Series streams early in Japan on June 24, airs on TV Tokyo on July 1
TV Tokyo revealed on Saturday that Nagisa Furuya’s The Summer of You boys love manga will get a live-action series adaptation. The series will exclusively stream in advance on the U-NEXT streaming service in Japan from June 24, and the series will debut on TV Tokyo’s “Drama NEXT” programming block on July 1. The live-action series’ staff posted a “Making-of” video, teasing the main cast members who will be revealed at a later date.
🎬情報解禁 Part2🌻
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キャスト解禁は近日公開予定📣
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7月1日(水)深夜24時30分スタート！
U-NEXTでは独占先行配信✨
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Furuya also drew an illustration to commemorate the manga’s live-action series adaptation:
Image via The Summer of You live-action series’ X/Twitter account
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Kodansha USA Publishing released the manga in English and describes the story:
Chiharu Saeki and and Wataru Toda are two high school students who share a common hobby: They love to watch movies. After they meet, they become fast friends, until one day, when Chiharu confesses his love for Wataru. Wataru says that Chiharu’s confession doesn’t bother him, and the boys continue throughout their summer, going to pilgrimages to see film spots from their favorite movies. But the more time he spends with Chiharu, Wataru realizes he may not only be as unaffected by Chiharu’s confession as he claimed to be, but those feels may also be mutual.
Furuya serialized the manga in Ichijinsha’s gateau magazine from 2017 to 2019. Ichijinsha released the first compiled book volume titled Kimi wa Natsu no Naka (My Summer of You) in 2017, and the limited edition second volume titled Kimi to Natsu no Naka (My Summer With You) in 2019. Ichijinsha released two more limited edition volumes of Kimi to Natsu no Naka in 2022 and July 2025. Manga Planet also added the manga to its catalog in 2023.
Sources: The Summer of You live-action series’ website and X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
