Perfect World (2019): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2019, Perfect World is a drama series.

What it’s about. Tsugumi, who works at an interior design firm, has an unexpected encounter with her first love from high school, Itsuki, at a dinner with her client’s whole comp any, an architectural firm. Seeing Itsuki, who is a registered architect with a first-class license and is quite charming, brings back the faint memories from high school. In the middle of dinner, he quietly slips away and begins to head home, getting into a wheelchair. “You didn’t know? Itsuki was in an accident in college, and he can’t walk.” Tsugumi, her pulse racing, takes a step back and thinks to herself, “I can’t love someone in a wheelchair. It’s just not possible to date someone like that.” But when she accepts the reality of the situation and interacts with Itsuki, who struggles but fights to survive each day, she becomes overwhelmed with emotions that she has kept since her youth.

Who’s in it. Perfect World stars Tori Matsuzaka as Itsuki Ayukawa, Mizuki Yamamoto as Tsugumi Kawana, Koji Seto as Hirotaka Koreeda and Yuri Nakamura as 长泽葵 Aoi Nagasawa, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.8/10, Perfect World sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Perfect World page.

If you liked it. Fans of Perfect World tend to enjoy Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Attack on Titan.