#先輩、断じて恋では！

[storge]

Are you crying? What a troublesome guy. It's nothing to cry over. You worked really hard. Thanks to you we finished without compromising quality. That wouldn't have happened without you. I'm glad you were here. Kaneda. Thank you.

Senpai, This Can’t be Love!

#Senpai Danjite Koidewa! #Senpai This Can’t be Love! #senpai this can't be love #先輩、断じて恋では！ #jdramaedit #asiandramanet #jdrama #dailyasiandramas #asianlgbtqdramas #naito shuichiro #seto toshiki #jboysedit #mymymy #FERAL SCREEECH #THESE ENDINGSSSSSSSSSS MY BELOVEDDDDDDDDD #this scene was greatttt #it was so long tho so this is my shortend highlight #THEMMMMMMMM #kanedas crying face my HEARTTTTT #and NAITOOOOOOOOOOO #My honey is doing THEEEE MOSTTTTTTTT #the way he wiped the tears #the way he just kept saying nice and kind things to kaneda #friendssssssssss #HAND IN MARRIAGE #i would have leaped on top of him by this point jsut sayinnnn lol

[smittenskitten]

A God and a commoner, in a miraculous collaboration. A waltz of supreme blitz. Un, deux, trois.

#senpai danjite koidewa! #seto toshiki #naito shuichiro #senpai this can’t be love! #asianlgbtqdrama #jdramaedit #yanase x kaneda #先輩、断じて恋では！ #sdkedit #prangon gifs #i can't believe they are doing this to me #Kaneda literally built a shrine for Yanase uwu

[shijiujun]

WHY YOU SHOULD WATCH: SENPAI, THIS CAN’T BE LOVE

Back in drama-land with this latest cute workplace Japanese BL drama Senpai, This Can’t Be Love that’s adapted off a manga of the same name and I think has a total of 8 episodes! Featuring two dumb dumbs that are secretly crushing on each other and thinking the other hates them or would never like them. So handsome. 帅爆了, like Toshiki Seto and Naito Shuicihiro are like... balm for your eyes.

Let me try to wrap this up in a brief WYSW - I haven’t read the manga, and only two episodes are out so far, so take this with a pinch of salt (BUT THEY ARE SO CUTE?!)

Details: 8 episodes | Airing every Friday starting June 24, 2022 | Watch with subs on Gagaoolala (VIP required) or on Rakuten Viki (Specific region locks)

Summary: Kaneda Yuki is a talented CG designer who’s just starting out at this company and is being supervised by Yanase Jun, an experienced and well-recognized CG designer at the company whose works have been extensively featured in public. Yanase is a really friendly guy who’s looking to bond with and tutor Kaneda to the best of his abilities, but there’s just one problem: Kaneda is really standoffish and cold to Yanase, leading Yanase and everyone in the company to think that Kaneda actually dislikes Yanase. 

In actual fact, Kaneda is just... the biggest Yanase fanboy who just doesn’t know how to interact with his idol without embarrassing himself, so ends up coming across as cold when he’s just panicking internally. It seems that the both of them would be stuck in communication for the rest of their time working together, but a big new project lands on the both of them, forcing them to work together all the time. 

Reasons Why You Should Watch:

(1) Yanase Jun is so damn handsome excuse me?!?!? Look at his fashion sense and that hairstyle and the way he smiles and the way his eyes crinkled??! And the way he looks at Kaneda?!?!?

(2) This fanboy is so far in the closet you can’t even see him but boy does he have it bad for his idol - he is us, he’s exactly like us

He even legit has a shrine dedicated to Yanase and is so diligent every single day about cleaning it up and making sure it’s dust-less

And everytime Yanase touches him he says this:

But inside he’s totally like this:

LIKE HOW EMBARRASSING IS KANEDA I LITERALLY CANNOT

(3) They kiss in the first episode, honestly they have it down pat in the first episode except actually being in a relationship in name because like come on all the skinship and OBVIOUS crush they have on each other while they each think the other doesn’t like them...

(4) It’s half about careers and growing in their love for CG work and also sticking to principles as a designer in general right like, is what the client’s rushed request best when it compromises quality? WHICH IS LIKE SO REAL

(5) Being able to OT with your crush is like the best shit ever and yeah ok cliche trope of the other falling asleep and the main guy looking over all fond and letting him sleep but dang how cute are they how cute!!! And in a very useful tip HONESTLY Yanase says, “Don’t fall asleep with your hands on your keyboard/mouse especially when you have OPEN WORK ON YOUR DESKTOP”

#senpai this can't be love #senpai this cant be love #senpai this can't be love! #Senpai Danjite Koidewa! #先輩、断じて恋では！ #seto toshiki #naito shuichiro #yanase jun #kaneda yuki #why you should watch #jdrama

[heretherebedork]

I love that Yanase gave Kaneda a pair of very beautiful silk monogrammed pajamas but is sleeping in a pair of sweatpants and a sweater himself.

I love that Yanase slept on the couch with just his pillow because he saw Kaneda on his bed and decided he wanted him to be more comfortable.

I love that Yanase woke up and made sure to make them both breakfast, a Western style one, just to treat Kaneda nicely and to make sure he was comfortable.

I love how Yanase is taking the time to smile at Kaneda and to check on him and to express at least a fraction of his feelings for the younger man even if he might not be able to show them all.

I love how meaningful everything Yanase does is to Kaneda and how meaningful everything Kaneda does is to Yanase. They pull each other up, they bring each other joy.

#先輩、断じて恋では！ #senpai this can't be love #senpai danjite koidewa #japanese bl #senpai danjite koidewa! #bl drama #bl series #japanese drama #jdrama #kaneda x yanase #yanase x kaneda

[save-the-data]

senpai, this can’t be love! | s01e02

EP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

#Senpai This Can't be Love #Seto Toshiki #Naito Shuichiro #LGBTQ+ #Romance #Gay Character #Boss/Employee Relationship #BL Drama #Japan BL #Asian Drama #Japan #Adapted from a Manga #Miniseries #Web Drama #GagaOOLala #先輩、断じて恋では！ #Senpai Danjite Koidewa! #Couple: Yanase x Kaneda

[chinko-kun]

#先輩、断じて恋では！ #senpai this can't be love #senpai danjite koidewa #I don’t think y’all understand #don’t touch me #i am emotional

[shoceted]

after several years i've returned to tumblr because i think if i don't talk with someone about sepakoi soon i'm going to go insane and twitter doesn't like it very much

this mutual pining is genuinely driving me nuts. they're both so damn into each other that it hurts and you can tell and everyone on their office can absolutely definitely see it; tomoyo knows she's trying to set these dumb dorks up and she won't quit until she's got something that works. a random priest at some temple can see it, even. i mean fuck dude benji sure could see it!!! but they can't see it themselves!!!!! and let me tell you folks it's driving me so far up the wall that i'm on the ceiling

#先輩、断じて恋では！ #help me. i just need a friend to scream with #also anyone else hc kaneda as being somewhere on the spectrum or... is it just me #yknow fellow spectrum person me #also hi lmao #sepakoi

[octpath-archive]

先輩、断じて恋では！

内藤秀一郎×瀬戸利樹『先輩、断じて恋では！』インタビュー「“頭ぽんぽん”嬉しかった」　胸アツな仮面ライダー話や太田駿静（OCTPATH）との撮影秘話も

https://www.banger.jp/drama/79390/?s=09

#先輩、断じて恋では！ #テレビ #太田駿静 #WEB記事 #インタビュー

[801number]

𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒊 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒋𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒌𝒐𝒊 𝒅𝒆 𝒘𝒂

#せぱ恋 #先輩断じて恋では #senpai this can't be love #seto toshiki #naito shuichiro #bl drama #boys love #jdrama

[hemi-demi-semiquaver]

PLEASE not enough people are posting about senpai this cant be love 😭 I NEED to know people's opinion on benji

Maybe I have kaneda syndrome but why do I feel like he knows HELPPP

#senpai this can't be love #先輩断じて恋では #senpai danjite koidewa

[storge]

Senpai, this feeling.... What could it be?

Senpai, This Can’t be Love!

#Senpai Danjite Koidewa! #先輩、断じて恋では！ #Senpai This Can’t be Love! #jdramaedit #asiandramanet #jdrama #dailyasiandramas #asianlgbtqdramas #senpai this can't be love #naito shuichiro #seto toshiki #yanase x kaneda #userfreja #lextag #usermare #userjap #mymymy #ep 3 #MY CHESTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT #all of these scenes made my heart palpitate #kaneda over here asking the 1 dollar question casue we aLLLLLLLLL KNOW THE ANSWERRRRRRRRRRR #somebody give him the *get it together* aggressive shake to make him say it #the way kaneda looks at yanase make me wanna punch a walll #his eyes are just soooooooooooo.... i just wanna hug him #and easy breazy cool understanding nice great guy yanase ahhhhhHHHH I JUST CANT #YOUR HONOR I LOVE THEMMMMMMMMMM #the shirt scene was so sweet and ahhh my heartttttttttttt

[smittenskitten]

Senpai, Danjite Koidewa! (2022)

#senpai danjite koidewa! #naito shuichiro #seto toshiki #senpai this can’t be love! #asianlgbtqdrama #jdramaedit #yanase x kaneda #先輩、断じて恋では！ #sdkedit #prangon gifs #not japan belting out office romance left and right

[shijiujun]

no one:

kaneda: he’s my idol i need to be cold, aloof and cool so he doesn’t think i’m an idiot because i am-

#senpai this can't be love #senpai this can't be love! #senpai danjite koidewa! #先輩、断じて恋では！ #seto toshiki #naito shuichiro #honestly same

[heretherebedork]

Kaneda wanting Yanase to turn around and not waiting long enough because Yanase always waits long enough. This is just the best mutual pining with denial ever. Please do more, Japan.

#senpai danjite koidewa #senpai this can't be love #先輩、断じて恋では！ #senpai danjite koidewa! #jdrama #bl drama #bl series #kaneda x yanase #yanase x kaneda #mutual pining

[save-the-data]

senpai, this can’t be love! | s01e01

EP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

~~ Adapted from the manga "Senpai, Danjite Koidewa!" (先輩、断じて恋では！) by Harekawa Shinta (晴川シンタ).

#Senpai Danjite Koidewa! #LGBTQ+ #Romance #Gay Characters #Boss/Employee Relationship #BL Drama #Japan BL #Asian Drama #Japan #Seto Toshiki #Naito Shuichiro #Watanabe Shu #Miniseries #Adapted from a Manga #Web Drama #先輩、断じて恋では！

[m12gatsu]

愛のふりだし

「いかにして役立たずを愛するか？」

最近読んだ小説に書いてあった。物語は、酔狂な慈善家が、不具者、醜女、老人、性的少数者その他あらゆる「役立たず」の救済に立ち回る、というもの。

私たちは基本的に物事を役に立つかどうかを見ている。最新家電や、有用な資格や、いかした服が欲しい。それは人間に対する視点もそうで、気の利く後輩や、頼れる上司や、賢い友達や、身持ちのいい恋人や、太い実家が、役に立つなら、そばに置いておきたい。もっといえば、役に立つなら愛せるし、役に立たないなら、愛するのは難しい。これは露悪でも優生主義でもなくて、我々はそういうスカウターみたいな色眼鏡をかけさせられて生きている。

他者を愛せないことは怖い。そして他者から愛されないことはもっと怖い。先天的な障害は誰にとっても「そうだったかもしれない自分」であり、後天的な障害は誰にとっても「そうなるかもしれない自分」である。誰かを役に立たないといって断じるとき、いま現在たまたまそうじゃない自分があぐらをかいて嗤っている。

我々は役に立ちたい。一見美しい情動だ。役立って愛されたい。その実、役立たないと愛されないのを知っているから。勉強して知識を蓄え、運動して体力を養い、気を遣い、冗談を言い、口淫をし、席を譲り、金を払い、常に自分を役立たせたい。自己愛に置き換えても同じだ。自分が自分の役に立っている。その実感が自己を愛させる。

機械化によって人間の仕事が奪われる、といわれて久しい。農業も畜産も漁業も林業も建築も金融も小売も卸売も教職も医療もマスコミも司法も行政も戦争も性欲処理も芸術さえも、全ての仕事が機械化されたら、全ての人間は役立たずだろう。

役に立とうとすることがダメだと言いたいわけではなくて、だから、愛されるために誰かの役に立ったり、愛するために誰かを役立てたりしていたら、いずれ誰も愛せなくなるし、誰からも愛されなくなるんじゃないかってことがいいたい。

そもそも愛って何だ。

高校生の時から使っている市営の駐輪場に、おっさんたちが働いている。定年後と思われるおっさんたちは、高年の男性特有のどこかぶっきらぼうな気さくさでいつも我々利用者を迎え入れ、見送ってくれる。この4月から、その駐輪場に機械式のゲートが導入された。利用者にはICカードが発行されて、契約期間の更新の管理もそれで行うことができる。だからといって、おっさん達が仕事を追われたというわけでもないようで、人員もどうやら以前と変わっていない。ただ、おっさん達はどこか手持ち無沙汰な様子。出入りするゲートには、ICカードの読み取り機が設置されている。見ればわかるのに「←ここにカードをかざす」なんてわざわざ手書きの貼り紙がある。おっさんたちの仕業だろう。四方をセロハンテープで補強されたポストイットに、そこに書かれたおっさんの筆跡に、その人間臭い承認欲求に、俺は親しみを覚える。これは愛だろうか。多分違う。でも少しは近いかもしれない。

「いかにして役立たずを愛するか」

だから、たぶん、私たちにいずれ必要なのは、無償の愛ではなくて、愛着だと思う。手垢のついた古道具みたいな。できれば、わたしとあなた、双方向の愛着。愛着が生まれるには、ひどく時間がかかる。とっくに時代遅れで、とっくに型落ちで、とっくに役に立たなくなって、それでもなぜか手放せない、しみったれた未練とも違う、あのあたたかい気持ちの正体を、俺たちは見極めていかないといけない。愛着って言葉に愛って字が入ってるのは、なんて皮肉だろう。

もっと個人的なことも書けるけれど、これでやめます。

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成田悠輔氏の言動によせて。5年前に書いたものを少し書き直しました。