーリー「トドメのパラレル」（最終回）｜シネマファクトリー](https://cinema-factory.net/contents/n_todomenokiss/news.html)\n14. [山崎賢人主演ドラマ視聴率ランキング – doraman.net](https://doraman.net/sp/201801/todomenokiss.html)\n15. 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