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Long Vacation does fit that imo and also Orange Days since it takes place in university too!! you can also watch Colorful Love, Beni Sasu Life ,Daga, Jyonetsu wa Aru!, Dragon Zakura, Kieta Hatsukoi but they fit at least one or two categories you mentioned

Long Vacation and kimi wa petto (2003) but Sayako is a special case because I cant think of a female lead like her in age gap drama lol but the relationship development is the reason I recommend these two along with the fact that there is an age gap between the two lead. My Second Aoharu romance development is really similar to Long Vacation but Sena and Minami are so different from Sayako and Taku lol

Kimi no Hana ni Naru main leads but I think everyone looks their age regardless honestly

I miss taku everyday

Long Vacation

Glad you ended up enjoying it and I agree with you that all the actors are acting well. Personally I think the first episode was all over the place in a way which also made people drop the show but the people who stayed ended up being pleased :) for me I watched Alice before in Shitteru Waifu but had to put the show on hold since I didnt like the story much but she portrayed the character well there and im planning to check more of her work later
as for Myharu im enjoying it all but worried how the final 3 episodes will turn out but so far the writer did well and I like the romance progress maybe I have few script lines I didnt like but still more "lively" than the usual TBS drama that airs in the same time slot so honestly im happy :) glad its a drama that Michieda can star in and people can watch him show his skills there and appreciate even if they had a first bad impression

episode 7 was great now I cant wait for 8

exited once again the staff list is also great

No just a female friendship but Akari admires and likes Tanaka san and is inspired by her character rather

Oh I guess this issue never occurred to me because I was using japan as my region from the get go. I prefer to watch from the web and my laptop screen

TVer with vpn or nyaa via torrenting I dont know other methods

died after watching ep 4

Yamato Nao is so cute and good at her role :) I wasnt planning to watch this one and sometimes the script feels a bit childish but Im glad I decided to watch it
it has nice reference to anime and they have seiyuus appearing every now and then
Hashimoto and Daigo are doing a good job with their role too

Maybe you should stop worrying about what's cringe and what's not and give it a shot?

They started the show in the same way they started trailion game (or at least one scene at one episode ) which is kinda annoying I dont like this type of foreshadowing of the future at all. Very intrested in Kai though

I think its rushed adaptation and while some scenes look really nice and I enjoy the warm atmosphere when its just the two leads but the school atmosphere for example is horrible and sometimes hard to get into I like the acting of the main leads and of course Rika but thats about it

episode 2 pv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkEwLt10WqQ

if you bothered watching the first episode and not just read the synopsis you wont be saying that but okay. The female lead has character already and her circumstances are well explained regardless of what you might be feeling about the romantic aspect of the show

so much fun but too short

https://x.com/TVer_info/status/1708874924390322453?s=20 interview and main footage can be watched at Tver almost 15 minutes