Senpai, This Can't Be Love! Blu-ray Box

Senpai, what kind of feeling is this? An office boys' love comedy about two seemingly mismatched men, adapted for television with rising actors from the Kamen Rider series.

Charismatic, flirtatious senior meets a new, outwardly aloof but inwardly affectionate junior. Jun Yanase is an accomplished, experienced CG designer, friendly to everyone and often considered a flirt. Yuki Kaneda joins Yanase's company as a newcomer and appears expressionless and unsociable, but is actually sincere and exceptionally shy. The junior Yanase is assigned to train is always cold only toward him. Just when he wonders whether he is disliked, he discovers that this is the reverse side of intense admiration. Will their relationship become admiration or love? Their uncertain conclusion is impossible to look away from.

Shuichiro Naito and Toshiki Seto share the leading roles. Naito, who debuted as a model and attracted attention as the lead in Kamen Rider Saber, plays senior Yanase. Seto, known for Kamen Rider Ex-Aid and active in television, film, theatre and variety programming, plays junior Kaneda. This was promoted as the first BL drama with two leads who both came from Kamen Rider, bringing together two much-discussed young performers.

The drama is based on Shinta Harukawa's manga of the same name. Serialization began on the free BL manga website Comic Fleur in January 2019, followed by a collected volume in July 2019. Its popularity led to the digital sequel Senpai, Danjite Koi Dewa! Brush Up.

Story: Genius CG creator Yanase is put in charge of training Kaneda, an expressionless, unfriendly junior. Trying to become closer, he approaches him warmly, only to receive the cold response, Please keep more distance. Yanase is hurt. One day, on their way home from a drinking party, a drunken Kaneda reveals his hidden feelings. Between admiration and love, where will the two end up?

All eight episodes are included. Bonus footage comprise episode 1 visual commentary with Shuichiro Naito and Toshiki Seto; making-of footage of the individual episodes and the opening and ending shoots; Senpai, Definitely Not the Pursuer!; Senpai, Definitely Not a Master Painter!; a special pre-finale roundtable discussion; the opening video; and ending videos for episodes 1–8. A special booklet is enclosed.

Original broadcast: MBS, beginning June 16, 2022, Thursdays at 25:29, for eight episodes.

Japanese television drama