Eternal Yesterday – 永遠の昨日 stars Komiya Rio and Inoue Sora. It’s the latest live-action adaptation from Japan that features a dark BL theme. “Life and death, sex and adolescence mixed together, [a unique] definition of adolescent BL.” That quote in itself is a hint as to the heart-wrenching nature of this upcoming BL.

Background

Blazing hot from the heels of 3 recently-released BL mini-series, Eternal Yesterday promises to be an engaging tale of two boys who developed feelings for each other. To air on the 20th of October (8 episodes), it follows Mr. Unlucky, Senpai, This Can’t Be Love!, and Takara-kun to Amagi-kun.

This BL manga is author Yuuri Eda’s masterpiece. According to ScreenOnline Japan, the author praises the transition from novel to film. She adds that the core part of the story remains in the live-action adaptation.

Rave of Dir. Kobayashi

Today, Japanese entertainment portals are abuzz with the news, specifically about the series director:

The director and scriptwriter have won the 55th Japan Film Directors Association Newcomer Award and the New Director Award at the 29th Japan Film Critics Awards. Dir. Kobayashi, who spins the sparkle of youth from a unique perspective, vividly depicts the heartrending love story of two high school boys.

TVLife Japan

Teaser | Trailer

Synopsis

Eternal Yesterday is about two young guys. One is Koichi (Komiya Rio), who is cheerful and popular in his class. The other is Mitsuru (Inoue Sora), who is talented and not good at socializing. The two high school students feel a strong attraction to each other due to their opposite personalities. One morning, Koichi is hit by a truck in front of Mitsuru. Koichi got up on the spot and smiled. He was indeed still “alive. But then his classmates gradually began to forget about Koichi’s existence. A youth love story that you “can’t help but cry”.

Cast of Characters

Komiya Rio (19) plays Yamada Koichi: TV Life Japan did an interview where Komiya described his initial preparation for the role. He said:

“I prepared to play Yamada Koichi by reading the source material, and in all honesty, I was moved to tears while reading. I was affected by the sheer emotions expressed in the story about these two young high school students. I want to give my character a sense of reality.”

Rio is now the undisputed BL Prince from Japan. He plays lead roles in the horror BL movie Grand Guignol, and in this series. He is also part of Takara-kun to Amagi-kun, as one of the supporting characters.

Inoue Sora (24) portrays Aomi Mitsuru: Japanese entertainment portal Sponichi features Inoue as Kadokawa | MBS launches the series into high gear:

“I feel like there is a real need to convey both feelings of joy and pain. To portray my character – Aomi Mitsuru – to the audience I have to act with a particular amount of passion and express both positive and negative feelings. I was 40% happy, and 60% anxious, because it is my first lead role.”

Sora has been doing Japanese TV drama since 2020 and has about a dozen shows to his credit. Eternal Yesterday is his first main role in a series. He also did a short film entitled Blue Around Blue (2022), playing the main character.

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This is a continuous coverage of the BL series Eternal Yesterday. Casting news or any updates we’ll be sure to add as soon as they are available.

Photo Credits: ©Yuuri Eda/Yoko Tanji/KADOKAWA | ©Eternal Yesterday Production Committee/MBS

We highly recommend the Japanese BL drama (that is more than BL) entitled More Than Words from Amazon Prime. As a hint, you may want to read about He’s Coming to Me. It has a similar ‘feel’ to this drama.

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