Love Strikes!

So this is what happens when a slacker gets a charisma upgrade overnight. Jobless and adrift, a thirty-something man suddenly finds four very different women vying for his attention after quitting his job to write fluff pieces online. It’s less a romantic awakening and more a crash course in why sudden popularity shouldn’t count as a personality.

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Hitoshi One directed Love Strikes! in 2011. See Hitoshi One's full filmography, where to start with Hitoshi One, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hitoshi One.

Love Strikes! was released in 2011 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 118 minutes.