Edo Japan with cell phones and nightclubs sounds like a joke premise, but the show actually commits to it, no winking at the camera, no apology, just samurai checking their email alongside the period drama. The comedy doesn't come from "look how weird this is" but from treating a fundamentally broken world as completely normal. You're watching characters live in anachronism without noticing it, and that's where the laugh actually lives.

The Edo era is nearing its end in a prosperous time when fashionable townsfolk, samurai and traditional farmers share a peaceful life. Look closer, though, and this is a parallel world full of modern gadgets: cell phones, computers, microwaves, motorcycles and subways. At a nightclub, young people dance to loud trance music while dressed in kimonos, with candles lighting the room and tatami covering the stage. The result is a comedy set where past and present exist side by side. Based on a pachislot game by Daito Giken, the TV series runs 24 episodes.