Motokare Retry
Motokare Retry is a Japanese manga series by En Hanaya. Motokare Retry was serialized in the monthly manga magazine Cheese! from February 24, 2015, to January 24, 2017. A live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast from April 7, 2022, to May 26, 2022, as the 19th entry to MBS TV's programming block.
Plot
After moving to Tokyo for college, Mitsu Haneki discovers that her next-door neighbor is Kaede Hirako, her ex-boyfriend from middle school. Mitsu and Kaede realize their feelings for each other have not changed, and after clearing up misunderstandings about their break-up, they start dating each other again.Characters
;Mitsu Haneki;Kaede Hirako
;Kazuha Yamashita
;Nina Yamashita
;Nonoka Yamada
Media
Manga
Motokare Retry is written and illustrated by En Hanaya. It was serialized in the monthly manga magazine Cheese! from the April 2015 issue released on February 24, 2024, to the March 2017 issue released on January 24, 2017. The chapters were later released in seven bound volumes by Shogakukan under the Flower Comics imprint.In the May 2022 issue of Cheese! released on March 24, 2022, Hanaya released a side story for Motokare Retry to celebrate the announcement of the live-action drama adaptation.
Television drama
A live-action television series adaptation was announced on March 15, 2022, as the 19th entry to MBS TV's late-night Thursday television block,. The series aired on MBS TV from April 8, 2022, to May 27, 2022, for 8 episodes. Other broadcasts include TV Kanagawa, Chiba TV, TV Saitama, Tochigi Television, and Gunma Television. TV Kanagawa broadcast the episodes from April 7 to May 26, 2022, two hours earlier than its scheduled time on MBS TV.The series stars as Kaede and Asuka Kawazu as Mitsu. Regarding the casting, Hanaya, the original author of the manga, stated that Suzuki and Kawazu "fit the image" she had in mind for Kaede and Mitsu. Additional cast members include member as Kazuha and Enako as Nina, and as Norika Nonohana, and as Mitsu's father. plays Professor Watanuki, an original character made for the drama, who appears as an imaginary figure in Kaede and Mitsu's daydreams.
The drama adaptation is directed by and Hajime Hatakeyama, with Atsumi Dojō and Nana Yamamoto writing the script. It is produced by Robot Communications. The opening theme is "My Boy" by Chilli Beans. and the ending theme is "Akai" by Ezoshika Gourmet Club.