[Produced by QREATION] Produced by Crystal Noda! Starring Nagisa Shibuya & Aoki Macho, 'Macho to, Manami' to be released on March 31 (Tue) at 12:00!

The vertical short drama 'Macho to, Manami,' produced by QREATION Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President: Keisuke Yonanaga), will begin streaming on March 31, 2026 (Tue) at 12:00 on the short drama app 'FANY:D,' operated by the Yoshimoto Kogyo Group.

This work is a 28-episode vertical short drama that blends laughter, love, and loneliness, planned and produced by Crystal Noda of the M-1 Grand Prix 2020 champions, Magical Lovely. It features dual leads: Nagisa Shibuya, winner of the 48th Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Newcomer, and Aoki Macho (Kakeochi), known as the 'strongest macho in Yoshimoto Kogyo history.'

Episodes 1-5 are free to watch. Episodes 6 and onwards will be available on a pay-per-view basis.

[Key Points of the Work] 1. Produced by Crystal Noda! A 'slightly strange romantic comedy' woven by leads Nagisa Shibuya and Aoki Macho. The setting is a strange gym with a cosplay-loving owner (Crystal Noda), a trainer who has never worked out (Aoki Macho), and a pig walking around. Manami (Nagisa Shibuya) arrives, and despite the mismatch between her and the macho trainer, they develop a strange human connection. Unlike typical short dramas filled with constant incidents, this one is unique because nothing major happens. We deliver a new genre: the 'strange romantic comedy'!

2. Owner Crystal Noda's seven cosplay transformations! Keep an eye out for the owner's bizarre cosplay, including a warlord, bandman, pirate, baseball manager, doctor, Lolita, Rambo, and hakama!

[Synopsis] This is the story of Manami (Nagisa Shibuya), a woman in her late 20s who has never thought about love, and Aoki Macho, a gym trainer who is overly muscular but has never actually trained, at a gym owned by Crystal Noda. Manami starts going to the gym due to her father's illness and her mother asking, 'Aren't you married yet?' Through conversations with Aoki, Manami's heart, which had lived thinking 'I'm fine on my own,' begins to change. She faces anxieties about 'dying alone' and experiences 'jealousy' and 'love' for the first time. Eventually, she realizes her life goal: 'To live not being alone.'