The official website and Twitter account for the live-action TV drama adaptation of Hajime Inoryū and Shōta Itō's My Dearest Self with Malice Aforethought (Shinainaru Boku e Satsui o Komete) manga has announced additional cast and the theme song artist.
Hey! Say! JUMP will be performing the drama's theme song.
Hey! Say! JUMP idol group member Ryōsuke Yamada has been cast as Eiji Urashima, a college student whose father is a serial killer. One day, Eiji realizes that he has a dual personality, and is driven by the fear that his other self is committing the murders.
The drama is set to premiere in October 2022.
NEW CAST ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mugi Kadowaki as Kyōka Yukimura, a woman who goes to the same college as Eiji
Onoe Matsuya II as Yashiro Sai, the charismatic leader of the small-time criminal group Skull
Yuki Sakurai as Kaori Momoi, a detective investigating the serial killings from 15 years ago
Kenichi Endō as Kameichi Urashima, Eiji's stepfather
Shirō Sano as Shōto Shirabishi, a professor at the (fictional) Teitō University
Masahiro Takashima as Keizō Saruwatari, a high-ranking police officer, and Momoi's superior
Taichi Saotome as Makoto Hachinoi, Eiji's biological father, and a suspect for the serial killings 15 years ago
Onoe Matsuya II as Yashiro Sai, the charismatic leader of the small-time criminal group Skull
Yuki Sakurai as Kaori Momoi, a detective investigating the serial killings from 15 years ago
Kenichi Endō as Kameichi Urashima, Eiji's stepfather
Shirō Sano as Shōto Shirabishi, a professor at the (fictional) Teitō University
Masahiro Takashima as Keizō Saruwatari, a high-ranking police officer, and Momoi's superior
Taichi Saotome as Makoto Hachinoi, Eiji's biological father, and a suspect for the serial killings 15 years ago
MAIN CAST:
Rina Kawaei has been cast as the heroine of the series, Nami. Nami is a woman who is forced to work at "Alice," as dating club run by a semi-gangster group, Skull. She has low self-esteem and has given up on life. Her best friend was killed in an incident. While stunned and lost in thought, Eiji appeared in front of her. She decides to search for the culprit who took her best friend's life... Nami is a character unique to the drama, and has elements of Shinmyouji Rei from the original story.
Michitaka Okuda is writing the scripts, and Hiroaki Matsuyama is serving as the chief director. Daisuke Kusagaya is producing, and Fuji TV is in charge of production.
Kodansha Comics publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story as:
Eiji the college-age virgin dreams of someday having a girlfriend...until he wakes up one day with his "girlfriend" in his bed with him! Not only that, his buddy tells him he got in a fight...and that three days have passed that Eiji doesn't remember? What dark secrets are being hidden...by Eiji himself?
Kodansha Comics publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story as:
Eiji the college-age virgin dreams of someday having a girlfriend...until he wakes up one day with his "girlfriend" in his bed with him! Not only that, his buddy tells him he got in a fight...and that three days have passed that Eiji doesn't remember? What dark secrets are being hidden...by Eiji himself?