I Cannot Reach You (2023)

Name: I Cannot Reach You
Rating: 8.6

Rating: 8.6

Synopsis

Longtime friends and total opposites, Yamato and Kakeru always stick together. When the reserved Yamato admits his feelings, can everything change?

First Air Date: 2023-09-27

Last Air Date: 2023-11-07

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 8

Created By: Mika

Networks: TBS

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Top Cast

Kentaro Maeda as Ohara Yamato
Haru Kashiwagi as Ashiya Kakeru
Taketo Tanaka as Fujino Kosuke
Leo Matsumoto as Hosaka Yui
Takumi Momose as Amamiya Soichiro
Toshiyuki Itakura as Murasen
Ayaka Konno as Ohara Mikoto
Tomo Nakai as Toyama Akane
Shuto as Yokouchi Yuzuru

Seasons

Season 1 (2023)

Childhood best friends. Two halves of a whole. The cool, smart one who's good at almost everything, and his average, dorky friend who struggles to do anything right—Yamato and Kakeru. Always by the other's side, but not together in the way they truly want to be. No matter how hard they try, their hearts cannot reach each other.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Person I Love Is My Childhood Friend (2023-09-27)

Handsome and smart high schooler Yamato is best friends with his not-so-clever classmate Kakeru. One day, Kakeru asks him a tricky question.
Ep. 2: We’re Still Best Friends from Now On...! (2023-09-27)

The mood between Yamato and Kakeru becomes awkward following the group date. Kakeru angrily defends Yamato when their classmates bad-mouth him.
Ep. 3: Selfish Thoughts (2023-10-03)

While accompanying his mother on a shopping trip, Kakeru runs into Akane. Yamato sees them together and, feeling a pang of jealousy, confronts Kakeru.
Ep. 4: Someone I Want to Be with Forever (2023-10-10)

Kakeru feels puzzled by Yamato’s nonchalant attitude following their embrace. While on a school trip to Kyoto, they observe the night sky together.
Ep. 5: School Trip Promise (2023-10-17)

At Fujino’s insistence, Kakeru ends up walking around Kyoto with Akane, but he is distracted by thoughts of his original promise to Yamato.
Ep. 6: Everything with You Is Important (2023-10-24)

When Yamato seeks to have no memory of kissing and confessing to Kakeru on the school trip, a shocked Kakeru says that their friendship is over.
Ep. 7: What I Want to Convey Properly... (2023-10-31)

Yamato encourages an unconfident Kakeru. Kakeru resolves to take part in a school tradition by giving Yamato a present and confessing his feelings.
Ep. 8: I Hope This Feeling Reaches You (2023-11-07)

Yamato and Kakeru decide to go on a do-over date on Christmas Eve. But on his way to meet up with Kakeru, Yamato spots a schoolmate in trouble.