Brother Beat (ブラザー☆ビート, Burazā Bīto) is a Japanese television drama consisting of eleven episodes, which aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System from October 13 to December 22, 2005.
Though the rest of the characters and cast are different, and Brother Beat is not intended to carry on the same plot as a true sequel, there are a number of connections and references to Second Chance.
In many parts of Japan, the full run of Second Chance was re-aired in 2005 preceding the premiere of Brother Beat.
Though the plot of this series was meant to involve the development of a relationship between Harue and Hideki Noguchi, played by Katsuhisa Namase, ending in their marriage, Namase's schedule interfered with this.
However, it was arranged that the two would play the main character's parents in a 2006 TV drama called 14-year-old Mother.