Stories of
contract marriages always have that hook that leaves us asking for more, and
the next summer season already has its great love bet. This Monday it was
officially confirmed that the romantic comedy The Duke's Son Claims He
Won't Love Me Yet Showers Me with Adoration (known in Japan by its
abbreviation KimiAi) will make the leap to television with its
own anime adaptation.
To
accompany the announcement, the production committee released a first trailer
and a promotional image, also confirming that the series will premiere in Japan
during the month of July 2026 through networks such as TV
Asahi.
Details
about The Duke's Son Claims He Won't Love Me Yet Showers Me with Adoration
This
adaptation is a co-production between the Zero-G and Glass studios,
an interesting duo that promises to maintain the tender aesthetics of the work.
In the director's chair we find Hitoyuki Matsui, whom you surely
remember for his great work adapting romance in Tonikaku Kawaii (Fly
Me to the Moon). The composition of the series and the scripts are in the hands
of veteran Tomoko Konparu, a master of shojo who has worked on
classics such as Kimi ni Todoke and NANA.
What is
the story about?
Based on
the novel written by Kei Misawa and adapted into a manga
by Natsu Mizuno in COMIC Polaris magazine,
the plot introduces us to Elsa, a young noblewoman whose family has fallen into
total poverty, but who maintains a super positive and hardworking attitude
towards life. By chance of fate and pure mutual convenience, she ends up
accepting a contract marriage with Julius, an elite aristocrat who is the next
duke in the line of succession.
Julius is
cold, extremely clumsy about social matters and makes it very clear from day
one that he does not intend to love her. However, daily coexistence does its
thing. The fun of this series is to see how this "heartless" duke
ends up secretly melting with love for the kind attentions of his wife, giving
us one of those comedies where they both die for each other but are lousy to
make the first real move.
