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Love Is Better the Second Time Around (2024)

Drama · Romance

Journalist Akihiro reunites with Takashi, his high school love, now a professor. Old emotions resurface as they navigate between professionalism and the past.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (734 votes)
Episode average: 7.9 +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Makoto Hasegawa Akihiro Miyata
Robin Furuya Takashi Iwanaga
Aloha Takamatsu Yuto Shiraishi
Akune Haruse Taniguchi Rui
Shunya Shiraishi Kyosuke Sugimoto
Motoki Fukami Takaki Hibino

Seasons

Season 1 (2024)

7.87 avg 6 episodes 7.8 → 7.8

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #1.1	7.8	11
2	Episode #1.2	7.7	12
3	Episode #1.3	8.3	13
4	Episode #1.4	8.2	11
5	Episode #1.5	7.4	10
6	Episode #1.6	7.8	10