What She Likes (2021)

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• Movie: What She Likes (literal title)
• Romaji: Kanojo ga Sukina Mono wa
• Japanese: 彼女が好きなものは
• Director: Shogo Kusano
• Writer: Naoto Asahara (novel), Shogo Kusano
• Producer: Minori Maehara, Aya Miyamoto
• Cinematographer: Yuta Tsukinaga
• Release Date: Fall, 2021
• Runtime: 121 min.
• Distributor: Bandai Namco Arts, Animoproduce
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Jun Ando (Fuju Kamio) is a gay male high school student. He doesn’t tell anyone that he is gay. One day, he happens to meet his female classmate Sae Miura in the BL manga section at a the bookstore. Sae Miura asks him to not tell anyone that she likes reading about BL (genre depicting homoerotic stories). She is unaware that Jun Ando is gay. Even though Jun Ando is dating Makoto, after their bookstore encounter, Jun Ando and Sae Miura get closer to each other. Sae Miura then confesses her feelings to Jun Ando. He accepts her confession and they begin to date. But …