Miniseries · YTV
Countdown to Yes
I'd rather be your best friend forever than a lover who might break up one day
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Countdown to Yes actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Countdown to Yes reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Reunited with his first love after three years, Wataru must choose between protecting a lifelong friendship and risking it all for romance.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kentaro UchibeExecutive Producer
- Kazunari MaenishiProducer
- 福田浩之Executive Producer
- Tomoyuki ShojimaProducer
- Yohei KoikeProducer
Direction
- Shinju FunabikiDirector
- Nao NomuraDirector
Where to watch
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