We're About to Fall in Love for Real「「今からガチ恋始めます」, Ima kara gachi koi hajimemasu?. English: "I'm Starting to Fall in Love Now"」, also known as LoveforReal「「今ガチ」, Ima gachi?」 for short, is a reality dating show.
Overview[]
The reality dating show features a cast of high school students in the performing arts departments, where they bond and interact with each other through various events on the weekends, and see if they became intimate by the end of the show.[1] It is produced by Masaya Kaburagi.
The show went through a great scandal after actress Akane Kurokawa unintentionally hit popular model Yuki Sumi on set and later made a suicide attempt due to the harassment she received from social media. The scandal was resolved after the cast uploaded a heartfelt video showing the show from the their perspective, which changed Akane's online image while solidifying the show's popularity.
At the end of the show, Akane and Aqua Hoshino became a couple.
Cast[]
Trivia[]
- The show also went by the name The Beginning of My Love With An Idol or My Love with a Star Begins Now with MyLove or LoveNow for short in other translations.
- There are eight members in the cast photo, but the seventh member never appears again, and the eighth member is never fully seen.
- In the anime, these members are entirely omitted from the photo.