

Web series
Love Is Better the Second Time Around
Journalist Akihiro reunites with Takashi, his high school love, now a professor. Old emotions resurface as they navigate between professionalism and the past.
- Status
- Ended
- Type
- Scripted
- Last aired
- 2026-10-14
- Language
- Japanese
MBS
TBS
- professor
- ex-lover
- romance
- based on manga
- second chance
- lgbt
- editor
- gay romance
- disapproving parent
- boys' love (bl)
- inner monologue
- second chance romance
Seasons
Top billed cast











Behind the camera
Director
Produced in
Japan
Where to watch
Availability for United States. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.
Stream
Rakuten Viki
Gallery












Videos
Air dates
- First aired
- 2024-03-05
- Latest episode
- 2026-10-14
- Status
- Ended
- Next release
- Completed
- Season 15 Mar 2024
- Season 22 Sept 2026
Frequently asked questions
Love Is Better the Second Time Around is streaming on Rakuten Viki in India. Use the official Watch now links in the Where to watch section above.
Audience reviews
2- S9/10
samsalabäm
5/22/2026
Oh this was so much fun! Finally a sexy, mature BL-Drama with likeable lead characters. Nice to rewatch, too.
- K8/10
kinrich30
8/29/2026
This is the story of two guys that fell in love in high school and were about to run away together, but something broke them up. Now both 30 years old, they accidentally reconnect and at first that opens a lot of old, hurt feelings, but in time they decide to give love a second chance. The story is mostly told with them being 30, but there are some flashbacks to high school. The story is quite moving and it does have…
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