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Yuki Fumino's I Hear the Sunspot Boys-Love Manga Gets Live-Action Series
posted on by Anita Tai
boys-love manga is inspiring a live-action television series that airs on July 3.
The drama stars (left to right):
- Motoki Nakazawa as Kōhei Sugihara
- Toranosuke Kobayashi as Taichi Sagawa
This is the first time that these two actors are starring in a live-action series on broadcast television.
The series will premiere first on June 26 on Takanobu Harashima are directing episodes, and Izumi Kawasaki is writing the scripts.
One Peace Books publishes the series in English and describes the story:
Because of a hearing disability, Kōhei is often misunderstood and has trouble integrating into life on campus, so he learns to keep his distance. That is until he meets the outspoken and cheerful Taichi. He tells Kōhei that his hearing loss is not his fault. Taichi's words cut through Kōhei's usual defense mechanisms and open his heart. More than friends, less than lovers, their relationship changes Kōhei forever.
I Hear the Sunspot is Fumino's debut work, and it launched in Printemps Shuppan's Hidamari ga Kikoeru: Limit) from 2017-2020. The third series I Hear the Sunspot: Four Seasons (Hidamari ga Kikoeru: Shunkashuutou) launched in 2021. Printemps ships the third compiled volume on May 30. One Peace Books publishes the series in English and shipped the first compiled volume in April 2023.
The series Akira Onodera in June 2017.
Sources: Hidamari ga Kikoeru TV series' Twitter , Comic Natalie
