-Adachi and Kurosawas couple colours in ep 8 are yellow and blue. These colour hues are often used to give moods to scenes like emotional scenes (blue) or romantic scenes (yellow) as well.

-Kurosawa reaches for sugar before Adachi has told his preference in episode 2.

-Adachi leans forward when he's about to eat porridge in episode 6. Showing that this scene originally had him being fed by Kurosawa as promo-pictures have indicated. This scene was cut.

-All of Kurosawas fantasies either feature his home or Adachis home in them (Kurosawas couch/bed or Adachis kitchen/living room).

-The coloured ties Kurosawa (red) and Adachi (blue) wear in the ending song are the same ones they wear when they each confront the other (ep 7).

-In the first scene of episode 1 Adachi is cycling away from a ''30'' sign on the ground onto a hill. Showing the struggle he overcomes when reaching 30.

-The mirror of Adachi moves to be permanently near his bed when he prepares clothes in episode 8. Showing he cares more about his outer appearance from this point on.

-In episode 8 Adachi quickly hides his laid out clothes from others by throwing the bed sheets over them before they sit down.

-In episode 9 Kurosawa deliberately points to a side of his face so that Adachi misunderstands. He did it right when Adachi got the mark on his face, he does that so that Adachi can't find the rice grain stuck to it immediately.

-The car license plate of the onigiri seller is 12-24. The day of the final episode of Cherry Magic. The name of the onigiri seller shop is ''真むすび'' which has the word '''真'' or makoto in it which means true. It also has the word ''むすび'' (kanji version: 結び) or musubi in it which has multiple meanings. It can refer to both a rice ball or a conclusion. So either making the meaning ''True riceballs'' or ''True conclusion'' (which fits with the license plate date 12-24). More importantly though, musubi can also refer to a rope knot or union. One of the more important rope knots in Japanese culture being the Mizuhiki (水引 ) which can be given during important events like marriage.

7. News articles

2020.09.30 Interview both: https://dogatch.jp/news/tx/85996/detail/
2020.10.08 Interview Akaso: http://tvfan.jp/?p=1054045
2020.10.15 Interview Machida: https://fast-tokyo.com/keita-machida-4/
2020.10.15 Interview both: https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20201015-akasomachida/
2020.10.27 Interview production team: https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20201027-cherrymagic/
2020.11.23 Interview EXILE member (with CM question): https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20201123-onozukahayato/
2020.11.25 Interview of director CM Kazama: https://dogatch.jp/news/tx/89093/detail/
2020.11.26 Interview Akaso: https://www.crank-in.net/interview/83444/1
2020.11.28 Interview Akaso: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/490c27553a9aa552d647b6b2868cdca945047c6e
2020.12.7 Interview Akaso: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/980db3b2e281ba968307d54a0730de28cf27708c
2020.12.7 Interview Machida: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/9b26ac743d154493ce199174ba318f8a0c13f324
2020.12.11 Review ep 10: https://dogatch.jp/news/tx/89929/detail/
2020.12.15 Review series: https://www.elle.com/jp/culture/movie-tv/g34957788/tv-series-viral-trend-cherry-magic-201215/?slide=1
2020.12.23 Akaso PIA BOYS interview part 1: https://lp.p.pia.jp/shared/cnt-s/cnt-s-11-02_2_c93c275d-6e99-48d6-85d7-c3789130b608.html
2020.12.23 Akaso PIA BOYS interview part 2: https://lp.p.pia.jp/shared/cnt-s/cnt-s-11-02_2_ca09d4bf-a46b-4b77-97ad-5c756a8d48bf.html
2021.9.2 Akaso interview translation Taiwanese media: https://twitter.com/sledgang211/status/1358974524356579332

Akaso translated interview CM: https://twitter.com/motivateanger/status/1340492681764433920

Machida translated interview CM: https://twitter.com/motivateanger/status/1341040450740731904

Mangaka translated interview CM: https://twitter.com/motivateanger/status/1342895032278269952

Machida in Taiwan translated review CM: https://twitter.com/motivateanger/status/1343757689113886720?s=20

Foreigner

Nov 28, 2020 07:07 pm

Thank you very much ~♡

RandomUsagi

Nov 28, 2020 07:34 pm

No problem, glad its helpful!

Emms

Nov 28, 2020 11:46 pm

HERO

Hikari no Naka

Nov 29, 2020 01:21 am

Thanks for compiling this Usagi san!

RandomUsagi

Nov 29, 2020 02:29 am

No problem! If any of you have any more video suggestions feel free to leave a comment with links and I'll add them.

MelonIceCream2100

Nov 29, 2020 04:11 am

Thank you so much for your effort!

Nanakor

Nov 29, 2020 09:02 am

Thank you so much for your hard work :)

Hikari no Naka

Nov 29, 2020 03:32 pm

2020 Interview of Akaso about 1st photobook highlights:

His album is titled “A” to symbolize the beginning and also because his name starts with “A” (Akaso)
He showed his favourite shot, since it is the one that he thinks the closest to the real him
Next is “miracle shot” it was taken during rain and he tried so hard to open his eyes for the shot (he looks so beautiful in that shot)
He always wanted to go Okinawa since little but there was no chance. So for the first album, he would like it to be taken in Okinawa. He tried Okinawan food "agu shabu shabu" which was very delicious
Machida congratulated him on the first album and Akaso said he is very happy

Note: The video titled “Akaso Eiji’s first photo album on sale. “Lover’s role” Machida Keita also gave blessing “I’m very happy” (Oricon, what are you trying to say? Lol)

janosch

Nov 29, 2020 06:01 pm

Thank you so much for this!!! I love you for this ^^ I'm still amazed at how great every single one of the people in our little fandom is<3

Hikari no Naka

Nov 30, 2020 09:02 am

Akaso's Tv series with his family at home (Akaso's part only)

He is referred here as “honey face” boy (^^)
Both of his parents are teachers. His father is a linguistic professor at university in Nagoya and his mother is a piano teacher
One of the guys said that he goes to the university where Akaso’s father teaches and his girlfriend attends his class. He also said that Akaso’s father is very good at teaching and very popular.
Akaso’s father keeps a daily schedule to keep track of the studies of his son(s). The blank ones are where they skip the study (lol)
His mother played Chopin on the piano
The host was impressed with the family, his impression was “what kind of family is this?”

einepriseglitzer

Dec 14, 2020 04:55 pm

omg usagi i love you for the lip bite thing lol

it makes me feel less weird lol or maybe we both are XD he does it a lot tho so

RandomUsagi

Dec 14, 2020 05:09 pm

einepriseglitzer:
omg usagi i love you for the lip bite thing lol
it makes me feel less weird lol or maybe we both are XD he does it a lot tho so

No problem :D I'm okay with my own weirdness XD I've been wanting to do this for a while and during watchparties I usually get distracted so I just power-watched through every episode on my own again. Making it another complete rewatch I've done.