Golden Boy EP01

The series begins by introducing Kintaro Oe, a 25-year-old “freeter” (part-time worker) who dropped out of Tokyo University just before graduating despite completing all the requirements. Instead of finishing, he set out on a journey across Japan, working odd jobs and learning from every experience. His motto is to keep “studying the book of life.”

Plot Summary

In this first episode, Kintaro lands a job at a computer software company. Despite his brilliant mind, he initially appears clumsy, overly cheerful, and a bit perverted—especially around attractive women. The president of the company, an elegant and intimidating woman named Naoko Katsuda, quickly grows irritated by his antics and assumes he’s useless.

However, while everyone underestimates him, Kintaro secretly studies everything about computers and programming in his spare time, showing his genius-level capacity to absorb information. By the time his short stay is over, he surprises everyone with the skills he picked up and the unexpected impact he leaves behind—especially on Naoko, who begins to see him differently.