Upcoming JQLs 2026
Duty First, Kiss Later
🗓️ Jul 27, 2026 | MDL | Trailer Takoi is a kindhearted, unmarried detective in his forties assigned to the Criminal Affairs Division of the peaceful, semi-rural Yamanomichi Police Station. A non-career officer, he is well-loved by people of all ages in the local community. Constantly at odds with him is Shiono, a handsome junior officer in his twenties from the Community Safety Division who is on the fast-track career path. The two clash over the smallest things every day, and to make matters worse, they are also neighbours in the police dormitory. Just when their relationship seems destined to remain a nightmare, everything changes after Takoi is unexpectedly set up on a marriage meeting.
Your Sky: Hare Nochi Koi
🗓️ Aug 2, 2026 | MDL Hinata, a kind-hearted, innocent, and positive guy, and Sora, a tsundere senior who’s a campus celebrity and feared as the “Tyrant Prince.” They’re supposed to be fake lovers… but is this real love?! The fates of these two, who were never meant to cross paths, take a dramatic turn after a spur-of-the-moment “lie.”
Sekigae Shitara, Doyara Ushiro no Otoko ga Ore no Koto Sukirashii
🗓️ Aug 6, 2026 | MDL | Trailer A simple seat change turns one high schooler's life upside down. Ordinary student Mayama Haru is stunned when he finds a handwritten confession on a worksheet passed around the classroom. Even more shocking, the note is from Asamiya Kosei, the impossibly handsome and popular boy at the center of their class. Certain the confession wasn't meant for him, Haru questions Kosei, only to receive an immediate and unwavering answer: it was written for him. As Kosei's intense affection grows stronger by the day, Haru finds himself swept up by the relentless advances of a boy who has been hiding his feelings for far too long.
Yokya Shudan ni Iru Serizawa wa, Ore no Mae da to Yosu ga Okashii (Popular Serizawa Acts Weird Around Me)
🗓️ Aug 11, 2026 | MDL | Trailer Suzuki, a loner student, secretly wrote a BL novel using the name of Serizawa, a popular guy in a group of outgoing people, as his model. But when Serizawa ends up reading it, Suzuki panics, convinced he'll be mocked. Instead, Serizawa unexpectedly showers it with praise. From that day on, Serizawa keeps finding reasons to hang around him and invite him out. Before Suzuki can even process what's happening, Serizawa steadily closes the distance between them. "Why me!?" Yet Serizawa only becomes more persistent. "I'm not planning to let you get away, Suzuki." Before he realizes it, Suzuki finds himself being swept along at Serizawa's pace as the two grow unexpectedly close.
Chotto Matou yo, Harutora-kun
🗓️ Aug 14, 2026 | MDL High school student Kishida Sui hides his expressions behind a face mask and often becomes an easy target for teasing in the boys' dormitory. Though he laughs things off and gets through school life with a smile, deep down he's become wary of forming close relationships. In the spring of his second year, he's assigned to share a room with first-year student Kurobe Harutora. Harutora's straightforward emotions and natural closeness gradually begin to break down the walls Sui has built around his heart. One is Kishida Sui, a senior struggling with relationships. The other is Kurobe Harutora, a junior who wears his heart on his sleeve. As these two opposites grow closer, their heartwarming interactions are filled with the sweet, bittersweet flutter of first love. This is a pure coming-of-age romance that captures the awkwardness of adolescent love and the fresh, heartfelt journey of growing up.
Love Is Better the Second Time Around Season 2
🗓️ Sep 1, 2026 | MDL Two years later, Miyata Akihiro and Iwanaga Takashi are happily living together, having finally found the loving relationship they had long been searching for. Despite their busy lives, they cherish every moment they spend together, and their future seems brighter than ever. But even as they grow closer, Miyata realizes there are still parts of Iwanaga's past he knows nothing about. Iwanaga avoids talking about his former lovers, while fleeting words and subtle gestures hint at a side of him Miyata has never seen. When Iwanaga publicly reveals in a magazine interview that he has "someone important" in his life, his former partners unexpectedly reappear, stirring up old emotions and putting the couple's relationship to the test. Wanting to believe Iwanaga's heartfelt words, "The only person I want to be with now is you," Miyata struggles to shake the unease growing in his heart. As jealousy, unresolved feelings, and hidden pasts begin to cast a shadow over their happiness, the couple must face another test of their love in this heartfelt and passionate romance.
How Do We Relationship?
🗓️ Sep 10, 2026 | MDL Shy Miwa has always dreamed of finding love, but living in small-town Japan made finding the right match difficult - especially since she likes girls! Even going away to college didn’t seem to increase her romantic odds until one day her outgoing classmate Saeko suggests they might as well start dating each other since it’s not like either of them have other options. At first it seems like things won’t work out as their personalities clash and misunderstandings abound. But when their casual friendship starts to become something more Miwa begins to wonder—can a pragmatic proposal lead to true love?
The Proper Way to Write Love Season 2
🗓️ October, 2026 | MDL (no synopsis atm) Under the cut, announced JQLs without date/cast. ⬎
