The third episode of the TV anime "Kowloon Generic Romance," based on the manga by Mayuzuki Jun that is currently being serialized in "Weekly Young Jump" (Shueisha), will be broadcast on TV Tokyo and other channels on April 19th.
Kudo, who has just delivered the goldfish bowl that Reiko bought to her house, senses the presence of her former lover in Reiko's room. Kudo continues to search for Nguyen, a waitress at the disappeared coffee shop Kingyo Teahouse, but he cannot find any trace of her. Meanwhile, a suspicious masked man wanders the streets of Kowloon and contacts Reiko. The masked man tells her that there was a "Kujirai B" in the past, separate from her current self. Reiko is troubled by the fact that even her own habits and feelings of love may be borrowed from "Kujirai B."
"Kowloon Generic Romance " is a manga by Mayuzuki, who is also known for "Love is Like After the Rain," which was adapted into a TV anime and a live-action movie, and has been serialized in "Weekly Young Jump" since November 2019. Reiko Kujirai, who works at a real estate agency in the nostalgic city of Kowloon Walled City, has a slight crush on her senior at work, Kudo Hajime, and when she finds a photo, she learns that Kudo had a fiance who looked just like her in the past. As memories that can't be found, the true identity of her other self, and a huge secret hidden in the city of Kowloon intertwine, past, present, and future, love will unravel the secrets.
A live-action adaptation of the anime will be released this summer, with Shiraishi Haruka playing Riho Yoshioka Reiko and Tomokazu Sugita playing Kudou Hatsu, and Koshi Mizukami and Mizukami Koji co-starring.
