Miya

Thank you so much! <3

Well, she is ambitious and a little naïve. Career focused and does not appreciate Riku enough (but I guess they were also not officially a couple). Definitely not a perfect woman. But at least she is not a Mary Sue.

There is no real "romance" between them. But their connection becomes special, I would say.

It could be problematic... Some women (in Japan and not only) prefer to keep it a secret from the world because they don't want to be seen as victims in such a case. Which only leads to more situations like this, since the culprits know they will most likely not get caught. It's messed up. The fear of "what will people talk about me? how will they see me now?" could make some women sweep it under the rug rather than fight for justice or the punishment of the culprit. They don't want the attention and the labels that come with it.

Better than expected. Quite funny at times.
There is something healing about watching a bunch of weird characters on screen. It normalizes the fact that each one of us has their own quirkiness.

Asadora ratings have been slowly declining, especially after Ochoyan. There was another bad period for asadora (especially 2004-2009 - though Junjo Kirari is a gem from this period), but they started making higher quality productions / more interesting stories starting with Gegege no Nyobo and then the boom surrounding Amachan happened.

I recommend (excluding those you watched): Hanako to Anne, Massan, Carnation, Junjo Kirari, Yell. Then, Amachan, obviously, though you might need to get used to the characters and the humor (it took me around 60 episodes, but when it clicked... I got addicted, lol).

And Oshin. A whole ride, an iconic drama, a phenomenon. Well written, well acted. Sure, there are more episodes, but I think it's worth it (I've watched 3 times).

So, he realized that Ayako had feelings for someone else...And he left, to make it easier for her.
The dialog when he hugged her was just an indirect way of saying "take care and...goodbye".

You're welcome!
These are those Asadora that you can find somewhere online, so it is not the complete list of all Asadora produced.

Wow, I had no idea! I really thought that was a male voice! Thanks for mentioning it.

From what I remember, Buzzer Beat got a few bonus points in my book for solving the love triangle without too much angst. I remember feeling relieved.

Sometimes is just a narrator that doesn't have anything to do with the characters. I think the narrator from Hanako to Anne is another example. He used to end every episode with "Gokigenyou, Sayounara" and I didn't understand why until way later on in the drama.
When is a family member, it's usually the heroine's grandmother (Gochisousan, Asuka and, if I remember well, in Gegege no Nyobo as well) or her mother (Beppin-san, Junjo Kirari)
Sometimes, the narrator is the heroine herself, looking back at her life (Oshin, Ohisama).

I like this feature, it makes me feel like I'm reading a novel. And sometimes the narrator is really funny. (Like, "Natsu, wipe your mouth first." lol)

You're welcome!
I mean, it's her father that died in the war so I don't know if we ever heard his voice. It's usual for asadoras that the narrator is a family member who died.
In this case, I think it was hinted in the second week, when Natsu was crying because she was missing her real family.

From what I understood, it's Natsu's father.

Excuse me, but... Can you add a spoiler tag to your comment? For those who didn't watch Hiyokko.

Yes

https://subtitletools.com/convert-to-srt
Maybe you also have a problem with ''ass files''. You can try to convert them to srt

I wanted more Ji Won

"Susume, tama ni nigete mo" by Charan Po Rantan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaeuaKdtBUg

Did you watch Bara no nai Hanaya? Soredemo, Ikite Yuku? Oshin?

You can try Gomen ne Seishun, Suzuki Sensei and Akumu-chan.