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Hirugao: Love Affairs in the Afternoon

昼顔 〜平日午後3時の恋人たち〜 ‧ Drama ‧ 2014
After successfully proposing to his beloved girlfriend, Kurumiya Haruka, the protagonist, Tsukihashi Kazushi, goes with her to visit her family home, where he meets Haruka's younger sister, Yuki.

That night, Kazushi stays over at Haruka's house and falls asleep in the living room. As he sleeps, someone slips under his covers. Assuming it is Haruka, Kazushi sleepily pulls her into his arms, only to discover that the person beside him is none other than Yuki...

The story portrays a forbidden love triangle between Kazushi, Haruka, and his mischievous future sister-in-law, Yuki.
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Explore similar themes of desire, infidelity and toxic relationships. Learning more about how theses characters have feel trapped in relationships, and needing to rebel and find themselves in unconventional ways. Purposeful story tell and strong directors, allow these kind of stories to shine.
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Both deal with a female protagonist's journey of self-discovery through an extramarital affair and its consequences.
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Stories of affairs, and some relations in the school environment as well. Tests of the strength of love.
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The drama, unlike the other versions, is told through the eyes of the main character, Tomoko, and not, as in the original story, her male protagonist Tatsuhiko. The title met with much criticism due to its excessive sexual load, which resulted in the dismissal of employees at Tokai TV.

The story focuses on the Asakura marriage, who involve themselves in a series of romances and complicated extramarital relationships. The whole situation begins to affect their relatives and family, where many tragedies, dramas, abuse, breakdowns of relationships and tragic choices begin to occur. Can anyone find a little happiness in such complicated circumstances?
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very same feel while watching, small and big details are same. also infidelity and complicated love triangle-squares between unexpacted people. same level sexual content
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Remind me of Saito Takumi drama & movie....& still 1 of my favorite drama....If you like this genre this is a muat watch drama/movie. Furuya Robin always adorable since Kamen Rider Saber days.
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A bit similar love affair story with different story line in Hirugao both of the leads having an affair. In Kingyo Tsuma only the FL & FL husband plus other housewives who live in the same apartment complex having an affair. If you like love affairs genre this drama is a must watch. Iwata Takanori is adorable.
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This is a love-hate drama that explores modern family issues such as moral harassment, infertility, matchmaking apps for married people, domestic violence from wives, and cuckooing.

The protagonist, 29-year-old Yashima Risa, works at a life insurance company and leads a stable life, but her relationship with her husband of three years is strained by obligatory fertility treatments.

One day, this innocent and earnest woman meets a handsome man named Jochi Ryo, who is suffering from violence from his wife. However, her meddlesome desire to "save him" eventually turns into love, and Risa finds herself falling into a hellish affair.
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Both about infidelity and love between people who are married/engaged to another.

Both have POV from the ones who cheat and those loves aren't shown as "only bad", though both dramas also shows what damage can this cause, how painful is it for cheater spouses.

Both dramas are quite realistic/real life stories.

in both dramas main leads have really good chemistry and sexual relationships (sex isn't taboo in those dramas).
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A bit similar plot about younger ML & older FL who attracted to each other but FL already married but FL & ML had an affair. If you like this kind of genre is a must watch drama. Saito Takumi is an eye candy for sure.
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Kanzaki Miwa is married to Kanzaki Hiroki and is a full-time housewife. She used to work for a large company but made the difficult decision to quit her job and become a full-time housewife in hopes of having a child. But her marriage life isn't going very well as her love for her husband has cooled considerably. Hiroki acts like an ideal husband when around others, but he speaks harsh words to her when they are alone. She lives her days like a bird in a cage. One day, Miwa meets her childhood friend Fuyutsuki Ryo, whom she hasn't seen in years. Back then, Ryo was like a hero to her and loved by her. When she was in trouble, he always came and helped her. They make the fateful decision to spend the night together, and Miwa later finds out that she is pregnant with his child. She doesn't want to divorce her husband and become a single mom because she doesn't have a job. To protect her baby, she decides to tell her husband that she is pregnant with his child.
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Two people are just drawn to each other despite social norms dictating that they should not be together. The notion of do you stay loyal to your family or follow your heart is displayed in both dramas.
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Rino is a talented cook, and her husband Keita is kind and caring. Together, they appear to live a happy married life. But on the night of their wedding anniversary, everything falls apart when Rino receives a livestream video. In the video, a masked man, her husband, is intimately involved with an unfamiliar woman.

After discovering his betrayal, Rino storms to the scene of the affair and, in a fit of rage, repeatedly stabs Keita. However, she is counterattacked by his mistress, Elena, and loses her own life as well. When she opens her eyes again, she finds herself back on the very day she first learned of her husband's infidelity.

Determined to take revenge on both Keita and Elena, Rino tries every method she can think of. Yet each attempt ends in her death, only for time to rewind once more. Why is she being sent back? Was there something wrong with her revenge? As she becomes trapped in an endless cycle of death and repetition, Rino gradually uncovers a shocking truth.
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They're different (both the plots and the leads' relationship status) but, at the same time, I've found them similar (especially at SL's beginning; while watching I often thought about Hirugao).
Differences: the ending and the mood (they're both realistic but SL is lighter whereas Hirugao is more emotional, maybe because the latter is longer).
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