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In a sense, she does. It's well worth watching to find out how.

Yes, but from week 13 on you must download the RAWs from somewhere and the subtitle files from here: https://www.d-addicts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=165090 . The streaming services have never noticed that the subs have been completed.

Sounds like it might be Mosaic Japan, Sakamoto Yuji's rare artistic failure.

Or other languages - I think someone on the Asian Drama Watcher's Chat discord was watching with Chinese subs and has completed the series.

Welcome to the Sakamoto fandom. Saikou no Rikon and Mother are also great - just be warned that Mother goes straight for the heart strings. Saikou no Rikon is a Sakamoto comedy and so, of course, you will cry there as well along with the laughs.

It has been announced that the series will be released on Netflix on August 1. It is unclear at this point (July 15) whether it will be available outside of Japan or have English subs.

The final episode is an absolute must watch for this series unlike most recap/clip show specials.

Absolutely - completely agree.

I'm mildly interested in this show since it's based on the book by 山里亮太, but would rather see more progress on Yell which has been really good through week 6. I realize the show has been on hiatus, but it should resume broadcasting with week 14 next week. (And thank you, of course - I joined the Patreon just to see more Yell subs).

@ECOTVSubs has now been fully plundered by the usual streaming services and so the series is now fairly widely available.

Sadly, no. I'm guessing it's more faithful to the manga, and has fully incorporated modern communications (call-phones and texting). The scripts are not as good as those of Sakamoto Yuji.

Thanks for the comment: I failed to notice Suda Masaki.

It's one of the very few dramas featuring one of the current members of Terrace House Tokyo 2019 - 2020, Haruka, that has been fully subbed despite the fact that she has extensive imdb and MDL pages, and so I watched to see if she can act. She does a creditable job in the performance as do most of the actors.

I'd be happy to were that an option after posting, but it's apparently not. My apologies to anyone who wishes to watch Hiyokko - it is well worth checking out.

Blacklisting is SOP in Japan but it usually only lasts 6 months or so. Non's case was complicated by a libel suit by the agency to a newspaper that only tangentially involved her from what I can tell. Nevertheless, the case dragged on until this spring, and all the TV and film outlets happily complied with the agency's request for blacklist until it resolved - it's just awful.

Well, at least, Natsuzoura doesn't have the really bizarre amnesia plot to go with the missing family (the only thing I did not like about Hiyokko.)
And, the blacklist against Nounen Rena appears to be breaking finally - the FTC is putting pressure on the TV stations fueled by the Johnny's and Yoshimoto scandals, and she's got a movie booked for next year. It's a national disgrace that she's been kept off TV since 2016 simply for leaving an agency.

Wow. Week 4 is great. It's too early to tell but this may be as good as Amachan.

I completely agree, and was wondering what was wrong with me. And then I tried Produce Camp (2019) and was like, "Oh, yeah, this was what I was missing." I'm only one ep. in compared to ProXduce's 4 at this point, and so it may fall apart, but I'm already seeing people with dance and vocal talent to root for which I'm not with ProXduce.

Holy balls of CGI cows, Batman: this series is bizarre. I knew Takahata was good from Mondai no Restaurant but she is great here.

She also has a reason to take him back which you may not have gotten to.