Life in Smokey Blue - Season 1

First aired: 4/7/2026 10 episodes

Struggling salesman Sakutaro reunites with his sharp-tongued former rival Kuji, reigniting a buried one-night spark from eight years ago.

Episodes

Aired: 4/7/2026

Unemployed Sakutaro is saved from a hotel scam by Kuji, his rival and ex-lover, in their first reunion in eight years.

Aired: 4/14/2026

Working as a translator, Sakutaro uncovers the touching, hidden memories shared between Kuji and his late father.

Aired: 4/21/2026

Tamaki’s surprise visit and initial distrust of Kuji melt away as he begins to share Sakutaro’s deeper story.

Aired: 4/28/2026

Kuji feels uneasy as his brother Minoru returns from the U.S. to take over the family home, stirring old complexes.

Aired: 5/5/2026

Sakutaro faces a crossroads as a new job offer and family changes force him to decide if he will leave Kuji's side.

Aired: 5/12/2026

Kuji faces the heartbreaking end of his childhood home as it's cleared out and prepared for demolition by his brother.

Aired: 5/19/2026

Kuji heads abroad, leaving Sakutaro to balance work and school until he receives a shock: Tajimi has collapsed.

Aired: 5/26/2026

While grieving Tajimi, Sakutaro faces his work, while Kuga receives a proposal to write an essay about his father.

Aired: 6/2/2026

Sakutaro enters a translation contest while Kuji struggles to write, causing a rift to form between them.

Aired: 6/9/2026

Kuji hands Sakutaro a spare key and prepares to reveal their relationship to Tamaki as both take a new step forward.