On the surface, *Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan* seems like a typical children's program. The show-within-a-show features its host, 31-year-old Uramichi Omota, teaching kids exercises and life lessons with a bright, friendly smile. However, beneath his cheerful facade is a deeply cynical and emotionally unstable man who is completely worn out by adulthood.
This dark comedy from TV Tokyo gets its humor from the moments Uramichi’s bleak, depressing thoughts about life accidentally slip out on camera. He and his equally jaded coworkers navigate the harsh realities of their jobs, creating a satirical and painfully relatable slice-of-life anime. The show’s original broadcast has ended, but sign up for a reminder just in case it returns for another look at millennial burnout.