Love Is Better the Second Time Around backdrop
Love Is Better the Second Time Around

Love Is Better the Second Time Around

7.8 / 1020242 Seasons13 Episodes

Synopsis

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

Genres: Drama

Status: Returning Series

First Air: 2024

Last Air: 2026

Creators: N/A

Networks: MBS, TBS

Website: https://www.mbs.jp/koi_nido2

Main Cast

Makoto Hasegawa

Makoto Hasegawa

Akihiro Miyata

Robin Furuya

Robin Furuya

Takashi Iwanaga

Aloha Takamatsu

Aloha Takamatsu

Yuto Shiraishi

Akune Haruse

Akune Haruse

Taniguchi Rui

Shunya Shiraishi

Shunya Shiraishi

Kyosuke Sugimoto

Motoki Fukami

Motoki Fukami

Takaki Hibino

Yusuke Onuki

Yusuke Onuki

Sota Arima

User Reviews

samsalabäm

Oh this was so much fun! Finally a sexy, mature BL-Drama with likeable lead characters. Nice to rewatch, too.

kinrich30

This is the story of two guys that fell in love in high school and were about to run away together, but something broke them up. Now both 30 years old, they accidentally reconnect and at first that opens a lot of old, hurt feelings, but in time they decide to give love a second chance. The story is mostly told with them being 30, but there are some flashbacks to high school. The story is quite moving and it does have a happy ending, but it also kind of gives you the "one who got away" feelings too. It is only six parts, and I wish it had been longer, but the only frustrating part is that they keep eluding to what happened in high school as it broke them, but they don't actually explain what that was until the last two episodes. Personally, I think it would have been better if they had told us what that was right up front as that was the issue that had to be addressed in order for them to get back together and as the viewer, you really don't know what happened through most of the series. I was definitely worth watching!