Hotaru's Marriage Opens With Satoko's Kidnapping On Noitamina
The premiere puts the manga's central premise on screen immediately, with the kidnap and the marriage proposal carried in the first episode rather than held back, and Noitamina gets a romance suspense title built on an established readership.
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Episode 1 of Hotaru's Marriage, "Unwanted Repayment," airs Friday, October 9 on Fuji TV's Noitamina block. Satoko Kirigaya, voiced by Lynn, is targeted and kidnapped, and proposes marriage to the hitman Shinpei Goto, voiced by Koki Uchiyama, to survive. david production animates the adaptation of Oreko Tachibana's manga, directed by Takahiro Kamei.
The adaptation comes from Oreko Tachibana, the manga artist behind Promise Cinderella and #Divorced Around-30 Woman and Male High School Student. The manga has passed 5 million copies in cumulative circulation and took the Everyone's Choice!! Digital Comic Awards 2024.
Takahiro Kamei directs at david production, with Yuko Kakihara on series composition and scripts, Yukiko Aikei on character design, and Yasufumi Soejima on concept art. Kenjiro Tsuda and Kento Ito are also in the cast. The series runs on Fuji TV's Noitamina block every Friday at 23:30, with AT-X from October 16 and streaming from October 9.
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