Heaven Cannot Wait
MONO Company Edition
1999 · 11 episodes
The protagonist, Shiro Amakasu, moved to Tokyo but, after failing his university entrance exams, gave up studying. He never found a job and drifted through life carefreely, living from day to day. Just as Shiro was about to abandon everything and return to his parents’ home, a man calling himself “Angel”, Seshinmi Tendo, appeared and warned him that he would die if he failed to complete a “proposition”. Introduced to the mail-order business MONO Company by his best friend Masato Nakatsugawa, Shiro finds employment and, with the help of Tendo and his colleagues, manages to overcome a series of propositions. This is a comedic coming-of-age story about Shiro Amakasu, depicting what it truly means to live life to the fullest. The series ran for 11 episodes with an average audience rating of 13.4%. Two special episodes were broadcast after the main series concluded.
1. 1
1999-01-08
Shiro, who has long given up all hope of ever passing the college entrance exam, has been living the life of a pessimistic wastrel. One day, he’s accosted by Tendo who claims to be an angel. If, by 1:30 PM tomorrow, Shiro doesn’t mend his ways and learn to sincerely desire to live, he will die!
2. Episode 2
1999-01-15
3. Episode 3
1999-01-22
4. Episode 4
1999-01-29
5. Episode 5
1999-02-05
6. Episode 6
1999-02-12
7. Episode 7
1999-02-19
8. Episode 8
1999-02-26
9. Episode 9
1999-03-05
10. Episode 10
1999-03-12
11. Episode 11
1999-03-19
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