Midsummer, Grasping Love (2025)

Midsummer, Grasping Love

Midsummer, Grasping Love (奪い愛、真夏) is a 2025 Japanese television drama written by Osamu Suzuki, broadcast on TV Asahi's Friday Night Drama slot from July 18 to September 12, 2025, the fourth entry in the "Ubai Ai" ("Love Stealing") anthology franchise. After breaking up with her fiance following his affair, tabloid reporter Manatsu Umino starts over in the PR department of watch manufacturer TOWANI, where she meets company president Taimu Sorachi, who looks exactly like her ex. As Manatsu and Taimu grow closer, Taimu's wife Mirai, desperate for a child and increasingly insecure, senses her husband slipping away. (IMDb)

Watches

Knot CAP-38RGWH1

Worn by Marika Matsumoto as Manatsu Umino. Knot's own press release names its Mechanical Open Heart CAP-38RGWH1, paired with a Tochigi-leather strap, as the watch supplied for Manatsu Umino, PR staffer at the story's fictional watch manufacturer TOWANI; Knot's real logo is replaced on screen with the fictional TOWANI branding. (Knot)

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Knot ATC-40SVWH

Worn by Ken Yasuda as Taimu Sorachi. Knot's own press release names its flagship Premium Automatic Chronograph ATC-40SVWH, paired with a crocodile-leather strap, as the watch supplied for Taimu Sorachi, the young president of the fictional watch manufacturer TOWANI his family owns. (Knot)

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Knot CJ-32RGRG

Worn by Kasumi Mori as Hanabi Yamaue. Knot's own press release names its mother-of-pearl Jewelry Solar CJ-32RGRG, paired with a Himeji-leather strap, as the watch supplied for Hanabi Yamaue, Manatsu's PR-department colleague at the fictional watch manufacturer TOWANI. (Knot)

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