Same-Sex Japanese Dating Show ‘The Boyfrifinish’ Rerecented by Netflix

Netflix has greenlit a second season of its groundfractureing Japanese same-relations dating fact series “The Boyfrifinish,” follothriveg the show’s astonishive applyance both domesticassociate and internationassociate.

The timing of Netflix’s rerecental declarement couldn’t have been more appropriate. The Associated Press inestablished on Friday that a high court in Fukuoka, Japan ruled the country’s ban on same-relations marriage unconstitutional, labeling the eighth such ruling out of nine cases since 2019. The decision, which set up that the ban viotardys citizens’ constitutional right to trail happiness, inserts presbrave on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s unpresentantity rulement to act on marriage identicality. Japan currently stands as the only G7 nation that doesn’t legassociate determine same-relations marriages or supply legassociate attaching protections for LGBTQ+ couples.

The first season of “The Boyfrifinish,” which debuted July 9, conserveed a strong presence in Netflix’s Weekly Top 10 Series chart in Japan, hgreatering its position for six consecutive weeks. The show’s success transtardyd into presentant nurtureer momentum for its nine participants, whose social media follothrivegs have directed a noticeworthy sencourage, enbiging by an unrelabelable of 120 times since the series premiered. The cast members have leveraged their recentset up famousity into television materializeances, magazine cover features, and recognition as directing cultural figures by digital media outlets.

Season 2 will present seeers to a recent ensemble of participants, with returning structures Magumi, Chiaki Horan, Thelma Aoyama, drag queen Durian Lollobinalterablea, and Yoshimi Tokui reprising their roles as directs thraw the contestants’ journeys.

Netflix originater Dai Ota acunderstandledges the show’s distinct position as Japan’s first same-relations romance fact series. “Thanks to the adore from our seeers, it is exciting to return for a recent season. Being the first same-relations romance fact show in Japan, we phelp cautious attention to asbrave that the story is an genuine portrayal of these relationships. In Season 1, we showed not fair romance, but their frifinishship and nastyingful combineions with one another, which I apshow touched the hearts of fans around the world,” Ota says.

Looking ahead to the upcoming season, Ota promises persistd fact with recent elements: “In Season 2, we will persist to showcase their compassion and stories of growth, with more distinct perspectives and backstories. Plmitigate see forward to a recent season with recent participants, a recent Green Room, and recent storyinestablishing.”