T-shirt ga Kawaku Made | Tシャツが乾くまで | Until the T-shirt Dries | [2026] | Episode 01 - Part II

I was not planning on watching E02 until I had gotten in an episode each of The East Palace and Human Vapor but I had to pivot.  I saw that there are new episodes on Thursdays, which oddly enough, I like.  Maybe it's because I'm from the days when you were forced to wait a whole week to see the next episode of my favorite show.  Or maybe I have some kind of "binge burnout".  I do like when there are shows that have their whole season available to stream when they drop but sometimes, I miss the anticipation of the next day the show is on.  Imo, it seems like releasing 2 or 3 episodes a week works out better for those of us who are drama addicts.  I like that I can watch 2 or 3 episodes and then move on to the next drama for 2 or 3 episodes.  Going this route, I am always up to date and I don't miss anything.  Having all episodes available and leaving it up to me to pace myself is a terrible thing (for me).

Since the next episode isn't until next Thursday, I'll watch E02 and then I will go catch up with Human Vapor.

When I opened up Netflix and saw this as the first drama, I saw an actor I thought I recognized.  So I looked at the details and I didn't see that he was listed.  I also did not click on where it said "more".  I have had a light fascination with Matsuyama Ken'ichi for a while.  I can't remember where I first saw him.  My first memory is having heard he was going to be L in the Death Note movie.  I had to look up what else he had done and one of the dramas he did was Gokusen, which I am also watching now.  I watched half of the first episode a couple of weeks ago. I don't recall seeing him in that though I have to admit, my focus was purely on Matsumoto Jun.  I am not worried about going back to watch the rest of this because I've seen it before so it's less urgent for me to watch it.

The 2 couples in this drama, which took me a minute to sort out in my head, are The Seos and The Sonodas.  The Seos are Sakiko, the magazine editor and Mitsuru, the café owner.  The Sonodas are Miki, part time bookstore worker and Itsuki, well, I haven't figured that out yet.  But I will and when I do, I'll report back.  They probably mentioned it but I'm good at missing some details sometimes.

So, when I first see Mitsuru, I thought he looked just like Matsuyama Ken'ichi but I didn't think it was him because (mostly) he wasn't in the immediate credits.  As I was looking online to see if there was a better summary of this drama, I saw he was in it and he IS Mitsuru.

Another reason I am going to watch E02 now instead of going back to it later after I've caught up on 2 other dramas is because of the cliffhanger.  OMG.  I'm on my way to watch it now.  I've yapped too long and I am dying to watch it!