Manga
Gokudo Joshi ni Aisaretara Live-Action Series Gets Season 2
The sequel to the manga by Nao Mashimo and @R picks up Ren and Makoto's relationship one year after Season 1.
The Japanese live-action series Gokudo Joshi ni Aisaretara is getting a second season. The sequel to the manga adaptation premieres on December 17, 2026 on broadcaster MBS. Shota Totsuka and Ayaka Konno return to the two lead roles, as the broadcaster and manga publisher taskey confirm.
The source work's full title is Gokudo Joshi ni Aisaretara: Reitetsu Kare to no Amasugiru Dokyo. Nao Mashimo wrote the story, and @R drew the manga, which launched in September 2024 under taskey's label comic Koi to Cassis. The publisher puts cumulative sales at 1.5 million copies, with digital sales converted into equivalent print copies. The first TV season aired in July 2025.
The story picks up a year later
The focus is on department manager Ren Odagiri and his employee Makoto Sugawara. Ren was formerly a leader within the Yakuza organization Fudokai but has since left it. Despite their difficult past, a relationship develops between the two.
In Season 2, Ren and Makoto have moved in together but still keep their partnership at the workplace secret. Makoto takes on training new employees and, after a colleague announces her wedding, begins thinking about their shared future. At the same time, the couple is spotted while shopping, and an attack on Fudokai sets another storyline in motion. The sequel thus revisits both the daily work life and Ren's past.
Cast and broadcast
Shota Totsuka, a member of A.B.C-Z, returns as Ren Odagiri. Ayaka Konno reprises the role of Makoto Sugawara. Directing are Keisuke Shibata, Akimori Sakemi and Tomoya Oguro; the scripts come from Mihiro Tomiyasu and Aya Watané. The series is produced by Media Pulpo.
MBS will air the new season on Thursdays in its Japanese late-night lineup starting December 17. Further regional TV stations follow in December. In Japan, episodes are temporarily available free of charge on TVer after broadcast; Nijimen additionally names FOD as a streaming option. No release for Germany is listed in the announcements.
Other manga source works are also receiving new live-action adaptations at present: a TV series followed by a stage adaptation has been announced for Hana-Kimi. A cinema film is in the works for Hitsuji no Kawa wo Kita Kemono. Happy Kanako's Killer Life, by contrast, combines anime and live-action series versions of the same material.