Love Is Better the Second Time Around (2024)

Season 1

Journalist Akihiro reunites with Takashi, his high school love, now a professor. Old emotions resurface as they navigate between professionalism and the past.

Released March 5, 2024 Episode 24 min None+

Genres: Drama, Romance

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Watch Providers: Rakuten Viki, Rakuten Viki

Production Companies: C&I Entertainment, Culture Entertainment, Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS)

Network: MBS

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

IMDb

7.5

/615/

Trakt

/55/

TMDb

/18/

Letterboxd

3.5

/899/

Tomatoes

Nao Nomura
Director

Makoto Hasegawa
Akihiro Miyata

Robin Furuya
Takashi Iwanaga

Aloha Takamatsu
Yuto Shiraishi

Riko Nagase
Ako Fukuda

Shunya Shiraishi
Kyosuke Sugimoto

Nose Rin
Takashi Iwanaga [Young]

Haruki Mochizuki
Akihiro Miyata [Young]

Chie Tsuji
Rena Hoshizawa

8.0

S1E1 - Episode 1

Miyata accepts Iwanaga's request to go for a drink, but he didn't expect that he would wake up in Iwanaga's apartment.

March 5, 2024, midnight

6.0

S1E2 - Episode 2

Miyata's girlfriend turns down his marriage proposal, while Iwanaga actively pursues a reunion between him and Miyata.

March 12, 2024, midnight

8.0

S1E3 - Episode 3

Because of a sudden incident, Miyata and Iwanaga spend the night at a hot spring hotel, where their relationship takes a new turn.

March 19, 2024, midnight

8.0

S1E4 - Episode 4

Iwanaga is appreciative of Miyata's visit and concern, and the pair go on a date, with Iwanaga continuing his pursuit of a relationship with his former love.

March 26, 2024, midnight