Flowers for Algernon

About Flowers for Algernon

Shiratori Sakuto is 28, but has the intelligence of a 6-year-old boy. He works for Dream Flower Service, a flower distribution centre which provides employment for problem youth.

Flowers for Algernon is a science fiction and fantasy series made for TBS. Tomohisa Yamashita stars as Sakito Shiratori, Chiaki Kuriyama as Haruka Mochizuki, Masataka Kubota as Ryuichi Yanagawa, and Asuka Kudo as Kosuke Hiyama.

It ran for one season of 10 episodes between April 2015 and June 2015. The series began as a novel.

Shelv files it under mother son relationship, tragic past, medical, and mental health.

Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, and Scarlet Heart: Ryeo make useful companions to Flowers for Algernon, all filed under medical drama and slice of life.