Even if This Love Disappears Tonight

Both tell the story of a woman whose boyfriend dies during her high school years. Both films feature four main characters. It is highly recommended to have tissues ready.

Love shaped by memory loss

One Week Friends: the female lead loses memories of her friends every week.

Even if This Love Disappears from the World Tonight: the female lead loses her memories every day.

Both films lean into:

Quiet, restrained storytelling

Bittersweet romance

Emotional slow burn

Heavy focus on small moments rather than big drama

Same feelings
Tearjerker
Both ML and FL 1st meet at the hospital
Both movies involve with art and drawings

In this case, the ML has short-term memory. He also has sticky notes all over his house reminding him of what he needs to do.
The FL is a psychotherapist who tries to help him train his sensory memory.
They also fall in love, and the rest of the story is kinda the same, only that it's a more mature version.

A Moment to Remember and Even if This Love Disappears from the World Tonight are similar because both center on a deeply devoted romance threatened by memory loss, where the male lead chooses to keep loving and caring for the female lead even as she forgets him. In each story, the emotional weight comes from the fragility of time and memory, showing that love is proven through repeated actions and quiet persistence rather than just shared memories, creating the same bittersweet, tear-heavy atmosphere.

Both main characters struggle with serious health conditions that shape their daily lives, ambitions, and emotional experiences.

Initially appearing different or distant, they are forced to interact and gradually understand each other’s hidden pains and vulnerabilities.

The story emphasizes personal growth and the development of meaningful relationships, highlighting how shared hardships and illnesses can bring people closer.

Similar amnesia plot where the ML doesn't remember anything from the past and has to record his life through journals.

Well,,,
I guess we don’t really need to explain what makes us recommend this drama…

We’re talking about the:
- ENDING!!! (To be honest, I cried way too hard while watching Way Back Love but not as much as Even If This Love Disappears Tonight… of course it’s probably because of the duration)
- Overload Cuteness…
- It’s always the Male Lead… why tho? (Is it because the market is mostly women?)

But the Female Lead attitude towards the happening is very different (if I might say)

Inukai Kiri, who suffers from prosopagnosia, a condition that makes it difficult for her to recognize people's faces, became a police officer under the influence of her late father, who was also a police officer, but is currently on leave due to emotional scars. One day, by chance, she apprehends a robber at a convenience store, and there she meets Saruwatari Hibiki, who has just been transferred to the Unsolved Cases Comprehensive Countermeasures Management Office (commonly known as the Mikan Room) after being forced out of the First Investigative Division for violent crimes. In exchange for not being able to recognize people's faces, Ikusui has an outstanding memory, while Saruwatari is unconventional and intuitive. The two join forces to tackle a number of mysterious, unsolved cases that have not been investigated for a long time.

Even if This Love Disappears Tonight and Even if This Love Disappears from the World Tonight are similar because both are adaptations of the same original novel, which means they share the same core storyline, themes, and emotional foundation. Both focus on a poignant romance shaped by memory, loss, and the fragility of love, exploring how relationships are affected by circumstances beyond the characters’ control. The main characters in both versions are built around similar personalities, struggles, and emotional arcs, allowing viewers to experience the same depth of character development and growth. The background setting, tone, and narrative progression are also largely consistent, emphasizing a bittersweet atmosphere that highlights themes of impermanence and devotion. While there may be differences in presentation, pacing, or cultural nuances depending on the adaptation, the heart of the story remains the same, delivering a touching and emotional exploration of love that resonates across both versions.