Love Generation: Season 1
Love Generation follows the professional and personal transition of Katagiri Teppei, a promising advertisement designer whose egocentric behavior results in a mandatory transfer to the sales department. This shift requires Teppei to adapt to a new corporate environment, which necessitates significant changes to his appearance, including cutting his hair to project a more professional image. As he navigates this trans
Season 1 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Katagiri Teppei is an advertisement designer known for his egocentric behavior.
- Mizuhara Sanae is established as Teppei's high school sweetheart.
- Soichiro is identified as the brother of Katagiri Teppei.
- Uesugi Riko is a colleague who maintains a contentious relationship with Teppei.
Season overview
Love Generation follows the professional and personal transition of Katagiri Teppei, a promising advertisement designer whose egocentric behavior results in a mandatory transfer to the sales department. This shift requires Teppei to adapt to a new corporate environment, which necessitates significant changes to his appearance, including cutting his hair to project a more professional image. As he navigates this transition, Teppei encounters Uesugi Riko, a colleague with whom he frequently clashes. Simultaneously, Teppei struggles with his lingering feelings for his high school sweetheart, Mizuhara Sanae. His emotional journey becomes increasingly complicated when he discovers that Sanae is engaged to his brother, Soichiro. These intersecting relationships create a complex love triangle that serves as the central narrative arc for the season. Throughout the series, Teppei must reconcile his past attachments while adjusting to his new career path and the evolving dynamics with those around him. The story explores the challenges of professional growth and the difficulties of navigating romantic entanglements, illustrating that the path to true love is rarely smooth for the protagonists as they manage their changing circumstances and personal histories.
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Say Goodbye to the Past
Oct 13, 1997 · 52 min
Katagiri Teppei, an advertisement designer who is transferred to the Sales Department and is forced to adapt to the new working environment. He checks in to a hotel with Uesugi Rik
The Ballet
Oct 20, 1997 · 52 min
Teppei doesn't seem to like working in the Sales Department, so the section chief gives him an important project to test his capabilities. During the course of the project, he offe
Happy Birthday
Oct 27, 1997 · 52 min
Teppei goes over to Erika's house but their plan is interrupted when Riko shows up there. Erika tries to get Riko to confess about her feelings for Teppei. On Teppei's birthday, So
Golf
Nov 3, 1997 · 52 min
Riko gets sick and Teppei makes porridge for her. Teppei and Riko bond over golf. Meanwhile, Soichiro and Sanae complete the betrothal gift ritual. However, Soichiro meets someone
It's Too Late
Nov 10, 1997 · 52 min
Soichiro rushes over to help Nami when he receives a call only to end up being sucked into a trap that she lays down for him. Teppei and Riko, on the other hand, are at odds again.
The Outing
Nov 17, 1997 · 52 min
Teppei and Riko are finally together. They're trying to keep a low profile so that people at work don't find out about their relationship. Teppei officially introduces her to Sanae
Unfaithful
Nov 24, 1997 · 52 min
Sanae finds out about Soichiro's affair with Nami. Nami thinks that she'll be able to make Soichiro suffer like she did, but to the contrary, he chooses to give up everything for S
The Confession
Dec 1, 1997 · 52 min
Teppei is in charge of another ad campaign and there are colleagues who refuse to work with him again. Meanwhile, Sanae and Soichiro continue to have problems. While Teppei and Rik
Trust
Dec 8, 1997 · 52 min
When Riko returns to her hometown, Teppei wonders if she'll even come back to Tokyo. When he learns from Erika that Riko will soon be back, he waits for her at the subway station a
To Leave or Not To Leave
Dec 15, 1997 · 52 min
Riko keeps having doubts about Teppei. She has made up her mind to go back to her hometown, Nagano, no matter what Teppei says. In order to end of good terms, they have decided to
Fate
Dec 22, 1997 · 52 min
Soichiro rushes to the airport to stop Sanae from leaving only to be surprised by an expected encounter there. When Riko returns to Nagano to run away from everything that has happ