Akito Hayasaka (Ren Nagase) is a talented artist. He is working hard to be accepted for the Nika Exhibition, but a tumor is discovered in his heart and he is told that he has one year left to live. Akito Hayasaka doesn’t express his emotions on his diagnosis. One day, on the hospital rooftop, Akito Hayasaka meets Haruna Sakurai (Natsuki Deguchi), who is painting. Haruna Sakurai tells him that she has only half a year to live. Akito Hayasaka gets attracted to her more and more, but he doesn’t tell her about his condition.
Adapted from Ao Morita’s best-selling 2023 manga titled Yomei Ichinen to Senkoku Sareta Boku ga, Yomei Hantoshi no Kimi to Deatta Hanashi translated as The story of how I, who was told I only had one year to live, met you, who only had half a year we can expect a tear-jerker. The buzz on social media agrees and even Netflix recommends getting your tissues ready. Having drawn readers as a self-published story, it continued to claim hearts once picked up by Poplar Publishing, selling over 450,000 copies.
Akito Hayasaka is a talented artist, once striving for success and now with a terminal illness – when he receives a heart tumor diagnosis with one year to live, he gives up. Haruna Sakurai, with only half a year left, rekindles his passion as he keeps his condition secret from her. As his attraction grows, he wonders whether he can or should fall in love with only limited time available.
