29-year-old Rin Komiyama had finally achieved her long-cherished dream of getting engaged, and it seemed as if a stable future was within reach. But even as she spent her days with a lingering sense of unease she couldn’t quite put her finger on in her relationship with her fiancé, Yuto Seta, an encounter with her younger coworker, Kyo Sakimura, shook her heart deeply. Touched by Kyo’s pure and earnest feelings, Rin begins to realize the “true feelings” she had almost forgotten. Meanwhile, her fiancé Seta also senses a crisis in their relationship and, in his own way, tries to repair it. Will she choose the stability of being engaged, or pursue a fateful love? A mature love story depicting Rin’s choices and growth as she moves forward, even while wavering and struggling.

Michi Ichijo’s acclaimed BL work, from *Small Worlds* and *TSUMIDEMIC*, gets the long-awaited live-action adaptation! “I want to connect with the person I love...” A bittersweet adult love story about two awkward people struggling with sexlessness. Starring Asahi Ito and Jun Muto (Genjibu) in a double lead live-action drama! A secret relationship begins with a mistaken email. Tossed about by unrequited love and desire, where will their romance lead—? The series will begin airing on Thursday, January 9, 2025, in MBS’s Drama Tokku slot. After being serialized in the web novel magazine *fleur* (Kadokawa), Michi Ichijo’s representative BL work exploring adult love and sex, *Futtara Doshaburi: When it rains, it pours*, was published in paperback in 2013 and later reissued in 2018 as a Shinshokan Dear+ Bunko edition. It has now been decided that it will be adapted into a live-action drama starting Thursday, January 9, 2025, in MBS’s Drama Tokku slot!

“This is definitely going to go viral!!” Once it starts, there’s no escaping! A live stream where lives are on the line!? A friendship in ruins!? Music streamer Akagi (Masanari Wada) is troubled by the fact that his channel subscriptions just won’t grow. Just when he’s getting desperate, thinking, “I have to do something…,” he hears from Shiraishi (Shunta Sono), a former teammate who is now a hugely popular cooking streamer, about a “doll that grants wishes.” It is Buaou, a magical doll handed down among a minority ethnic group in Africa... If you perform a ritual using this doll, any wish can be granted—but in return, an equivalent price is demanded. Despite the unsettling air surrounding it, Akagi decides to go through with the ritual, and reaches out to Kurotani (Yo Maejima), Aoyama (Keito Sakurai), Midorikawa (Raiga Terasaka), and Shiraishi, with whom he once worked as part of the streaming group “Five Colors.” And so, by coincidence, that “Five Colors” has reunited. Then, a mysterious woman (Yuka Hyodo) who claims to be a director for a documentary program suddenly appears... Five streamers, one mysterious woman, and an eerie magic doll— What on earth is happening? Who is behind it? And what is the purpose? Though confused by one unpredictable development after another, they continue the ritual...

The long-awaited drama sequel to the smash-hit original manga, which has surpassed 4 million copies sold! Ryo Hashimoto × Akari Takaishi & Director Yuka Eda A low-energy romantic comedy about a trash teacher and a negative-thinking high school girl! The original work is “A Girl Falling from the Sky and a Teacher on the Brink,” serialized in Hakusensha’s “Hana to Yume” since July 2017. This hugely popular comic series has currently reached 19 volumes. Created by manga artist sora, it has earned widespread sympathy for its well-crafted, low-energy, comedic dialogue that embraces serious themes, its uniquely listless character settings, and the precious romance between a teacher and student who never cross the line of their relationship. The comic has become a massive hit, surpassing a total of 4 million copies sold. Returning as the lead from Season 1 is up-and-coming young actor Ryo Hashimoto, who enjoys tremendous popularity thanks to his striking looks and wide-ranging talents, and who also drew attention for his role as the “good-voice guy” in the TBS drama “Maybe, I’m Hearing Love.” He plays Jin Haiba, nicknamed “Haijin” by his students, a physics teacher who is a classic “useless adult” — nicotine-addicted, a gambling addict, constantly broke, and repeatedly engaging in behavior far beyond what you’d expect from a teacher. The heroine is Akari Takaishi, one of the most noteworthy young actresses of the moment, who made her feature film debut as the lead in “Baby Assassins,” earned critical acclaim for her performances in films such as “The Witch of Marriage” and “Baby Assassins 2 Babies,” won the Best New Actress Award at the 15th TAMA Film Awards, and is also set to take on voice acting for the first time in this summer’s film “Your Color.” In this work, she continues to play Mikoto Ochiai, a high-achieving but negative-thinking high school girl. “When the time comes that I can no longer endure being this close to you...” Lesson 2 for the trash teacher finally begins!!

The junior who never gives up × the senior who can’t be won over The hugely popular GL comic that’s been creating a buzz is being adapted into a live-action drama starring Kato Shiori (Hinatazaka46) and Mori Kanna! A nonstop string of misunderstandings!! A workplace girls’ love story teetering on the edge of reason! The hugely popular GL comic “Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko-senpai ni Koishiteru” by Sal Jiang is now set to be adapted into a live-action drama starring Kato Shiori (Hinatazaka46) and Mori Kanna, airing from Thursday, July 4 in MBS’s Drama Tokku slot! From MBS, which has produced many BL works in slots such as Drama Shower, comes a new summer offering: an office GL (girls’ love) comedy. The original is a hugely popular GL comic that gained attention through its serialization on Futabasha’s “web Action” and was also published in book form. The protagonist, Ayaka-chan, is in love with her senior at work, Hiroko-senpai. She makes advances every day, but they never get through to her... Meanwhile, Hiroko-senpai, admired by everyone, is actually a serious “woman lover,” and Ayaka’s bold approaches leave her heart racing nonstop!! The two, each convinced the other is straight, keep triggering even more misunderstandings...!? This GL work has become a hot topic for its ultimate miscommunication-filled office girls’ love setting that makes you want to root for the two of them, captivating many readers. In this series, Kato Shiori (Hinatazaka46) plays Ayaka-chan, the junior who never gives up, chasing Hiroko-senpai with single-minded devotion and racing full speed down the road of first love, with the gap between her glamorous looks, outstanding athletic ability, and fearlessly bold personality creating an overwhelming presence and popularity. This marks Kato’s first starring role in a serialized drama. Mori Kanna plays Hiroko-senpai, the ace of the sales department who is skilled at her job and admired by both superiors and juniors, yet hides the fact that she’s a “woman lover” due to past trauma and has decided she must live in the shadows and keep it secret. Mori is a versatile actress who continues to captivate audiences with a wide range of roles in many works such as “Toki o Kakeru na, Koibitotachi” and “Haru ni Nattara.” This is also Mori’s first starring role in a serialized drama. Look forward to the pop, laugh-filled, heart-fluttering romance woven by these two, co-stars for the first time!

A drama centered on so-called “pro girlfriends” — ordinary women who date only celebrities and athletes. A university student who is a Miss Contest finalist and aspiring pro girlfriend, and an undercover pro girlfriend hiding behind the mask of a pure-hearted college girl, engage in cutthroat psychological battles and one-upmanship between women. What awaits them at the end of their swelling need for validation...?

Upon receiving a report of a murder, Chief Inspector Junichi Oiwa of the Metropolitan Police Department’s First Investigative Division (Takashi Naito), together with detective in charge of driving Michimichi Okuno (Nobuyuki Hanawa), rushes to the scene. The victim, stabbed to death in a back alley in Shibuya, is Kiyo Oshio (Miyu Sakihi), an employee of a food production company. Inside the bag left behind as evidence, investigators unexpectedly find a “roulette-style omikuji fortune dispenser,” the kind once commonly seen in coffee shops. It is also revealed that on the night of the incident, a mysterious woman dressed in Showa-era retro fashion was at the scene. Just then, an audio recording of a power harassment remark made by Kiyo’s boss, Nobu Yoshiyoshi Iiyoshi (Satoshi Hashimoto), president of the food production company, is leaked online. Iiyoshi is engulfed in a firestorm of criticism, and the company’s stock price plummets. It soon emerges that the source of the leak was Kiyo’s secret social media account. According to Kinya Imato (Nano), Iiyoshi’s secretary, there seems to have been some kind of trouble between Kiyo and Iiyoshi... In addition, a photo of a parfait had been posted on Kiyo’s secret account five hours before the incident, and it became her final post. Meanwhile, Detective Makoto Hirai (Yuki Saito) of the scene materials unit, who takes an interest in the Showa-era fortune dispenser, arrives at a certain coffee shop. It is a retro café with a Showa theme, run by Anko Nagai (Aki Asakura), who calls herself a “wandering pastry artisan.” It is revealed that the parfait photo Kiyo last posted to her secret account had actually been provided to her by Anko, and suspicion toward Anko quickly intensifies. But upon hearing the name Anko Nagai, Oiwa remembers a past unsolved case. It was a kidnapping case from 24 years ago, in the Heisei era, involving Anko’s family. Oiwa immediately visits the mother of the kidnapping victim, Tae Nagai (Kaoru Sugita) — and the connection between the kidnapping case and the “Showa” era comes to light!? From Showa to Heisei to Reiwa, Chief Inspector Oiwa takes on a mystery that spans the eras!

Day by day, my feelings grow stronger A live-action adaptation of the popular BL comic by Tooru Miyata! A frustratingly sweet, pure romance is captivating audiences around the world! Ruga Sato from Kamen Rider Geats and Sho Sakai from The Judgment of Joana, two rising young actors, co-star in this much-anticipated production! The powerful duo of director Ayaka Kato from Taikan Yohou and screenwriter Takefumi Miyamoto from Old-Fashioned Cupcake reunite once again! A heart-fluttering, pure and precious romance with a childhood friend begins when they start living together, and the excitement never stops! A classic pure-love romantic comedy about a devoted, refreshing popular guy and an honest, innocent guy!

Central Cause of Death Administration Bureau, where all shinigami work. Each shinigami is assigned a specific cause of death, and their job is to devise the final story of a person’s life using that assigned cause of death. Meanwhile, at the Central Life Supervision Bureau, where angels work, the angels decide the stories of human lives day by day, overseeing and monitoring them. The shinigami of the Seventh Special Cause Processing Division (commonly known as “Nanashi”), a group that handles only unusual causes of death, were spending yet another lazy but enjoyable day. Then, angels suddenly appear before them and order Nanashi to be disbanded…!?

Drawn together by a mysterious film, high school students with completely different personalities and ideas about love. A youth ensemble drama where hidden feelings of friendship, romance, and longing intertwine! The finale of MBS’s 2023 Drama Shower slot is the completely original drama “My Strawberry Film.” With a script and direction team that includes Ryosuke Kawasaki, who directed the 2023 drama “Minato Shouji Coin Laundry 2” (TV Tokyo) and served as writer and director for “Zettai Meshi” (Kantele), along with other masters of youth dramas, this coming-of-age ensemble piece depicts the light and shadow of youth through the motif of film, brought to life by the fresh performances of four of today’s most exciting actors. Leading the cast is Ryusei Fukada, who has been selected for the ViVi “National Treasure-Level Handsome NEXT” category and is gaining attention rapidly, and is also expected to play Tonbo in the musical Kiki’s Delivery Service, starting in March 2024. He plays Ryo Ichikawa, a sensitive young man whose hobby is making music. Next is Rei Yabana, who, in addition to his work as an artist, appeared in the 2023 drama “Nare no Hate no Bokura” (TV Tokyo) and showed a sharp sensibility as an actor. He plays Hikaru Toyama, the mood maker of the group. Also, Ririka Tanabe, an exclusive Seventeen model who has appeared in buzzworthy works including the 2023 drama “The Teacher I Hired Recently, Is It Okay to Kill Students?” (Nippon TV) and is increasingly active as an actress, plays the beautiful girl in the film that Hikaru happens to find. And Mizuki Yoshida, a promising new star who has demonstrated her talent with leading roles in the films “Atsui Munasawagi” and “Kamuy no Uta,” as well as an appearance in the drama “Alice in Borderland” (Netflix), plays Chika Nakamura, who knows a great deal about antiques. The first-ever quartet lead in the Drama Shower slot! These much-talked-about actors bring the story to life with fresh energy.

The hugely popular gourmet drama “#Izakaya Shinkansen” returns with its long-awaited Season 2! Following its acclaimed run on the MBS/TBS Dramaism slot and other channels from 2021 to 2022, the gourmet drama “#Izakaya Shinkansen,” starring Hidekazu Mashima, has confirmed a Season 2! The drama “#Izakaya Shinkansen 2” will begin airing on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, in the MBS/TBS Dramaism slot, and will also air on Ch. Galaxy starting Saturday, February 10, 2024. Takamiya Susumu, a salaryman working in the internal audit department of an insurance company, secretly delights in local delicacies enjoyed inside the Shinkansen on his way home from business trips. He sets up carefully selected food and drinks he has discovered at his destinations on the train’s seat table. From local sake and snacks to ekiben and even sweets, the combinations are endless. On social media, if you search for “#Izakaya Shinkansen,” you’ll find fellow fans eagerly awaiting Susumu’s food reports. Tonight as well, the Izakaya Shinkansen is open for business! Continuing from Season 1, Hidekazu Mashima, who is active in drama, film, stage, and more, reprises his role as the protagonist Takamiya Susumu. Shifting the setting from the Tohoku Shinkansen in Season 1, Season 2 takes him to towns along the Hokuriku Shinkansen and Joetsu Shinkansen lines, including the much-talked-about extension between Kanazawa and Tsuruga. What kind of Izakaya Shinkansen will Susumu create? Please look forward to its opening!

Shie (Yuka Masuda) has a strong curiosity to get to know her partners through sex, and spends her days feeling happy as she sleeps with anyone she wants to sleep with. But as she approaches 30, she begins to worry that the number of her sexual partners is dwindling. For Shie, who enjoys her uninhibited sex life, the only friend she can truly speak honestly with is her coworker Takako (Yuzuki Akiyama). The two share candid sex talk in the sauna after work, but Takako also has her own concern: she feels she is unable to fall in love because of the so-called “curse of being highly educated.” Listening in on the two women’s candid sex lives is the company receptionist, Mako (Sakurako Ohkubo). She becomes close with Shie and Takako after a certain incident, but Mako has a particular inclination: she can only affirm herself through having an affair...

MBS’s Drama Shower, which has delivered a wide variety of BL dramas such as “April in Tokyo...,” “Koharu and Amagi-kun,” and “Eternal Yesterday,” is next taking on the mega-hit “JTAKAN YOHOU (A Forecast of Feelings),” which has surpassed 10 million cumulative downloads on Comic Cmoa and other platforms and won first place in the comic category of the “BL AWARD 2023” as well as the BL category of the “Electronic Comic Grand Prize 2023”! This highly provocative work, one of the most striking titles in Drama Shower history, will be led by main director Ayaka Kato, who previously helmed the smash-hit BL drama “Old Fashion Cupcake,” with rising young actors Kohei Higuchi and Atsuki Mashiko (GENIC) starring as a duo. “Since tomorrow will be clear, this man will probably sleep with me.” Mizuki Segasaki (Kohei Higuchi) is popular as a refreshing, handsome weather forecaster. But his true nature is that of an outrageous tyrant. He lives with Yo Tanada (Atsuki Mashiko), a struggling erotic manga artist, and has him do all the housework and more! This arrangement began with the promise that Mizuki would cover Yo’s food, clothing, and housing while he struggled to make it as a manga artist, but there’s a condition: Yo must “do everything Segasaki says”...!? Kohei Higuchi, who has been active across a wide range of roles as an actor, including starring in the Super Sentai series, plays Mizuki Segasaki, the refreshing handsome weather forecaster with a domineering personality who leaves all housework to his roommate Yo (Atsuki Mashiko). Higuchi came to Tokyo to pursue his dream of becoming a soccer player and became a J.League development player, but had to give it up due to an injury. After that, an opportunity from a talent agency led him into the entertainment industry, and he has expanded his career from modeling to acting. Atsuki Mashiko, a member of the seven-member mixed-gender dance & vocal group GENIC, plays Yo Tanada, the unsuccessful erotic manga artist who is completely at Segasaki’s mercy. Mashiko was selected as a finalist in avex’s “Boys Award Audition 2016” in 2016, and in 2020 he made his major debut with GENIC. He has also been active on stage and in dramas, attracting attention through many works and building a strong track record as an actor. And for this production, three talented creators have come together on the directing team! Ayaka Kato won acclaim with FOD’s “Old Fashion Cupcake” last year, and since then has directed one buzzworthy title after another, including MBS’s “You Want to Make Me Fall for You” (2023) and KTV’s “Zenra Meshi” (2023), earning high praise for her skill. Shinju Funabiki served as co-writer on the original drama MBS’s “Jack Frost” (2023), drawing attention from BL fans, and in this work she takes on both script and direction. Emi Yasumura has been highly regarded for her talent as a visual creator, having been selected for “100 Filmmakers 2020,” and has also been active as a director on NHK’s “Scary Picture Book” (2022) and BS Nippon TV’s “Babuchuu to Dari” (2022); this marks her first challenge directing a serialized drama.

"If I told you I liked you, would this relationship end...?" Unrequited love is always a series of choices. For me, who secretly thinks of you, there stands an invisible wall called “friends.” I want to break that wall, and I don’t want to break it... The manager chasing a dream, and the regular who has failed in his own. At this restaurant, all kinds of human drama unfold. Love, dreams—why do things with such sweet-sounding names hurt so much? Set in an unusual restaurant, it portrays each of them taking a step forward and growing.

A love comedy with a “bridge effect” between a trashy teacher and a negative JK! The smash-hit comic series currently running in Hakusensha’s “Hana to Yume,” with cumulative sales surpassing 3 million copies, will be adapted into a live-action drama, starring Ryo Hashimoto (HiHi Jets / Johnny’s Jr.) in his first solo lead role in a serial drama, and Akari Takaishi in her first terrestrial TV drama heroine role! “Falling JK and a Heinous Teacher,” which began serialization in Hakusensha’s “Hana to Yume” in August 2017, has been hugely popular with readers. Now it has been decided that it will air on MBS’s Drama Tokku block starting Thursday, April 6 (MBS: every Thursday at 12:59 a.m.; TVK: every Thursday at 11:00 p.m., and more), with Ryo Hashimoto (HiHi Jets / Johnny’s Jr.) as the lead and Akari Takaishi as the heroine! The original manga is the hit comic series, currently up to volume 15. With manga artist sora’s low-energy, surreal dialogue, its uniquely unmotivated characterizations, and the frustrating romance between two people who never cross the line because of their teacher-student relationship, it has struck a chord with many readers and become a runaway hit with over 3 million copies sold. The star of this work is Ryo Hashimoto (HiHi Jets / Johnny’s Jr.), who enjoys overwhelming popularity thanks to his striking looks and diverse talents, and who takes on his first solo lead role in a serial drama. He plays Jin Haiba, a physics teacher who is the textbook definition of a “hopeless adult”—unmotivated, addicted to gambling, constantly broke, and repeatedly engaging in reckless behavior unfit for a teacher. Nicknamed “Hai-jin” by his students, he is looked down on by them. The heroine is Akari Takaishi, a rising young actress attracting intense attention, making her debut as a serial drama heroine in this work. She plays Mikoto Ochiai, a high school girl who is academically excellent but deeply negative. “Wouldn’t you like to fall in love with me before you die?” — the trashy teacher Mikoto Ochiai (played by Akari Takaishi), who was about to take her own life over heartbreak, is interrupted by physics teacher Jin Haiba (played by Ryo Hashimoto). When he confesses to her, saying, “Wouldn’t you like to fall in love with me before you die?” Mikoto is thrown into confusion. Is it a lie to save her, or is it…? As she gradually finds herself drawn to the trashy teacher Jin, whom even the students look down on…!? Trashy teacher x negative JK: a low-energy romantic comedy destined for a fall! The directors are Munenari Moon for the drama “Anno Lyric” and the film “5 Billion-Yen Life,” and Meigetsu Takahashi for the films “Sayonara, Good Evening” and “How to Tell the Difference Between a Proper Bus.” The scripts are by Ayumi Shita of the dramas “My Beauty Transformation Won’t Stop!?” and “House Marriage Honey,” and Shota Gaijin of the dramas “Oshare-domo! The Fashion Sommelier” and “My Imaginative Meal I Want to Be Praised For.” This up-and-coming cast and staff take on the ultimate bridge-effect romantic comedy wrapped in surreal laughter.