Kiss or Die Trying! 2

Playboy Kanemaru falls head over heels for international student Liu, but every time the two boys try to get close to each other for a little smooch, the universe tries to tear them apart in the most wild and wacky ways! A zany BL romcom that’ll leave you laughing and cheering on our leading men to the bitter end.

Kanemaru, a chronic serial dater, takes an interest in Liu, a transfer student at his college who works at his favorite Chinese eatery. But just as Kanemaru works up the courage to ask Liu out, they're suddenly attacked by a gang of kidnappers! Each and every time the stars align and things start to heat up between the two, a wild and unpredictable predicament just so happens to get in the way... But even with the entire universe seemingly against him, Kanemaru is determined to do whatever it takes to get his man and land a kiss on Liu’s lips—even if it kills him!

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