School Counselor(2017)

School Counselor is a Japanese drama series following Aizawa Hinata, a high school counselor who draws on her own painful past—shaped by an overbearing mother—to support troubled students. When a chronically absent male student confesses his feelings for her, he dies mysteriously the next day. Determined to uncover the truth, Hinata discovers he endured relentless bullying and suffocating parental control alongside a history of delinquency. As his grieving mother blames Hinata for her son's suicide, the counselor finds herself spiraling under the weight of guilt and accusation. The series explores how unresolved trauma, institutional failure, and family dysfunction intersect, pushing Hinata toward her breaking point as she grapples with her own demons while seeking answers.