Love Is a Poison (2024)
Creator: Keisuke Makino · Writer: Izumi Kawasaki
An elite but socially awkward lawyer takes in a genius con artist. Together, they secretly solve complex legal cases using unethically obtained evidence.
Where to watch
Netflix
Rakuten Viki
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Creators
Keisuke Makino
Cast
Shogo Hama
Shiba Ryoma 
Katsumi Hyodo
Haruto 
Kogaken
Kazama Kotaro 
Aoba Kawai
Saki 
Ikuji Nakamura
Iwamine 
Nose Rin
Yuu User Reviews (2)
Shiba Ryoma (Hama Shogo), a genius lawyer, is the youngest co-partner at a major law firm. He is valued as a legal advisor to numerous major clients as he never loses a trial. His problem is that he can't find a proper assistant. After firing 99 of them, he's looking for no. 100, anmd that's when he meets Haruto (Hyodo Katsumi), a mysterious young man, and obviously a thug. As Haruto has a talent of pretendeing to be someone else, and as he knows his way of gathering secret information Haruto accepts Shiba as his new asstistant. Shiba invited Haruto to his home and is amazed as Haruto is able to speak to his plants, which so far only Shiba could. Although Shiba is considerably older than Haruto, is in completely inexperienced with respect to romance and lobe. He falls for the young man's charm, although he is too shy to accept his feelings for a long time. It's almost too late when he…
Stoic lawyer falls in love with a thief. It's cute, but it doesn't get much atmosphere. There is no chemistry between the actors and the romance felt scripted.
