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Motokare Retry (Japanese: モトカレ←リトライ, lit. 'Ex-Boyfriend Retry') is a Japanese manga series by En Hanaya. Motokare Retry is serialized in the monthly shōjo 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,[lower-alpha 1] as the 19th entry to MBS TV's programming block Drama Tokku .
Motokare Retry | |
モトカレ←リトライ (Motokare Ritorai) | |
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Genre | Romance[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | En Hanaya |
Published by | Shogakukan |
Imprint | Flower Comics |
Magazine | Cheese! |
Demographic | Shōjo |
Original run | February 24, 2015 – January 24, 2017 |
Volumes | 7 |
Television drama | |
Directed by |
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Written by |
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Studio | Robot Communications |
Licensed by | Viki |
Original network | |
Original run | April 7, 2022 – May 26, 2022 |
Episodes | 8 |
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.[1]
Motokare Retry is written and illustrated by En Hanaya. It was serialized in the monthly shōjo manga magazine Cheese! from the April 2015 issue released on February 24, 2024,[8] to the March 2017 issue released on January 24, 2017.[9] The chapters were later released in seven bound volumes by Shogakukan under the Flower Comics imprint.[10]
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.[11]
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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1 | June 26, 2015[12] | 978-4091373465 |
2 | July 24, 2015[13] | 978-4091377098 |
3 | December 25, 2015[14] | 978-4091377876 |
4 | April 26, 2016[15] | 978-4091384492 |
5 | August 26, 2016[16] | 978-4091385765 |
6 | December 26, 2016[17] | 978-4091387899 |
7 | March 24, 2017[18] | 978-4091391391 |
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, Drama Tokku .[1][3] The series aired on MBS TV from April 8, 2022,[lower-alpha 2] to May 27, 2022, for 8 episodes.[4] Other broadcasts include TV Kanagawa, Chiba TV, TV Saitama, Tochigi Television, and Gunma Television.[1] TV Kanagawa broadcast the episodes from April 7 to May 26, 2022, two hours earlier than its scheduled time on MBS TV.[1]
The series stars Jin Suzuki as Kaede and Asuka Kawazu as Mitsu.[1] 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.[1] Additional cast members include Milk member Jinto Yoshida as Kazuha and Enako as Nina, and Riho Nakamura as Norika Nonohana, and Hidekazu Mashima as Mitsu's father.[6] Chikara Honda plays Professor Watanuki, an original character made for the drama, who appears as an imaginary figure in Kaede and Mitsu's daydreams.[6]
The drama adaptation is directed by Chihiro Ikeda and Hajime Hatakeyama, with Atsumi Dojō and Nana Yamamoto writing the script.[1] It is produced by Robot Communications.[1] The opening theme is "My Boy" by Chilli Beans. and the ending theme is "Akai" by Ezoshika Gourmet Club.[19]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "Lovesickness" Transliteration: "Koiwazura" (Japanese: 恋煩い) | Chihiro Ikeda | Atsumi Dojō | April 7, 2022[lower-alpha 1] |
2 | "Strategy" Transliteration: "Sakusen" (Japanese: 作戦) | Chihiro Ikeda | Atsumi Dojō | April 14, 2022 |
3 | "What's Their Relationship?" Transliteration: "Futari no Kankei wa?" (Japanese: 二人の関係は?) | Chihiro Ikeda | Atsumi Dojō, Nana Yamamoto | April 21, 2022 |
4 | "Rival of Love" Transliteration: "Koi no Raibaru" (Japanese: 恋のライバル) | Hajime Hatakeyama | Atsumi Dojō, Nana Yamamoto | April 28, 2022 |
5 | "Love Triangle" Transliteration: "Sankaku Kankei" (Japanese: 三角関係) | Hajime Hatakeyama | Atsumi Dojō | May 5, 2022 |
6 | "Revenge of the Ex-Girlfriend" Transliteration: "Motokano no Gyakushū" (Japanese: モトカノの逆襲) | Hajime Hatakeyama | Atsumi Dojō | May 12, 2022 |
7 | "About the Future" Transliteration: "Shōrai ni Tsuite" (Japanese: 将来について) | Chihiro Ikeda | Atsumi Dojō | May 19, 2022 |
8 | "Going Forward with Retrying" Transliteration: "Ritorai no Sono Saki ni" (Japanese: リトライのその先に) | Chihiro Ikeda | Atsumi Dojō | May 26, 2022 |
A two-part spin-off episode of the drama adaptation, titled Motokare Retry: Our True Feelings That She Doesn't Know (モトカレ←リトライ ~カノジョが知らない僕たちの本音~, Motokare Ritorai: Kanojo ga Shiranai Boku-tachi no Honne) was released on the streaming service dTV as part of its original drama programming.[4][5][20] The series focuses on Kaede's life in high school, with the original cast from the television drama returning to reprise their roles.[20] Unlike the original drama adaptation, the spin-off episode was written to portray "conversations between men" and male friendship through Kaede and Kazuha.[5] The first part was released on May 27, 2022, and the second part was released on June 3, 2022.[lower-alpha 3]
A movie comic, featuring voiceovers to comic panels, was broadcast on dTV and YouTube on May 21, 2022, to promote the release of the two-part special, Motokare Retry: Our True Feelings That She Doesn't Know.[2]
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