7.724 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestAfter a tumultuous visit to her hometown, Yoshino and Kirishima return from Osaka to the Miyama residence in Tokyo. They thought their usual daily life would resume as always, but from the very next day, Yoshino starts ignoring Kirishima. She alters her schedule to avoid him when going to school, ignores him when he speaks, and offers no response even when he cooks for her. A rare moment of distress overtakes Kirishima, who sits in the rain in front of the annex where Yoshino is staying. What is the reason Yoshino continues to ignore Kirishima...?
Yoshino’s engagement is far from a dream come true. Her grandfather, head of the largest yakuza group in Kansai, has arranged her marriage to Kirishima, grandson of the Miyama Clan leader, as part of a truce. To Yoshino’s surprise, Kirishima seems kind and charming for a yakuza member. But his warm facade only serves to mask a dark and dangerous truth.
Acting
Akira Ishida's vocal gymnastics between doting fiancé and unhinged menace.
Direction
Visual whiplash from pastel rom-com to horror-thriller in single scenes.
Editing
Sharp comedic timing that lulls before sucker-punching with dread.
Hitomi Ueda
Yoshino Somei (voice)
Akira Ishida
Kirishima Miyama (voice)
Koji Yusa
Shoma Toriashi (voice)
Yoji Ueda
Renji Somei (voice)
Kazuya Nakai
Gaku Miyama (voice)
Ryota Takeuchi
Aoi Tachibana (voice)
Hiroshi Shimozaki
Sōta Inamori (voice)
Katsuyuki Konishi
Taketo Hotei (voice)
Reina Ueda
Tsubaki Akashigata (voice)
Hiroshi Kamiya
Azami Suo (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series deliberately subverts the 'yakuza romance' subgenre popular in 2000s shojo by exposing how 'protective' behavior codes for control and violence.
Episode 6's festival sequence mirrors a famous scene from the original manga that author Tsukasa Koreishi later revealed was inspired by her own experience with a charming-exterior, unstable-partner dynamic—making Kirishima's oscillation between tender and terrifying uncomfortably autobiographical.
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Both the male and female lead seem to have strong personalities, I look forward to this!
@annie6699 4921
I love the FL Yoshino. The trailer doesn’t do justice the balls of steel she got (especially when dealing with her crazy and chaotic loose canon fiance lol)
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