The Boy and I Who Will Break Up in 100 Days

They Didn't Fail. They Just Didn't Succeed.

Disclaimer: I cried SO MUCH watching this that I don’t even know why myself. Please keep in mind that I just finished the series, so I’m feeling a little emotional. With that in mind, let’s get started.

Kasuga Yuma (Ito Kentaro) and Hasegawa Itsuki (Sato Kanichiro) are a gay couple who recently went viral in an interview about co-parenting. With the popularity the couple achieved, a proposal came up to make a documentary about their dynamic as a couple. The problem? They had actually broken up a while ago.

My goodness, what an important series! At its core, it’s a slice-of-life show, filmed to some extent like a sitcom (like *The Office*), because it mimics a documentary, I personally thought that was a brilliant idea. Setting aside technical aspects and performances, which, by the way, were flawless, I have no negative criticism, not only for the protagonists Kentaro and Kanichiro, who made me rethink the nature of all the relationships around me, but also for Narumi Yui and Nomura Masumi, who played Shiho and Naomi, respectively. They didn’t just act; they did so with excellence, highlighting how patriarchy affects women in the workplace in a unique way.

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The protagonists’ relationship which, by the way, initially seemed to suggest they would indeed end up together proved to be something so complex and delicate in and of itself, culminating in a line Itsuki said in the final episode:
“The people who will shape the world are those who yearn to live in the light.”
And that alone defines the series; their dialogues when they’re alone lead us to understand that there’s no right or wrong in this story, they just didn’t work out. In the end, when they both talk about the relationship they had, and as shown in the scenes that unfolded there was indeed affection between them. Itsuki was built to live one day at a time, while Yuma lived several days ahead; he wanted his place in the sun as a “””””””””normal””””””””” person, so to speak; he wanted to get married and start a family. In the end, it becomes clear that Itsuki isn’t the kind of person who worries about what he’ll have for dinner the next day, but even so, he sacrificed a lot in terms of his lifestyle. Over the course of six episodes, we got to see what their relationship was like before all this happened; we could see the difference in their approaches to life. Everything became very clear, and I think that really impacted me, because it wasn’t the kind of thing I expected to see.

From what I’ve said, you can tell that I really liked Itsuki’s character, because as he himself said, Yuma is an ordinary person even if he doesn’t want to believe it. But Itsuki isn’t like that, he’s afraid of being forgotten, even if he hasn’t admitted it in those exact words; he lives one day at a time. And he doesn’t feel the need to fight for a collective; he just wants to live his little life, he’s minding his own business. Personally speaking, I appreciate people like that in real life and, eventually, the characters who represent them.

I think the line “We’d never work out. Because the things I want to throw away are the things he wants to carry” suggests that they tried, and in the end, it’s okay that it didn’t work out. The series almost seemed to convey the message that, just because we share the same letter in the LGBT acronym doesn’t mean we’ll work out. Shared suffering is also part of who we are.
10/10

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Some stories feel real enough to stay with you — this was one of them.

I rarely leave reviews, but this series genuinely compelled me to write one. It’s breathtaking in its realism — portraying situations that ordinary people face every day, regardless of sexual orientation. Instead of the idealized, glossy narratives often found in BL media, this story shows the truth: failed relationships, mismatched expectations, emotional incompatibility — these are universal experiences, and the series treats them with honesty and compassion.

One character’s remark that gay people are “just ordinary people” resonated deeply with me. It’s a simple truth, and the show embraces it fully — we’re all just human, all different, all ordinary in our own ways.

An absolutely fantastic and deeply educational series. I’d recommend it to everyone.

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An unflinching portrait of 2 flawed humans

This is one of the most raw explorations of love I've ever seen. It doesn't sugarcoat it, but it doesn't try to be dramatic either. It's just an unflinching peek into the human psyche. I'm amazed at how deep this was, considering it's just six 20-minute episodes.

If you're like me, you start out feeling closer to Kasuga. Although he's the one pushing the lie, it feels like he's doing it for good reasons. It's only at the end, when each person opens up, that we realize the lie wasn't just the documentary; it was the whole relationship.

Kasuga's monologue in the final episode had me reflecting on my life quite a bit, noticing where I sometimes have the same unhealthy traits. But Itsuki's final words just blew me away. They were sharp but honest - exactly what we've come to expect from his character.

I think it's an interesting social experiment for the viewers as well: if by the end, knowing what we know, we still wish that Kasuga & Itsuki could have found their way back to each other, what does that say about us? We see the truth about their incompatibility but a part of us still hopes that all those problems can be wished away, just like Kasuga. Or maybe we just choose to ignore the problems and lie to ourselves about what we know will happen. This is why I resonated with Kasuga's speech about doing it all over again, even if he knew it won't work. It's not smart, but it is human.

The cinematography was PEAK. The shots were beautiful. You can see the thought put into the composition in certain scenes. It was quiet but grounded.

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Stop being mean to my baby

I understand why ituski being like this. I read the novel crumbs from here and there but still. Ituski and I even kinda have a similar mentality. the whole pessimistic thing, only thinking about today, having no motivation about anything, not liking children etc.

Yuma deserves the whole world. I like everything about my precious baby. His big expressive eyes, expressions, face shape bone structure, golden honey skin tone, babygirl persona. Similar height weight as ituski. Yuma being too pethatic, clingy. that makes me wanna take him under my wings and protect him from the whole world even more. Been a long time since I've been this whipped with a character. Everything about him endears me.
The way he sits, walks, talks, pouts EVERYTHING

The eyes the EYES. I'm lost in these big ahh eyes🖤

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Al fin un poco de historias queer dentro de tanto bl

Para mí nunca ningún BL por más bueno que sea y vaya que he visto muy buenos, se compara a lo que siento cuando veo series queer, simplemente es el tipo de contenido que ansío ver más seguido, libre de darle oferta a la demanda, libre de hacer lo que quería hacer y no lo que va a vender, libre de querer triunfar en un entorno en el que el triunfar no es algo de lo que deberían estar orgullosos, porque quien estaría orgulloso de decir: hey mi series es la más vista y popular porque les encantó a mi audiencia! a si quién es tú audiencia? que tan difícil es complacerla? o es caso que solo obedeciste todos y cada uno de los estereotipos impuestos por ellas y les diste exactamente lo querían porque eso te iba a beneficiar individualme, porque al final de eso se trata todo en este sistema individualista, cada quien que se rasque con sus propios uñas y las causas colectivas que se vayan a la chingada mientras el dinero siga entrando, entonces si se agradece cuando alguien viene a poner algo que es en favor de la comunidad y no solo de sus Intereses! No podemos hacer algo para cambiar el mundo como se planteaba la periodista pero si podemos hacer que nuestro entorno no se parte de ese cultura. このシリーズを本当にありがとうございました。

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Đây không đơn thuần chỉ là một bộ phim..

Mới đầu, mình đã không định xem bộ phim này vì tiêu đề của nó. Nhưng cuối cùng mình vẫn bấm xem vì sự tò mò với chính tiêu đề phim.
Bộ phim thực sự có chiều sâu và vô cùng thú vị! Phim Nhật thực sự khiến mình ấn tượng với cách chọn chủ đề, cách khai thác nôi dung đa dạng và không bị nhàm chán. Cách tiếp cận vấn đề vô cùng mới mẻ và thực tế. Khi mới xem xong tập đầu, mình đã phải lật đật đi tìm thông tin về bộ phim này bởi vì mình thực sự tin rằng nó mà một đoạn tư liệu về cặp độ LGBT+ ở Nhật.
Bố cục phim cũng được sắp xếp, dàn dựng vô cùng có chủ đích. Các nhân vật có vai trò riêng và không hề bị lu mờ. Dù là Yuma, Itsuki, Shiho hay Kentaro,.. mọi người đều có màu sắc rất rõ rệt và để lại ấn tượng khác nhau trong người xem. Diễn xuất của họ thực sự vô cùng cảm xúc. Những phân cảnh làm mình ấn tượng nhất vẫn là phân cảnh Yuma thẳng thắn thừa nhận những cảm xúc và câu chuyện của mình trước ống kính. Hình thực sự đã rung động với những lời nói và tâm trạng của anh ấy mà giờ nghĩ lại vẫn khiến bản thân nổi da gà. Những khía cạnh xoay quanh của sống đã được phim lột tả hoàn toàn trần trụi và không hề giấu giếm. Suy nghĩ, lời nói của nhân vật Itsuki đôi lúc thực sự đáng ghét nhưng nó lại đáng trân trọng bởi nó là sự thật xuất phát từ đáy lòng. Bộ phim đã thành công trong việc mang đến khán giả những góc nhìn mới về xã hội nói chung và cộng đồng LGBT+ nói riêng.
Mình không dám xem lại bộ phim vì sự chia tay của Yuma và Itsuki thực sự quá đỗi đau lòng đối với mình. Nhưng mình không nghĩ đó hẳn là một cái kết buồn hay không thỏa đáng. Khi bộ phim kết thúc, tâm trạng mình vẫn còn lâng lâng và chìm đắm trong câu chuyện của hai người. Mình tin rằng Yuma và Itsuki sẽ bước trên con đường riêng của họ. Giống như trong bài thơ lớp 6 của Yuma, mình thật lòng nghĩ rằng “Chắc chắn, chắc chắn là từ bây giờ họ sẽ được làm chính họ”.

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