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In many ways, Minami Gakuen is just like any other high school. It has a variety of classes, sports teams and clubs, and offers all of the other usual high school experiences. But none of these things makes the school stand out in any way. Neither a rigorous preparatory school nor a famed sports powerhouse, Minami Gakuen has nothing exemplary to offer potential students, and yet the school has still managed to garner a rather unique reputation.

With an unusually high rate of handsome young men in attendance, Minami Gakuen is known far and wide for its overwhelmingly handsome student body. A regular participant in the National Selected Handsome Tournament, the school is poised to take the title of champion once again. However, not all students at Minami Gakuen fall under the category of handsome. Among the more ordinary students is Ryoma Ikeda (Kanata Hosoda), an average student, with average grades and average looks, who considers himself to be one of the most unlucky people alive. Struggling to stand out in a school full of extraordinary people, Ryoma can’t wait for the day when he can leave his high school days behind him.&nbsp;

As the days leading up to the tournament steadily dwindle, Ryoma finds himself unexpectedly swept up in the commotion. But how can one ordinary high school student compete against an entire school of extraordinary people?

Challenging the ideas of beauty and popularity, “Cool Boys Only High” is a 2022 high school drama directed by Nozomi Karaki, Yosuke Goto, and Takashi Ninomiya.

Cool Boys Only High

❤Love Japanese Handsome Boys❤

Fuji TV

Misaki Sakurai (Mirei Kiritani) is down on her luck. Her dreams of becoming a top-level pastry chef with her own business seem as distant now as they have ever been and her love life appears to have stalled. To top it all off, she has just been fired from her job, and could find herself out of money and out of a home. But just when things are looking like they couldn’t get any worse, she finally gets a lucky break when her old high school flame Chiaki Shibasaki (Shohei Miura) appears on the scene and not only offers her a part-time job at his restaurant over the summer, but also a place to stay – in the house where her and his two younger brothers the cooking school dropout and womanizer Toma (Nomura Shuhei) and the unflappably patient Kanata (Yamazaki Kento) also live there.

The brothers, also talented cooks in their own right, and are as full of charm as Chiaki Shibasaki. And as Misaki Sakurai starts to live with them, she starts to realize that she might have romantic feelings not only for her former flame, but also his siblings. Will true love end up on the menu for Misaki Sakurai – and can she get her culinary dreams back on track?

“A Girl and Three Sweethearts” is a 2016 Japanese drama series that was directed by Hiro Kanai, Ryo Tanaka, and Tomonobu Moriwaki.

A Girl & Three Sweethearts

🍰Sweet Treat🍰-Team

At 24-years old, Taiga Kohinata (Kentaro Ito) is the very definition of the average salaryman. Doing what he can to eek out his own meager living, Taiga has never experienced any of the pleasure life has to offer. Single all his life, he often wonders if he’ll ever meet a woman who makes his heart sing. Something he doubts will ever happen, considering he can barely muster up the courage to speak to a woman, let alone ask one out.

But all of that changes the day 32 year-old Shogi chess player, Tae Komada (Kashiwagi Yuki), walks into his life. Nothing more than a beautiful woman he happens to cross paths with during his daily commute, Taiga shouldn’t have had any problems getting Tae out of his head. But there’s just something about her he can’t seem to forget.&nbsp;

As fate continues to throw them together, Taiga comes to realize Tae is actually the woman of his dreams. But with such a difference in their ages, is this love doomed before it even begins?

Based on the manga of the same name, by Shito Torishima, “Is This Love Checkmate?” is a 2018 romantic comedy directed by Dan Ogawa.

Is This Love Checkmate!?

Shōgi Lovers

Office worker Manatsu Miura's (Mizuki Itagaki) mother is ill, and he decides that the best way to cheer her up is to get married. The problem? Miura isn’t actually dating anyone. While searching on a dating app, he finds a match in Ami Haruta (Airi Matsui), a woman who thinks throwing herself headlong into a new relationship will help her forget her unfaithful ex-fiancé. The duo hold a haphazard wedding, knowing almost nothing about one another. Unfortunately, they find out that they’re actually co-workers, and neither told their colleagues about their nuptials! Miura and Haruta decide to keep their marriage a secret at work, but will doing so end in disaster – or could it ignite the fire of a lasting romance? This 2020 Japanese drama series was based on a hit manga series by Emi Fujiwara and was directed by Ryo Morita, Ryohei Shingu, and Daisuke Honda.

In-House Marriage Honey

✨The Honeymooners Team✨

Convinced she’d found the love of her life, Haru Kobayashi (Baba Fumika) was devastated when she learned that the man of her dreams was already married to another woman. Utterly heartbroken, Haru was certain she would never find another man. But while Haru worried about her lonely future, one of her regular customers assured her that she wasn’t destined to walk this life alone.&nbsp;

Predicting she would meet not one, but three different men, Haru scoffed at the idea of having so many men in her life. At least until the day, her customer’s prediction started coming true… Meeting the hair stylist, Shintaro (Hiroshi Nakahara) first, Haru might have passed off the encounter as a coincidence, but chance meetings with the bartender, Yoshi (Dori Sakurada), and the band vocalist, Yu (Kenta Kamiya), forced Haru to take her customer’s original prediction seriously.

With three very different men all vying for her attention, Haru has no idea what to do next. Will one of these dashing men ultimately win her affection, or will her heart lead her in an entirely different direction?&nbsp;

Adapted from the manga series “3B - Love with a Professional Boy Who Shouldn’t be Dating” by Moyo Yokoyama, “The 3Bs You Shouldn’t Date” is a 2021 Japanese romantic comedy drama directed by Yusuke Taki.

The 3Bs You Shouldn’t Date

❤️ Dare to Date Team 💋

To most people, Eiji Urashima (Ryosuke Yamada) seems like a pretty typical university student. He goes to class, studies when he should, and has fun hanging out with his friends. But what most people don’t know is that Eiji is the son of a serial killer.

Known for murdering female university students in horrendous ways, Eiji’s father has built quite a reputation for himself. As much as Eiji abhors what his father does, there’s nothing he can do to stop him. As if being the son of a serial killer wasn’t bad enough, Eiji often suffers from memory blackouts, and they seem to be getting worse. Beginning to fear he may be sharing his life with an alternate personality, Eiji’s fears only escalate when a new murder takes place, a murder which exactly matches the style of his sadistic father.

Wondering whether or not he might be unwittingly turning into his father, Eiji is riddled with fear and anxiety. Determined to uncover the truth, Eiji accepts the help of the victim’s closest friend, Nami (Rina Kawaei). Working together, will they be able to uncover the truth before the murderer strikes again?

Based on the manga of the same name written by Hajime Inoryuu, “The Killer Inside” is a 2022 Japanese mystery thriller drama directed by Hiroaki Matsuyama.

The Killer Inside

🎭 The Fragmented Team 🔪

Some three years ago, Mikuri Moriyama (Aragaki Yui) found an unusual new job – working as a live-in housekeeper for Hiramasa Tsuzaki (Hoshino Gen), a thirtysomething man who had never had a girlfriend and was “married” to his white-collar job. But this unconventional living arrangement eventually resulted in romance, and the duo fell for one another. Eventually, they officially started dating and began to live a happy life together.

Now, they are both working, sharing chores, and enjoying their married life. But tranquillity here is short-lived: Their attempts to legally marry have hit legal roadblocks. The global coronavirus pandemic strikes, and even threatens to temporarily separate them. And then an even bigger development materializes: Mikuri Moriyama finds she is expecting a baby! All this is happening just as Hiramasa Tsuzaki’s company is embarking on a major new business project. As his “wife” begins to suffer from crippling morning sickness, he decides to take early paternity leave to look after her. Will all these pressures drive them apart – or bring them closer together?

This drama special was based on a hit manga series that was written by Tsunami Umino and first published in 2012. It is the follow-up to the 2016 drama series “The Full-Time Wife Escapist.”

“The Full-Time Wife Escapist SPECIAL” is a 2021 Japanese drama special that was directed by Fuminori Kaneko.

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