Your Divorce Is Served! (2025)

Where is the warmth?

This was good but I'm not too sure if this was good enough. The similarities between this and Love is Poison stops at: they are both eccentric successful lawyers with private investigators partners. Don't look for anything beyond that. Which I was grateful for. I enjoyed the format of one continuous story running concurrently with a new short story every two episodes. The differing reasons behind every divorce or separation were varied, thought provoking and harsh. The brutality of their resolve was not sugar coated and Hajime ensured his clients needs were met.

Then there was his sister. She was dying and enthrusted her daughter to his and his partner's care. The usually stoic and closed off Hajime began to thaw and let others in. Two of the most heart wrenching moments were because of her death. The daughter being present when it happened and his release in his solitude. The battle to gain custody of his niece began.

I can not find fault but still I felt something was missing. The acting was great. The stories interesting. The mannerisms suited to every character, tho the secretary can be a bit irritating. The ending as it should be. I think I didn't quite get Hajime and Kai's real connection. It was there but felt matter of fact. He felt more to be a helper than a helpmate. The focal point of the series was how and why divorces happen. I felt while watching them for the entiety that they interacted as already divorced but cohabitating. The lack of intimacy that would make their conversations precious. I'm not speaking of nc, but moments where they felt right together.

As I said, it was interesting. If you get your hands on a properly subbed version, go for it.

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Iconic queer couple going after cheaters? Hell yeah!

A japanese drama about cheaters & divorces ? I know that's damn right. First of all, kudos all around for this drama for taking the risk and being absolutely unhinged and real at highligthing a very problematic issue in the jpn society meaning cheaters hehe

Now, I love how this show provides, until now, what seems to be 2 episodes per cases as it gives us (and them) time to develop relationships and comes up with much more interesting cheating stories & therefore investigations. I enjoy the fact that on top of the divorce cases, we get to follow some sort of adjacent plots regarding the main characters aka the iconic, very cool & super healthy queer couple and what goes on in their lives. I particularly appreciate the fact that the queerness of this couple isn't the main point of it all but rather something utterly natural and given! It is also interesting to see how each of their cases impacts their realtionship and seems to highlight certain issues.

Very excited for the rest, stay tuned~~

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A Beautifully Written, Heartfelt Drama

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Although the cases were not that intense or complicated, and some of them were frustrating, with what seemed like petty reasons for divorce. As someone with a legal background, my expectations of Legal dramas is high. But the human relationships made up for some of the weaknesses.

The best part of this drama is the human relationships and connections of sibling and family love. Found family is also a theme that resonates deeply with me. The ML seemed a bit neurodivergent, although this wasn't really explained and that's why he did some unethical things.

It was also a great reminder that, despite the high number of BL manga and JBL that Japan makes, same-sex/LGBTQ+ relationships are not recognized by law, and that needs to change. So when I see people complaining about how the romance is bad, etc, I realize that we all see what we want to see and miss the important parts.

So if you care more about the story rather than the romance, then you will enjoy this drama.

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A stable homosexual couple in this toxic world

The first thing that took my attention was the nature of the lead's relationship. Hajime and Kai both posses opposite personalities but they work together to balance their relationship. They are not afraid of their sexual orientation and delicately balances the line between their choice and the society's perception. From the very beginning the lead's have established their viewpoint on society yet also accepts the reality. Another part that I really appreciate is that Hajime and Kai communicate with each other. Even if they have different opinion on a matter they talk it out and respect each other. It's not everyday you will stumble upon a couple like this. I liked how they showed different types of flawed marriages. The problem is not in the gender but in your intention . Anna was a charm throughout the whole show who made their lives more vibrant. The ending with Anna's father was also satisfactory. Painting a father as a villain would've too cliche. Anna's father was a victim of child abuse and couldn't break the generational truma. I n the end he realized his problem but at the same time It's not possible for a man to change overnight so Anna living with them was really the best choice

Now the problem, Anna's mother died without any explanation. The cause wasn't even revealed. Though her death was foreshadowed, a death without any explanation is confusing. Another thing which is my personal opinion is that I really wanted to know Hajime and Kai's past. Based on Hajime's introverted personality I was really intrigued to know how they got together and managed to build such a stable home

I got out of a major drama slump because of this show. Works like this are neglected because it's bl and bl community neglect it cause it doesn't have the spice they want. All I want to say it this show is larger than a bl genre. I live for shows like this. I usually don't write reviews but someone should, so I took the liberty :)

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your emotions will be served

Overall: grab a tissue box because this was a roller coaster for me. Note the content warnings and the series itself may be very triggering. 10 episodes about 20 minutes each. No official international release (which is a huge shame and I hope it gets one eventually). Spoiler for the ending in the comments.

Content Warnings: intimate partner abuse/violence, past rape/sexual assault, manipulation, homophobia, death, grief, past abuse

What I Liked
- an established couple who wasn't dealing with a love rival or terrible communication (the lack of physical affection shown didn't bother me as they were together a long time and not everyone is super physically affectionate, it was obvious that they loved each other)
- opposite personalities that compliment each other
- discussed the unfairness of current laws
- that they touched on Japan's single custody law where one parent gets full custody and can deny the other parent from ever seeing their child again leading to 70% of children in sole custody having no visitation with the other parent (there is a new 2026 law that might change this), which is likely why a character didn't seek divorce earlier (because they might lose custody)
- avoided a cartoonish antagonist

Room For Improvement
- a character was allegedly extremely intelligent, but didn't seem to mind putting is job in jeopardy
- some of the side stories weren't as gripping, I think they should have pared them down and focused on the main plot

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