If It's You, I Might Try Falling in Love
If It's You, I Might Try Falling in Love is a Japanese manga series by Maru Kubota. It is serialized digitally on the manga mobile app since April 30, 2021.
A live-action television drama adaptation, released internationally under the English title If It's with You, was broadcast on MBS TV from October 6, 2023, to November 3, 2023.
Plot
High school student Amane Kaidou is hesitant to fall in love after being teased for being gay. When he moves to Enoshima, he meets Ryuuji Yamasuge on his first day in town. Ryuuji is kind and accepting towards Amane, and the boys become fast friends. They soon find each other falling in love.Characters
;Amane Kaidou;Ryuuji Yamasuge
Media
Manga
If It's You, I Might Try Falling in Love was written and illustrated by Maru Kubota. It is serialized digitally on the manga mobile app ' since April 30, 2021. The chapters were later released in six bound volumes by Hakusensha under the Hanamaru Comics imprint.On August 24, 2024, Yen Press announced at Anime NYC 2024 that they were licensing the series in English for North American distribution.
In 2022, Kubota stated through an interview with ' that the story was originally set around childhood friends where the was younger, but she changed the setting after she felt that she would be able to draw "lots of things" if the characters were not familiar with each other. She enjoyed drawing the food in the series despite its difficulties, and she stated that she wanted to try the food and get to know its taste before drawing it. She would also imagine the taste of food she could not eat. As the story took place in a real-life location, Kubota paid particular attention to the location so that the characters would seem as if they were actually living there.
Voice drama
An audio drama starring Yuma Uchida as Ryuuji and Kōhei Amasaki as Amane was released on.Television drama
A live-action television drama adaptation of If It's You, I Might Try Falling in Love was announced on July 28, 2023, as the fifteenth entry to MBS TV's late-night Thursday television block,. The series was broadcast from October 6, 2023, to November 3, 2023, on MBS TV, for a total of 5 episodes. Other broadcasts include TV Kanagawa, Chiba TV, TV Saitama, Tochigi TV, and Gunma TV. TV Kanagawa broadcast the episodes from October 5 to November 2, 2023, 1.5 hours earlier than its scheduled time on MBS TV. The series is licensed by GagaOOLala for English-language distribution outside of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, who released it under the title If It's With You.The series stars as Amane and as Ryuuji. The television drama adaptation is directed by and written by Mash Morino. The opening theme is "Kirameku Kimochi" by. The ending theme is "Yoru Urusai" by featuring Riko Ishino.