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Love Generation: Season 1

11 episodes Premiered Oct 13, 1997 Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

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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.
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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.

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Season 1 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S1·E1 Mytharc

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

S1·E2 Core

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

S1·E3 Core

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

S1·E4 Core

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

S1·E5 Core

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.

S1·E6 Core

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

S1·E7 Core

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

S1·E8 Core

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

S1·E9 Core

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

S1·E10 Mytharc

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

S1·E11 Mytharc

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

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