Hikari no Naka

Regarding the spin-off, currently the only information is from the official account Twitter. It says that spin-off will start from late night on 24/12 and will contain scenes not covered in the main story. However, it will only be available on Tsutaya Premium (not TV Tokyo) which requires membership and fee. More details will be released later.

And Adachi would be all flustered when Kurosawa calls him "Kiyoshi", omg I'm already excited thinking about that xDD

I watched Pornographer. I think it's also quite good in terms of acting but it doesn't have the complete package as CM, so I don't feel the same way.

The one which stars Kento Yamazaki? His role is a gangster, right? He looks so totally different I can't believe he's the same person who plays Kurosawa.

Since ep3 I have raised my rating from 9 to full mark, I know that this drama will not fail me.

Thanks to CM, we all have succeeded in training our patience and restraining our greed. I feel like we have achieved enlightenment.

Wow, that's a very thorough investigation :) I can't even keep track of which tie is worn during which scene without looking again at the video. But I remember official-san also mentioned something about ties in their tweet, so maybe their fates are tied to their ties? lol.

Exactly.. no frame in this drama is wasted, it's amazing that they can cram so many details into 20-mins long drama.

For me this has also become one of the greatest mysteries in the universe, along with Kurosawa's black got Line icon :D

I'm trying to figure out the message behind the little post-it-notes and gifts on Kurosawa's desk in his flashback. I find it rather strange since it was shot in close range, so I thought there must be some message behind it. Two of the messages seem to be thanking him for the document, but I can't figure out what is written on the notes stuck to the little pouch. I thought of two possibilities:
1. He has worked hard to do good job and his colleagues thanked him (in line with him working hard both in his job and relationship)
2. The colorful notes and little pouch seem to be received from female colleagues. This shows how popular he is and he often receives a lot of little thanks notes and gifts.
This drama often has this kind of little details which I can't help but appreciate it more. Feel free to share your thoughts!

I just noticed the "little hand dance" is actually him brushing the little plant's leaves on the table :D oooh, see what love does to our elite handsome Kurosawa.

It's catching up with no 1!

I was thinking that too. But it's OK, the drama has already given us so much other things that are better than manga, eg: princess carry, even Kurosawa and Adachi's confession scene are so much better in drama. So I'm OK with letting that go :D

Shall we call this CM symptoms?

I did already.

You're right, it's no use to comment. Maybe it's better to report them.

Yes, it's really impressive. Even compared to the subs for Ep1 in the official YT channel, I have to say that Irozuku's one is much better. I can see that they really love this drama :)

There are already some channels that uploaded Irozuku's subs to YT, while Irozuku has warned multiple times not to upload it to YT! I'm so angry! Should I tell them off??
I can understand the efforts it take to translate and make subtitles, it has to be done out of pure passions and Irozuku has done absolutely well. And some people just take it and upload it to get views and take benefit from the ads!
So guys, as much as possible, do not watch it from YT and instead just go to Irozuku's page and download/watch it from there.

I really love Irozuku's subs! I think it perfectly conveys all the characters' subtle emotions and they are really on spot! Now I can see the real difference that it can make between a standard subber and the one that is capable and passionate about the story.

Nice analysis! The "30" in the opening shot is such an Easter egg :)