Grapara! (2025)

Sinopsis

Katsuragi Sakura is a budding gravure idol who dreams of being on the cover of a magazine. However, the corrupt manager of the talent agency she belongs to has a vile plan... Amidst all this, Sakura, who is being followed by a stalker is rescued by Sumida Shinobu, whose dream of becoming a film director has been shattered. In fact, Shinobu is a fan of Sakura. However, Sakura tells him that her agency has restricted her part-time jobs, she is living in poverty and cannot even pay her rent, and that she is thinking of quitting gravure idol. Not wanting Sakura to give up on her dream, Shinobu decides to work together with Sakura to rise to gravure idol stardom. Shinobu then suggests that Sakura stay in a shared house with a friend who works as an assistant to a photographer, and they unexpectedly start living together with their favorite gravure idol...! However, what awaits Sakura and Shinobu are the vile schemes of their corrupt manager and the greedy tactics of sexual harassment industry insiders...! In the gravure world where you never know what to do, the dangerous and slightly erotic love comedy of Sakura, who is purely chasing her dream, and the dull Shinobu, is finally about to begin! (Source: Japanese = ABC || Translation = MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Grapara!" (グラぱらっ！) written by Katsura Airi (桂あいり) and illustrated by Nishikida Keishi (西木田景志).