"Tsukiatte Agete mo Ii kana": Trailer Released – Pilaf Seijin Delivers the Opener "Kyakuhon"

A new trailer has been released for the live-action adaptation of the yuri manga "Tsukiatte Agete mo Ii kana" by Tamifuru. At the same time, the production team announced that rapper Pilaf Seijin will contribute the theme song for the series: the song "Kyakuhon", written specifically for the drama, will be released digitally on September 10. The trailer with the new opener was already released by broadcaster MBS on August 20.

The series tells the story of college student Inuzuka Miwa (Konishi Sakurako), who wishes for a relationship but has never experienced a happy love. In her university's music club, she meets the open and sociable Sawatari Saeko (Sayashi Riho). Because both are attracted to women, Saeko suggests they simply try it with each other. The trailer shows, among other things, their first meeting, everyday life with friends from the club, and excerpts from a live scene. As their relationship deepens, Saeko and Miwa are also confronted with traumas and fears they have carried with them for a long time.

In a statement, Pilaf Seijin explained that he read the entire source material from the beginning for the title and worked out "Kyakuhon" very carefully. The piece focuses on the characteristic misunderstandings between Saeko and Miwa as well as the growing distance between the two. The feeling that "only a tiny bit should have gone differently" was translated into the wish to be able to write a relationship like a film script according to one's own ideas. The song is released by Sony Music Labels and describes the melancholy of a love that does not go according to plan – and at the same time the will to look forward.

The source material by Tamifuru ran from August 2018 to March 2025 in Shogakukan's digital magazines MangaONE and Ura Sunday and comprises 14 volumes. In Japan, the chapters were accessed more than 100 million times; together with translations in the USA, Thailand, Germany, South Korea, and Taiwan, over one million copies have been sold. In North America, the series is published by Viz Media under the title "How Do We Relationship?".

The eight-part production starts on September 10 in the Drama Tokku slot on MBS. MBS shows the episodes on Thursdays at 24:59, with the first episode starting at 25:04. Further broadcasts are available on TV Kanagawa, Chiba TV, Teletama, Tochigi TV, and Gunma TV. Internationally – except in Japan and South Korea – GagaOOLala handles the streaming start; TVer offers a one-week catch-up, FOD shows the episodes exclusively in its flat-rate offering, and in Taiwan the series is available on FriDay.

In addition to Sayashi Riho and Konishi Sakurako, Yamashita Eiku (ONE N' ONLY), Ijima Kuu, Aoi Yo, Kurosaki Reina, Hashimoto Ryo (School Zone), Yamaya Kasumi, and Konno Ayaka appear in front of the camera. Direction was handled by Kana Yamada (episodes 1–3, 6, and 8) and Sunhye Hong (episodes 4, 5, and 7), the screenplay by Miki Matsugasako, and the music by Tomohide Harada. Momoko Nishiyama served as intimacy coordinator, and Yuri Igarashi provided LGBTQ counseling. The series was produced by K2pictures and Sazanami.

Pilaf Seijin became known starting in 2023 primarily through TikTok. In March 2026, as the youngest male hip-hop artist to date, he gave a solo concert at Nippon Budokan as an independent act; in April, his major debut followed with "Shalala", the ending theme for the second season of "Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen". On August 28, his single "Dabidabidu" will also be released, which can be heard in a commercial for the PlayStation 5.