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Rainbow

“Seven juvenile delinquents endure brutal abuse at reform school, bonding under former boxer Rokurouta to survive their sentences.”

Rainbow

8.46
185 rank · 423,216 viewers · 8,655 favorites
Drama Suspense Delinquents Historical Seinen
26 episodes · 22 min per ep min · Spring 2010 · Madhouse · R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
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Synopsis

Seven juvenile delinquents endure brutal abuse at reform school, bonding under former boxer Rokurouta to survive their sentences.

Japan, 1955: Mario Minakami has just arrived at Shounan Special Reform School along with five other teenagers who have been arrested on serious criminal charges. All assigned to the same cell, they meet older inmate Rokurouta Sakuragi—a former boxer—with whom they establish a close bond. Under his guidance, and with the promise that they will meet again on the outside after serving their sentences, the delinquents begin to view their hopeless situation in a better light. The seven cellmates struggle together against the brutal suffering and humiliation inflicted upon them by Ishihara, a sadistic guard with a grudge on Rokurouta, and Gisuke Sasaki, a doctor who takes pleasure in violating boys. Facing such hellish conditions, the seven inmates must scrape together all the strength they have to survive until their sentences are up; but even if they do, just what kind of lives are waiting for them on the other side?

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8.7 /10

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96% recommend
Score distribution
median 9 mode 10 σ 1.70
1510
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σ 1.70 · some divergence

mixed
The polarity gap

5.8 pts

Recommenders 9.2 · others 3.4

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↓ 1.33

Running avg · Apr 2010 → Sep 2025

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A Tv Production · Spring 2010

Madhouse.
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VAP · Nippon Television Network

  • Format 26 × 22′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 9h 32m all episodes
  • Aired Apr 2010 – Sep 2010 Spring 2010
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
  • Ref. BS-4451 catalog

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