Vertical Short Drama 'That Girl Is a Frenemy' Launches on POPCORN App
The release adds a tightly paced, two-episode vertical drama about social-media-era betrayal to the growing POPCORN platform, which specializes in short-form content from emerging creators.
Reporting from 1 sources: ASCII.jp.
GOKKO Co., Ltd. released the vertical short drama 'That Girl is a Frenemy' on the POPCORN app on July 3, 2026. The two-episode immoral suspense story follows a woman who discovers her boyfriend's engagement to her best friend via social media after six months of no contact. The cast includes Shiori Iwanami, Kai Hayasaka, and Maika. Ryo Araki directed and wrote the screenplay.
The vertical short drama 'That Girl is a Frenemy' began streaming on the POPCORN app on Friday, July 3, 2026. The two-episode immoral suspense story centers on Tomomi Aihara, played by Shiori Iwanami, who learns via social media that her boyfriend of six years, Tsuyoshi Yusaka (Kai Hayasaka), is engaged to her best friend Yui Hamaguchi (Maika). The story follows Tomomi as she deletes six years of shared photos and videos, breaks up with Tsuyoshi, and then visits Yui's house to return a handkerchief. Ryo Araki directed and wrote the screenplay. Each episode runs about 1.5 to 3 minutes, consistent with the POPCORN app's format of dense entertainment for spare moments.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.