#yanase jun

Back in drama-land with this latest cute workplace Japanese BL drama Senpai, This Can’t Be Love that’s adapted off a manga of the same name and I think has a total of 8 episodes! Featuring two dumb dumbs that are secretly crushing on each other and thinking the other hates them or would never like them. So handsome. 帅爆了, like Toshiki Seto and Naito Shuicihiro are like... balm for your eyes.

Let me try to wrap this up in a brief WYSW - I haven’t read the manga, and only two episodes are out so far, so take this with a pinch of salt (BUT THEY ARE SO CUTE?!)

Details: 8 episodes | Airing every Friday starting June 24, 2022 | Watch with subs on Gagaoolala (VIP required) or on Rakuten Viki (Specific region locks)

Summary: Kaneda Yuki is a talented CG designer who’s just starting out at this company and is being supervised by Yanase Jun, an experienced and well-recognized CG designer at the company whose works have been extensively featured in public. Yanase is a really friendly guy who’s looking to bond with and tutor Kaneda to the best of his abilities, but there’s just one problem: Kaneda is really standoffish and cold to Yanase, leading Yanase and everyone in the company to think that Kaneda actually dislikes Yanase. 

In actual fact, Kaneda is just... the biggest Yanase fanboy who just doesn’t know how to interact with his idol without embarrassing himself, so ends up coming across as cold when he’s just panicking internally. It seems that the both of them would be stuck in communication for the rest of their time working together, but a big new project lands on the both of them, forcing them to work together all the time. 

Reasons Why You Should Watch:

(1) Yanase Jun is so damn handsome excuse me?!?!? Look at his fashion sense and that hairstyle and the way he smiles and the way his eyes crinkled??! And the way he looks at Kaneda?!?!?

(2) This fanboy is so far in the closet you can’t even see him but boy does he have it bad for his idol - he is us, he’s exactly like us

He even legit has a shrine dedicated to Yanase and is so diligent every single day about cleaning it up and making sure it’s dust-less

And everytime Yanase touches him he says this:

But inside he’s totally like this:

LIKE HOW EMBARRASSING IS KANEDA I LITERALLY CANNOT

(3) They kiss in the first episode, honestly they have it down pat in the first episode except actually being in a relationship in name because like come on all the skinship and OBVIOUS crush they have on each other while they each think the other doesn’t like them...

(4) It’s half about careers and growing in their love for CG work and also sticking to principles as a designer in general right like, is what the client’s rushed request best when it compromises quality? WHICH IS LIKE SO REAL

(5) Being able to OT with your crush is like the best shit ever and yeah ok cliche trope of the other falling asleep and the main guy looking over all fond and letting him sleep but dang how cute are they how cute!!! And in a very useful tip HONESTLY Yanase says, “Don’t fall asleep with your hands on your keyboard/mouse especially when you have OPEN WORK ON YOUR DESKTOP”

BAM- BEAUTIFUL ASIAN MEN:

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