{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3caedcc525ca4a8a2f55a8a9","clusterId":"c_6166c0d802806272a1134453","slug":"will-i-be-single-forever-manga-gets-second-live-action-film","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Will I Be Single Forever? Manga Gets Second Live-Action Film","summary":"The live-action film account for Mari Okazaki's Will I Be Single Forever? manga announced a second film titled Tenten Zutto Dokushin de Iru Tsumori?, set to debut on Amazon Prime Video on October 23. The film has an original story and centers on three single women: 30-year-old Yamada, 38-year-old Shiba, and 46-year-old Shimizu. Sumi Morika, Ryuya Wakaba, and Yu Kashii lead the cast, with Yuko Hakota directing.","whyItMatters":"The sequel recasts a short manga run as an ongoing film series with an original story, shifting the adaptation past its source material and onto streaming.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe new film carries an original story rather than adapting the manga, which ran in Feel Young from November 2014 to October 2015 across one compiled volume. Its three leads span ages 30, 38, and 46, and the film follows their single lives and the choices they make. Yuko Hakota directs, Takehiko Minato writes the script, and Takuma Watanabe composes the music. The supporting cast includes Haruka Imo, Kentaro Tamura, Tomo Kasajima, Asuka Kurosawa, Kazuko Shirakawa, Hidekazu Mashima, and Gin Maeda.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The second Will I Be Single Forever? film adds a 46-year-old lead, extending the story past the first film's 30s frame. Its original story also skips the manga, so the films now run on their own.","twitterPost":"Will I Be Single Forever? moves to Prime Video for its second film, and the new leads span 30, 38, and 46.","threadsPost":"The second Will I Be Single Forever? film goes to Amazon Prime Video and widens the cast to 30, 38, and 46. Yuko Hakota's follow-up uses an original story, which turns the films into their own thread separate from Mari Okazaki's manga.","newsletterBlurb":"Mari Okazaki's Will I Be Single Forever? is getting a second live-action film, announced via the live-action film's official X account. Tenten Zutto Dokushin de Iru Tsumori? debuts on Amazon Prime Video on October 23 with an original story and new cast, including Sumi Morika, Ryuya Wakaba, and Yu Kashii in the three lead roles. Yuko Hakota directs.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-10/mari-okazaki-will-i-be-single-forever-manga-gets-2nd-live-action-film/.241609\",\"title\":\"Mari Okazaki's Will I Be Single Forever? Manga Gets 2nd Live-Action Film\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4396,"outputTokens":656,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789029869,"createdAt":"2026-09-10T08:40:07.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-10T08:43:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T08:43:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6166c0d802806272a1134453","canonicalTitle":"News\nMari Okazaki's Will I Be Single Forever? Manga Gets 2nd Live-Action Film","representativeArticleId":"a_6530c838509cc5e9f7c7c745","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Will I Be Single Forever?\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Mari Okazaki\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-10T07:30:21.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-10T07:30:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T08:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-10/mari-okazaki-will-i-be-single-forever-manga-gets-2nd-live-action-film/.241609","title":"News\nMari Okazaki's Will I Be Single Forever? Manga Gets 2nd Live-Action Film"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Will I Be Single Forever?"],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Mari Okazaki"],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}