The series builds intimacy through small domestic moments, then rips the stability away just when you've stopped bracing for it. Haru and Rei finally have something real after season one's slow burn, and the show doesn't hesitate to weaponize that against you. A second season that understands the cruelest thing isn't separation, it's having someone, then watching them slip away before you've finished understanding what you have.

Having left Canada to live with Haru, Rei is at last adjusting to life as the youngest of four brothers, and Haru's recently opened café is starting to do well. Then their mother, Haruko, turns up and announces that she is taking Rei with her to Switzerland. The declaration comes just as Haru and Rei have started to grow closer, and it drives a widening rift between them. This second season of Super Lovers blends comedy, drama and romance as fresh trouble gathers around the pair.