{"rewrite":{"id":"r_dd8f586d96cfd495468afc02","clusterId":"c_252314c018ecf3cad584095c","slug":"mousetrap-tops-netflix-non-english-tv-chart-in-second-week","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Mousetrap Tops Netflix Non-English TV Chart In Second Week","summary":"The webtoon-based live-action series Mousetrap reached No. 1 on Netflix's global Top 10 chart for non-English TV shows for the week of August 31 through September 6, up from No. 5 in its debut week. Netflix rankings released September 8 put the series at 4.4 million views and a Top 10 spot in 45 countries. It adapts the webtoon Field Mouse.","whyItMatters":"A second-week climb to No. 1 across 45 countries gives the Field Mouse adaptation the kind of chart durability that Netflix's week-one debuts often fail to hold, and it comes with no English-language version of the source webtoon available.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe series is based on Field Mouse, the webtoon Ludovico serialized from 2017 to 2020, and follows reclusive novelist Moon-jae, whose life is upended by a figure known only as \u0026#34;Field Mouse.\u0026#34; Moon-jae then teams with No-ja, a ruthless loan shark who once pursued him.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHong-sun Kim directs. Jun-yeol Ryu plays Moon-jae, Kyung-gu Sul plays Noja, and Kyoo-hyung Lee plays detective Sun-yong. The story draws on the Korean folktale \u0026#34;The Rat That Ate Fingernails,\u0026#34; about a rat that turns human after eating someone\u0026#39;s fingernails.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mousetrap climbed from No. 5 to No. 1 in week two, but the wider signal is the 45-country Top 10 spread: Netflix's non-English chart rewards reach across markets, not a single-territory spike.","twitterPost":"Mousetrap went No. 5 to No. 1 in week two. The 45-country spread is what pushed it there.","threadsPost":"Mousetrap hit No. 1 on Netflix's non-English TV chart in its second week, up from No. 5. The number worth watching is the 45 countries where it charted: Field Mouse's adaptation is spreading region by region, not spiking in one market and fading.","newsletterBlurb":"Mousetrap, the live-action series based on the webtoon Field Mouse, climbed to No. 1 on Netflix's global Top 10 for non-English TV shows for the week of August 31 to September 6, after debuting at No. 5. Netflix's September 8 rankings credit it with 4.4 million views and Top 10 placement in 45 countries. The webtoon ran from 2017 to 2020, and no English version is currently available.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-11/webtoon-based-live-action-series-mousetrap-rises-to-no-1-on-global-non-english-series-on-netflix/.241652\",\"title\":\"Webtoon-Based Live-Action Series Mousetrap Rises to No. 1 on Global Non-English Series on Netflix\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4288,"outputTokens":709,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789136063,"createdAt":"2026-09-11T14:08:28.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-11T14:13:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-11T14:13:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_252314c018ecf3cad584095c","canonicalTitle":"News\nWebtoon-Based Live-Action Series Mousetrap Rises to No. 1 on Global Non-English Series on Netflix","representativeArticleId":"a_69d2e0d7857e4b8dc841b994","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Field Mouse\"],\"work_titles\":[\"Mousetrap\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-11T13:15:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-11T13:15:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-11T14:13:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-11/webtoon-based-live-action-series-mousetrap-rises-to-no-1-on-global-non-english-series-on-netflix/.241652","title":"News\nWebtoon-Based Live-Action Series Mousetrap Rises to No. 1 on Global Non-English Series on Netflix"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Field Mouse"],"work_titles":["Mousetrap"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}