

All I ever want, is to live the same day as yesterday.
21/10/2022
Overview
Mitsuru and Koichi’s connection is tested when Koichi mysteriously survives an accident, yet his existence fades from memory, forcing Mitsuru to question reality and love.
Status: Ended
Rating: 72%
Original language: JA
First Air Date: 21/10/2022
Last Air Date: 09/12/2022
Official website:
https://www.mbs.jp/eien/
Status: Ended
First Air Date: 21/10/2022
Last Air Date: 09/12/2022
Number of season: 1
Number of episodes: 8
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23712252
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Review by: Dominic Kebre
Written by: Dominic Kebre on 2024-12-17T15:41:34.679Z
Although I liked ”Minato's Coin Laundry” and ”Takara-kun to Amagi-kun” a lot, "Eternal Yesterday" is by far my favorite Japanese BL production of 2022.
In this heartbreaking BL series, which is completely different from all other BL series, Oumi Mitsuru (Inoue Sora) falls in love with the ”living corpse” of his friend Yamada Koichi who was killed in a car accident (Komiya Rio, who also played a support role in ”Takara-kun to Amagi-kun”).
Koichi can only be seen by the people who think of him, which implies that he becomes increasingly invisible from episode to episode as his classmates and people who used to know him tend to forget about him. This also means that the viewer knows that Koichi will disappear even from Mitsuru in the end. But when it actually happens, it is still a shock.
This is a beautiful love story, and despite the angst that is always there and that makes it bitter sweet, it is a masterpiece of storytelling. In 2022, there was no other series that made me cry as much as this.