Live-Action Can You Kiss Me First? Series' Teaser Reveals October 19 TV Debut
The official website for the live-action series of Yamayade's Can You Kiss Me First? (Omae no Hou kara Kiss Shitekure yo) boys' love manga unveiled a new teaser trailer for the series on Thursday. The teaser reveals the series' October 19 television debut on Fuji TV.
The series will also stream on Fuji TV On Demand.
The series will star Jin Suzuki (live-action Kimi ni Todoke, Teasing Master Takagi-san, left in visual on right) as Ueno, and Gaku Oshida (live-action Grapara!, Samurai Sensei, right) as Kanda.
Other cast members include (Note: Character name romanizations not official):
- Yoshiki Kanemaru as Tōma Fujisawa
- Tsubasa Kizu as Yūsuke Kobayashi
- Riko Kawase as Akira Mizoguchi
- Kōya Matsuda as Kōtarō Shirai
- Jun Yamasaki as Satoshi Kanda
- Kakeru Amemiya as Takumi
- Sōshō Tomimoto as Yūto Shima
- Aika Sonoda as Yuika Nakagawa
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga, and will begin releasing it on September 29. Seven Seas Entertainment describes the story:
Ueno and Kanada seem like two complete opposites in the office. Ueno is an accountant who can strike fear into his co-workers with his strict and unbending ways. Meanwhile, Kanda is the superstar of the sales department—and thanks to his friendly and outgoing personality, he is even next in line to be manager! While most would think these two could never mesh, the truth is they're actually very close friends outside of work.
Kanda often crashes at Ueno's place, and the two spend time with each other constantly, growing closer than most co-workers would. But when Ueno confesses to Kanada that he's gay, a myriad of unsaid feelings begin to grow between them. Ueno has mixed feelings about how close and touchy Kanada can be, while Kanada is hung up on the fact that Ueno claimed he wasn't his type!
Can these two salarymen navigate their true feelings and realize the growing love between them?
Meigetsu Takahashi is directing the series, with scripts by Emi Amamoto. Nobuhiro Tateno and Ami Yamashita are composing the music.
The manga was serialized on Renta! from March 2023 to April 2024. Takeshobo published one compiled book volume for the manga.
Sources: Can You Kiss Me First? live-action series website, Comic Natalie
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