Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! (Japanese: 不幸くんはキスするしかない！, Hepburn: Fukō-kun wa Kisu Suru Shikanai!) is a Japanese manga series by Gamoko Tsuyu. It was serialized in the boys' love digital manga magazine B-Boy P! since September 2019. A live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast from April 22, 2022 to June 10, 2022 as the first entry for Drama Shower, a programming block created MBS in collaboration with Tunku, Kadokawa Corporation's label for live-action boys' love television dramas.
| Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! | |
 Cover of vol. 1 of the Japanese version, released on May 20, 2020 | |
| 不幸くんはキスするしかない！ (Fukō-kun wa Kisu Suru Shikanai!) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romantic comedy,[1] boys' love[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Gamoko Tsuyu |
| Published by | Libre |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | B-Boy P! Comics |
| Magazine | B-Boy P! |
| Demographic | Josei |
| Original run | September 10, 2019 – present |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Shū Yoshino |
| Written by | Hiroko Kanasugi |
| Music by | Moku |
| Studio | Video Planning |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | |
| Original run | April 22, 2022 – June 10, 2022 |
| Episodes | 8 |
Plot
editHaving nothing but bad luck for all his life, college student Kōta Fukuhara maintains a pleasant demeanor on the outside to mask his frustrations with his misfortunes. After a run-in with his popular classmate, Naoya Shinomiya, Kōta learns that Naoya has nothing but good luck all his life, and just by being around him, he can minimize his bad luck. He proposes a friendship with Naoya, but Naoya misinterprets his words as a love confession and assumes they are dating.[1]
Characters
edit- Kōta Fukuhara (福原 幸多, Fukuhara Kōta)
- Portrayed by: Ryōsuke Sota[1]
- Kōta is a college student who has experienced bad luck for all of his life. He masks his resentful personality with a good-natured demeanor.[1]
- Naoya Shinomiya (篠宮 直哉, Shinomiya Naoya)
- Portrayed by: Yūsuke Satō[1]
- Naoya is Kōta's classmate who has experienced good luck for all of his life. He is popular and good-looking.[1]
- Mugi Sasaki (佐々木 麦, Sasaki Mugi)
- Portrayed by: Satsuki Nakayama[2]
- Mugi is one of Naoya's friends who gets easily excited.[2]
- Saku Tsujimura (辻村 朔, Tsujimura Saku)
- Portrayed by: Gaku Oshida[2]
- Gaku is one of Naoya's friends who has a cool appearance.[2]
Media
editManga
editMr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! is written and illustrated by Gamoko Tsuyu. It is serialized in the boys' love digital manga magazine B-Boy P! since September 10, 2019.[1] After its initial end in May 2020, Tsuyu resumed the manga to coincide with the April 2022 broadcast of the television drama adaptation.[1] The chapters were later released in two bound volumes by Libre under the B-Boy P! Comics imprint. During their Anime Expo 2023 panel, Animate International announced that they licensed the manga.[3]
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 20, 2020[4] | 978-4799747834 |
| 2 | May 19, 2022[5] | 978-4799757253 |
Television drama
editOn March 4, 2022, MBS and Tunku (a label of Kadokawa Corporation specializing in live-action boys' love television dramas) announced they were producing a live-action television drama adaptation of Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! as their first entry for their collaboration programming block, Drama Shower.[6] The series premiered on MBS on April 22, 2022,[a] and ended on June 10, 2022. Simultaneous broadcasts also included TV Kanagawa, Chiba TV, TV Saitama, Tochigi TV, and Gunma TV.[1]
The drama adaptation stars Ryōsuke Sota as Kōta Fukuhara and LOL member Yūsuke Satō as Naoya Shinomiya.[1] The supporting cast includes Satsuki Nakayama as Mugi Sasaki and Gaku Oshida as Shō Tsujimura, as well as two original characters with Mei Hata as Miki and Asuka Hanamura as Anna.[2] The opening theme is "Perfect" by Octpath and the ending theme is "Shinu Made Kimi o Shirō" by Touya Kobayashi.[7][8]
Kaoru Azuma, the creator of Tunku, stated that, despite Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! being published under a company outside of Kadokawa, she chose it as the first series to adapt.[9] She stated that she had been keeping track of B-Boy P!, as the stories running in the magazine were accessible as entry point for newcomers to the boys' love genre.[9] Azuma mentioned that because Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! had a lot of comedic value, she had an idea of how she wanted Kōta to be portrayed and that she wanted Tunku's first entry to be a romantic comedy.[9] Azuma stated that she focused on Kōta's two-faced personality as a "selling point" to casting the actor and that she had to make sure the rest of the actors looked "balanced" when they are together.[9]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Kisu Suru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんはキスするしかない!) | Shū Yoshino | Hiroko Kanasugi | April 22, 2022 |
| 2 | "Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Go on a Date on Saturday!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Doyō ni Dēto Suru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんは土曜にデートするしかない!) | Shū Yoshino | Hiroko Kanasugi | April 29, 2022 |
| 3 | "Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Go on a Date on Sunday!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Nichiyō ni Dēto Suru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんは日曜にデートするしかない!) | Shū Yoshino | Hiroko Kanasugi | May 6, 2022 |
| 4 | "Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Become Roommates!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Dōsei Suru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんは同棲するしかない!) | Shū Yoshino | Hiroko Kanasugi | May 13, 2022 |
| 5 | "Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Fall in Love!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Koi Suru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんは恋するしかない!) | Shū Yoshino | Hiroko Kanasugi | May 20, 2022 |
| 6 | "Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Confess!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Kokuhaku Suru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんは告白するしかない!) | Shū Yoshino | Hiroko Kanasugi | May 27, 2022 |
| 7 | "Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Become His Boyfriend!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Koibito ni Naru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんは恋人になるしかない!) | Shū Yoshino | Hiroko Kanasugi | June 3, 2022 |
| 8 | "Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Become Lucky!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Shiawase ni Naru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんは幸せになるしかない!) | Shū Yoshino | Hiroko Kanasugi | June 10, 2022 |
Reception
editFrom September 2019 to May 2020, Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! had at least 2.5 million pageviews.[1] For the live-action television drama, Kaoru Azuma, the creator of Tunku, stated that it was popular among teenagers.[9]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Komatsu, Mikikaze (March 4, 2022). "Gamoko Tsuyu's BL Manga Fukoukun wa Kiss Surushikanai! Gets Live-action Drama in April". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on December 24, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "ドラマ「不幸くんはキスするしかない！」に中山咲月と押田岳が出演、オリキャラも登場" [Satsuki Nakayama and Gaku Oshida to make an appearance on drama Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss!, original characters debut]. Natalie (in Japanese). March 18, 2022. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 4, 2023). "Animate International Reveals 3 New Boys-Love Manga Licenses". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
- ^ "【5月20日付】本日発売の単行本リスト" [(May 20) List of tankōbon released today]. Natalie (in Japanese). May 20, 2020. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ "【5月19日付】本日発売の単行本リスト" [(May 19) List of tankōbon released today]. Natalie (in Japanese). May 19, 2022. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ a b "MBS：木曜深夜に1年限定の新ドラマ枠 第1弾は曽田陵介＆佐藤友祐W主演のBLラブコメ「不幸くんはキスするしかない！」" [MBS: New drama programming to air on late-night Thursdays for a year, first installment stars Ryosuke Sota and Yusuke Sato in the BL romantic comedy Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss!]. Mantan Web (in Japanese). March 4, 2022. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
- ^ "「不幸くんはキスするしかない！」メインビジュアル解禁、主題歌にOCTPATHと小林柊矢" [Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! main visual released, theme song performed by Octpath and Touya Kobayashi]. Natalie (in Japanese). April 1, 2022. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ "OCTPATH「皆さまへの応援歌」 小林柊矢とともに曽田陵介&佐藤友祐W主演BLドラマで主題歌担当" ["An encouraging song for everyone" by Octpath, Touya Kobayashi, in charge of theme songs for BL drama co-starring Ryōsuke Sota and Yūsuke Satō]. Oricon (in Japanese). April 1, 2022. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Harada, Ichibo (July 15, 2022). "Giving Back to the BL Genre! Behind the Scenes of KADOKAWA's Live-action BL Drama Studio "Tunku"". Pixivision. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
External links
edit- Official website of the TV drama (in Japanese)