Fuji TV announced that the Chinese donghua Link Click (Chinese Name: Shiguang Dailiren) is receiving a Japanese live-action drama series. Kanata Hongo & Taiki Sato are going to lead this series. Link Click live action series is set to release on April 11, 2026, and run through June 13, 2026. The official first look has been released on Toki TV’s official X account:
The main castings include Kanata Hongo playing the role of Hikaru & Taiki Sato playing the role of Toki.
They have changed the names from the original donghua series. Toki is basically Cheng Xiaoshi, who can possess the photographer and time-travel into photos & Hikaru is Lu Guang, who can observe events inside photos and guide Toki. Hikaru also has a punch-line in this series, “Don’t question the past. Don’t ask about the future.“
Meru Nukumi will be playing as Lin (In donghua, Qiao, Ling), the daughter of the landlord and childhood friend of Toki, who will help the duo by bringing clients and supporting them.
This series is also going to feature an original character, Shunsuke Kazama, played by Kosaku Yoshimoto, who is an unmotivated but still reliable detective, and he also acts like an older-brother figure to the main duo.
This series will also feature Kasumi, played by Noriko Nakagoshi, who is Toki’s mother. She disappeared when he was 10, and Toki still believes that she is alive.
The other staff members appearing in the first half of this drama series include:
- Yumi Adachi
- Jun Hashimoto
- Riku Onishi
- Toshio Matsumoto
- Mari Hamada
- Noriko Nakagoshi
They have also shared the first 4 episodes list with all the clients we are going to see in this drama. There will be a total of 10 Episodes in this drama:
Episode 1:
Yoko Yamauchi (played by Yumi Adachi) – A mother whose son goes missing for a moment while shopping. She is now facing intense public backlash and is utterly devastated.
Episode 2:
Kengo Iwahori (played by Jun Hashimoto & his High school version will be played by Riku Onishi) – Holds regret about a day in his school life. He cherished the three photos he took that day.
Episode 3:
Sho Muto (played by Toshio Matsumoto) – He runs a family butcher shop that has been in his family for three generations, together with his brother. Their homemade croquettes were popular, but his brother, who was in charge of cooking, left due to a disagreement. Suddenly, customer numbers plummet, and he desperately tries to recover by obtaining the secret recipe.
Episode 4:
Michie Takayanagi (played by Mari Hamada) – A neighbourhood lady asks Toki and Hikaru to search for her runaway dog, Chacha. In the course of the search, Toki and Hikaru stumble upon a clue to a case that Shunsuke Kazama and his team are investigating.
This live action will be broadcasting from April 11, 2026, to June 13, 2026.
The main staff working on this drama series include:
Series Composition: Atsuhiro Tomioka
Script: Atsuhiro Tomioka, Atsumi Tojo
Music: Tatsuhiro Saiki
Director: Hiroaki Yuasa
Production: Tokai TV, Fuji TV, bilibili
Tokai TV describes the plot of this drama:
“Do not question the past. Do not ask about the future.”
Toki reaches out his hand, and Hikaru touches it. Then Toki’s eyes shine gold, and he time-slips into the photograph—
In Tokyo stands a retro-style photo studio called “Shiguang Photo Studio.” Toki (Taiki Sato), a photographer, takes the pictures, while Hikaru (Kanata Hongo) supports him as a co-owner. On this day as well, the studio is filled with smiles as a family comes in to take commemorative photos. However, this photo studio has another side…
That is, its role as a “problem-solving service” that helps people carrying regret. Toki has the ability to possess the photographer and time-slip. Hikaru has the ability to perceive what happened at the moment the photo was taken. Together as a duo, they can “dive” into photographs, meaning they can travel into the past.
Various requests are brought to Toki and Hikaru by people who have heard the rumors. The rule the two have set is this: “The past must not be altered.” However, what Toki witnesses after diving into the past are the clients’ loss and regret. Faced with anger and sorrow that have nowhere to go, Toki often acts on emotion. In contrast, Hikaru calmly guides him, saying, “Our job is to uncover the truth of the past.”
“Toki, Hikaru! There’s work to do!” Lin (Meru Nukumi), the daughter of the landlord of Shiguang Photo Studio and Toki’s childhood friend. With her lively and meddlesome personality, she acts as a point of contact for Toki and Hikaru, bringing them clients with various troubles.
Yoshimoto (Shunsuke Kazama), a detective who casually drops by the photo studio. At first glance, he seems unmotivated, but to the two, he is a reliable older-brother figure. He continues to search for the whereabouts of Toki’s mother, Kasumi (Noriko Nakagoshi), who disappeared in the past, and always looks out for Toki and Hikaru.
To open up the future of their clients, Toki and Hikaru team up and “dive.” A new kind of human drama woven through “photographs,” Link Click. This spring, will you entrust Toki and Hikaru with opening a new future?
About Link Click
Link Click (Chinese Name: Shiguang Dailiren) is a Chinese donghua series written and directed by Li Haoling. It was produced by LAN Studio with assistance by Li’s studio, Haoliners Animation League.
The first season was released on April 2021 on Bilibili and Funimation. There were a total of 12 episodes and one special episode. This series later got a second season, which was released in July 2023 on Bilibili and Crunchyroll. A prequel season, Link Click: Bridon Arc, was announced shortly after the end of the second season, which was released in December 2024. The thrid season of link click is set to release in 2026.
Bilibili describes the plot of this donghua as:
“In a modern metropolis there is a small store called “Time Photo Studio.” Although only a few customers come to visit, it’s actually run by Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang, two men with special powers. They cooperate and use their super powers to enter the photos in order to fulfill the client’s request. However, things always get out of their control…“
Source: Official Website
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