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Live-Action Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko Season 2's Trailer Unveils Opening Song

posted on by Egan Loo
HashiMelo sings "yosumi" for 2nd Stage premiering on June 26

The staff for Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko 2nd Stage ((Ayaka-chan wa Hiroko-senpai ni Koishiteru), posted a new trailer on Friday. The trailer announces and previews the opening theme song "yosumi" by singer HashiMelo:

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Image via Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko 2nd Stage live-action series' X/Twitter

The new series' additional cast include (image above from top left to bottom right):

  • Sayuri Matsumura as Anri, a mysterious employee of a major advertising company in Tokyo who meets Hiroko by chance.
  • Hiroki Nanami as Jun, a legend in the lesbian world, rumored to make anyone who lay their eyes on her fall in love
  • Hohomi Nasu as Misato Ebina, Ayaka's junior at work
  • Ema Kurata as Tsumugi Igari, Hiroko's niece
  • Riria Kojima as Keiko Igari, Tsumugi's mother and Hiroko's younger sister

Visual for Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko live-action series
Image via Comic Natalie
The sequel series will premiere on Chiba TV on July 3. The series will have six episodes.

Kanna Mori return as Ayaka Usagida and Hiroko Kanō, respectively.

Ayumi Shimo is returning to pen the scripts.

The first series premiered in Japan in July 2024.

MangaPlaza digital service publishes the manga in English. The company describes the story:

Soft and bubbly office lady Ayaka is madly in love with her senior at work, Hiroko! Two lovestruck coworkers who both think the other is straight totally crush on each other... popular Twitter artist Sal Jiang's latest office rom-com!

Jiang ended it in March 2023. Futabasha published the manga's third and final volume in the same month.

Jiang's releasing the manga in English.

Sources: Press release


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