Heaven Cannot Wait

11 Episodes

Aired: Jan 1999

The protagonist, Shiro Amakasu, moved to Tokyo but, after failing his university entrance exams, gave up studying. He never found a job and drifted through life carefreely, living from day to day. Just as Shiro was about to abandon everything and return to his parents’ home, a man calling himself “Angel”, Seshinmi Tendo, appeared and warned him that he would die if he failed to complete a “proposition”. Introduced to the mail-order business MONO Company by his best friend Masato Nakatsugawa, Shiro finds employment and, with the help of Tendo and his colleagues, manages to overcome a series of propositions. This is a comedic coming-of-age story about Shiro Amakasu, depicting what it truly means to live life to the fullest. The series ran for 11 episodes with an average audience rating of 13.4%. Two special episodes were broadcast after the main series concluded.

12 Episodes

Aired: Apr 2001

Influenced by his father, the protagonist Kazuya Okinoshima once aimed to become a lawyer, but gave up along the way. With no dreams left, he ended up working as a teacher at the private high school Arisugawa Gakuen. Kazuya is what one might call a “reset man”, someone who can never see anything through, giving up the moment things get difficult. One day, a figure calling himself an angel, Yoshimi Tendo, appears before Kazuya and declares his death. At the same time, one of Kazuya’s students, Ayumi Todo, begins to show disturbing behaviour… The series ran for 12 episodes, with an average viewer rating of 13.2%. Produced in high definition. To distinguish it from the MONO Company Arc, the home video release carried the title Teacher Arc. Unlike the MONO Company Arc, this version was created with a more serious tone. While there is no direct connection to the previous work, the final episode reveals Tendo’s true identity, providing a conclusion for the entire series.