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* WritersCannotDoMath: In the "Stuffed Cabbages" episode (the sixth episode of season 3) Marilyn's mother Eri and Mr. Chu are sitting in the diner, clearly having spent some time there already. Eri then says she wants to see her daughter's striptease act, and that if they leave right away, they can still catch the midnight show, which is what they proceed to do. Except that the diner only opens at midnight, so even if she and Mr. Chu came there as soon as it opened, Marilyn's midnight show should've been over already.
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* {{Wuxia}}: The 2nd last episode of the series ''Rolled Omelet'' involved the director of a wuxia movie coming to Japan to look for the Japanese man who was the main actor for his father's own failed wuxia movie. The final few minutes actually has the shooting of this movie with the extras playing evil eunuchs wearing ancient Chinese garb and waving daos (Chinese cleaver-like sabres).
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* LaserGuidedKarma: In Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories 2nd season, ''Fried Chicken Breast with Cheese'', middle-aged writer Mr, Yada has a side-gig as a famous newspaper horoscope writer, lately he's got a crush on a girl Hikari who's deeply into horoscopes so he tries manipulating her by writing horoscope messages towards her based on info he gets from her. The Master advice to Yada-san is to maybe stop writing these creepily accurate predictions for her and just let things happen. Yada ignores it and writes that Aquarius people will encounter love with someone wearing a striped shirt and then he wears a striped shirt. Just as he's about to declare his love to Hikari, a stranger with a striped shirt enters the diner and Hikari totally falls for that guy instead.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: In Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories 2nd season, ''Fried Chicken Breast with Cheese'', middle-aged writer Mr, Mr. Yada has a side-gig as a famous newspaper horoscope writer, lately writer. Lately he's got a crush on a girl Hikari Hikari, who's deeply into horoscopes so horoscopes. So he tries manipulating her by writing horoscope messages towards her her, based on info he gets from her. she unwittingly gives him. The Master advice to advises Yada-san is to maybe stop writing these creepily suspiciously accurate predictions for aimed at her and just let things happen. Yada ignores it and writes that Aquarius people will encounter love with someone wearing a striped shirt shirt, and then he wears puts on a striped shirt. shirt that day. Just as he's about to declare his love to Hikari, a stranger with a striped shirt enters the diner and Hikari totally falls for that guy instead.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Almost happens to one couple's relationship in the episode "Salmon and Mushrooms". The wife in a married couple that co-own a barber shop, is going to Shanghai for a few days leaving the husband on his own. One day, a woman in a kimono from a previous episode brings an old friend along. The first woman notices that one of the office lady regulars is looking younger and so the OL proudly mentions she's been getting facial shavings at the barber shop and the barber has really soft, skilled hands. Mention of this piques the interest of the friend, who's a widow, so this friend goes to the barbershop and starts an affair. Luckily the relationship between the barber and his wife survive and the affair ends, helped by the barber discovering the woman is the widow of a gangster.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: In Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories 2nd season, ''Fried Chicken Breast with Cheese'', middle-aged writer Mr, Yada has a side-gig as a famous newspaper horoscope writer, lately he's got a crush on a girl Hikari who's deeply into horoscopes so he tries manipulating by writing horoscope messages towards her based on info he gets from her. The Master advice to Yada-san is to maybe stop writing these creepily accurate predictions for her and just let things happen. Yada ignores it and writes that Aquarius people will encounter love with someone wearing a striped shirt and then he wears a striped shirt. Just as he's about to declare his love to Hikari, a stranger with a striped shirt enters the diner and Hikari totally falls for that guy instead.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: In Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories 2nd season, ''Fried Chicken Breast with Cheese'', middle-aged writer Mr, Yada has a side-gig as a famous newspaper horoscope writer, lately he's got a crush on a girl Hikari who's deeply into horoscopes so he tries manipulating her by writing horoscope messages towards her based on info he gets from her. The Master advice to Yada-san is to maybe stop writing these creepily accurate predictions for her and just let things happen. Yada ignores it and writes that Aquarius people will encounter love with someone wearing a striped shirt and then he wears a striped shirt. Just as he's about to declare his love to Hikari, a stranger with a striped shirt enters the diner and Hikari totally falls for that guy instead.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: In Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories 2nd season, ''Fried Chicken Breast with Cheese'', middle-aged writer Mr, Yada has a side-gig as a famous newspaper horoscope writer, lately he's got a crush on a girl Hikari who's deeply into horoscopes so he tries manipulating by writing horoscope messages towards her based on info he gets from her. The Master advice to Yada-san is to maybe stop writing these creepily accurate predictions for her and just let things happen. Yada ignores it and writes that Aquarius people will encounter love with someone wearing a striped shirt and then he wears a striped shirt. Just as he's about to declare his love to Hikari, a stranger with a striped shirt enters the diner and Hikari totally falls for that guy instead.
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Based on the same-named {{Manga}} by Yarō Abe, '''Midnight Diner''' (深夜食堂; ''Shinya Shokudō'') is a Japanese {{Dorama}} adapted into a television series in 2009 as a 10-episode season. The show was renewed for two more 10-episode seasons in 2011 and 2014, respectively, with a feature film released in January 2015. In October 2016, Creator/{{Netflix}} released the fourth 10-episode season exclusively on its streaming service for a worldwide audience as '''Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories'''; a month later, the second feature film was released. A second season of ''Tokyo Stories'' was released on October 31, 2019. As of June 1, 2020, the first three seasons are also available on Netflix internationally as its original title, ''Midnight Diner''.

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Based on the same-named {{Manga}} by Yarō Abe, '''Midnight Diner''' ''Midnight Diner'' (深夜食堂; ''Shinya Shokudō'') is a Japanese {{Dorama}} adapted into a television series in 2009 as a 10-episode season. The show was renewed for two more 10-episode seasons in 2011 and 2014, respectively, with a feature film released in January 2015. In October 2016, Creator/{{Netflix}} released the fourth 10-episode season exclusively on its streaming service for a worldwide audience as '''Midnight ''Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories'''; Stories''; a month later, the second feature film was released. A second season of ''Tokyo Stories'' was released on October 31, 2019. As of June 1, 2020, the first three seasons are also available on Netflix internationally as its original title, ''Midnight Diner''.
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-> ''When people finish their day and hurry home, my day starts.''
-> ''My diner is open from midnight to seven in the morning.''
-> ''They call it "Midnight Diner."''
-> ''That's all I have on the menu.''
-> ''But I make whatever customers request as long as I have ingredients for it. That's my policy.''
-> ''Do I even have customers? More than you would expect.''

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* AdaptationAlternateEnding: The "Egg Sandwiches" episode. [[spoiler: In the show, Lisa and Nakajima don't end up together, and Nakajima stops eating his usual sandwiches at the diner. In the manga though, Lisa ends up getting a divorce and see returns with Nakajima to the diner, asking for their usual.]]

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* AdaptationAlternateEnding: AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The "Egg Sandwiches" episode. [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In the show, Lisa and Nakajima don't end up together, and Nakajima stops eating his usual sandwiches at the diner. In the manga though, Lisa ends up getting a divorce and see she returns with Nakajima to the diner, asking for their usual.]]

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* AdaptationAlternateEnding: The "Egg Sandwiches" episode. [[spoiler: In the show, Lisa and Nakajima don't end up together, and Nakajima stops eating his usual sandwiches at the diner. In the manga though, Lisa ends up getting a divorce and see returns with Nakajima to the diner, asking for their usual.]]



* DownerEnding: Not all customers have a happy ending. One good example is with the "Cold Noodles" episode, [[spoiler: where Hashimoto ultimately stops running and allows to be arrested, leaving Hitomi back at dinner eating her chilled noodles in tears.]]

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* DecompositeCharacter: The Nikujaga (Meat and Potato Stew) episode focuses on a pair of sisters [[spoiler: who are actually a pair of con women.]] In the original manga though, they were originally just one character.
* DownerEnding: Not all customers have a happy ending. One good example is with the "Cold Noodles" episode, [[spoiler: where Hashimoto ultimately stops running and allows himself to be arrested, leaving Hitomi back at the dinner alone eating her chilled noodles in tears.]]



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%%* ShipTease* ShipTease: There is something going between the Master and Chieko.
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See ''Series/ChefWaMeitantei'' for a similar premise, except that the food served is Japanese cuisine.

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See ''Series/ChefWaMeitantei'' for a similar premise, except that the food served is Japanese French cuisine.
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Due to its popularity, a Chinese/Taiwanese (co-production) and South Korean TV remakes were aired in China, South Korea and Taiwan. There was a Chinese movie remake starring Tony Leung.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: The Master tries to avert this by limiting each customer to a maximum of three serving of alcohol.

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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: The Master tries to avert this by limiting each customer to a maximum of three serving servings of alcohol.
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* FoodPorn: It goes without saying, the dishes are gorgeously made, despite their relative setup and simplicity.

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* FoodPorn: It goes without saying, the The dishes are gorgeously made, despite their relative setup and simplicity.being common, simple ones. Their preparations are shown in great detail.

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