For @tvarchive‘s TV Appreciation Week Day 1:
the TV show I wish everyone would watch
Koisenu Futari | Two People Who Can’t Fall In Love
A really great J-Drama from 2022, this show is about two aroace characters who meet and for a “family” of their own making. It’s not only truly wonderful aro and ace representation, it’s also about found family, breaking amatonormative and heteronormative cultural norms, the importance of friendships, and finding happiness in your life as is. 8 episodes at 30 minutes apiece, Koisenu Futari is well worth a watch for everyone. (Subtitling and translation by KaizenSubs on Twitter.)
8 gifs from the J-Drama Koisenu Futari, arranged in four rows of two.
Row 1 Gif 1: Kodama Sakuko in her family’s house. She is clearly emotional, and is speaking to her family who is out of shot. The caption reads “I recently came to realize I might be an aromantic asexual.”
Row 1 Gif 2: Outside in a park, Kodama Sakura is sitting on a bench speaking to her daughter, Sakuko. She is thoughtful and hesitant. The caption reads “But I think this too, that it’s okay if you choose a life without love.”
Row 2 Gif 1: Outside at a beach, Kodama Sakuko and her friend Kadowaki Chizuru are facing each other. As Sakuko watches, Chizuru slowly folds in on herself and crouches down, trying to control her emotions.
Row 2 Gif 2: On a grassy hill outside on a sunny day, Kodama Sakuko is talking to Matsuoka Kazu, her coworker and former partner. The caption reads “I don’t want you to force yourself or hold yourself back.”
Row 3 Gif 1: Takahashi Satoru’s house on the upper floor, his bedroom. He is seated at his desk with a pillowcase he is repairing in his lap, speaking thoughtfully to himself, but directed at Kodama Sakuko while she kneels in the doorway (out of shot). The caption reads “I had forgotten the feeling of being protected by someone.”
Row 3 Gif 2: Takahashi Satoru is lying on a mat in his bedroom, his arm in a sling. He speaks facing the ceiling, but he is talking to Matsuoka Kazu who is out of shot. The caption reads “Please don’t push your idea of normal on us.”
Row 4 Gif 1: Two different locations outside, cutting between Kodama Sakuko and Takahashi Satoru as they both look happily and hopefully up at the sky. The caption reads “The form our relationship has taken is satisfying.”
Row 4 Gif 2: Takahashi Satoru in his kitchen, looking at Kodama Sakuko standing in the doorway (back to the camera). He is holding up two crabs he is preparing for a meal, showing them to Sakuko. He bounces the larger one in his right hand slightly, causing the legs to bounce too, and begins to smile in response to Sakuko’s delight.
