I'm surprised Hirugao hasn't been recommended yet. Both involve 2 women that are friends at the center of affairs, with one woman judging the other woman until she finds herself in the same situation. Both weigh the impact on family and adolescent children. The romantic MLs in both are quiet dreamer types.
This suspense story centers on Kajin Ayame, a lawyer with a promising future but who lives alone. The story begins when a beautiful and seductive man, Minamoto Ieya, appears before her. He believes that "love = possession" and is suspected of domestic violence against his wife, and is under suspicion of murdering a professor at a famous university. The two are instinctively drawn to each other after the incident, and Ayame works hard to prove Toya's innocence.
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.
