April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22) – June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10)
Episodes
8
Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! (Japanese: 不幸くんはキスするしかない！, Hepburn: Fukō-kun wa Kisu Suru Shikanai!) is a Japanese manga series by Gamoko Tsuyu. It was serialized in the boys' love digital manga magazineB-Boy P! since September 2019. A live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast from April 22, 2022 to June 10, 2022 as the first entry for Drama Shower, a programming block created MBS in collaboration with Tunku, Kadokawa Corporation's label for live-action boys' love television dramas.
Plot
Having nothing but bad luck for all his life, college student Kōta Fukuhara maintains a pleasant demeanor on the outside to mask his frustrations with his misfortunes. After a run-in with his popular classmate, Naoya Shinomiya, Kōta learns that Naoya has nothing but good luck all his life, and just by being around him, he can minimize his bad luck. He proposes a friendship with Naoya, but Naoya misinterprets his words as a love confession and assumes they are dating.[1]
Gaku is one of Naoya's friends who has a cool appearance.[2]
Media
Manga
Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! is written and illustrated by Gamoko Tsuyu. It is serialized in the boys' love digital manga magazineB-Boy P! since September 10, 2019.[1] After its initial end in May 2020, Tsuyu resumed the manga to coincide with the April 2022 broadcast of the television drama adaptation.[1] The chapters were later released in two bound volumes by Libre under the B-Boy P! Comics imprint. During their Anime Expo 2023 panel, Animate International announced that they licensed the manga.[3]
On March 4, 2022, MBS and Tunku (a label of Kadokawa Corporation specializing in live-action boys' love television dramas) announced they were producing a live-action television drama adaptation of Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! as their first entry for their collaboration programming block, Drama Shower.[6] The series premiered on MBS on April 22, 2022,[a] and ended on June 10, 2022. Simultaneous broadcasts also included TV Kanagawa, Chiba TV, TV Saitama, Tochigi TV, and Gunma TV.[1]
Kaoru Azuma, the creator of Tunku, stated that, despite Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! being published under a company outside of Kadokawa, she chose it as the first series to adapt.[9] She stated that she had been keeping track of B-Boy P!, as the stories running in the magazine were accessible as entry point for newcomers to the boys' love genre.[9] Azuma mentioned that because Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! had a lot of comedic value, she had an idea of how she wanted Kōta to be portrayed and that she wanted Tunku's first entry to be a romantic comedy.[9] Azuma stated that she focused on Kōta's two-faced personality as a "selling point" to casting the actor and that she had to make sure the rest of the actors looked "balanced" when they are together.[9]
No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
1
"Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Kisu Suru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんはキスするしかない!)
"Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Go on a Date on Saturday!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Doyō ni Dēto Suru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんは土曜にデートするしかない!)
Shū Yoshino
Hiroko Kanasugi
April 29, 2022 (2022-04-29)
3
"Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Go on a Date on Sunday!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Nichiyō ni Dēto Suru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんは日曜にデートするしかない!)
Shū Yoshino
Hiroko Kanasugi
May 6, 2022 (2022-05-06)
4
"Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Become Roommates!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Dōsei Suru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんは同棲するしかない!)
Shū Yoshino
Hiroko Kanasugi
May 13, 2022 (2022-05-13)
5
"Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Fall in Love!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Koi Suru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんは恋するしかない!)
Shū Yoshino
Hiroko Kanasugi
May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)
6
"Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Confess!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Kokuhaku Suru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんは告白するしかない!)
Shū Yoshino
Hiroko Kanasugi
May 27, 2022 (2022-05-27)
7
"Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Become His Boyfriend!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Koibito ni Naru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんは恋人になるしかない!)
Shū Yoshino
Hiroko Kanasugi
June 3, 2022 (2022-06-03)
8
"Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Become Lucky!" Transliteration: "Fukō-kun wa Shiawase ni Naru Shikanai!" (Japanese: 不幸くんは幸せになるしかない!)
Shū Yoshino
Hiroko Kanasugi
June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10)
Reception
From September 2019 to May 2020, Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! had at least 2.5 million pageviews.[1] For the live-action television drama, Kaoru Azuma, the creator of Tunku, stated that it was popular among teenagers.[9]
Notes
^MBS lists the broadcast date as April 21, 2022, at 25:29, which is April 22, 2022, at 1:29 AM.[6]
^ abcde"ドラマ「不幸くんはキスするしかない！」に中山咲月と押田岳が出演、オリキャラも登場" [Satsuki Nakayama and Gaku Oshida to make an appearance on drama Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss!, original characters debut]. Natalie (in Japanese). March 18, 2022. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
^"【5月20日付】本日発売の単行本リスト" [(May 20) List of tankōbon released today]. Natalie (in Japanese). May 20, 2020. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
^"【5月19日付】本日発売の単行本リスト" [(May 19) List of tankōbon released today]. Natalie (in Japanese). May 19, 2022. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
^ ab"MBS：木曜深夜に1年限定の新ドラマ枠 第1弾は曽田陵介＆佐藤友祐W主演のBLラブコメ「不幸くんはキスするしかない！」" [MBS: New drama programming to air on late-night Thursdays for a year, first installment stars Ryosuke Sota and Yusuke Sato in the BL romantic comedy Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss!]. Mantan Web (in Japanese). March 4, 2022. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
^"「不幸くんはキスするしかない！」メインビジュアル解禁、主題歌にOCTPATHと小林柊矢" [Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice But to Kiss! main visual released, theme song performed by Octpath and Touya Kobayashi]. Natalie (in Japanese). April 1, 2022. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
^"OCTPATH「皆さまへの応援歌」 小林柊矢とともに曽田陵介&佐藤友祐W主演BLドラマで主題歌担当" ["An encouraging song for everyone" by Octpath, Touya Kobayashi, in charge of theme songs for BL drama co-starring Ryōsuke Sota and Yūsuke Satō]. Oricon (in Japanese). April 1, 2022. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
