So, there is this late Summer J-Drama that’s on now, currently at episode 05, and it stars popular Fukuda Saki, who you might remember in ‘LIFE’ where she co-star’d with Kitano Kie. In IS – which stands for Inter-Sexual, Saki-chan plays Hoshino Haru – the intersexual. Alongside her is the ever cute Gouriki Ayame playing the sophisticated Aihara Miwako.

Apparently there is a manga this drama is based upon but I never read it and don’t plan on starting. Just from reading the synopsis, my heart already is 50 feet under but I am sure everyone has heard of ‘great marketing’. Let me just say that this drama knows how to sell so much that I was compelled to pick this up and start watching.

I have to tell you that every episode I watch, I feel like I am in a room with a time bomb. I know where things are going, where they are supposed to go, but IS keeps on feeding me these great Haru/Miwa moments that I just can’t resist! So, if you are ready to test your heart’s limits…

Let the bittersweet emotions begin!

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