Everyone’s Demoted!!(2019)

Everyone's Demoted!! is a Japanese comedy series following Hiroshi Kataoka, a bank manager newly assigned to the struggling Kamata branch. He arrives at his post with an awkward secret: the branch is slated for closure, and his promotion is essentially a placeholder before he returns to headquarters. While his employees work tirelessly, unaware of the impending shutdown, Kataoka wrestles with guilt and professional duty. The tension between protecting his team's morale and accepting his own career trajectory drives the narrative, blending workplace humor with genuine moral conflict. The series explores themes of loyalty, corporate indifference, and the human cost of institutional decisions through Kataoka's increasingly uncomfortable position.