The Great Passage

Studio: Zexcs 1
Episodes: 11 1
MAL score: 7.62 1
Aired: Oct 14, 2016 to Dec 23, 2016 1
Genre: Award Winning, Drama 1

A retiring dictionary editor needs someone patient enough to finish a new dictionary called The Great Passage. He finds Mitsuya Majime, a sales employee who struggles socially but loves words with almost painful seriousness. 1

That is the whole hook: a workplace anime where deadlines, definitions, awkward conversations, and tiny acts of care become the adventure. Start it when you want an adult-cast drama that stays quiet without feeling empty.

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Source images for the first three cards come from MAL's Fune wo Amu picture page and Anime News Network's key-visual coverage. 2 3

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