COLORS — Season 1, Episode 1: Holy Night, Worst Night

Episode synopsis

Naomitsu, Anna and Yoshiaki celebrate Christmas Eve and Naomitsu's birthday. Naomitsu has a fateful encounter with a guy from a dating app.

About COLORS

Naomitsu Nakamura, a freelance video editor, who's both shy and sincere, spends his days together with his close friends Anna Fujisaki, a freelance writer, and videographer Yoshiaki Saiki with whom he shares an office. His only source of anxiety in his life recently has been his client, director Igarashi, whom he has never met in person before. His arrogant behavior over e-mail correspondence drives him insane. Then comes Naomitsu's 30th birthday. Pushed by his friend's Anna's words and emboldened by alcohol, he signs up for a gay dating app and arranges to meet a guy named Sota with whom he matches immediately. The same evening, the two meet and share a kiss, Naomitsu's first-ever kiss. However, the nerves and alcohol cause him to vomit on the spot, and the evening comes to a disastrous close. The next day, the director Igarashi finally comes to the office to introduce himself in person. However... the man who appears before Naomitsu is none other than Sota.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Without any change, there's no evolution
• E3The memory of his lips
• E4You are serotonin or endorphins
• E5Does love taste bitter or sweet?
• E6Pure to the point of physically impure
• E7Wavering Heart
• E8Love manifests itself in ways only known to itself
• E9Longing for each other and getting intertwined
• E10Something that can never be replaced
• E11It's easier to destroy than to build something
• E12And yet, I still find myself longing for love