This series really got me thinking. I love how the main couple already feels settled and comfortable with each other. Their everyday tenderness feels real, and those small domestic moments are the highlight for me.
Episodes 5 and 6 pulled me out of the show. Some twists, especially the divorce subplot with the side characters just didn’t feel logical. It made me wonder whether the series is reflecting a Japanese way of seeing the world, with more restrained reactions and a different kind of logic, or if it’s simply drama plotting that you aren’t meant to scrutinize. As a Southeast Asian viewer, I know people in my culture would react much more strongly, which makes the contrast fascinating. A few character choices in those two episodes are frankly outrageous when you stop to think about them, and where I’m from a plot like that might not even make it to air because it clashes with common sense; audiences would probably scold the characters; “do you have water in your brain?”
For context, the case centers on a woman seeking a divorce so she can be with her first love, a man from a high-status family who was forced to marry someone else, which he later divorce but had a child with. Her husband is portrayed as genuinely good, but she leaves him anyway, saying she wants to have a child with the man she loves. Which raises questions: do you plan to become a stepmother, and if you have your own child later, will you love the first child the same?
The storyline opens up many cultural questions. So while the series often feels warm and thought-provoking, these episodes left me asking whether the actions would make sense within that social context or if they only work within this drama’s world.
Overall, the series is quite good and the gentle, steady connection between the leads keeps it worth watching.
Episodes 5 and 6 pulled me out of the show. Some twists, especially the divorce subplot with the side characters just didn’t feel logical. It made me wonder whether the series is reflecting a Japanese way of seeing the world, with more restrained reactions and a different kind of logic, or if it’s simply drama plotting that you aren’t meant to scrutinize. As a Southeast Asian viewer, I know people in my culture would react much more strongly, which makes the contrast fascinating. A few character choices in those two episodes are frankly outrageous when you stop to think about them, and where I’m from a plot like that might not even make it to air because it clashes with common sense; audiences would probably scold the characters; “do you have water in your brain?”
For context, the case centers on a woman seeking a divorce so she can be with her first love, a man from a high-status family who was forced to marry someone else, which he later divorce but had a child with. Her husband is portrayed as genuinely good, but she leaves him anyway, saying she wants to have a child with the man she loves. Which raises questions: do you plan to become a stepmother, and if you have your own child later, will you love the first child the same?
The storyline opens up many cultural questions. So while the series often feels warm and thought-provoking, these episodes left me asking whether the actions would make sense within that social context or if they only work within this drama’s world.
Overall, the series is quite good and the gentle, steady connection between the leads keeps it worth watching.