Name: The Borderline between Friends with Benefits and Lovers
Released: 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: You, Kuruma Takahira, Saaya

TV-udsendelse · Drama

A panel of hosts, all with different views on love and relationships, have an honest discussion about ambiguous romantic relationships as they watch short films that explore the topic.

2025 · 52m

Medvirkende You, Kuruma Takahira, Saaya

Instruktør Rikiya Imaizumi, Yoko Yamanaka

EPISODE 1

What Are We?

A woman, after a chance encounter, spends a night with a man but finds herself stuck in an undefined relationship; as she attempts to break free from the friends with benefits label, an unexpected ending awaits.
EPISODE 2

The Ideal Marriage Partner

A magazine editor in a casual relationship finds her life changed after starting to date a classmate she reconnects with at a wedding.
EPISODE 3

Falling for a FWB

A senior and junior friends from university also have sex and confide in each other about various aspects of their lives; one of them starts to develop romantic feelings.
EPISODE 4

Neither Lovers nor Fwb -- Someone Special

Through three short films, the hosts discuss what defines and differentiates friends with benefits from lovers, and where they would draw the line.
EPISODE 5

If Only We Are Lovers

Toko Tanabe begins to be attracted to Satoshi Matsuyama; on a date, Toko drinks until the last train; Matsuyama ends up staying at her house, where she spends the night with him.
EPISODE 6

Introduction to Marriage Studies

Sana Ikegami, who works as the editor-in-chief of a popular magazine, prioritises her work and her own time over romance; she leads a fulfilling life, where she frequently engages in sexual intercourse with a friend to stave off loneliness.