Vertical Short Drama 'Before We Divorce' | Starring Oto Abe & Kai Hayasaka. Streaming Begins on Empathy-Driven Human Drama App 'POPCORN'
GOKKO Inc. releases the short drama 'Before We Divorce' on their app 'POPCORN' on April 24, 2026. The story realistically portrays marital discord over childcare and invisible chores.
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Starting Friday, April 24, 2026, GOKKO Inc. will begin streaming the vertical short drama "Before We Divorce" on the vertical short drama app "POPCORN".
This work is a short drama that depicts the rift formed between a wife overwhelmed by work and childcare, and a husband who cannot change his attitude of merely "helping out," intertwined with the perspective of their young daughter.
Original concept by Yui Ouchi: "The Closest Stranger" (Every Day We Blush).
Watch "Before We Divorce"
◼︎ Synopsis
An accident occurs where the daughter, Mika, accidentally swallows a marble.
In contrast to his panicked wife, Ayumi, her husband Masaru is optimistic and laid-back, saying, "Well, she's fine, isn't she?" Triggered by this swallowing incident, Ayumi's accumulated dissatisfaction with her husband overflows. Amidst her daily life consumed by work and childcare, Masaru remains stubbornly in his "helping" stance. She begins to agonize over whether she can continue to walk through life with this husband...
◼︎ Highlights
1. The realistic marital rift born from the accumulation of "invisible chores" everyone recognizes
Leaving socks taken off on the floor, picking up the child from preschool, replacing toilet paper—the depiction of "trivial misunderstandings" carefully built up by scriptwriter Gurimu Enomoto overlaps with the daily lives of many viewers. Attention should be paid to the reality of how the accumulation of small dissatisfactions, rather than major incidents, destroys a marriage.
2. The existence of the young daughter Mika asks, "What is a family?"
"Are Mommy and Daddy fighting?" "I want to see Daddy soon."—Mika's pure words and actions shake the adults' choices to their core. Child actor Rikka Kamata's natural acting carries the emotional core of the story.
◼︎ Main Cast
Oto Abe from 'Before We Divorce'
◼︎ Oto Abe | as Ayumi Yamamoto
A wife bearing the burden of work and childcare all by herself. She has kept swallowing her dissatisfaction with her husband, but triggered by her daughter's swallowing accident, she begins to struggle with the thought, "Can I really continue to walk with this person?"
◼︎ Kai Hayasaka | as Masaru Yamamoto
A husband who cannot break free from the stance of "helping" with housework and childcare. Though clumsy, he loves his family, but he is unable to show those feelings through actions.
Kai Hayasaka from 'Before We Divorce'
Rikka Kamata from 'Before We Divorce'
◼︎ Rikka Kamata | as Mika Yamamoto
The only daughter of Ayumi and Masaru (6 years old). While sensitively sensing the discord between her parents, she expresses her feelings straightforwardly. Her presence greatly influences the couple's decisions.
◼︎ Work Overview
Title: "Before We Divorce"
Genre: Vertical short drama / Social human drama
Number of episodes: 12 episodes in total
Production year: 2026
Director: Kyohei Fujisaku
Script: Gurimu Enomoto
Original concept: Yui Ouchi "The Closest Stranger" (Every Day We Blush)
Production: GOKKO / LY Corporation
Production Studio: STUDIO GOKKO
◾️ Vertical Short Drama App POPCORN
Vertical short drama app "POPCORN"
"Emotion in your spare moments." Vertical short drama app "POPCORN"
Under the concept of "Emotion in your spare moments," it is a platform that provides "dense entertainment" by up-and-coming creators who will lead the next generation. Each episode is about 1.5 to 3 minutes long. The first few episodes are free to watch, and subsequent episodes are released on a pay-per-view basis. Fully utilizing GOKKO's unique know-how that has garnered positive responses across generations, works shining with creators' individuality are being deployed regardless of genre, such as romance, immoral, youth, and comedy.
Download the app from here
https://popcorn-drama.go.link?adj_t=1sfy5zhz
- Specifications: iOS version, Android version
- Price: Free download *In-app purchases available
- Expected operating environment: iOS 17 or later, Android 12 or later
Download the app and watch
◾️ About GOKKO Inc.
GOKKO Logo
Always and forever. Unstoppable growth and ambition for the world.
A creative company where next-generation entertainment leaders gather.
"Gokko Club" is a creator group that continues to make vertical short dramas under the theme of "small love often forgotten in daily life." Formed by 6 people in May 2021, and established GOKKO Inc. in 2022. Adopting a world-class production system that handles everything from planning, scriptwriting, filming, editing, posting, to marketing as one team end-to-end. They have produced and posted 4,000 videos so far. Cumulative views have exceeded 12 billion (as of February 2026) & total SNS followers exceed 6 million*. A creator group that continues to present "the ideal state of drama expression in the coming era" to the world, boasting No.1 in Japan in the short drama category for views, followers, and likes.
*Including joint accounts
Starting Friday, April 24, 2026, GOKKO Inc. will begin streaming the vertical short drama "Before We Divorce" on the vertical short drama app "POPCORN".
This work is a short drama that depicts the rift formed between a wife overwhelmed by work and childcare, and a husband who cannot change his attitude of merely "helping out," intertwined with the perspective of their young daughter.
Original concept by Yui Ouchi: "The Closest Stranger" (Every Day We Blush).
Watch "Before We Divorce"
◼︎ Synopsis
An accident occurs where the daughter, Mika, accidentally swallows a marble.
In contrast to his panicked wife, Ayumi, her husband Masaru is optimistic and laid-back, saying, "Well, she's fine, isn't she?" Triggered by this swallowing incident, Ayumi's accumulated dissatisfaction with her husband overflows. Amidst her daily life consumed by work and childcare, Masaru remains stubbornly in his "helping" stance. She begins to agonize over whether she can continue to walk through life with this husband...
◼︎ Highlights
1. The realistic marital rift born from the accumulation of "invisible chores" everyone recognizes
Leaving socks taken off on the floor, picking up the child from preschool, replacing toilet paper—the depiction of "trivial misunderstandings" carefully built up by scriptwriter Gurimu Enomoto overlaps with the daily lives of many viewers. Attention should be paid to the reality of how the accumulation of small dissatisfactions, rather than major incidents, destroys a marriage.
2. The existence of the young daughter Mika asks, "What is a family?"
"Are Mommy and Daddy fighting?" "I want to see Daddy soon."—Mika's pure words and actions shake the adults' choices to their core. Child actor Rikka Kamata's natural acting carries the emotional core of the story.
◼︎ Main Cast
Oto Abe from 'Before We Divorce'
◼︎ Oto Abe | as Ayumi Yamamoto
A wife bearing the burden of work and childcare all by herself. She has kept swallowing her dissatisfaction with her husband, but triggered by her daughter's swallowing accident, she begins to struggle with the thought, "Can I really continue to walk with this person?"
◼︎ Kai Hayasaka | as Masaru Yamamoto
A husband who cannot break free from the stance of "helping" with housework and childcare. Though clumsy, he loves his family, but he is unable to show those feelings through actions.
Kai Hayasaka from 'Before We Divorce'
Rikka Kamata from 'Before We Divorce'
◼︎ Rikka Kamata | as Mika Yamamoto
The only daughter of Ayumi and Masaru (6 years old). While sensitively sensing the discord between her parents, she expresses her feelings straightforwardly. Her presence greatly influences the couple's decisions.
◼︎ Work Overview
Title: "Before We Divorce"
Genre: Vertical short drama / Social human drama
Number of episodes: 12 episodes in total
Production year: 2026
Director: Kyohei Fujisaku
Script: Gurimu Enomoto
Original concept: Yui Ouchi "The Closest Stranger" (Every Day We Blush)
Production: GOKKO / LY Corporation
Production Studio: STUDIO GOKKO
◾️ Vertical Short Drama App POPCORN
Vertical short drama app "POPCORN"
"Emotion in your spare moments." Vertical short drama app "POPCORN"
Under the concept of "Emotion in your spare moments," it is a platform that provides "dense entertainment" by up-and-coming creators who will lead the next generation. Each episode is about 1.5 to 3 minutes long. The first few episodes are free to watch, and subsequent episodes are released on a pay-per-view basis. Fully utilizing GOKKO's unique know-how that has garnered positive responses across generations, works shining with creators' individuality are being deployed regardless of genre, such as romance, immoral, youth, and comedy.
Download the app from here
https://popcorn-drama.go.link?adj_t=1sfy5zhz
- Specifications: iOS version, Android version
- Price: Free download *In-app purchases available
- Expected operating environment: iOS 17 or later, Android 12 or later
Download the app and watch
◾️ About GOKKO Inc.
GOKKO Logo
Always and forever. Unstoppable growth and ambition for the world.
A creative company where next-generation entertainment leaders gather.
"Gokko Club" is a creator group that continues to make vertical short dramas under the theme of "small love often forgotten in daily life." Formed by 6 people in May 2021, and established GOKKO Inc. in 2022. Adopting a world-class production system that handles everything from planning, scriptwriting, filming, editing, posting, to marketing as one team end-to-end. They have produced and posted 4,000 videos so far. Cumulative views have exceeded 12 billion (as of February 2026) & total SNS followers exceed 6 million*. A creator group that continues to present "the ideal state of drama expression in the coming era" to the world, boasting No.1 in Japan in the short drama category for views, followers, and likes.
*Including joint accounts