I Tried Becoming LINE Friends With My Husband's Mistress Gets Live-Action Drama
The adaptation brings a popular Instagram-born revenge story to a vertical drama format, with casting that the original author called an "unbelievable miracle."
Reporting from 1 sources: Comic Natalie.
The short drama app Tatedora will adapt Hatch's revenge story "I Tried Becoming LINE Friends with My Husband's Mistress" into a live-action drama. Miho Watanabe plays the protagonist Hatch, and Higashi Bukuro plays her husband Tetsu. Distribution begins early autumn 2026.
The short drama app Tatedora announced a live-action adaptation of Hatch's "I Tried Becoming LINE Friends with My Husband's Mistress," with distribution set for early autumn 2026. Miho Watanabe stars as the betrayed wife Hatch, and Higashi Bukuro (Saraba Seishun no Hikari) plays her husband Tetsu. The story, based on Hatch's own experience, follows a wife who discovers her husband's affair and secretly befriends the mistress online. When she learns the husband plans a fake divorce, she takes detective-like action. The original work gained traction on Instagram before being published by KADOKAWA. Hatch commented that the casting feels like an unbelievable miracle and encouraged viewers to enjoy the satisfying comeuppance.
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- Comic Natalie 「旦那の浮気相手とLINE友達になってみた」ショートドラマ化、渡邉美穂＆東ブクロが出演