{"rewrite":{"id":"r_96e9ecfd1ad4c8f38c37d683","clusterId":"c_630446cf2d5c625837dd3977","slug":"vertical-drama-d-day-prequel-to-tagusari-brothers-starts-streaming-on-popcorn","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Vertical Drama 'D-day' Prequel to 'Tagusari Brothers' Starts Streaming on POPCORN","summary":"GOKKO Co., Ltd. will release the vertical short drama 'Tagusari Brothers' First Contact 'D-day ~The Day Sin Disappears~' on the app POPCORN on Friday, August 7, 2026. The 50-episode crime suspense stars Jitsuko Uchida as a forensic examiner forced to kill her aunt after her daughter is taken hostage. Hitomi Kuroki, Daichi Imae, Satoshi Jimbo, and Atsuko Hashiyasume also appear. The story is a prequel set two years before the TBS Friday Drama 'Tagusari Brothers'.","whyItMatters":"The release extends the 'Tagusari Brothers' universe into vertical short drama format, with a prequel that reuses the franchise's crime-suspense premise and a cast that overlaps with the main drama.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe vertical short drama \u0026#39;Tagusari Brothers\u0026#39; First Contact \u0026#39;D-day ~The Day Sin Disappears~\u0026#39; will start streaming on the app POPCORN on Friday, August 7, 2026. The 50-episode series is a prequel set two years before the TBS Friday Drama \u0026#39;Tagusari Brothers\u0026#39;, and it follows Chika Kiritani, a forensic examiner whose daughter is taken hostage by a man named Sho. She is ordered to kill her aunt Marie, with the murder scheduled for the next day\u0026#39;s birthday party.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChika uses her forensic knowledge to try to turn Sho, her guard, into an ally. The cast includes Jitsuko Uchida as Chika, Daichi Imae as Sho, Hitomi Kuroki as Marie, Kyoko Hayami, Atsuko Hashiyasume, and Satoshi Jimbo. Junko Arai, known for \u0026#39;Unnatural\u0026#39; and \u0026#39;MIU404\u0026#39;, produces the drama.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"D-day's 50-episode format lets POPCORN test whether a hostage thriller can hold attention in vertical shorts, a structure TBS's Friday slot never used for the Tagusari Brothers.","twitterPost":"D-day's 50-episode vertical format turns a hostage thriller into a binge structure, a shape the Tagusari Brothers TV drama never attempted.","threadsPost":"D-day is a prequel to the Tagusari Brothers, but its real shift is format: 50 vertical episodes on POPCORN turn a crime thriller into a mobile-first binge. That is a different rhythm from TBS's Friday drama, and it tests whether the franchise's tension survives short-form pacing.","newsletterBlurb":"GOKKO releases the vertical short drama 'D-day ~The Day Sin Disappears~' on POPCORN on August 7, 2026. The 50-episode prequel to TBS's 'Tagusari Brothers' stars Jitsuko Uchida as a forensic examiner forced to kill her aunt after her daughter is taken hostage.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/427/4427146/?rss\",\"title\":\"Vertical Short Drama 'D-day ~The Day Sin Disappears~' | \\\"Kill Your Aunt\\\" -- A Mother Taken Hostage by Her Daughter's Captors in a Locked-Room Crime Suspense, Now Streaming on the App 'POPCORN'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4794,"outputTokens":751,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1786971258,"createdAt":"2026-08-17T12:47:11.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-17T12:51:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-17T12:47:11.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_630446cf2d5c625837dd3977","canonicalTitle":"縦型ショートドラマ『D-day～罪が消える日～』｜「叔母を殺せ」--娘を人質に取られた母の密室クライムサスペンス、アプリ「POPCORN」で配信開始","representativeArticleId":"a_fb05991a44ef2b48676a0375","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"D-day～罪が消える日～\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-17T08:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-17T08:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-17T12:51:45.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/427/4427146/?rss","title":"縦型ショートドラマ『D-day～罪が消える日～』｜「叔母を殺せ」--娘を人質に取られた母の密室クライムサスペンス、アプリ「POPCORN」で配信開始"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["D-day～罪が消える日～"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}