Note Summer Drama Ranking Puts T-Shirt ga Kawaku made Above VIVANT
The ranking shows streaming-originated works are becoming regulars in drama rankings, with 'Gas Ningen' placing third for the second consecutive season, a trend the source highlights as notable.
Key Facts
- note's 2026 Summer Season Drama Ranking aggregates posts from July 1 to July 31, 2026, using the prompts '#TVドラマ感想文' or '#ドラマ感想文'.
- 'T-Shirt ga Kawaku made' (TBS) took first place, an original work by Ubukata Miyu starring Aoi Yu.
- 'VIVANT' (TBS) placed second, a sequel to the 2023 season, despite only its first episode airing during the aggregation period.
- The Netflix original 'Gas Ningen' ranked third, the second consecutive season a streaming-originated work broke into the top three.
- Aoi Yu starred in a terrestrial drama series for the first time in 18 years with 'T-Shirt ga Kawaku made'.
Reporting from 1 source: Magmix.
The media platform note has published its 2026 Summer Season Drama Ranking, based on the number of posts using the official prompts '#TVドラマ感想文' or '#ドラマ感想文' along with a program-name hashtag between July 1 and July 31, 2026. The list is led by 'T-Shirt ga Kawaku made' (TBS), an original work by screenwriter Ubukata Miyu, known for 'silent' and 'Umi no Hajimari.' It also drew attention because Aoi Yu starred in a terrestrial drama series for the first time in 18 years. Second place went to 'VIVANT' (TBS), a sequel for the first time in three years since the first season in 2023, which ranked despite only its first episode airing during the aggregation period. The Netflix original 'Gas Ningen' placed third, marking the second consecutive season that a streaming-originated work has broken into the top three, following 'Kyujo no Taizai' in the spring season. The rest of the top 10 includes 'Sayonara Noir,' 'Last Note,' 'Ichijigen no Sashiki,' 'Kokuhaku -25-nenme no Himitsu-,' 'Kimi no Suki wa Muteki,' 'My Fiction,' and 'GTO.'
note, a media platform where anyone can write and publish articles, announced the results of its 2026 Summer Season Drama Ranking on August 10, 2026. The ranking aggregates posts from July 1 to July 31, 2026, using the official prompts '#TVドラマ感想文' or '#ドラマ感想文' along with a hashtag for the program name.
The top result, 'T-Shirt ga Kawaku made,' is a completely original work by Ubukata Miyu, known for 'silent' and 'Umi no Hajimari.' It stars Aoi Yu as Seo Sakiko, whose husband Mitsuru (Matsuyama Kenichi) and the husband of a nearby woman, Sonoda Itsuki (Nakajima Atsushi), were involved in the same bus accident. The drama follows Sakiko and Itsuki as they learn their spouses had been meeting on the third Friday of every month. Second-place 'VIVANT' is a sequel to the 2023 season, featuring a shocking development where members of the Betsuhan, the Self-Defense Forces' secret intelligence organization, are abducted. Despite only its first episode airing during the aggregation period, posts with recaps and analyses gathered from before the broadcast gave it enough momentum to rank second.
- T-Shirt ga Kawaku made: 1st place, TBS, original work by Ubukata Miyu, starring Aoi Yu
- VIVANT: 2nd place, TBS, sequel to the 2023 season
- Gas Ningen: 3rd place, Netflix original
- Sayonara Noir: Fuji TV
- Last Note: Fuji TV
- Ichijigen no Sashiki: Yomiuri TV, Nippon TV
- Kokuhaku -25-nenme no Himitsu-: Nippon TV
- Kimi no Suki wa Muteki: TBS
- My Fiction: ABC TV, TV Asahi
- GTO: Kantele, Fuji TV
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