Can You Kiss Me First? BL Manga Gets Live-Action Series This Fall
The adaptation brings Yamayade's office romance to live action with a Fuji TV broadcast and streaming slot, while Seven Seas begins releasing the manga in September.
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Fuji TV announced a live-action series adaptation of Yamayade's boys' love manga Can You Kiss Me First? The show will air on Fuji TV this fall and stream on Fuji TV On Demand. Jin Suzuki stars as Ueno and Gaku Oshida as Kanda. Meigetsu Takahashi directs, with scripts by Emi Amamoto.
Fuji TV will produce the live-action series, with Meigetsu Takahashi directing and Emi Amamoto writing scripts. Nobuhiro Tateno and Ami Yamashita compose the music. The cast pairs Jin Suzuki as Ueno, the strict accountant, with Gaku Oshida as Kanda, the friendly sales star.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga and will start releasing it in September. The story follows two office opposites who are close friends outside work, until Ueno confesses he is gay and unspoken feelings surface between them. The manga ran on Renta! from March 2023 to April 2024, with one compiled volume from Takeshobo.
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