{"id":36867,"date":"2026-07-16T00:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/marriagetoxin-cast-and-staff-on-the-topic-of-poisonous-situationships\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T00:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:36:12","slug":"marriagetoxin-cast-and-staff-on-the-topic-of-poisonous-situationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/marriagetoxin-cast-and-staff-on-the-topic-of-poisonous-situationships\/","title":{"rendered":"MARRIAGETOXIN Cast and Staff on the Topic of Poisonous Situationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The best things come in twos, and no better anime proves that than <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MARRIAGETOXIN<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! Gero, an assassin, and Kinosaki, his plucky, cross-dressing marriage swindler &amp; counselor, find themselves in constant danger as Gero desperately seeks a marriage partner in hopes of saving his lesbian sister from an arranged marriage. Who knew marriage hunting could be so dangerous?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Anime Expo 2026, Anime Trending sat down for a series of interviews to discuss the show\u2019s chemistry and action. First, we spoke with voice actors <\/span>Haruki Ishiya<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Gero) and <\/span>Shion Wakayama <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Kinosaki). Then, we spoke with director <\/span>Motonobu Hori<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and producer <\/span>Tatsuya Saito,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who shared their thoughts on what makes this adaptation special to them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This interview has been edited for clarity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Searching for the Perfect Match with Voice Actors Haruki Ishiya and Shion Wakayama<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Fans adore Kinosaki and Gero\u2019s relationship, and it\u2019s one of the most important elements of the story. Ishiya-san, as the voice behind Gero, how do you think Gero feels about Kinosaki?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Haruki Ishiya and Shion Wakayama<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Haruki Ishiya:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> From my perspective, Gero considers Kinosaki first and foremost as the marriage-hunting consultant. But in addition to that, Gero also sees Kinosaki as a friend and a war buddy. Regardless of gender and how that might impact their relationship, I feel a heavy trust between those two.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">As the voice behind Kinosaki, how do you think Kinosaki feels about Gero?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Shion Wakayama:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Although Kinosaki and Gero are in a new relationship as new friends, it has become a relationship where Kinosaki would never want to break Gero\u2019s trust. Ultimately, Kinosaki wants Gero to be happy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Haruki Ishiya: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a mutual feeling for both of them. They both want each other to be happy and would do whatever is needed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">In the first episode, there\u2019s a short scene where Gero sees Kinosaki with his latest swindling target and accidentally walks into a pole. People often wonder what Gero was thinking in that moment. What did you think was going on in your character\u2019s head during that scene?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Haruki Ishiya:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Since Gero wants to live a normal life, my interpretation of the scene when he was watching Kinosaki swindling without realizing what Kinosaki was doing is that he\u2019s looking at something he can\u2019t grasp currently. It\u2019s almost like doomscrolling on a cell phone or watching a movie. That\u2019s why I believe the logo of the anime\u2019s title, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MARRIAGETOXIN<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shows up in the anime after that scene. It resembled the beginning of a movie in the way Gero was watching a movie in front of him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Joumyaku\u30fbMizuki Yoda\/SHUEISHA, MARRIAGETOXIN Project<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Kinosaki seems relatively unfazed by all the dangers going around them after associating with Gero. In fact, they even show protective behavior toward Gero in the last Beast Master Arc. Why do you think that is?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Shion Wakayama:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I think there are a lot of factors to Kinosaki and how they react to their surroundings. In the \u201cBeast Master Arc\u201d with Arashiyama as the opponent, a bunch of thoughts are going through Kinosaki\u2019s mind. They\u2019re thinking, \u201cI\u2019m worried if I can find Gero the right partner. I\u2019m worried about Arashiyama as an opponent who\u2019s facing off against Gero right now, and if Gero can handle him properly, but I\u2019m also worried about my life, too. I\u2019m worried because I won\u2019t have the skills to deal with this. I don\u2019t think Gero will let me down and endanger me, but I also don\u2019t want to be a burden to Gero.\u201d More than anything, Kinosaki wants to help Gero and be there so Gero doesn\u2019t accidentally sabotage himself.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Outside of Kinosaki, which character\u2019s relationship is your favorite with Gero, and why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Haruki Ishiya:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The character\u2019s relationship I like personally with Gero is with Shizuku Ushio. She is an enemy, but she has great skills, and there\u2019s mutual respect between her and Gero for their respective skills. Although there\u2019s a business-type relationship, they also go through an enemies-to-friends arc, which is a pretty common arc found in shonen series. On top of all that, I really like the juxtaposition of Ushio\u2019s personality of being cute while trying to hold onto a business-like persona.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Shion Wakayama:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For me personally, I\u2019m going to mention a character aside from Gero and marriage candidates, because I feel like if I say it, it\u2019s going to be \u2014 you know. Don\u2019t want to say anything\u2019s certain! The reason why I like<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u9759\u8108\u30fb\u4f9d\u7530\u745e\u7a00\uff0f\u96c6\u82f1\u793e\u30fb\u30de\u30ea\u30c3\u30b8\u30c8\u30ad\u30b7\u30f3\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gero\u2019s relationship with Toshihiro is because I feel like he is also in the same situation. They\u2019re both users from a major assassin clan, but they have two completely different goals: one is marriage hunting and the other is seeking power. To have that kind of juxtaposition while coming from similar backgrounds, it\u2019s inevitable for them to collide, but there\u2019s also an inherent understanding for each other at the end of the day. That kind of relationship I really do enjoy, and even with what we\u2019ve seen, Toshiro is coming back in the original manga.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Upon seeing your characters on screen, what was your first reaction to hearing your voice and seeing your character?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Haruki Ishiya:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> At first, I thought, \u201cHe\u2019s moving! He\u2019s really moving!\u201d It felt like I was an anime novice watching anime for the first time! After initially recording, I do see bits and pieces of the anime, but it\u2019s incomplete, like some colors would be missing. Upon seeing the first episode, I was really surprised. The tempo of the episode itself was tighter than I thought, and it felt like a better tempo to the feeling I got when recording. The first episode is super important \u2014 it\u2019s when he forms a contract with Kinosaki. So most of the episodes had been recorded at that point, but upon seeing the first episode and their first scene together, there was a piece that really fit for me.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Shion Wakayama:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I had a very hard time embodying Kinosaki, so watching the first episode, I was extremely nervous, just worrying whether I did a good enough job. But then, after watching the episode, the skill in the anime\u2019s editing and overall production was just so masterful that it made Kinosaki really cute no matter what. So, although my skill might not have been there, the anime really just fleshed Kinosaki out.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Wakayama-san, I disagree. I think your skill is absolutely there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Shion Wakayama:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Oh, thank you so much!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Haruki Ishiya: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout everything, just exhaustively, Kinosaki was always, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">always <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">so cute!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Joumyaku\u30fbMizuki Yoda\/SHUEISHA, MARRIAGETOXIN Project<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Of the many scenes Kinosaki and Gero have with each other, which scene was your favorite to record and why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Shion Wakayama:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Favorite? But there are so many I like!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Haruki Ishiya: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How could we just choose one? It\u2019s like, should I answer with multiple favorite scenes? Or maybe the general theme of their scenes that I like the most?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Shion Wakayama: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh, I do think I have a favorite! So in the scene where the aunt is speaking to Shiori at the company, Gero senses how the family reconciliation is proceeding well and preemptively leaves to not ruin it. Kinosaki praises him for that. I thought it was really cute that he was carrying Kinosaki, and Kinosaki was petting Gero\u2019s head. I felt like the whole relationship really reveals itself there, and that\u2019s why it\u2019s my favorite.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Haruki Ishiya: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For me, rather than a single scene, it\u2019s a theme. The thousands of times things don\u2019t go well for Gero in his marriage hunting, and he really messes up to the point where he shouldn\u2019t have, Kinosaki would pick him up. Kinosaki would tell him, \u201cYou can do it!\u201d To me, personally, I felt motivated as well! So I really enjoyed those scenes. If I listen to them, I feel like I, too, can do more. It\u2019s like having a Kinosaki personal recording for motivation. Actually, I could use one.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shion Wakayama and Haruki Ishiya<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Did either of you two run into challenges when recording, and if so, what was the challenge, and how did you get around it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Shion Wakayama: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eh? Did Ishiya-san have a hard time at all?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Haruki Ishiya: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No, I definitely did!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Shion Wakayama: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Really?!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Haruki Ishiya:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Really! As the main character, I understood the assignment was to be a character who needs to be rooted for. Also, as the main character, I understand that Gero is the core, and it needs to be a strong performance. I don\u2019t have much experience playing a battle character, so I was wondering what to do with the battle scenes. He had a lot of battle scenes, so I was worried. There\u2019s this balance in the battle scenes \u2014 he can\u2019t get too emotional, because Gero\u2019s character is also cool as well, but he <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">passionate. Finding that perfect balance was something that I really had fun with. There was a gap to master.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Shion Wakayama:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Voicing Kinosaki was harder than I thought. They\u2019re a unique character because they have a lot of perspectives, whether they\u2019re a man or a woman. So I had a hard time grasping it and finding those multiple perspectives from within and getting that out.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Now that MARRIAGETOXIN\u2018s first season has ended, what do you hope viewers enjoyed the most from the series?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Shion Wakayama:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I think it would be great if you could enjoy it while also enjoying the fun of hanging out with your real-life buddy. I think this buddy relationship between Gero and Kinosaki is what a lot of people liked! But also the marriage-hunt aspect \u2014 that\u2019s something that I really hope people will enjoy.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Haruki Ishiya:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you watch Season 1, you can probably tell there are lots of moments where missions fail or succeed, but at the end of the day, the characters keep trying. They\u2019re facing life with a very positive attitude, even when they fail the first time. As any human watching the series, I hope everyone who watches can get inspired to pick up and try new things like what Gero and Kinosaki are doing together. And in Season 2, there are going to be even more funny scenes that could be especially enjoyed watching in a big group. So watch with a group of friends and share your comments while watching those funny episodes!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Behind the Scenes of Bringing <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MARRIAGETOXIN to Life with Director Motonobu Hori and Producer Tatsuya Saito<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Motonobu Hori and Tatsuya Saito<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">How was the decision to turn MARRIAGETOXIN into an anime made?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Tatsuya Saito:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I\u2019m someone who\u2019s known for my work in action series, such as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Hero Academia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mob Psycho 100<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but there are areas where I don\u2019t have such traditional proficiency, for example, in love comedies or anything more romantic. That\u2019s something I wanted to expand on, and my bosses knew about that. It was in that context, in my boss\u2019s communication with <\/span>Bandai Namco<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, that I was chosen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Gero and Kinosaki are the two main protagonists of MARRIAGETOXIN, making their relationship central to the story. How would you describe their relationship and how they feel toward each other?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Motonobu Hori:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hmmm, this is a difficult question. Of course, we can say clearly they trust each other very much as partners, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s\u2026 I think it\u2019s better for me not to make a particular diagnostic comment on the relationship and leave that up to the viewers\u2019 interpretation. I\u2019m not the original creator, but I am part of the official team now associated with the work, and I think officially that\u2019s the position we would want to take \u2014 that we would leave that up to the viewers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Creatives often describe that every project, no matter how much experience they\u2019ve had, is different. What has made MARRIAGETOXIN different compared to other anime projects you\u2019ve worked on?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Tatsuya Saito:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> When it comes to characters, we really owe a lot to the amazing work of <\/span>Kohei Tokuoka<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And in contributing to the creation of the character designs, I needed to think, \u201cHow do I show Kinosaki in both a charming way, but also in a beautiful way? Both cute and handsome?\u201d Those were the things I needed to think about and what I put into the project.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u9759\u8108\u30fb\u4f9d\u7530\u745e\u7a00\uff0f\u96c6\u82f1\u793e\u30fb\u30de\u30ea\u30c3\u30b8\u30c8\u30ad\u30b7\u30f3\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Motonobu Hori:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To add to Saito-san\u2019s answer, like he mentioned earlier, he hadn\u2019t really done a romance anime before. For me, that felt very fresh, and what I really focused on when I was working on this piece was the way I felt, like <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MARRIAGETOXIN <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is emblematic of the era Japan is in now, the Reiwa era. This is a very Japanese way of explaining it, but we\u2019re currently in the seventh \u2014 no, actually the eighth year of Reiwa \u2014 and this story has really made me feel its youthfulness. Let me explain what I mean by that. When I was growing up, I read battle action manga, or shonen manga, and this piece has a set of values that\u2019s very different from what I grew up experiencing and watching. So even though it\u2019s a battle action manga, it\u2019s incredibly sensitive. There\u2019s an emphasis on not incurring pain to others, and of course, this is something that\u2019s in the original manga as well. I really felt a shift in values and saw how it was reflected in the anime.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">We just interviewed Ishiya-san and Wakayama-san earlier. What about their auditions made you decide they were the right fit for the main characters?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Motonobu Hori:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We had several candidates in mind, but one thing that was important for us wasn\u2019t just each individual candidate\u2019s voice. It was the chemistry of two different voices: would they pair well together? When it comes to Wakayama-san, I think her natural, normal voice is just so perfect for Kinosaki, and her talent in performing was really evident to us. I also think the fact that [since] we have a character whose gender is not clear, Wakayama\u2019s voice is quite perfect for that.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">So in the case of Gero\u2019s voice by Ishiya, we were looking for three particular things: the strength of the character in the voice, a certain kind of innocence in the voice, and finally, because Gero\u2019s upbringing is so unique, he doesn\u2019t have the common sense you\u2019d expect. His ability to convey this strange combination was also important for us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>From left to right: Haruki Ishiya, Shion Wakayama, and Motonobu Hori<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">There\u2019s one specific scene that went viral online for audiences in the West \u2014 in Episode 2, Gero uses poison and makes his target believe his hand got chopped off. Instead of blood, however, a rainbow of colors explodes from his arm. What was the thought process behind that specific moment?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Tatsuya Saito:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Personally, I\u2019m very glad this scene has drawn so much attention, but I think my answer is very close to what I answered for question two. If I were to give you a more surface-level response, let\u2019s simply say I was trying to match the color palette to the overall expression of the manga itself. Of course, there\u2019s much, much more than that in this particular scene, but I\u2019ll leave the interpretation to the viewers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">What\u2019s something in the anime you think viewers might miss that you would want them to pay attention to?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Tatsuya Saito:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Both of us really think the music, and particularly the soundtrack, done by <\/span>Taisei Iwasaki<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span>Yuma Yamaguchi<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the two amazing composers, is incredible. Of course, the audience will probably notice the songs associated with particularly happy or tragic scenes, but they should pay attention overall to the incredible composition of the piece.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Motonobu Hori:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So there\u2019s another place I think I wish audiences would pay attention to. That\u2019s the opening scene where we have a cross-cut back and forth between Kinosaki and Gero as they\u2019re getting ready to go out. In Gero\u2019s case, it\u2019s set in his room, but in Kinosaki\u2019s case, they don\u2019t have a particular room \u2014 they\u2019re always in different business hotels. If people could pay attention to that, I think you\u2019d really get a nice point.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Now that MARRIAGETOXIN\u2019s first season has ended, what do you hope viewers enjoyed the most from the series?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Motonobu Hori:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The most amazing part of this series for me is the characters. Individually, they\u2019re all created to be so likable \u2014 I hope the audience will love and appreciate them for who they are.. In Season 2, some of the characters remain, but there are also new characters, and I personally think the character development is even better in Season 2 than in Season 1. We\u2019ve improved upon it, and I hope viewers will appreciate that too.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Tatsuya Saito:<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I\u2019d be very happy if the audience comes to really appreciate Gero\u2019s development as a character. If they\u2019ve done so, I feel like it\u2019s been a successful season, and that\u2019s something that\u2019s going to continue in the next season.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MARRIAGETOXIN <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Season 2 has been officially confirmed for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">January 2027<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Season 1 is available to stream on <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/series\/GT00371857\/marriagetoxin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crunchyroll<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best things come in twos, and no better anime proves that than MARRIAGETOXIN! Gero, an assassin, and Kinosaki, his plucky, cross-dressing marriage swindler &amp; counselor, find themselves in constant danger as Gero desperately seeks a marriage partner in hopes of saving his lesbian sister from an arranged marriage. 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