The Potentials

Starring

Go Morita

Teruichi Tsuchiya

Aoi Morikawa

Yuki Shioda

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Yuri Kawakami

Potato Yamada

Hiroshi Abe

Akira Baba

Marika Matsumoto

Rika Tsuchiya

Tetsuya Takeda

Haru Yoshizumi

Hayase Ikoi

Hikari Tsuchiya

Incoming Editorial Team·Verified October 30, 2026

Teruichi Tsuchiya, 42, is a perpetual assistant to a master manga artist. He feels uneasy about his junior colleague who has debuted as a manga artist, his estranged wife who is a popular voice actress, and for some reason, he is constantly at odds with his daughter, who lives with him and is preparing for her high school entrance exams. Just as a 17-year-old manga series comes to an end, a new manga project comes along. Joining him are Yuki Shioda, a 29-year-old editor who is aware of his lack of passion for his work, and Potato Yamada, a headstrong 40-year-old rookie assistant. What future awaits him after taking this step…?