44 minSeason 2 • Episode 16
LatestKotoko tries to celebrate her ideal birthday with Naoki, but nothing goes as planned.
At a high school entrance ceremony, high school student Kotoko Aihara, who isn't that smart, notices pretty boy Naoki Irie. She falls in love with him immediately. Kotoko initially doesn't express her feelings to him, but finally has a chance to tell him how she feels. Unfortunately, Naoki turns Kotoko down, saying "I don't like dumb women." One day, Kotoko Aihara's house is severely damaged by an earthquake. Until the house is rebuilt, Kotoko Aihara and her father decide to live with her father's friend. When Kotoko Aihara moves to her new temporary house, she is surprised to learn that Naoki Irie lives there as well.
Acting
Yuki Furukawa's micro-expressions as ice king Naoki
Production
Quirky animated thought bubbles capturing Kotoko's inner chaos
Costume
Peak early-2010s Japanese fashion time capsule
Creator
Koto Nagata
Honoka Yahagi
Kotoko Aihara
Yuki Furukawa
Naoki Irie
Yuki Yamada
Kinnosuke Ikezawa
Nanami Fujimoto
Jinko Komori
Sogen Tanaka
Odawara
Yuga Aizawa
Yuki Irie
Yoji Tanaka
Shigeo Aihara
Kazumasa Koura
Shigeki Irie
Tomomi Nishimura
Noriko Irie
Kasumi Yamaya
Satomi Ishikawa
Kanna Mori
Yuko Matsumoto
Masaki Kaji
Sudo
Yoshiaki Miyagi
Yuki Irie (teen)
Noemie Nakai
Christine Robins
Toshi Takeuchi
Seiichi Funatsu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is the fourth live-action adaptation of Kaoru Tada's 1990 manga, proving Japan's obsession with this toxic dynamic spans generations.
Yuki Furukawa became a breakout star across Asia; his Naoki was so popular that fan sites tracked his blinks per episode as 'emotional progress.'
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