A bevy of new info has been revealed for Grappler Baki wa BL dewanaika to Kangaesuzuketa Shoujo no Kiroku (“The Chronicle of a Maiden Who Continued to Think that Grappler Baki is BL”), an upcoming live-action TV drama based on the essay manga by sociologist Junko Kaneda about a woman who labors under the idea that Keisuke Itagaki’s violent martial arts manga Baki is actually a tender boys’ love story.
Grappler Baki wa BL dewanaika to Kangaesuzuketa Shoujo no Kiroku is scheduled to broadcast in Japan on WOWOW on Fridays during the 23:00 time slot beginning on August 20, 2021.
Grappler Baki wa BL dewanaika to Kangaesuzuketa Shoujo no Kiroku follows the daily life of Akane Kojima (played by actor Honoka Matsuomoto), an unassuming women who works as a clerk in a stationery store and who is secretly a huge fujoshi.