365 Days to the Wedding (2025)

A sweet "fake engagement" romance about quiet coworkers by the creator of The World God Only Knows--inspired the anime and the live-action drama Map for The Wedding!The J.T.C. travel agency is looking for someone to manage its brand-new branch in Irkutsk. But for employees Oohara Takuya and Honjouji Rika, they'd rather just stay home in Tokyo! Thankfully, they've discovered a way out—their manager has narrowed down the recruits to bachelors, so what if they just...got married? The problem is they barely know each other at all! Can they convince their office they’re engaged just long enough for the transfer to finish up?

TELLING LIES TO STAY OUT OF SIBERIAOohara Takuya and Honjouji Rika’s fake engagement plan seems to have fooled their co-workers—perhaps a bit too well! But they’re in hot water yet again when Takuya’s father appears at their workplace wondering why they hadn’t been given a heads-up to start preparing for the wedding. But before they can decide whether to reveal their lie or not, Oohara is strapped with an assignment of royal importance! Can the two of them survive the pressures of work, marriage, and now family?Inspired the TV Drama Map for the Wedding and an Anime Adaptation!

MEETING THE FAMILY TO STAY OUT OF SIBERIAIt was inevitable that Honjouji Rika would end up meeting Takuya’s family if they were to continue with their fake engagement plan, but nothing could have prepared her for the excitable Oohara lot! The two arrive in Kumamoto, intent on coming clean, but is that really so easy? And why is it that meeting Takuya’s beautiful and peppy childhood friend has Rika feeling so glum? Can the fake couple convince the Ooharas that they’re really not betrothed? Can they even convince themselves?Inspired the TV Drama Map for the Wedding and an Anime Adaptation!

ANSWERING A CONFESSION TO STAY OUT OF SIBERIAAfter a shock confession, things have never been so awkward between the fake couple. It was all meant to be a lie, after all! While Honjouji Rika struggles to answer him, Oohara Takuya finds himself wrapped up in his co-worker’s romantic struggles as well. It turns out relationships can be more complicated than he expected! Meanwhile, Rika’s trying to reckon with her own feelings about love and marriage. Will she be able to answer Takuya honestly?Inspired the TV Drama Map for the Wedding and an Anime Adaptation!

The fake engaged couple, Oohara Takuya and Honjouji Rika, have apparently become relationship goals! They've been asked by their workplace to start a blog proving that the J.T.C. travel agency is a great place for couples and families. However, that means all their lies about living together are going to have to become a reality! But how can they share the same space when they can barely even talk to each other right now?

HOUSE-HUNTING FOR THEIR NEW LIVES TOGETHERWith the threat of being sent to Siberia no longer looming over their heads, Oohara Takuya and Honjouji Rika find that their lives are better together than apart. The fake marriage plan is over and now the real marriage plan is just starting out. But that means the couple must decide what kind of marriage suits them best. How do they tell their parents? Where will they live? Where will they go on honeymoon? Getting engaged is only just the beginning!Inspired the TV Drama Map for the Wedding and an Anime Adaptation!

INTRODUCING INTIMACY INTO THEIR NEW LIVES TOGETHEROohara Takuya and Honjouji Rika are ready to take their relationship to the next step. But it’s turning out to be one giant leap! Even though the two have already confessed their feelings for each other, going from fake engagement partners to real lovers is proving to be more nerve-racking than they expected! Who knew romance could make you feel even more anxious than the threat of getting sent to work in Siberia?

FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR THEIR NEW LIVES TOGETHERThings have unexpectedly gotten much more complicated for Oohara Takuya and Honjouji Rika as they plan their futures together, just when it was going so well! Now the couple must contend with potentially having to uproot their lives and move to Kumamoto, which would be easier if they knew how to communicate with one another. Meanwhile, Rika’s mother is on the prowl yet again to make things even harder than they need to be!

MAKING AMENDS FOR THEIR NEW LIVES TOGETHERWith the First Meeting between the two families going worse than anyone could’ve expected, Oohara Takuya and Honjouji Rika find themselves at a crossroads. Will they let their relationship crumble over a disagreement or will they finally find it within themselves to communicate? It’s time to say all that’s been left unsaid and rediscover what it truly was that made them turn their fake engagement into a real one.

REPAIRING BRIDGES FOR THEIR NEW LIVES TOGETHERDespite having gone through both a fake and real engagement, Honjouji Rika still has yet to sit down for an honest conversation with her mother. But finding the courage to do so is only the first step, as her mother’s busy schedule is making things more complicated than expected. Meanwhile, Rika’s father suddenly appears at JTC with her half-sister in tow! With the wedding fast approaching, it’s her last chance to rebuild family bonds before embarking on this new adventure.