Mr. Kurosaki's Pure Love Never Stops (2026)

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1 Season

January 7, 2026

Japanese

Drama

Synopsis

High schooler Koharu has never experienced love—until a mysterious regular at her family’s bento shop surprises her with a marriage proposal and a fortune. Thrust into his relentless, over-the-top devotion, she must navigate the whirlwind of first love.

Creator

Tatsuya Iwakura

Network

Nippon TV

Episodes

Episode 1

Jan 7, 2026

23 min

A high school girl who works at a rice ball shop and a genius novelist who is awkward when it comes to love. This is a new type of romantic comedy that will make you smile, with a pop and sweet story about two pure people with no dating experience!

Episode 2

Jan 14, 2026

23 min

Kurosaki (Yamanaka Jutaro) is happy to have become an "acquaintance" of Koharu (Toyoshima Hana), but his editor, Kiriya (Inaba Yu), asserts that there is zero chance they could become lovers. Shocked, Kurosaki decides to distance himself from Koharu. Koharu becomes concerned when Kurosaki suddenly stops appearing...

Episode 3

Jan 21, 2026

24 min

Kurosaki (Yamanaka Jutaro), who won the Polaris Grand Prize for his latest work, confesses his feelings for Koharu (Toyoshima Hana) at the awards ceremony. Koharu is confused by the public outcry over his public confession. Kurosaki has been banned from seeing Koharu for the time being, but Koharu is targeted by a weekly magazine reporter...

Episode 4

Jan 28, 2026

23 min

Feeling responsible for Kurosaki (Yamanaka Jutaro), who injured his right hand while shielding her, Koharu (Toyoshima Hana) offers to ghostwrite for him. Koharu starts visiting Kurosaki's house and gradually begins to see him as a grown man, but suddenly a love rival appears!

Episode 5

Feb 4, 2026

23 min

Koharu (Toyoshima Hana) is uneasy when she sees a woman holding Kurosaki (Yamanaka Jutaro) arm in arm, and is distracted even at work. When she visits the filming location of a movie with a rice ball as a gift from Kiriya (Inaba Yu), she discovers that the woman in question is actually the actress playing the heroine.