Series synopsis
Bad Girl: Glass Ceiling Crushers, also known as 悪女 (わる) ～働くのがカッコ悪いなんて誰が言った?～ is a Japanese drama television series that premiered on Nippon TV on April 13, 2022. It ended on June 15, 2022. It was created by Jun Fukami. It stars Mio Imada, Noriko Eguchi, Mirai Shida and Nobuyuki Suzuki.
Work-life balance, side job, online meetings… In today's world of drastically-changing work styles, an incredibly cheerful but incapable new employee is borne! Meet Marilyn Tanaka. She is assigned to a redundant department where a peculiar employee, Ms. Minegishi, becomes her senior. "Don't you want to climb the ladder?", she tempts Marilyn.
Premise
Work-life balance, side job, online meetings… In today's world of drastically-changing work styles, an incredibly cheerful but incapable new employee is borne! Meet Marilyn Tanaka. She is assigned to a redundant department where a peculiar employee, Ms. Minegishi, becomes her senior. "Don't you want to climb the ladder?", she tempts Marilyn.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Mio Imada as Maririn Tanaka
- Noriko Eguchi as Yuki Minegishi
- Mirai Shida as Mika Ooi
- Nobuyuki Suzuki as Tadashi Ono
- Osamu Mukai as Osamu Tamura
- Hikari Ishida as Satoko Natsume
- Fumiya Takahashi as Osamu Yamase
- Akari Akase as Kanna Muramatsu
Guest cast
- Yasufumi Hayashi as Tatsuhiko Egami
- Ren Ishikawa as Sumire Haruta
- Masanari Wada as Takumi Morioka
- Yoshihiko Aramaki as Tetsushi Shirota
- Tomoyuki Takagi as Mamoru Takagi
- Tomomitsu Yamaguchi as Masanori Mishima
- Ryô Matsuda as Akira Nanao
- Rina Terakawa as Shizuka Manda
- Kyoka Minakami as Ayano Momota
- Tamayo Suzuki as Aoi Akiyama
- Nagi Hasegawa as Kotomi Saeki
- Aki Onogawa as Sakura Kobayashi
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 3 | June 1, 2022 | June 15, 2022 |
| Season 1 | 10 | April 13, 2022 | June 15, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 8.5 | June 1, 2022 |
| 2 | Episode 9.5 | June 8, 2022 |
| 3 | Episode 10.5 | June 15, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | April 13, 2022 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | April 20, 2022 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | April 27, 2022 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Nippon TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 13, 2022 |
| Last aired | June 15, 2022 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 22:00:00 |